10 Crazy Wrestling Social Media Meltdowns

6. Road Dogg Every Single Week

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At some point earlier this year, former WWE Tag Team Champion Road Dogg reportedly replaced Ryan Ward as SmackDown's lead writer. Many fans have suggested that this coincided with a noticeable downturn in the show's quality (they're right - it did), which led to the #FireRoadDogg movement in July. The man himself soon caught wind of this, and wasn't shy in responding:-

The blocking spree continued, and such incidents have become a regular occurrence. Barely a week passes without the D-Generation X man going after his critics on Twitter, but while fans often go way too far when it comes to bashing the company, Road Dogg isn't exactly covering himself in glory. He works for one of America's biggest sporting organisations, yet here he is, getting into petty social media squabbles with people he'll never meet.

Though Road Dogg's responses rarely veer into outburst territory, they reek of insecurity. There's no doubt he does a tough job, and he can't please every single fan at once, but what does he gain from this? Absolutely nothing, and he'd likely be better served ignoring them completely.

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