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{{Short description|Professional wrestling tag team}}
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|caption = [[Billy Gunn]] (left) and [[Road Dogg]] (right) in September 2011
|members = [[Road Dogg| Road Dogg Jesse James / B.G. James]]<ref name="OWOW"/><br />[[Billy Gunn|Billy Gunn / Kip James / Rockabilly]]<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/james-gang.html|title=James Gang Profile|access-date=April 26, 2008|publisher=Online World Of Wrestling}}</ref>
|names = The New Age Outlaws<ref name="OWOW"/><br />The James Gang<ref name="OWOW"/><br />Voodoo Kin Mafia<ref name="OWOW"/><br/> The Roadie And Rockabilly <ref name="OWOW"/>
|heights = Jesse James / B.G. James:<br />{{height|ft=6|in=1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/road-dogg|title=Road Dogg : WWE.com|publisher=WWE.com|access-date=February 25, 2014}}</ref><br />Billy Gunn / Kip James:<br />{{height|ft=6|in=
|weights = {{convert|501|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|debut = October 4, 1997<ref name="OWOW"/>
|years_active = 1997–2000<br/>2006–2008<br/>2012–2019
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The '''New Age Outlaws'''<ref name="OWOW"/> are an American [[professional wrestling]] [[tag team]] in [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) made up of [[Road Dogg|Brian James]] ("Road Dogg" Jesse James) and [[Billy Gunn|Monty Sopp]] ("Badd Ass" Billy Gunn). The duo became popular in the late 1990s as members of the second incarnation of the professional wrestling [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable|stable]] [[D-Generation X]].
Upon parting ways with the WWF, the team reformed in several promotions, mostly notably in [[Impact Wrestling|Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] where, under the ringnames B.G. James and Kip James, they performed collectively as the James Gang and then as the '''Voodoo Kin Mafia''', the latter of which was a play on the initials of their former boss in the WWF [[Vince McMahon]]. The team returned to periodic active competition in WWE under its original name in 2013 (with both members also having full-time backstage jobs with the company as well). Today only James is employed with the WWE in a backstage role while Sopp currently performs in [[All Elite Wrestling]] managing the tag team [[The Acclaimed]] ([[Max Caster]] and [[Anthony Bowens]]).
They are six-time tag team champions in WWE, having held the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWF World Tag Team Championship]] five times and the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Championship]] once. The duo hold the record for the most time between title reigns in WWE history after becoming the WWE Tag Team Champions at the 2014 Royal Rumble PPV, more than 14 years after their previous Tag Team title reign.
==History==
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====Tag Team Champions and D-Generation X (1997–1999)====
{{Main|D-Generation X}}
James and Gunn defeated the [[The Road Warriors|Legion of Doom]] for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|Tag Team Championship]] in November 1997.<ref name="OWOW" /> This marked Gunn's fourth [[List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE)|Tag Team Title reign]] and Road Dogg's first. Not only did the team win the titles that night, but they also got their "Outlaws" nickname when they "stole" the win and then ran to a waiting car, prompting ''Raw'' announcer [[Jim Ross]] to liken them to outlaws leaving a robbery. The name
Shortly before the [[Royal Rumble (1998)|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.<ref name="OWOW"/> 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".<ref>Foley, Mick; Have A Nice Day; 1999</ref> At [[WrestleMania XIV]], the New Age Outlaws lost the titles to Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Container-based variations|Dumpster match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm14/results/|title=Wrestlemania 14|access-date=February 22, 2008|publisher=WWE}}</ref> The next night on ''Raw'', however, with the aid of Triple H and [[Sean Waltman|X-Pac]], the Outlaws regained the titles in a steel cage match and officially joined DX.
The growing popularity of the "new" DX quickly [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Turn|turned]] the group from [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heels]] to [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener|tweeners]], eventually becoming [[Face (professional wrestling)|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
====Singles competition, reunion and split (1999–2000)====
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As 1999 started, the Outlaws slowly began to drift apart, with each man striving for singles gold. Road Dogg held both the [[WWE Hardcore Championship|Hardcore Title]] and the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]] in the first few months of 1999 (including a successful IC title defense at [[Wrestlemania XV]]), and Gunn briefly held the Hardcore title as well. In March, the pair started to team once again, leading to a match with [[Jeff Jarrett]] and [[Owen Hart]] at [[Backlash: In Your House|Backlash]] in April. A week later, Gunn turned heel on Road Dogg, resulting in a feud and a match at [[Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge]]. The following month, Gunn went on to win the [[King of the Ring#1999|King of the Ring]] tournament.
During the fall of 1999 the Outlaws reunited, first as [[Face (professional wrestling)|faces]], but then as heels when they rejoined the reformed and now heel DX. [[No Way Out (2000)|No Way Out]] saw the final end of the Outlaws when Gunn received a serious arm injury during a match with the [[Dudley Boyz]]. Gunn was soon kicked out of DX after "losing his cool" and getting into a fight with all of the DX members; in reality, he needed to have surgery to repair his [[torn rotator cuff]]. The two would reunite one more time as faces at [[Survivor Series (2000)|Survivor Series]], teaming up with [[R-Truth|K Kwik]] and former DX teammate Chyna against the Radicalz in a traditional Survivor Series match. Afetrwards Road Dogg continued to team with K-Kwik. Gunn went on his own. Road Dogg was released from his WWF contract in
===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling===
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====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 [[Bob Armstrong|"Bullet" Bob Armstrong]]. Their official in-ring reunion took place the next night at [[Final Resolution (2006)|Final Resolution]], where they defeated [[The Diamonds in the Rough]]. Their feud with LAX continued and included several more appearances by "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, including an [[Professional wrestling match types#Arm Wrestling match|Arm Wrestling match]] between Konnan and the 67-year-old Armstrong.
In May 2006, The James Gang began a feud with [[The Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] over which of them was the greatest tag team. The James Gang picked up a victory over Team 3D at [[Sacrifice (2006)|Sacrifice]] after Kip used a pipe on [[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]]. They met again at [[Slammiversary (2006)|Slammiversary]], with Team 3D picking up the win this time. With the teams standing at 1-1 (and [[Spike Dudley|Brother Runt]] returning to in-ring action), Team 3D challenged The James Gang to find themselves a partner and face them (Brother Runt included) in a six-man tag match at [[Victory Road (2006)|Victory Road]]. Whereas Team 3D expected them to get someone from their family (such as "Bullet" Bob Armstrong), the James Gang "made a deal with the devil" and paid [[James Mitchell (manager)|James Mitchell]] to have [[Abyss (wrestler)|Abyss]] team up with them instead. The James Gang and Abyss won the no-disqualification six-man tag match after Abyss Black Hole Slammed Brother Runt onto a table and got the pin.
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[[File:Kip James and BG James.jpg|thumb|The Voodoo Kin Mafia (Kip, left, and B.G., right) at [[TNA Lockdown]] Interaction in 2007]]
After a November 11 [[house show]] in Connecticut (where [[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) is based) was canceled, TNA filmed a [[Vignette (professional wrestling)|vignette]] at WWE headquarters featuring the James Gang discussing the show cancellation, posting it on their website two days later. This vignette was followed with a promo on the November 16 ''Impact!'', during which they announced that they had been given "creative control", and were changing their name to the Voodoo Kin Mafia (VKM for short, a play on [[Vince McMahon]]'s initials) and declaring "war" on WWE.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Woodward|first=Hamish|date=May 18, 2021|title=Voodoo Kin Mafia vs DX: How to Kill a Feud Before it Begins|url=https://atletifo.com/wrestling/news/voodoo-kin-mafia-vs-dx/
When [[The Hardy Boyz|The Hardys]] reunited for [[December to Dismember (2006)|December to Dismember]] and issued an open challenge the TNA website quickly posted a message from VKM accepting, though it had already been accepted by [[MNM (wrestling)|MNM]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/blogcategory/1/84/ |title=VKM Accept Challenge To Face The Hardys On Sunday |access-date=October 29, 2006 |date=November 29, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011015242/http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/blogcategory/1/84/ |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref> On December 1, VKM showed up at a WWE [[house show]] at the Knoxville Civic Center with [[Vince Russo]], [[Jeremy Borash]], and a camera crew. They interviewed fans outside, filmed themselves purchasing tickets and eventually entered the building, watching the main event match - featuring DX - from an upper
In the same promo, they entered an angle with [[Christy Hemme]], who declared that women deserve respect in wrestling and found herself heavily disagreed with and mocked by Kip James, while B.G. attempted to agree with her. To shut VKM up, the [[Heel (professional wrestling)|evil]] Hemme brought in [[The Heart Throbs|The Heartbreakers]] ([[Tom Matera|Antonio Thomas]] and [[Romeo Roselli]]) in to TNA as mystery opponents at [[Destination X (2007)|Destination X]], but VKM made quick work of them. Around this time, [[Lance Hoyt]] began hanging around with VKM, keeping Christy Hemme out of VKM's matches. In April, at [[Lockdown (2007)|Lockdown]], Hemme had Serotonin face VKM on the pre-show, but again VKM came out victorious. At [[Sacrifice (2007)|Sacrifice 2007]], VKM lost to Hemme's new team [[Danny Basham|Damaja]] and [[Doug Basham|Basham]] formerly known as [[The Basham Brothers]] in World Wrestling Entertainment, though not fairly, as Basham and Damaja injured (kayfabe) BG James before the match, making it a handicap match. VKM finally defeated Basham and Damaja at [[Slammiversary (2007)|Slammiversary]] after Kip pinned Basham, but Lance Hoyt turned on VKM after the match. Weeks later, at the [[Victory Road (2007)|Victory Road]] pay-per-view, VKM debuted a new valet/accomplice, the so-called "Voodoo Queen" [[Nikki Roxx|Roxxi Laveaux]]. She attacked Hemme after VKM's match.
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On the January 6, 2014, episode of ''Old School Raw'', the Outlaws were in the corner of [[CM Punk]] during his match against [[Roman Reigns]]. On the January 10 episode of ''SmackDown'', the Outlaws teamed with CM Punk in a six-man tag match against [[The Shield (professional wrestling)|The Shield]] in a losing effort. On the January 13 episode of ''Raw'', the Outlaws again teamed with Punk in a rematch against [[The Shield (professional wrestling)|The Shield]], only to abandon Punk and lose the match, thus turning heel in the process for the first time since 1999. Four days later on ''SmackDown'', they defeated [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champions]] [[Cody Rhodes and Goldust]] in a non-title match. At the [[Royal Rumble (2014)|Royal Rumble]], the Outlaws defeated Rhodes and Goldust to become WWE Tag Team Champions, their first reign with these particular title, their sixth overall tag team championship reign in WWE and first in over 14 years, marking the longest time between reigns in WWE history. The following night on ''Raw'', Rhodes and Goldust invoked their rematch clause, with the Outlaws retaining the title after losing by disqualification after [[Brock Lesnar]] interfered and attacked both Rhodes and Goldust. On the February 3 episode of ''Raw'', [[Triple H]] granted Rhodes and Goldust a rematch for the titles in a steel cage match, in which the Outlaws would retain their title. At [[Elimination Chamber (2014)|Elimination Chamber]], the Outlaws successfully defended their titles against [[The Usos]], but lost the championship in a rematch to The Usos on the March 3 episode of ''Raw''. The New Age Outlaws, now billed as "The Corporate Outlaws", teamed with Kane to take on The Shield in a losing effort at [[WrestleMania XXX]]. Billy Gunn got injured on the night by a Triple Power Bomb that The Shield delivered to him. He developed [[hemoptysis]] and The New Age Outlaws did not appear on ''Raw'' and the following night on ''SmackDown''.
On January 19, 2015, on Raw, they along with [[The Acolytes Protection Agency|the APA]] and [[The New World Order (professional wrestling)|nWo]], returned as faces and attacked [[The Ascension (professional wrestling)|The Ascension]]. This set up a match between the Outlaws and The Ascension at the [[Royal Rumble (2015)|Royal Rumble]]. They went on to lose to The Ascension after a ''Fall of Man'' on Gunn. At [[WrestleMania 31]] The Outlaws, along with X-Pac and Shawn Michaels, assisted their DX partner Triple H in defeating [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] and also fought against the nWo, who had come to aid Sting.
On January 22, 2018, on [[WWE Raw 25 Years|the 25th anniversary of Raw]], The New Age Outlaws got together with DX, and [[Scott Hall]]. During the segment, the historic stable established an alliance for one night only, with the [[Bullet Club|Bálor Club]]. Later that evening, the Bálor Club defeated the [[The Revival (professional wrestling)|Revival]], and after the match the legends of the past performed on the latter, their classic finishers and signature taunts, with a ''Shake, Rattle and Roll'' from Road Dogg and a ''Famouser'' from Billy Gunn against [[Scott Dawson (wrestler)|Scott Dawson]].
==Championships and accomplishments==
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**[[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship]] ([[List of WWE Hardcore Champions|3 times]]) – Road Dogg (1) and Billy Gunn (2)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/hardcore-championship|title=Hardcore Championship|website=WWE|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
**[[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]] ([[List of WWE Intercontinental Champions|2 times]]) – Road Dogg (1)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/intercontinental/322568|title=Road Dogg's first Intercontinental Championship reign|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref> and Billy Gunn (1)
**[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWF World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE)|5 times]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/3044541321242|title=The New Age Outlaws' first World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132111132|title=The New Age Outlaws' second World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413213212|title=The New Age Outlaws' third World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413218|title=The New Age Outlaws' fourth World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413211124|title=The New Age Outlaws' fifth World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
**[[WWE Hall of Fame]] ([[WWE Hall of Fame (2019)|Class of 2019]]) – as members of [[D-Generation X]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/78555-dgeneration-x-primer-nominado-al-wwe-hall-of-fame-2019|title=D-Generation X, primer nominado al WWE Hall Of Fame 2019|date=February 18, 2019|website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://outlaws.thisiswrestling.com/ New Age Outlaws's
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