Road Dogg is sorry.
In the late 90's Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, and X-Pac featured in a commercial for the incredibly popular Super Soakers. Also in the ad was Michael Cole. Unfortunately for the newly hired Cole, the D-Generation X members thought it would be funny to, well, soak the future voice of WWE.
Recanting the story on his Oh... You Didn't Know podcast, Road Dogg details how the production crew made it impossible for them to not shoot Cole in the face.
"So truth be told, we did a Super Soaker commercial way back when me and X Pac and Billy did it. Michael Cole, it was like his first week there and he was in the commercial with us and he had his makeup all done and they came to us and said, 'No matter what, don't shoot him in the face. We have changes for his clothes, but don't shoot him in the face.' I mean, good lord. You know what I mean? Really? You're thinking about it. So they go, 'Okay. You guys ready? Here we go.' So Kip [Billy Gunn] looks at me he goes, 'In his face, right?' [Laughs] Bless his heart because those Super Soakers, and I'm not kidding, they shoot you, man. We were six feet away from him tops and we both just doused him," Road Dogg said.
He would continue on to say that he and X-Pac have apologized numerous times to Cole, to the point where it has become a running joke between the three of them. Road Dogg would also compliment Cole, calling him this generation's Jim Ross.
"It was horribly mean, and very degenerative. Oh, no, he [Cole] does [remember]. Very clearly. I'll tell you why. Because he's still there today doing it. I'd say this, he is our generation's Jim Ross. The generation before that was Gordon Solie or Vince and Gorilla, or whoever, you know. Michael Cole is the deal. He's the voice of the WWE no doubt. Having said that, he's still there and X-Pac has literally apologized to him for that about 25 times. It's a big running rib for Sean [X-Pac] and Michael Cole. Just say, you know, 'Hey, remember we did the Super Soaker commercial?' I go, 'Dude, I apologize to you.' He'll say, 'Yes, you and X-Pac have both apologized.' But at the time, dude, we were in our heyday and we were probably high and he was the new kid on the block. We were the last of a dying breed and maybe there's a reason that that attitude was hot for a brief minute, and then it was not for a brief minute," he said.
During another episode of his podcast, Road Dogg discussed AEW's growth and recalls his attempt to join the company. Click here to learn more.
You can also check out Road Dogg's comments about how NXT was never competing with AEW Dynamite here.
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