Earlier in the conversation, Bischoff emphasized the importance of chemistry in a writer’s room, stating that it has a great influence on the success of a wrestling show. Bischoff speculated that his style may have served as an obstacle for him in modern WWE.

“He’s a good guy, but he’s old school,” Bischoff said. “What WWE has become is so polar opposite of what Road Dogg’s primary experience in the business has been.”

Bischoff further noted that under Vince McMahon, the culture worked in ways that it doesn’t today, and James was surrounded by people with the same kind of mentality, which may no longer be the case. “From the outside looking in, [WWE] has become so corporate, that a guy like Road Dogg, who’s not a corporate guy, (…) he’s a square peg that’s being forced into this round corporate hole,” Bischoff said. “In that corporate, sanitized, ultra-corporate environment, a guy like Road Dogg is going to struggle.”

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