News regarding the creative leadership in WWE heading into Wrestlemania 41

Over the weekend, it was reported that WWE Hall of Famer “Road Dogg” Brian James has been named as the new co-lead writer for the Smackdown brand after previous being part of the creative team in 2017.

Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com confirmed that James is a co-lead writer on Smackdown with John Swikata moving forward. Swikata replaced Ryan Callahan as the head writer in June of 2024. Meltzer also noted the following…

“We were told that there is so much going on right now, that one lead writer on the show wasn’t enough. RAW has Ryan Ward and Jon Baeckstrom. Ed Koskey is there overseeing and editing the scripts, Bruce Prichard is the buffer between them and Paul Levesque.”