Road Dogg claims AEW won’t hire him because of his ‘political/core beliefs’

It started yesterday (Aug. 18) when Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer responded to Brian “Road Dogg” James’ social media post calling out AEW head honcho Tony Khan for not pushing the Bang Bang Gang’s Austin & Colten Gunn as a tag team. I will say this. For all the people who championed him coming to AEW, saying the tag titles are "beneath" Austin & Colten Gunn shows an lack of understanding of AEW tag titles. They weren't beneath Omega & Page, nor Christian & Copeland, nor FTR, nor Young Bucks. Saying tag… https://t.co/BR3mBZBepY — Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) August 18, 2026 The former WWE writer/producer dismissed Meltzer’s point, which was dismissive of Road Dogg’s and supportive of AEW & Khan, but also not incorrect… at least in this writer’s estimation. That prompted a follower to merge a pair of jokes/theories that are popular on the wrestle web in a reply to Road Dogg warning him he was screwing up his chances of getting hired at AEW by getting into a Twixter spat wit