“Road Dogg” Brian James comments on a WWE character that he thought was “mishandled”

WWE Hall of Famer “Road Dogg” Brian James, who was a formerly a writer for the Smackdown brand, discussed Elias and “The Drifter” persona during his podcast…

“Look, I liked ‘The Drifter’ character (that Elias portrayed) as well. I think if we would have stuck to that, been committed and consistent with that kind of drifter psychology, I think it would have done well. I think we didn’t quite understand what we had. So we mishandled it. That’s when you get a new toy and you (rough it up) and that’s what we did and so, we did that several times. You (person who sent in the question) brought up several of them. Thank you so much for doing that. Some of the things I cry about at night and my failures as a creative writer in wrestling.” (quote courtesy of PostWrestling.com)