Road Dogg Admits He Was An 'Asshole' To CM Punk Before His WWE Return

Brian 'Rodd Dogg' James has been outspoken about his past issues with CM Punk, labelling him as 'not a a nice person' (while claiming he was relatively confident he could beat Punk in a fight).

After reuniting with the Straight-Edge Superstar following his WWE return, the 54-year-old has had a change of heart.

Speaking about their reunion and how it affected him during a recent edition of his Oh...You Didn't Know Podcast, James said:

"He literally shrugged his shoulders and went like, 'Ah, come on', and pulled me in and hugged me and...I'll tell you the truth. It made me feel immediately like an a-hole, like I'm a piece of crap. It humbled me in myself, if that makes sense [he laughed]. I don't know how else you can humble yourself, but it humbled me in a way where I thought, 'I have talked negatively about you and I thought negatively about you and then you embrace me and wow', you know what I mean?".

WWE's Senior Vice President of Live Events continued, saying:

"I believe God works in mysterious ways and he worked that weekend. Every bit of it was orchestrated to put me and Punk in certain situations and I hope he hears this because I think he'll realise the depth of it because, I don't know. We were just put together for like five days in a row, working and working together and speaking about the future and what he'll be doing as far as what I do in my job and so, I don't know man. It felt very much like, 'Stop talking bad about people, Brian. Stop thinking negatively about people'".

CM Punk will wrestle his first match in a WWE ring in almost a decade when he squares off with Dominik Mysterio at the December 26 non-televised live event in Madison Square Garden.

H/T SE Scoops