Road Dogg

Road Dogg
Born	(1969-05-20) May 20, 1969 (age 55)[1] Marietta, Georgia[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	B.G. James[2] Brian Armstrong[2] (The) Dark Secret[2] Jesse James[2] Jesse James Armstrong[3] (The) Road Dogg[2] (The) Roadie[2]
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2][4]
Billed weight	241 lb (109 kg)[3][4]
Billed from	Nashville, Tennessee[3] Marietta, Georgia[4]
Trained by	Bob Armstrong[3]
Debut	1986[3]

Brian Girard James^[3] (born May 20, 1969)^[1] is an American professional wrestler currently working for WWE as the Senior Vice President of Live Events, as a commentator on Main Event and as an agent. James is best known for wrestling in the World Wrestling Federation/WWE as "The Road Dogg" Jesse James or just Road Dogg. He is a former member of D-Generation X and the tag team partner of Billy Gunn/Kip James, with whom he teamed as the New Age Outlaws in the WWF and The James Gang and Voodoo Kin Mafia in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In the WWF/E, James became a one time Intercontinental Champion, a one time Hardcore Champion, and a six-time Tag Team Champion with Billy Gunn. In TNA, he became a two time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Konnan and Ron Killings. James is also former one-time world heavyweight champion after becoming the first-ever WWA World Heavyweight Champion in 2002.

Championships and accomplishments

• All-Star Championship Wrestling
  • ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dysfunction^[5]
• Catch Wrestling Association
  • CWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cannonball Grizzly^[6]
• Coastal Carolina Wrestling Alliance/Carolina Wrestling Federation
  • CCWA/CWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[2][7]
• Freedom Pro Wrestling
  • FPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Billy Gunn^[8]
• Maryland Championship Wrestling
  • MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kip James^[9]
• Millennium Wrestling Federation
  • MWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Beau Douglas^[10]
• NWA Wrestle Birmingham
  • NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[11]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Tag Team of the Year (1998)^[12] with Billy Gunn
  • PWI ranked him #46 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1999^[7][12]
  • PWI ranked him #43 of the best 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" in 2003^[13] with Billy Gunn
  • PWI ranked him #183 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)¹ – with Ron Killings and Konnan^[14]
  • Gauntlet for the Gold (2003 – Tag Team) – Ron Killings^[15]
  • Feast or Fired (2007 – World Tag Team Championship contract)^[16]
• TWA Powerhouse
  • TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Billy Gunn^[17]
• United States Wrestling Association
  • USWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[18]
  • USWA Television Championship (2 times)^[19]
  • USWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tracy Smothers^[20]
• World Wrestling All-Stars
  • WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, first)^[21][22][23]
  • London Rumble (2001)^[24][25][26]
  • Manchester Rumble (2001)^[27][28][29]
• World Wrestling Federation/WWE
  • WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)^[30]
  • WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)^[31][32]
  • WWF Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Billy Gunn^{[33][34][35][36][37]}
  • WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Billy Gunn^[38]
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2019) – as a member of D-Generation X^[39]
• Wrestle Birmingham
  • Wrestle Birmingham Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[40]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Worst Gimmick (1996) as The Real Double J

¹James defended the championship with either Konnan or Killings under the Freebird Rule.

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Other websites

• Road Dogg on WWE.com