Brian James is best known to WWE fans as Road Dogg, and during the Attitude Era he dominated the tag team division as one half of the New Age Outlaws. Fans haven’t seen the Outlaws or Road Dogg appear on WWE programming in quite some time, because James is busy working backstage and he’s been trying his best to put together good shows for the SmackDown Live brand.
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As is the case with any form of entertainment, you can’t please everyone, and no matter what you do there will inevitably be a negative reaction from at least a portion of the fanbase. Sunday night’s WWE Battleground pay-per-view was a bit of an underwhelming event, and some fans were less than pleased with the show. A few fans on Twitter decided to direct their anger at Road Dogg, and he joined in on the conversation.
The ending to the Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin match was brought up, but this fan didn’t make much progress when voicing their complaints.
Don't understand your tweet.
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 25, 2017
Another fan decided to stick up for Road Dogg.
Thanks for sticking up and understanding. Most are not willing to try to understand all the variables. They need someone to blame! It's me!
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 25, 2017
The #FireRoadDogg hashtag picked up some steam over the past few days, and Road Dogg reacted by sending a message to his haters.
Dear haters: I've got 2 words for ya, and they ain't #FireRoadDogg #SDLive #OUDK
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 26, 2017
Road Dogg then followed up by going on a blocking spree.
So I've only done 1 good one? I really value your op……. #blocked
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 26, 2017
Dumb? I'm sorry you fee…… #blocked
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 26, 2017
There's a difference between an opinion and hateful negativity. Just my opinion!
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 26, 2017
No RoadDogg is one wo…… #blocked
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 26, 2017
RoadDogg is one word. It's my name so I should know. And, it's made up so I can make up the rules too
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 26, 2017
Road Dogg has obviously been getting a lot of hate on Twitter over the past few days due to some of the booking decisions, but he’s always happy to engage in conversation with fans as long as they’re respectful.
Well said! I'd argue that they're not fans at all but critics. I ENJOY the things I'm a fan of!
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 26, 2017
That's a fair assessment Nathan. Thanks for being fair and respectful dude.
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) July 26, 2017
Looks like Road Dogg is having a bit of a tough time on Twitter right now. If you’ve been rocking the #FireRoadDogg hashtag, maybe you should consider giving the poor guy a break. SmackDown Live was excellent this week after all.
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