New Age Outlaws
New Age Outlaws | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Road Dogg Jesse James / B.G. James[1] Billy Gunn / Kip James / Rockabilly[1] |
Name(s) | The New Age Outlaws[1] The James Gang[1] Voodoo Kin Mafia[1] The Roadie And Rockabilly [1] |
Billed heights | Jesse James / B.G. James: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] Billy Gunn / Kip James: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[3] |
Combined billed weight | 501 lb (227 kg) |
Debut | October 4, 1997[1] |
Years active | 1997–2000 2006–2008 2012–2019 |
The New Age Outlaws
Upon parting ways with the WWF, the team reformed in several promotions, mostly notably in
They are six-time tag team champions in WWE, having held the
History
World Wrestling Federation
Formation (1997)
The Outlaws first formed on the October 4, 1997 episode of Shotgun Saturday Night when struggling superstars Billy Gunn and "Road Dogg" Jesse James, then known as Rockabilly and "The Real Double J" Jesse James respectively, ended their feud and teamed up.
On the October 11, 1997 edition of
Tag Team Champions and D-Generation X (1997–1999)
James and Gunn defeated the
Shortly before the Royal Rumble in 1998, the New Age Outlaws began a feud with Mick Foley, first fighting him as Dude Love, then as Mankind and finally Cactus Jack. When it became apparent that he needed help dealing with the Outlaws, Foley brought in Terry Funk as Chainsaw Charlie. Following a disqualification against The Legion of Doom at the Royal Rumble, the team were confronted by DX who told them they needed to start making waves by acting more controversially. In response to this, the Outlaws locked Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie in a dumpster and threw it off the entrance ramp on to the concrete floor.[1] The Outlaws initially looked concerned, but ultimately attacked their injured rivals in what Foley would describe as "one of the funnier examples of bad sportsmanship".[5] At WrestleMania XIV, the New Age Outlaws lost the titles to Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie in a Dumpster match.[6] The next night on Raw, however, with the aid of Triple H and X-Pac, the Outlaws regained the titles in a steel cage match and officially joined DX.
The growing popularity of the "new" DX quickly turned the group from heels to tweeners, eventually becoming faces, and they feuded with many different tag teams over the course of 1998. Their immense popularity was part of what helped the WWF challenge World Championship Wrestling for ratings supremacy during the Monday Night War. They lost the tag title to Kane and Mankind in the summer of 1998, only to regain the titles from that same team at SummerSlam in a handicap match after Kane no-showed.[7] In late 1998 Vince McMahon's Corporation tried to tempt the Outlaws away from DX and failed, which led to the Outlaws losing the title to Corporation members Ken Shamrock and Big Boss Man.
Singles competition, reunion and split (1999–2000)
As 1999 started, the Outlaws slowly began to drift apart, with each man striving for singles gold. Road Dogg held both the
During the fall of 1999 the Outlaws reunited, first as
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
3 Live Kru (2002–2005)
On September 18, 2002, "Road Dogg" Jesse James debuted in
B.G. James and Gunn, now renamed The New Age Outlaw (later shortened to just The Outlaw), came into conflict once more on April 24, at Lockdown, when Jarrett, The Outlaw and Monty Brown faced Diamond Dallas Page, Sean Waltman and B.G. James (who was replacing an injured Kevin Nash) in a Lethal Lockdown match. Page, Waltman and James were victorious, although during the match James and The Outlaw refrained from fighting one another. Through October and November 2005, "The Outlaw" (now using the name Kip James, due to threats from the WWE that "The Outlaw" sounded too similar to their trademarked New Age Outlaws name) helped 3LK numerous times during their feud with Team Canada. Although he was obviously helping the Kru at every turn, Konnan refused to trust Kip.
On the November 26 episode of
The James Gang (2006)
On January 14, 2006, Kip James and B.G. James, now calling themselves The James Gang, announced that they had reunited in the face of Konnan and his new group after LAX attacked B.G.'s real-life father
In May 2006, The James Gang began a feud with
Voodoo Kin Mafia (2006–2008)
On the November 2 edition of Impact!, Kip and B.G. James cut a worked-shoot promo announcing they were quitting the company out of frustration. During the promo B.G. claimed that TNA had mismanaged him during his run there, and as Kip attempted to speak into the microphone it was cut off. Attempts to use an announcers microphone and scream directly to the crowd were met with another microphone cutting and then the show abruptly going to commercial.[8]
After a November 11
When
In the same promo, they entered an angle with
On February 21, 2008, Kip turned on his partner by hitting him and his father with a crutch in a tag title match against A.J. Styles and Tomko, thus ending the team.
TNA creative writer Vince Russo stated that the Voodoo Kin Mafia ended when Triple H was injured, as there was nowhere else to go with the gimmick.[17]
Return to WWE (2012–2015, 2018)
On July 23, 2012, the New Age Outlaws returned to WWE on the 1000th episode of Raw to re-unite with X-Pac, Shawn Michaels and Triple H to reform D-Generation X for one night only. On December 17, Billy Gunn and Road Dogg appeared to present the Slammy Award to Jerry Lawler for Comeback of the Year.[18] Starting on December 26 in Detroit at the Joe Louis Arena, the team reunited to face Team Rhodes Scholars in a house show loop.
On the March 4, 2013, episode of Old School Raw, the New Age Outlaws competed in their first televised tag team match in WWE since February 2000, where they defeated Primo and Epico. The following week on Raw, the New Age Outlaws answered a challenge to take on Rhodes Scholars, but during the match they were attacked by Brock Lesnar, who was in a feud with Triple H at the time.
On the January 6, 2014, episode of Old School Raw, the Outlaws were in the corner of
On January 19, 2015, on Raw, they along with
On January 22, 2018, on
Championships and accomplishments
- Freedom Pro Wrestling
- FPW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[19]
- Maryland Championship Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- World Tag Team Championship contract) – B.G. James
- TWA Powerhouse
- TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)[23]
- World Wrestling Federation/WWE
- 1 time)[24]
- WWF Hardcore Championship (3 times) – Road Dogg (1) and Billy Gunn (2)[25]
- WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times) – Road Dogg (1)[26] and Billy Gunn (1)
- WWF World Tag Team Championship (5 times)[27][28][29][30][31]
- WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2019) – as members of D-Generation X[32]
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- ^ Woodward, Hamish (May 18, 2021). "Voodoo Kin Mafia vs DX: How to Kill a Feud Before it Begins". Atletifo Sports. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ "VKM Accept Challenge To Face The Hardys On Sunday". November 29, 2006. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
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- ^ "TWA Tag Team Championship History". Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
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- ^ "Hardcore Championship". WWE. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ "Road Dogg's first Intercontinental Championship reign". Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ "The New Age Outlaws' first World Tag Team Championship reign". Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ "The New Age Outlaws' second World Tag Team Championship reign". Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ "The New Age Outlaws' third World Tag Team Championship reign". Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ "The New Age Outlaws' fourth World Tag Team Championship reign". Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ "The New Age Outlaws' fifth World Tag Team Championship reign". Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ "D-Generation X, primer nominado al WWE Hall Of Fame 2019". solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com. February 18, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.