JBL responds to critics of Road Dogg’s former creative role on SmackDown: “F*ck you, it’s just bullsh*t”
While speaking on the Something to Wrestle podcast, JBL (John Layfield) commented on the reaction to “Road Dogg” Brian James’ time as part of the SmackDown creative team, as well as clips of Road Dogg that circulated following his appearance on WWE Unreal…
“Smart guys think out loud sometimes. Smart guys think with their voice and allow you inside their brain. What I saw with that clip was that Road Dogg was thinking out loud.
He would say, ‘I don’t like this.’ Well, what do you think? ‘I don’t know.’ He hadn’t gotten there yet. I’ve seen guys do this a lot.
And these guys out there talking about Road Dogg didn’t do a good job, man, f*ck you. It’s just bullsh*t, you know.
These guys are selling out arenas all over the world and making more money than we ever dreamed people would make. And Road Dogg was one of the guys behind it.
Look, I can tell you all the things that Vince [McMahon] failed with. I can also tell you that Vince bought a company from his father for a million dollars and sold it for $9.3 billion while somehow retaining control. That’s Game of Thrones sh*t, Conrad.
But do you fail a lot?
Absolutely.
When you’ve got 52 weeks a year live with no reruns, do you think you’re going to make some mistakes? I would hope so, because if you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying.
This isn’t a TV show where you can do 13 episodes, film them, put them in a can, and then, if you don’t like it, go back and edit. This is live.
And you’re talking about people who may or may not deliver what you’re thinking they’re going to deliver. Sometimes they do something that isn’t what they’re supposed to do. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
If it doesn’t work, you get the blame for that too.”