# Rumor: Road Dogg Reportedly Resigned From WWE, Was Not Fired Label: RUMOR Promotion: WWE By WrestlingNews.com Rumors Desk Published Nov. 10, 2026, 9:05 AM ET Reliability: Single source, not confirmed Heat 1/5, whisper URL: https://wrestlingnews.com/story/rumor-road-dogg-reportedly-resigned-from-wwe-was-not-fired/ > Unconfirmed: Fightful Select reports on Nov. 9 that Road Dogg resigned from WWE and was not fired for backing Chelsea Green, as Jonathan Coachman alleged. The report cites sources and WWE has not commented. This is a rumor and it is not confirmed. Fightful Select reported on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, that Road Dogg, Brian James, was not fired by WWE for supporting Chelsea Green. It says he resigned. WWE has not commented. ## The quick version - Not confirmed by WWE or by Road Dogg. We found no new statement from either on this report. - Reliability: Single source, not confirmed. Fightful Select says "no less than a half dozen sources familiar with the situation" told it that he resigned. They are not named. Other outlets repeat Fightful. - Heat 1 of 5. It is a correction of an earlier claim about a departure that happened in March. ## What is being reported Fightful Select posted: "Road Dogg was NOT fired by WWE over his support of Chelsea Green, despite recent and inaccurate rumors." It added that "no less than a half dozen sources familiar with the situation reiterated to Fightful Select that Road Dogg resigned from WWE rather than being fired." The details are for subscribers and we did not read them. WrestleZone says the earlier claim came from former WWE personality Jonathan Coachman on The Coach and Bro Show with Vince Russo. It says Coachman alleged James lost his job for pushing for Green behind the scenes. WrestleZone also says the claim came back after Green's title win and James' public comments on her push. ## What is on the record - Fightful reported that James announced his departure from WWE in March, when he was a lead writer on SmackDown. - WrestleZone says James had said the workload became overwhelming. It does not give the date or the show. - On Busted Open Radio, James said: "I feel like I was done a little wrong and I feel like I was receiving a paycheck, and I didn't have any purpose. I was making a dollar, but I wasn't making any decisions," per WrestleZone. Those comments say he felt let down. They do not say he was fired. ## Why it matters now Green won the Women's Crown Jewel Championship and then lost the WWE Women's Championship to Tiffany Stratton's Money in the Bank cash-in on Nov. 7 in Riyadh. See [our cash-in story](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/stratton-cashes-in-on-green-to-win-wwe-womens-title/) and [our rumor on a heel plan for Stratton](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/rumor-wwe-reportedly-wanted-stratton-back-as-a-heel/). That put her name back in the talk about James. ## What would confirm or kill it A statement from James or WWE that he resigned would confirm it. A named source saying he was let go would cut against it. Neither has come up in what we read. **How we know.** Reported by: Fightful Select, as posted on X by Fightful on Nov. 9 and summarised by Fightful's public page, F4W Online, WrestleZone and NDTV Sports. We read Fightful's public page and WrestleZone in full. F4W Online and NDTV were seen as search excerpts only. The claim being disputed is Coachman's, as described by WrestleZone. We did not hear his show. We did not contact WWE or James. Reliability: Single source, not confirmed. ## Sources - Fightful (Jeremy Lambert), "Road Dogg Was Not Fired By WWE Over Support Of Chelsea Green", Nov. 9, 2026, 3:59 PM (the Fightful Select report, the March departure). https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/road-dogg-was-not-fired-by-wwe-over-support-of-chelsea-green/ - WrestleZone (Manik Aftab), "Road Dogg's WWE Firing Rumors Over Chelsea Green Support Debunked, Report", Nov. 9, 2026 (Coachman's claim, James' Busted Open Radio quote). https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1670531-road-dogg-wwe-firing-rumors-chelsea-green-debunked - F4W Online, "Report: Road Dogg resigned from WWE, not fired for supporting Chelsea Green", date not shown in the excerpt; search excerpt only. https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/report-road-dogg-resigned-from-wwe-not-fired-for-supporting-chelsea-green/ - NDTV Sports, "Road Dogg Was Not Fired From WWE Over Chelsea Green, New Report Claims", date not shown; search excerpt only. https://sports.ndtv.com/us/wwe/road-dogg-was-not-fired-from-wwe-over-chelsea-green-new-report-claims-12306430 - Fightful Select, post on X, Nov. 9, 2026, as embedded by WrestleZone. https://x.com/Fightful/status/2119894042939097525 - Jonathan Coachman on The Coach and Bro Show with Vince Russo, date not given, as described by WrestleZone. No link: we did not hear the show. - WrestlingNews.com, "Stratton Cashes In on Green to Win WWE Women's Title", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/stratton-cashes-in-on-green-to-win-wwe-womens-title/ - WrestlingNews.com, "Rumor: WWE Reportedly Wanted Stratton Back as a Heel", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/rumor-wwe-reportedly-wanted-stratton-back-as-a-heel/ - Reliability: Single source, not confirmed. - WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read Fightful's page and WrestleZone in full and checked the Crown Jewel facts against our own stories. How we credit sources: [Editorial standards](https://wrestlingnews.com/editorial-standards/).