WWE Hall of Famer ‘Road Dogg’ Brian James has reportedly been named the new co-lead writer of WWE SmackDown. The hit show just increased its duration to three hours and will continue with this time format until June 2025. The lead writer for the SmackDown brand was John Swikata, but James, who’s a former SmackDown writer is now set to join him in the role. He will join Swikata in heading the creative for the SmackDown brand going forward.
Celebrated WWE Icon Road Dogg Brian James Just Rang In A Major Accomplishment
Road Dogg was working as a writer for the SmackDown brand in December 2016, before eventually going on to become one of the lead writers for the show. But James was previously released from WWE in early 2022 as part of a restructuring of the NXT brand. He returned to the brand in August of that year as the new Senior Vice President of Live Events.
Dogg along with his partner Billy Gunn became one of the most celebrated duos in WWE history and key part of WWE’s Attitude Era during their reign over the tag division. He’s a former Marine and entered WWE in 1994 as The Roadie and explored quite a few roles.
It was revealed early this year, that the “Blue Brand” show of WWE, SmackDown is set to be extended to become a three-hour-long show. This expansion of its duration is seen as a part of WWE’s partnership with the global streaming platform Netflix.
The “Red brand” of WWE, Monday Night RAW is also going through a telecast change as it has moved from Comcast USA Network to Netflix in January onwards. This shift aims to increase viewership and offers enhanced convenience and better offline features to viewers.
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