Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Road Dogg Jesse James who is a former six times WWE Tag Team Champion recently talked about the comment Randy Orton made about NXT and said that he agreed with the comment.
Road Dogg was first signed by WWE back in 1994 after working for various professional wrestling promotion including the likes of WCW and NWA. He went through different gimmicks and he is struggled to gain success in WWE in his first phase. But it was quite clear that the guy was talented and he had incredible mic skills as well.
Road Dogg Talks About Randy Orton’s Comment About NXT
He started to gain success for the first time when he paired with Billy Gunn in 1997 during the early Attitude Era. The duo was mostly build up as a heel Tag Team who were one of the biggest contenders of the Tag Team championships throughout the famous Attitude Era of WWE.
His fame increased when he became a member of one of the most famous stable of the Attitude Era of WWE, which was D Generation X. James and Billy Gunn were famously known as the New Age Outlaws. During the Attitude Era which is believed to be the best time period of WWE they won the WWE Tag Team Championship for a total of 5 times. They won the WWE championship for the 6th time during a later run in WWE.
After he got released from WWE back in 2001, he worked in various professional wrestling promotion including some independent promotions as well. He worked in the TNA wrestling for quite a long time as well. In 2019 he got inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the D Generation X.
Road Dogg Jesse James who is a former six times WWE Tag Team Champion recently spoke to “Oh…You Didn’t Know” podcast where he talked about the comment Randy Orton made about NXT and said that he agreed with the comment. He said;
“I don’t disagree with him at all. For him to say they don’t know what they’re doing, I guess you can say that and he’s right to an extent, but they know what they’re doing. They just don’t do it perfectly yet and I don’t expect them to.”
“But protecting your opponent, look, these guys get in there and hit each other hard. Now it’s not just stiff working. It’s huge stunts and flips to the floor. So you do have to protect yourself and you have to protect your opponent because at the end of the day, it is a work, it is a job, and I have to go home to my wife and children and be able to pick up my grandchildren at my age.”
“So I totally understand where Randy is coming from. I think Randy is correct, but sometimes guys go up there really early and never worked anywhere before. Some guys started during the pandemic and never worked in front of a live crowd.”
“I saw Randy literally on the show talking to The Street Profits as the match was going on when he was in the ring with them. I thought, ‘Man, that is so awesome. Randy is teaching these kids as he’s having a match with them.’ It’s on the job training. That’s how you have to do it.”
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