Road Dogg says he stayed in his WWE creative role longer than he wanted to out of financial fear, and that a phone call with his wife was the moment that finally pushed him to leave.
Brian James spoke to Busted Open Radio, opening up about his departure from the company where he had served as co-lead writer of SmackDown.
I wasn’t having any fun. It got to be so much work, that it stopped being fun. I actually stayed longer than I wanted to just out of fear of unemployment. I didn’t do well with my money. I’m a drug addict and recovering alcoholic. I didn’t manage my money well. That fear of the unknown kept me for a long time. I was about to go into a meeting, and my wife told me on the phone, ‘I lived with you in a tent.’ I said, ‘I’m coming home right now.’ If you lived with me in a tent, I don’t need to pay the mortgage.
James had previously said in a virtual signing that he felt the company was “moving too fast” for him and called it a young man’s game. His departure from WWE was reported in March. He had held backstage roles with the company dating back to 2011 and remains under contract through a Legends deal.
