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James and Gunn defeated the [[The Road Warriors|Legion of Doom]] for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|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 stuck and the New Age Outlaws quickly became one of the most hated teams in the WWF. During their feud with LOD, the Outlaws joined [[Triple H]] and [[Shawn Michaels]], collectively known as [[D-Generation X]], in assaulting the team on an episode of ''Monday Night Raw'', including shaving off one of [[Road Warrior Hawk]]'s mohawks and throwing [[Road Warrior Animal]] through the announcers' table.
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=2008-02-22|publisher=WWE}}</ref> The next night on ''Raw'', however, with the aid of Triple H and [[Sean Waltman|X-Pac]], the Outlaws regained the
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 Wars]]. They lost the tag title to [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]] and Mankind in the summer of 1998, only to regain the titles from that same team at [[SummerSlam (1998)|SummerSlam]] in a handicap match after Kane [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#No-show|no-showed]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/history/1998/results/|title=SUMMERSLAM 1998|access-date=2008-02-22|publisher=WWE}}</ref> In late 1998 [[Vince McMahon]]'s [[The Corporation (professional wrestling)|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 [[Ray Traylor|Big Boss Man]].
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