After a decade in WWE as a writer, coach and producer following his in-ring retirement, Roadd Dogg was released by the company in January 2022.
He was hired back in August as the Senior Vice President of Live Events, one month after Triple H became Chief Content Officer following Vince McMahon's retirement amid sexual misconduct and hush money allegation.
Speaking to Military News, Road Dogg discussed returning to WWE.
“It was all an incredible story with divine intervention for sure. I was released in January 2022 and I had nine months of severance pay because I was a full time employee for a decade. Literally the month the severance pay was due to end, Paul (Levesque, Chief Content Officer for WWE) or Hunter as most people know him, called me and asked me if I wanted to come back. It was incredible and that’s why I say it was divine intervention. I do believe it was God looking out for me even when I was worried and was not being faithful. At the same time, I was thinking, the right thing will happen. I was praying and believing. And it did happen, it was not what I was expecting," he said.
When asked what his job entails, Road Dogg said, "It’s very time consuming. It’s not a difficult job, it’s basically following creative on television and making sure the live events match that creative. I have to come up with some creative, like some angles for the live events, just putting together creative and the matches and coming up with the finish, so it’s all the creative of the live events. Every now and then I have to stray from the formula but it’s really just following what creative they are doing on television and making sure the live events replicate that. I don’t have to be at all the live events but I do go to the office every two weeks and I go to a live event or two a month. Like I could go to a RAW or SmackDown event. I kinda pick the ones I want to go to. Sometimes I’ll go in the seats real high and watch the show because also with the creative of the live event, I can also help the production. For example, I just shortened some promotional stuff and tried to make it more fan friendly. I can work on the production side and try to make a change too. It’s really a cool gig.”
Along with his work in WWE, Road Dogg has a weekly podcast entitled "Oh You Didn't Know" on AdFreeShows.
Road Dogg recently returned to WWE television on the November 29 episode of NXT, helping pick the Iron Survivor Challengers for NXT Deadline.
