New Age Outlaws: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Professional wrestling tag team}}

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{{Infobox wrestling team

|type = T

|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"/>

|weights = {{convert|501|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

|debut = October 4, 1997<ref name="OWOW"/>

|disbanded =

}}

 

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]]).

 

 

==History==

====Tag Team Champions and D-Generation X (1997–1999)====

{{Main|D-Generation X}}

 

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.

 

 

====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 [[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.

 

 

[[File:Kip James and BG James.jpg|thumb|The Voodoo Kin Mafia (Kip, left, and B.G., right) at [[TNA Lockdown]] Interaction in 2007]]

 

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-level seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestlingnews.com/headlines/167034949.shtml|title = Breaking News: VKM Backstage At WWE House Show|access-date=December 1, 2006|date=December 1, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestlingnews.com/headlines/167040835.shtml|title=More On VKM Invading WWE House Show, More|access-date=December 1, 2006|date=December 1, 2006}}</ref> At December's [[Turning Point (2006 wrestling)|Turning Point]], they performed a parody of DX, then, in response to [[Jim Ross]] commenting on his website that Vince McMahon probably would not respond to the "war",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jrsbarbq.com/blog/2006/12/06/feedback%e2%80%a6with-more-to-come/|title=The Feedback Just Keeps on Coming!!|access-date=December 11, 2006|date=December 11, 2006}}</ref> and in response to their still receiving of legal warnings from WWE,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrestlingpost.com/2006/12/tna-wrestling-bg-james-talks-about-voodoo-kin-mafia-wwe.html|title=TNA Wrestling: BG James Talks About Voodoo Kin Mafia, WWE|access-date=December 11, 2006|date=December 12, 2006}}</ref> they issued a "Million Dollar Challenge" to Vince McMahon and DX, offering to put up [[United States dollar|$]]1 million for a big fight between the DX members and themselves. [[Hermie Sadler]] of the UWF promotion later offered to host the "Million Dollar Challenge" at a UWF show during the weekend of WWE's [[Armageddon (2006)|Armageddon]] pay-per-view event (scheduled for December 17) citing that his event was close to [[Richmond, Virginia]], the site of Armageddon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/48509/Various-News:-Impact-Taping,-VKM-DX,-UFC,-More.htm|title=Various News: Impact Taping, VKM/DX, UFC, More|access-date=December 14, 2006|date=December 14, 2006}}</ref> After the challenge was ignored, they narrowed it on the January 4 ''Impact!'', challenging just Hickenbottom to meet them at [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|the Alamo]] in his hometown of San Antonio the following Wednesday. VKM declared themselves victorious in their "war" during a promo at [[Final Resolution (2007)|Final Resolution]] citing WWE's refusal to acknowledge their presence while fans loudly chanted both "TNA" and "VKM" during the January 8 episode of ''[[WWE Raw]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_18869.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090809/http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_18869.shtml|archive-date=September 29, 2007|title=Caldwell's WWE RAW Report 1/8|access-date=January 19, 2007|publisher=PW Torch}}</ref>

**[[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)

**[[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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