On Wednesday, there was a story going around regarding Lana and Rusev and the claim was that they asked for their release from WWE. Rusev, Lana, and Smackdown’s head of Creative Brian “Road Dogg” James shot the story down on social media. Less than 24 hours later, another story made the rounds with the claim that Baron Corbin had a backstage altercation with John Cena and that is what led to Corbin losing his main event push.
Road Dogg has also shot that story down. I should also note that a WWE source has also denied that there was an altercation or confrontation so that lines up with what Road Dogg is saying on Twitter.
Here are Road Dogg’s tweets – the tweets start with the debunked Rusev/Lana rumors and then the subject changes to the debunked Cena/Corbin story:
Glad I could help. I'm a whole egg w/ cheese kinda a guy, but you do you "Bulgarian" Boo! #OUDK
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) August 24, 2017
Agreed but you know he didn't ask for it right?
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) August 24, 2017
You were misinformed
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) August 24, 2017
Misinformed about that as well. C'mon guys, I know that makes for interesting "dirt" but it just isn't true. However, tell your stories guys
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) August 24, 2017
Wow, so something he said in the ring during the match is your "proof"? That's it Billi, I've tried dude. I'm done
— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) August 24, 2017
The Wrestling Observer newsletter did report that Corbin has a lot of heat with talent backstage but there was nothing reported in the Observer about a confrontation with Cena. Corbin has been labeled as being anti-social but that’s not new because he was not known to socialize with too many people during his days in NXT. Even during his days in NXT, he rubbed people the wrong way.
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