WWE Hall of Famer Road Dogg recently appeared on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, where he discussed his time as head writer for WWE SmackDown and revealed a surprising behind-the-scenes detail about WrestleMania 35.
According to Road Dogg, he originally pushed for Big E—not Kofi Kingston—to win the WWE Championship from Bryan Danielson at WrestleMania 35 in 2019.
Dogg said, “Well, I’ll tell you this, and I’d love to have a conversation with you about it. It worked out exactly how it was supposed to work out, but I was wrong. I wanted Big E to win the title at KofiMania. I thought Big E was the guy. And a guy on my writing team, who now writes for NXT, said, ‘You’re wrong, boss, you’re wrong. It’s Kofi.’ And I didn’t realize that Kofi had such a personal connection with the fan base. I was just looking for who’s the next guy. I didn’t think, ‘Oh, the guy’s sitting right here.’ You know what I mean? I was trying to make this guy over here. And, yeah, I’ve never been so happy to be wrong, though. Man, what a moment! Yeah, what a moment. And you can go back in time and fuss about what happened the next week, or the next year, or whatever. Who cares? Man, Kofi won the title at WrestleMania, and nobody can ever take that away.”
Dogg continued, “It was just a matter of time. I saw something there; it just wasn’t the right moment yet. The timing was right for Kofi. It was Kofi’s time. And, man, I’ve never been so happy to be wrong. I couldn’t be happier for the guy it happened for. And if I were writing it again, we’d do it one more. 100% think it would work again.”
Road Dogg is currently working as the SmackDown co-lead writer.
