Road Dogg Discusses Undisputed Era, Gives Possible Reasons As To Why They Weren’t Called Up

The Undisputed Era is no more.

Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong made up the Undisputed Era. A group of four who dominated NXT but never made it to the main roster. Eventually, the four would split as three headed to AEW and one, Rodrick, stayed in NXT. Now, Bobby Fish is gone from AEW and the others are on the shelf with injuries. Now, on his Oh… You Didn’t Know podcast, Road Dogg  spoke on The Undisputed Era and the way that they might have been perceived in the eyes of Vince McMahon and why he was ultimately happy that they stayed in WWE NXT for a little while longer.

We knew when it came time to shine, they were going to shine. Look, I thought they were going to be [called up to the main roster], too. I didn’t think they were going to be the next Four Horsemen because, look, I don’t think Vince [McMahon] saw them as the next Four Horsemen. I think Vince saw them as four smaller guys who cumulatively can do some damage, but I don’t think Vince would see any of those guys facing Brock Lesnar in the main event of WrestleMania, now, whether you disagree with that or not, that’s fine. You can disagree with it all day, but you weren’t the boss of the company at the time, and that’s what he thought. I didn’t see them as that, but I was scared, like I mentioned earlier, that they would be gone, a lot of our creative content would go with them, and it would be more difficult for us because we’re lazy and want to do as little work as possible.

– Road Dogg

He continued on by saying others who were more likely to succeed on the main roster, but gave them all credit for competing at a high level.

I think [Undisputed ERA] did have a lot better run in NXT than they would have had on the main roster, maybe for that exact reason, I loved having them there. I didn’t want them to go away. But also to the last guy’s question, who stepped up, I thought Keith Lee would be gone sooner rather than later, too, once everybody got eyes on him and his abilities. think everybody, everybody stepped up. You see now a lot of those kids that are still on top in the wrestling game, they may not just work here anymore, but even the ones that work here on top. The Rhea Ripleys, the Damian Priests, you know, all of these guys that we’re talking about are, are still stars today on a bigger stage. So this was the first introduction to some of these NXT characters for a lot of mainstream wrestling fans, and I think it’s paid dividends,

– Road Dogg

Maybe one day, the Undisputed Era will be complete again, but until then, they’re succeeding on their own.

H/T Fightful

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