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The New Age Outlaws are an American
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in
World Wrestling Federation World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, ...
(WWF) made up of Brian James ("Road Dogg" Jesse James) and
Monty Sopp Monty Kip Sopp (born November 1, 1963), better known by his ring name Billy Gunn, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to the WWE under a Legends contract and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he also performs under the ring name ...
("Badd Ass" Billy Gunn). The duo became popular in the late 1990s as members of the second incarnation of the professional wrestling
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D-Generation X D-Generation X (DX), is an American professional wrestling Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable, stable, and later a tag team, who consisted of various members mostly Generation X wrestlers, most notably Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Ch ...
. Regarded as one of the greatest tag teams of all time, the promotion has described James and Gunn as "the most popular duo of WWE's
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." Over the same period, The New Age Outlaws had the third highest
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sales in the WWF after
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and The Rock. Upon parting ways with the WWF, the team reformed in several promotions, mostly notably in
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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
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. 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
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although the team are under a Legends contract for the WWE. They are six-time tag team champions in WWE, having held the
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five times and the
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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


World Wrestling Federation


Formation (1997)

The Outlaws first formed on the October 4, 1997 episode of ''
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'' when struggling superstars Billy Gunn and "Road Dogg" Jesse James, then known as Rockabilly and "The Real Double J" Jesse James respectively, ended their
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and teamed up. On the October 11, 1997 edition of ''
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'', Jesse James walked out to the ring following a loss by Rockabilly to
Flash Funk Charles Bernard Scaggs (born October 25, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name 2 Cold Scorpio. He gained fame for his performances in professional wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW ...
and asked him to turn on his
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The Honky Tonk Man Roy Wayne Farris (born January 25, 1953) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1986 to 1991, where he performed under the ring name The Honky Tonk Ma ...
, who had been responsible for Rockabilly's defeat, and team with him. Rockabilly answered by smashing a guitar on Honky Tonk Man's head and agreeing to team with James. Rockabilly re-dubbed himself "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn and Jesse James rechristened himself the Road Dogg. The team made an immediate impact on the WWF tag team scene with blatant attacks against other tag teams and, initially not having an entrance theme, walking out to the ring with only Road Dogg making a rant against their opponents over the PA system. The team became known for pulling wins out of nowhere via cheating and use of weapons. Through their attitude, charisma and antics, they began to get over with the crowd as heels.


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

James and Gunn defeated the
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for the
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in November 1997. This marked Gunn's fourth 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 James William Ross (born January 3, 1952) is an American professional wrestling commentator, sports announcer, and podcaster, better known by the ring name Jim Ross (often shortened to JR). He is signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he ...
to liken them to outlaws leaving a robbery. The name 'New Age Outlaws' was first used during their feud with LOD on the December 15 episode of ''Monday Night Raw''; the Outlaws joined
Triple H Paul Michael Levesque (; born July 27, 1969), also known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as its chief content officer. Levesque began his wres ...
and
Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of th ...
, collectively known as
D-Generation X D-Generation X (DX), is an American professional wrestling Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable, stable, and later a tag team, who consisted of various members mostly Generation X wrestlers, most notably Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Ch ...
, in assaulting the team, including shaving off one of
Road Warrior Hawk Michael James Hegstrand (January 26, 1957 – October 19, 2003) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as the Road Warriors (or the "Legion of Doom"), with Road Warrior Anima ...
's mohawks and throwing
Road Warrior Animal Joseph Michael "Joe" Laurinaitis (September 12, 1960 – September 22, 2020), better known by his ring name Road Warrior Animal (or simply Animal), was an American professional wrestler. Along with Road Warrior Hawk, he was one-half of the tag t ...
through the announcers' table. The name stuck and the New Age Outlaws quickly became one of the most hated teams in the WWF. Shortly before the
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in 1998, the New Age Outlaws began a feud with
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, 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 Terrance Dee Funk (June 30, 1944 – August 23, 2023) was an American professional wrestler and actor. Widely considered one of the most influential and greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Funk was known for the longevity of his car ...
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. 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". At
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, the New Age Outlaws lost the titles to Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie in a Dumpster match. The next night on ''Raw'', however, with the aid of Triple H and
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, 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
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, and they feuded with many different tag teams over the course of 1998. Their immense popularity was part of what helped the WWF challenge
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for ratings supremacy during the
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. They lost the tag title to Kane and Mankind in the summer of 1998, only to regain the titles from that same team at
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in a handicap match after Kane no-showed. In late 1998
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's
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tried to tempt the Outlaws away from DX and failed, which led to the Outlaws losing the title to Corporation members
Ken Shamrock Kenneth Wayne Shamrock ( né Kilpatrick; born February 11, 1964) is an American retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to WWE under a Legends contract, under the ring name Ken Shamrock. He is best known ...
and
Big Boss Man Ray Washington Traylor Jr. (May 2, 1963 – September 22, 2004) was an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name (The) Big Boss Man, a ...
.


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 Hardcore Title and the Intercontinental Championship in the first few months of 1999 (including a successful IC title defense at
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), 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 Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he both wrestles and serves as Director of Business Development. He is also ...
and
Owen Hart Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (W ...
at
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in April. A week later, Gunn turned heel on Road Dogg, resulting in a feud and a match at Over the Edge. The following month, Gunn went on to win the
King of the Ring King and Queen of the Ring, formerly and still commonly known as simply King of the Ring, was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. The event was established in 1993 and originally c ...
tournament. During the fall of 1999 the Outlaws reunited, first as
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, but then as heels when they rejoined the reformed and now heel DX. No Way Out saw the final end of the Outlaws when Gunn received a serious arm injury during a match with the
Dudley Boyz The Dudley Boyz (also known as Team 3D) are an American professional wrestling tag team who consisted of kayfabe half-brothers Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley. The team was also joined by various Dudley family members, notably Spike Dudley and ...
. 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
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. The two would reunite one more time as faces at
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, teaming up with K Kwik and former DX teammate Chyna against the Radicalz in a traditional Survivor Series match. Afterwards Road Dogg continued to team with K-Kwik. Gunn went on his own. Road Dogg was released from his WWF contract in January 2001 due to ongoing drug issues while Gunn was released from his contract in November 2004 after eleven years with the company.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling


3 Live Kru (2002–2005)

On September 18, 2002, "Road Dogg" Jesse James debuted in
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busines ...
under his birth name B.G. James. In July 2003, he formed a
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with
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and Ron "The Truth" Killings known as
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(3LK). The trio went on to become fan favorites and eventually won the
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on two occasions, which they defended collectively under the
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. Billy Gunn debuted in TNA at Against All Odds on February 13, 2005, interfering in the
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bout between
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and the challenging
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. Gunn struck Nash with a chair, but he was able to kick out of Jarrett's subsequent pin attempt. After Gunn seized the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt in order to strike Nash with it, B.G. James ran to the ring and wrestled it away from him. 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
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, when Jarrett, The Outlaw and
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faced
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,
Sean Waltman Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for his appearances for the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring names ...
and B.G. James (who was replacing an injured
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) in a
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. 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
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with
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. Although he was obviously helping the Kru at every turn, Konnan refused to trust Kip. On the November 26 episode of ''
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'', and even though Konnan had his doubts, 3LK inducted Kip into the group and renamed themselves the 4Live Kru. At
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, however, Konnan turned on the group, eventually forming his own group,
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(LAX). Killings also went out on his own afterward, leaving only Kip and B.G. together.


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 "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. Their official in-ring reunion took place the next night at
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, where they defeated
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. Their feud with LAX continued and included several more appearances by "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, including an Arm Wrestling match between Konnan and the 67-year-old Armstrong. In May 2006, The James Gang began a feud with
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over which of them was the greatest tag team. The James Gang picked up a victory over Team 3D at
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after Kip used a pipe on
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. They met again at
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, with Team 3D picking up the win this time. With the teams standing at 1-1 (and
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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. 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 to have
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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.


Voodoo Kin Mafia (2006–2008)

On the November 2 edition of ''Impact!'', Kip and B.G. James cut a worked-shoot
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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. After a November 11
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in Connecticut (where
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(WWE) is based) was canceled, TNA filmed a
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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
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's initials) and declaring "war" on WWE. During the "war" they called out the revived D-Generation X (DX), calling it a "failure" and stated that the original run was saved by their insertion as The New Age Outlaws in 1998. During their matches and promos on TNA television they continually included references to DX, including use of their signature taunts and maneuvers. Soon a series of vignettes began airing on ''Impact!'' with B.G. and Kip in and around
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, calling out Paul Levesque, Michael Hickenbottom, and Vince McMahon. During the vignettes they said they were trying to get a
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letter signed and get WWE to stop using the DX name. The vignettes were notable for using the same style of humor as the original DX while running down the revived DX for doing the same thing. When
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reunited for 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. On December 1, VKM showed up at a WWE
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at the Knoxville Civic Center with
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,
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, 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. At December's
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, they performed a parody of DX, then, in response to
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commenting on his website that Vince McMahon probably would not respond to the "war", and in response to their still receiving of legal warnings from WWE, they issued a "Million Dollar Challenge" to Vince McMahon and DX, offering to put up $1 million for a big fight between the DX members and themselves.
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of the UWF promotion later offered to host the "Million Dollar Challenge" at a UWF show during the weekend of WWE's
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pay-per-view event (scheduled for December 17) citing that his event was close to
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, the site of Armageddon. After the challenge was ignored, they narrowed it on the January 4 ''Impact!'', challenging just Hickenbottom to meet them at the Alamo in his hometown of San Antonio the following Wednesday. VKM declared themselves victorious in their "war" during a promo at
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citing WWE's refusal to acknowledge their presence while fans loudly chanted both "TNA" and "VKM" during the January 8 episode of ''
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''. In the same promo, they entered an angle with
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, 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
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Hemme brought in
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( Antonio Thomas and Romeo Roselli) in to TNA as mystery opponents at
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, but VKM made quick work of them. Around this time,
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began hanging around with VKM, keeping Christy Hemme out of VKM's matches. In April, at
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, Hemme had Serotonin face VKM on the pre-show, but again VKM came out victorious. At Sacrifice 2007, VKM lost to Hemme's new team Damaja and Basham formerly known as
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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
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after Kip pinned Basham, but Lance Hoyt turned on VKM after the match. Weeks later, at the Victory Road pay-per-view, VKM debuted a new valet/accomplice, the so-called "Voodoo Queen"
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. She attacked Hemme after VKM's match. 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
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was injured, as there was nowhere else to go with the gimmick.


Return to WWE (2012–2015, 2018)

On July 23, 2012, the New Age Outlaws returned to
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on the 1000th episode of ''Raw'' to re-unite with
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,
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and
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to reform D-Generation X for one night only. On December 17, Billy Gunn and Road Dogg appeared to present the
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to
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for Comeback of the Year. Starting on December 26 in
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at the
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, 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
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. 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
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, 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
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during his match against
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. On the January 10 episode of ''SmackDown'', the Outlaws teamed with CM Punk in a six-man tag match against
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in a losing effort. On the January 13 episode of ''Raw'', the Outlaws again teamed with Punk in a rematch against
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, 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 Tag Team Champions
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in a non-title match. At the
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, 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
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interfered and attacked both Rhodes and Goldust. On the February 3 episode of ''Raw'',
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granted Rhodes and Goldust a rematch for the titles in a steel cage match, in which the Outlaws would retain their title. At
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, the Outlaws successfully defended their titles against
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, 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
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. Billy Gunn got injured on the night by a Triple Power Bomb that The Shield delivered to him. He developed
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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 APA and nWo, returned as faces and attacked The Ascension. This set up a match between the Outlaws and The Ascension at the
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. They went on to lose to The Ascension after a ''Fall of Man'' on Gunn. At
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The Outlaws, along with X-Pac and Shawn Michaels, assisted their DX partner Triple H in defeating
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and also fought against the nWo, who had come to aid Sting. On January 22, 2018, on the 25th anniversary of Raw, The New Age Outlaws got together with DX, and
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. During the segment, the historic stable established an alliance for one night only, with the Bálor Club. Later that evening, the Bálor Club defeated the 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.


Championships and accomplishments

*Freedom Pro Wrestling **FPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) *
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**
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( 1 time) *
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**PWI ranked them #43 of the 100 best
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s of the PWI Years in 2003 **
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(1998) *
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** Feast or Fired (
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World Tag Team Championship contract) – B.G. James *TWA Powerhouse **TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) * World Wrestling Federation/WWE **
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( 1 time) **
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( 3 times) – Road Dogg (1) and Billy Gunn (2) **
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(
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) – Road Dogg (1) and Billy Gunn (1) **
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( 5 times) **
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( Class of 2019) – as members of
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References


External links


New Age Outlaws's official website
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