Road Dogg Compares The Triple H Era & Attitude Era, DX, Smackdown, R-Truth

Oh you didn't know?! Road Dogg is a retired professional wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Indianapolis to discuss his WWE and TNA careers as a wrestler, what his role is now behind the scenes in WWE, the biggest differences between The Attitude Era and the current era, being a part of D-Generation X and invading WCW with a tank, the dumpster segment with Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie, his partnership with K-Kwik [R-Truth], why he thought CM Punk hated him, his battles with addiction, being the head writer of SmackDown, the storyline he pushed that never went through and more! STASH: Go to https://get.stash.com/INSIGHT to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures BLUECHEW: Get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at https://bluechew.com 00:00 Intro 01:43 Road Dogg's 3 Live Kru entrance theme 02:27 Appreciating the process of getting older 04:12 Is he able to look back and reflect on what he did? 04:58 Why did he stop doing his podcast? 06:30 Being excited about the new WWE LFG series 09:33 Working with Triple H to create Penta’s entrance 12:54 Did he see Triple H’s creativity in the past? 13:41 How is Triple H’s regime different? 18:00 What does his typical day at WWE look like behind the scenes? 21:05 The biggest difference between the Attitude Era and now 23:19 How achieving his sobriety saved his life 28:24 Returning to WWE in 2014 to drop the titles to The Usos 30:06 Why writing the show was more rewarding than performing 31:28 R-Truth being able to be so consistent at what he does 34:32 WWE becoming more watchable than it’s ever been 35:50 Cutting unscripted promos for his entire career 36:11 What was behind his New Age Outlaws promo 39:18 Did he play a part in Enzo and Big Cass’ entrance? 39:53 Rebuilding his relationship with Triple H after TNA 42:13 Road Dogg thought that CM Punk hated him 46:37 What does he think he could have done without drugs and alcohol? 50:48 How did him and Billy Gunn end up as extras in The Other Guys 52:24 Having a speaking role in the film Head of State 53:18 Throwing Mick Foley and Terry Funk off the stage in a dumpster 55:43 Vince McMahon doing spots he asked his wrestlers to do 56:08 The night a table wouldn’t break against Gangrel 57:32 Saying the wrong city at a WWE show 58:34 Being terrified to go to the Gathering of the Juggalos 59:49 Pro wrestling being a completely wild profession 01:02:20 What’s the scariest moment he’s had in a wrestling ring? 01:02:45 His coolest moments to experience in wrestling 01:04:32 Did he instantly realize how special DX was going to be? 01:06:43 When did DX push the envelope too far? 01:07:18 What direction did they get when they invaded WCW? 01:08:51 Billy Gunn being such an incredible athlete 01:10:27 Wanting Big E to win the title at Kofimania 01:14:25 Having a point in his career when he felt frustrated 01:15:28 How far ahead is he looking when writing storylines 01:17:37 WWE production being an impressive unit 01:19:21 Feeling extremely happy with his life 01:20:55 Why doesn’t he wear his WWE Hall of Fame Ring? 01:24:04 WWE re-emerging in pop culture 01:27:07 3 things Road Dogg is grateful for Subscribe to    / chrisvanvliet   Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-va... Email me: [email protected] Follow me on Instagram:   / chrisvanvliet   Like me on Facebook:   / chrisvanvliet   Follow me on Twitter:   / chrisvanvliet   #wwe #wrestling #roaddogg #chrisvanvliet #BlueWireVideo