Brian Gerard James Brian Girard " B . G . " James ( May 20 , 1969 ) is an American professional wrestler and former United States Marine , currently signed to the WWE . James returned to the WWE as a producer in 2011 , and has since wrestled sporadically . James is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) as The Roadie from 1994 to 1995 and as " The Road Dogg " Jesse James or simply ( The ) Road Dogg from 1996 to 2001 . He is also known for his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as B . G . James from 2002 to 2009 , and has also made appearances for several other promotions such as Smoky Mountain Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling , the United States Wrestling Association , the Catch Wrestling Association , and World Wrestling All - Stars . James has held numerous championships over the course of his career . In the WWF / E , he found his greatest success as a tag team wrestler and is a six time Tag Team Champion , having won the WWF Tag Team Championship five times and the WWE Tag Team Championship once with Billy Gunn as The New Age Outlaws ( who became part of D - Generation X ) . Additionally , James found success in singles competition by becoming a one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time Hardcore Champion . Following his departure from the WWF , James became the inaugural World Wrestling All - Stars ( WWA ) World Heavyweight Champion before once again finding success as a tag team wrestler in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he was a two time National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) World Tag Team Champion with Konnan and Ron Killings under the Freebird Rule as the 3Live Kru . Ultimately , WWE has described James as " one of the most popular Superstars of WWE ' s Attitude Era " . James is a second generation wrestler ; his father Bob wrestled , as did his brothers Scott , Brad , and Steve . Career . Early career . James served in the United States Marine Corps from 1987 to 1993 and fought in the Operation Desert Storm in 1991 where he was a platoon Sergeant in command of thirty - three Marines . During his recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Parris Island , South Carolina , James was named Honor Man . Six months after receiving his discharge in 1993 , James began wrestling . He feuded with Robbie Eagle in the Carolinas . He was also a member of the United States Silent Drill Platoon as a guidon bearer . World Wrestling Federation ( 1994 – 2000 ) . The Roadie . After wrestling for a whole year in Smoky Mountain Wrestling and making occasional appearance for World Championship Wrestling as Brian Armstrong , James began his career with the World Wrestling Federation towards the end of 1994 . He was billed as The Roadie , an assistant to " Double J " Jeff Jarrett , a would - be country singer . He wrestled on several pay - per - view s and television shows , but most of his first WWF tenure was spent accompanying Jarrett and interfering in his matches . In early 1995 , Jeff Jarrett released the song " With My Baby Tonight , " that Jarrett claimed he had sung himself . The planned angle was to reveal that it was The Roadie , not Jarrett , who had really performed the vocals on this song , sparking a feud between the two wrestlers . Before this revelation could take place , Jarrett and James suddenly left the WWF following the second In Your House pay - per - view on July 23 1995 . James then joined the United States Wrestling Association as Jesse James Armstrong , winning the heavyweight and tag titles before being forced to leave as a result of a loss at the hands of Jeff Jarrett . New Age Outlaws . James returned to the WWF in 1996 as Jesse James , " The Real Double J " , and revealed himself to be the true singer of " With My Baby Tonight " . He languished as a midcard singles wrestler until he formed a tag team with Billy Gunn , New Age Outlaws . A change in creative direction in the WWF in late 1997 led Billy Gunn , who had formerly been stuck in the unpopular gimmick of " Rockabilly , " to bleach his hair blonde and assume the name " Badd Ass " Billy Gunn ( also known as Mr . Ass ) , while James became " The Road Dogg " Jesse James . The appearance and mannerisms of the team became more and more controversial and anti - social . The team , known as the New Age Outlaws , feuded with the Road Warriors and the short - lived tag team of Cactus Jack and Terry Funk before joining D - Generation X the night after WrestleMania XIV . The Outlaws amassed five World Tag Team Title reigns before Gunn was legitimately injured in early 2000 and thrown out of DX to explain his absence . James then teamed with fellow DX member X - Pac throughout the summer of 2000 but failed to regain his former popularity or title success . The team eventually split , and DX fell apart . James then formed a tag team with newcomer K - Kwik . He was suspended in December 2000 , and the WWF announced his release on January 26 2001 . Independent circuit ( 2000 - 2002 ) . His most prominent appearance in the independent circuit was with the short lived World Wrestling All - Stars ( WWA ) promotion . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2002 – present ) . James debuted for the upstart Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion on September 18 , 2002 wrestling as B . G . James ( the popular Road Dogg Gimmick was owned by WWE ) . He was initially a Heel and one of the founding members of Vince Russo ' s S . E . X faction . 3Live Kru ( 2003 - 2005 ) . In July 2003 , James formed the stable known as the 3Live Kru with Hispanic wrestler Konnan and the African American wrestler Ron Killings . James was presented as a white trash redneck . The group was popular from the outset and was notable because they sang their own entrance music as they approached the ring . The 3Live Kru turned out to be a successful gimmick as Killings held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship for a second time and all three members enjoyed Tag Title reigns . Tension arose when James ' former partner Billy Gunn joined TNA as " The New Age Outlaw " ( later shortened to " The Outlaw " ) in February 2005 . The Outlaw repeatedly courted James , seeking to split the Kru and recreate the New Age Outlaws . When The Outlaw began feuding with the Kru , James repeatedly found his loyalties divided , unwilling to fight either his former or current tag team partners . For a time , James stopped appearing with the Kru but did not align himself with The Outlaw , who had by then changed his name to " Kip James " as a " tribute " to James ' father . However , at Sacrifice , he reasserted his allegiance with 3LK as special guest referee in a match between the other members of 3LK and the team of Kip James and Monty Brown . Kip James tried to warm up to 3LK again in the lead - up to Bound for Glory by saving B . G . several times from Team Canada . At Bound for Glory , he offered his protective services to them against Team Canada ( to neutralize Scott D ' Amore , as he said ) . When they lost , Kip James came down to the ring , appearing ready to hit Konnan with a steel chair since he originally vetoed Kip ' s offer . Kip instead saved Konnan from Team Canada , thus proving his original intentions . On the November 26 episode of " Impact ! " , B . G . brought Kip and the 3LK to the ring and asked The Truth and Konnan to give Kip James a yes / no vote to be accepted into the group . After B . G . got heated with Konnan , both gave Kip yes votes and the 4Live Kru was born . The 4Live Kru was short lived as Konnan , still apparently upset at Kip James ' s induction into the Kru , bashed both B . G . and Kip over the head with a steel chair at Turning Point . Konnan , still wanting Ron Killings to be his " family , " tried talking with The Truth . Killings told Konnan that he was done with the Kru and wanted to leave it all behind him . The James Gang ( 2006 ) . After the incident , B . G . and Kip regrouped , reformed their old tag team as The James Gang and feuded with Konnan ' s new stable , The Latin American Exchange , which he formed with Homicide and Apolo . Apolo was sent home from the Against All Odds after complaining about being used as a jobber and was quickly replaced by a relative unknown named Machete . On a subsequent edition of " Impact ! " , B . G . ' s real life father " Bullet " Bob Armstrong informed The James Gang that he was sick of the shenanigans of LAX and how they always used strength in numbers to their advantage . He informed them that he was going to see Larry Zbyszko to have himself added to the Destination X match as their partner , effectively making it a three - man tag team . A despondent B . G . turned to Kip James and comically uttered " Mom is gonna KILL me ! " . " Bullet " was in fact added to the team and , they won the match at Destination X . The next month an arm wrestling match was booked between Bullet Bob Armstrong and Konnan , where the losing team would get hit ten times with a leather whip . Bob Armstrong prevailed with the victory , so The LAX got whipped several times upon scrambling out of the cage for survival . Following The LAX rivalry , B . G and Kip went after Team 3D , aka the Dudley Boyz . The two teams cut promos arguing over their long term histories with past promotions such as WWE and ECW . The rivalry came to a head at TNA Sacrifice when The James Gang beat Team 3D using a lead pipe . The James Gang and Team 3D feuded throughout the summer . They were scheduled for a # 1 contendership match at Hard Justice but , due to a fire , the match was canceled . The match was rescheduled for " iMPACT " , but The Gang lost . On the November 2 , 2006 edition of " Impact ! " , Kip and B . G . James announced that they were going to quit TNA . Kip James grabbed the mic and tried to say something to the TNA administration and Spike TV , but each time his mic was cut off . Kip then tried to use the announcer ' s headset , but it was cut off as well . Frustrated , he started yelling loudly to the crowd , but he was cut off as the show went to a commercial break . When the show returned , the announcers speculated that they may have been frustrated due to the influx of new talent entering TNA . It was since reported that the segment was a worked shoot that Vince Russo had written in order to renew interest upon their eventual return . Voodoo Kin Mafia ( 2006 - 2008 ) . On the November 16 airing of " Impact ! " , The James Gang announced that they would now be known as Voodoo Kin Mafia ( VKM ) . They spent their airtime bashing Vince McMahon and both members of D - Generation X , using their real names : Paul Levesque and Michael Hickenbottom . After calling Triple H " Triple Hollywood " and Shawn Michaels " Shawn Kiss - My - Bottom , " VKM claimed they were declaring war on DX and Vincent Kennedy McMahon ( VKM ) . On the November 23 airing of " Impact ! " , they drove around searching for their targets , but they ended up arriving at a Target store . At the end of the episode , VKM argued , and Kip pointed straight ahead to the WWE World Headquarters . To which , B . G . responded , " We ' re back ! " . In December 2006 , as acknowledged by TNA ' s Website , VKM accepted The Hardys ' open challenge to a match at December to Dismember . However , WWE never acknowledged their challenge . Over the following weeks , VKM aired several more videos bashing DX and Vince McMahon . They also made a $ 1 , 000 , 000 challenge to DX as announced on the TNA website . They declared ' victory ' at Final Resolution . In early 2007 , however , James said in a shoot interview along with his tag team partner Kip James that he would jump back to WWE if he could get out of his TNA contract and got a WWE offer . On August 4 , James returned to the Boston - based Millennium Wrestling Federation ' s Soul Survivor IV wrestling event and fanfest James worked for the promotion when it opened in 2001 , but no - show a benefit for " Superstar " Billy Graham in October 2002 due to his " personal demons . " MWF has brought the real life situation into the storyline . James and Beau Douglas went on to win the MWF Tag Team Championship from the Canadian Superstars ( J - Busta & Dave Cole ) . During a pre - event question and answer session , James went into his hatred of Jim Ross and his feelings that WWE ruins families and lives . James and Douglas lost the titles back to the Canadians on October 27 , 2007 at a Special Olympics fundraiser in Salem , Massachusetts . After five years of bad blood , James made peace with promoter Dan Mirade for sabotaging the Graham benefit and has agreed to return in the future . At Turning Point , B . G won one of the cases in the Feast or Fired match which granted him a TNA World Tag Team Championship match . Instead of Kip , he chose his real life father " Bullet " Bob Armstrong ] ] to be his tag team partner . B . G . and Bullet Bob lost their title match against A . J . Styles and Tomko in the opening match of Against All Odds . He and Kip had turned face but on the February 21 , 2008 edition of " Impact ! " , Kip turned on his longtime tag team partner B . G James and B . G ' s dad " Bullet " Bob Armstrong by hitting them both with a crutch turning heel in the process . At Lockdown , he finally defeated Kip in a six - sides of steel match . Sporadic appearances and departure ( 2008 – 2009 ) . At Final Resolution , James returned to TNA television for the first time in months and participated in the Feast or Fired Match , which was won by Curry Man , Homicide , Hernandez , and Jay Lethal . James was also seen on " Impact ! " two weeks later as he was trying to hold back Jeff Jarrett from fighting Kurt Angle . The week afterwards , he was punched by Angle while he and Jarrett were fighting . < On the January 8 , 2009 edition of " Impact ! " , James faced off against Angle , but lost via submission due to Angle ' s ankle lock . On September 15 , 2009 , James was released from his TNA contract . Independent circuit ( 2009 – 2011 ) . Upon leaving TNA , James returned to the independent circuit and resumed using his Jesse James ring name . On January 30 , 2010 , he teamed with Dysfunction to defeat Mason Quinn and J - Ca $ h , who substituted for Quinn ' s tag team partner Dave Demone , to the All - Star Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship for the first time . On May 1 , James lost his half of the title when Dysfunction picked Quinn as his new partner when Dysfunction and Quinn scored a double pin against each other during a title defense . On April 19 , James resumed using his Road Dogg name and reformed the New Age Outlaws with Billy Gunn to compete in the Canadian Wrestling ' s Elite promotion . On May 28 James appeared at One Pro Wrestling ' s event The Last Stand , where he teamed with Kevin Nash in an unsuccessful attempt at winning the Tag Team Championship . Return to WWE ( 2011 – present ) . On April 2 , 2011 , James returned to WWE for the first time in over a decade to induct his father " Bullet " Bob Armstrong into the company ' s Hall of Fame class of 2011 . Several months later , James announced on October 11 via his Facebook account that he re - signed with WWE as an agent , and would return to the company in his new role on October 23 at the Vengeance pay - per - view . After a ten - year - long absence , James returned to WWE television on the December 12 episode of " Raw " under his Road Dogg ring name to present CM Punk with the Slammy Award for " Pipe Bomb " of the Year . On January 29 , 2012 , Road Dogg entered the Royal Rumble match as the twenty - third entrant and lasted nearly five minutes before being eliminated by Wade Barrett . Following this , he began hosting the WWE . com and YouTube web series " Are You Serious ? " alongside Josh Mathews . On July 23 , Road Dogg reunited with Billy Gunn , Sean Waltman , Shawn Michaels and Triple H to reform D - Generation X for one night only on the 1000th episode of " Raw " . On the December 17 episode of " Raw " , he and Billy Gunn appeared together as the New Age Outlaws and presented the Slammy Award for Comeback of the Year to Jerry Lawler . On the March 4 , 2013 episode of " Raw " , Road Dogg and Billy Gunn made their in - ring return as the New Age Outlaws with a victory over Primo and Epico . A week later , the New Age Outlaws competed against Team Rhodes Scholars , but the match was rendered a no contest after Brock Lesnar interrupted and performed an " F - 5 " to both Outlaws as part of his ongoing feud with Triple H . On the December 9 episode of " Raw " , the New Age Outlaws appeared to present the Slammy Award for LOL Moment of the Year . On the January 6 , 2014 episode of " Raw " , the New Age Outlaws saved CM Punk from an assault by The Shield and later stood in Punk ' s corner during his match against Roman Reigns . Later that week on " SmackDown " , they teamed alongside Punk to face The Shield in a six - man tag team match , although they were defeated after Gunn was pinned by Reigns . On the January 13 episode of " Raw " , the New Age Outlaws and Punk faced The Shield in a rematch before abandoning Punk as he was about to tag them , turning both Outlaws heel in the process for the first time in over a decade . Later that week on " SmackDown " , the New Age Outlaws defeated the Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Goldust in a non - title match . On January 26 at the Royal Rumble kickoff show , the New Age Outlaws defeated Rhodes and Goldust to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship and sixth tag team title in WWE overall . They held the title until the March 3 episode of " Raw " , where they were defeated by The Usos . After losing the title , the Outlaws allied with Kane as part of The Authority to face The Shield at WrestleMania XXX , but they were defeated in quick fashion . Since then , James has resumed his role as a producer while Gunn resumed his role as a trainer in NXT . On the January 19 , 2015 , episode of RAW , Road Dogg and Billy Gunn reunited to confront The Ascension . The Ascension had been disrespecting tag teams from the past when the New Age Outlaws ' s music hit and they entered the ring wearing Dallas Cowboys shirts . The Outlaws , along with Bradshaw and Farooq of APA , cleared the ring of The Ascension . The New Age Outlaws challenged The Ascension at the 2015 Royal Rumble and lost . Personal life . Like his father James served in the United States Marine Corps from 1987 to 1993 and fought in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 , where he was a platoon sergeant in command of thirty - three Marines . James is married and the couple have three children . James admits to having had problems with drugs and alcohol throughout his life . In high school , he began smoking marijuana and later painkillers during his time in D - Generation X . After being suspended and then released from the WWF , he successfully underwent rehabilitation to straighten out his life .