Road Dogg has heard the story about WWE firing him over Chelsea Green, and he’s calling complete BS on it. Brian James says there’s a much simpler explanation for why he’s no longer working there — he quit.
Road Dogg took to Twitter on November 11 after Jonathan Coachman claimed that WWE fired him because he was pushing for Green backstage. James didn’t dance around the subject whatsoever.
“I quit!!!
“@ImChelseaGreen is a national treasure NO MATTER THE NATION!!! I saw the writing on the wall I’m hearing others are being pushed out too lol Growth hurts sometimes But just the ones YOU HURT during it.”
Road Dogg still clearly thinks the world of Chelsea Green. He’s just saying that had absolutely nothing to do with WWE supposedly showing him the door. Coachman had previously claimed on The Coach and Bro Show with Vince Russo that James was outright fired because he believed WWE should have been doing more with Green.
“I mean, a guy got fired. He got fired over his support for Chelsea Green. Let’s say what it is. Brian James got fired. Yeah, that’s what happened because he thought Chelsea—”
That story had already started falling apart before Road Dogg personally jumped in. Fightful Select reported that at least six sources familiar with the situation said James resigned rather than being fired, directly contradicting Coachman’s version of events. The Chelsea Green part didn’t exactly come out of nowhere, though. Road Dogg has been very vocal about believing WWE took way too long to recognize what it had with her. After Green became Interim WWE Women’s Champion at SummerSlam, he made his feelings pretty obvious.
“So congratulations, Chelsea Green. The hard part for me is, why did it take so long for others to see?”
He followed that up with another pretty pointed message about how talent can get lost in the shuffle when the wrong people don’t see their potential.
“‘Top guys vision’ leaves a lot of talent underutilized. Not a knock, just the truth.”
His comment about seeing “the writing on the wall” also suggests there was more behind his decision to walk away than one disagreement over a wrestler’s booking. For now, though, it looks like Road Dogg is keeping those details to himself.
What do you make of Road Dogg’s response and his claim that he saw “the writing on the wall” before quitting WWE? Let us know what you think in the comments.
