James Dundee (né Cruickshanks; born 5 July 1971) is an Australian-American

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. He is best known for his appearances with the

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(USWA), the

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(WWF),

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(ECW), and

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(WCW) under the

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J. C. Ice as one half of the tag team

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. He is also known for his appearances on the

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under the ring name Jamie Dundee.

Early life

Dundee was born James Cruickshanks in

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on 5 July 1971. He is the son of Scottish-Australian professional wrestler

Bill Dundee William Cruickshanks (born 24 October 1943) is an Australian retired professional wrestler and author better known by his ring name Bill Dundee. Cruickshanks is the father of Jamie Dundee and was the father-in-law of wrestler Bobby Eaton. Ca ...

and the brother-in-law of professional wrestler

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Professional wrestling career

Cruickshanks was trained to wrestle by his father

and debuted in 1988 in USA Championship Wrestling in

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, a split off from Continental Wrestling in Alabama. In the promotion, he was a manager for the

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( Mike Davis and

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). He also fought with The Riches (Johnny and Davey) and the Armstrongs. He wrestled alongside his father in Memphis under the ring name Jamie Dundee. Some months prior to his ring debut, he participated in an angle in which he was brutalized at a TV taping by

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. He also was a heel referee in Memphis for a brief time. In the

(USWA) in the early 1990s, Dundee turned on his father and became J. C. Ice, a white rapper, loosely based on

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. He formed a

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called PG-13 with Kelly Wolfe (known as

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) and dominated the USWA tag team division throughout the mid-1990s, winning the

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on fifteen occasions. After losing to Bill Dundee, PG-13 were obliged to leave the USWA. They returned shortly thereafter under

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as The Cyberpunks, Ice (Dundee) and Fire (Wolfe). After some time, The Cyberpunks unmasked and reverted to being PG-13. During 1995 made appearances in Puerto Rico of the

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. In 1995,

entered the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and feuded with

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but were gone shortly thereafter. In 1996, they re-appeared with the

as members of the

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. Along with Jim Johnston and

, he helped create their theme song. In 1997, PG-13 appeared with

(ECW), challenging the

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for the vacant World Tag Team Titles at

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. In ECW they were known for goading the audience and their opponents. They wrestled

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, and

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. In 1998, Dundee wrestled there by himself between May and June against the likes of

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and

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. PG-13 appeared briefly for

(WCW) in 1999 and 2000. They frequently had matches with The Jung Dragons,

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, and

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. Upon leaving WCW, Cruickshanks returned to wrestling on the independent circuit. He was briefly nicknamed "The Convict" and had a

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that saw him

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before and after his matches.

Personal life

Dundee's son, Austin, died in January 2024 at the age of 33.

Championships and accomplishments

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** IWA Mid-South Lightweight Championship ( 1 time) *Kick-Ass Wrestling **KAW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **KAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) *''

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'' **PWI ranked him # 98 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1996 **PWI ranked him # 435 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. *

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**SAW International Tag Team Championship (1 time) with

Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame The Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame was a professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the United States Wrestling Association. The induction ceremony for the Class of 1994, the inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame, took place at the USWA' ...

**Class of 2024 – Wolfie D *Music City Wrestling ** MCW North American Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with

Doug Gilbert Douglas Gilbert (born February 5, 1969) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with regional professional wrestling promotions throughout the Southern United States, as well as for Extreme Championship Wrestli ...

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( 1 time) ** USWA Television Championship ( 1 time) **

USWA World Tag Team Championship The USWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Memphis, Tennessee-based United States Wrestling Association (USWA). The Continental Wrestling Association and World Class Wrestling ...

( 16 times) - with

(1) and

(15) *Xtreme Championship Wrestling Midwest **XCW Midwest Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *New Age Wrestling Alliance **NAWA World Heavyweight Champion (1 time)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ice, J. C. 1971 births American male professional wrestlers Living people Nation of Domination members Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee Professional wrestlers from Tennessee Australian emigrants to the United States Australian male professional wrestlers Australian people of Scottish descent American people of Australian descent American people of Scottish descent USWA World Tag Team Champions 1988 professional wrestling debuts