Latin American Exchange The Latin American Xchange or " Latin American X - Change " ( frequently abbreviated to LAX ) is an all Latino professional wrestling stable on Impact Wrestling formerly consisted of Hernandez and currently are Konnan , Homicide , Angel Ortiz , Santana and Diamanté . The original gimmick of LAX was protesting the perceived repression of ethnic minorities by the NWA Championship Committee and TNA Management in the guise of militant street thugs . Since 2007 their gimmicks have been that of the " Heroes of the Latino Nation . " History . LAX emerged from the breakup of 3Live Kru , which was the result of Konnan being tired of the shenannigans between B . G . James and Kip James . When Kip was permitted into the stable , it was the last straw . At Turning Point 2005 , Konnan attacked Kip and B . G . with a chair , signalling that stable ' s end . Throughout December , " Bullet " Bob Armstrong , B . G . James ' father , tried to get 4Live Kru back together . On the December 31 , 2005 episode of " TNA iMPACT ! " , when Bullet Bob encountered Konnan , Konnan sounded like he ' d had a change of heart , and was willing to talk . Later in the show , however , two other Hispanic wrestlers — the returning Apolo and the debuting Homicide — ambushed Bullet Bob backstage at Konnan ' s command . As a result , a feud began between LAX and the James Gang , who sought revenge for the attack . The feud between LAX and the James Gang continued through January 2006 . At Against All Odds 2006 on February 12 , 2006 , Apolo and Homicide were scheduled to wrestle the James Gang . However , Apolo had been released from TNA earlier that month for no - showing an event . His departure was explained on - screen by Konnan , who simply stated that the LAX was expanding , then introduced Apolo ' s replacement , the debuting Machete . Homicide and Machete went on to lose to the James Gang . On the March 18 , 2006 episode of " iMPACT ! " , Homicide and Machete lost to Shark Boy and Norman Smiley after Konnan inadvertently hit Machete with his slapjack . After the match , Konnan tore off Machete ' s Puerto Rican T - shirt and threw him out of the stable . On the March 31 , 2006 episode of " TNA Xplosion " , Konnan justified his firing of Machete , pointing to Machete ' s loss to Shark Boy . Later that evening , Konnan debuted the newest member of the LAX , the returning Hernandez . Hernandez and Homicide teamed together in a loss to Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal . LAX were next involved in a storyline where they refused to wrestle , claiming that Latinos were " discriminated " against in TNA . The storyline borrowed heavily from the current controversy surrounding illegal immigration . Konnan even established a " border " around the Spanish announcer area ( where he provided commentary alongside Moody Jack Melendez ) and denied entry to non - Latino individuals ( they usually use the term Gringo when referring to American wrestlers ) . LAX would often jump any wrestler ( s ) who wander too close to the area . On the June 29 episode of " iMPACT ! " , Jim Cornette ordered that LAX ' s work stoppage will mean a " cheque stoppage . " Homicide would wrestle on the July 6 episode , with the stipulation that LAX have a special Spanish ring entrance , announced by Melendez . Konnan would later make an offer to Ron " The Truth " Killings to join LAX . After Killings denied the offer , LAX would give him a beating . LAX would also attempt to give Sonjay Dutt a similar beating after one of Dutt ' s matches , but Killings would come out and make the save , leading to a tag team match at TNA Victory Road 2006 between Homicide and Hernandez vs . Killings and Dutt . Hernandez would pick up the victory for LAX after hitting the Border Toss on Dutt . On the July 20 episode of TNA iMPACT ! , the NWA Tag Team Champions A . J . Styles and Christopher Daniels offered any team on the TNA roster a contract to face them for the titles , including LAX , who would proceed to attack the champions and sign the contract . On the August 24 episode of " iMPACT " , LAX would defeat Styles and Daniels in a Border Brawl to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship . However , LAX lost the titles back to Styles and Daniels at No Surrender 2006 in the first ever tag team Ultimate X match . LAX would regain the titles in a six sides of steel match at Bound for Glory 2006 after Homicide hit AJ Styles with Da Gringo Killa . During the November 16 episode of iMPACT ! , LAX nearly burned the American flag , as they promised one week earlier , but was stopped by face - turn ing Petey Williams . After stealing a victory over America ' s Most Wanted at Genesis 2006 Konnan told Homicide to use the Gringo Killer on Gail Kim . Petey Williams made the save , and TNA Management Director Jim Cornette stripped them of the Titles for " conduct extremely disrespectful to TNA and its fans . " Despite the fans ' recent increased recognition of face and heel ( as hinted by more boos directed at heel wrestlers , esp . during entrances ) and the recent extremism of the " anti - American " actions of the LAX , this actually infuriated the fans in the arena and stirred up some unsavory chants directed at Jim Cornette . LAX refused to return the belts , hired a lawyer , and threatened to sue TNA for violating their First Amendment rights . At that point , Cornette backed down and reinstated LAX as NWA World Tag Team Champions . On the next episode of iMPACT ! they were placed in a match against Kurt Angle and Petey Williams with Cornette stating that he couldn ' t strip them of the titles but he could make them defend it . Throughout the broadcast LAX took out James Storm and Chris Harris , America ' s Most Wanted , as well as Petey Williams right before the title match . LAX seemed to have the advantage on Angle when Samoa Joe came out to tag with Angle . Angle and Joe then both locked in their respected submissions and made both Homicide and Hernandez tap , winning the NWA World Tag Team Championships . But soon after the bell sounded Cornette and LAX ' s lawyer appeared with the lawyer stating Joe was not signed to the contract and the match must be declared a disqualification on Angle to end the show . At Turning Point 2006 , LAX defeated America ' s Most Wanted in a flag match after they managed to hang the Mexican Flag . They had another victory over America ' s Most Wanted on December 14 after James Storm deliberately hit Chris Harris with a beer bottle . The loss forced AMW to disband . On the January 4 edition of TNA iMPACT ! , Homicide and Brother Runt competed in a " Lucha Callejera " , or Mexican Street Fight . The match ended with Hernandez interfering and did a Border Toss on Runt into a ladder . Since then LAX has entered in a feud aganist " Team 3D " . At " TNA Final Resolution 2007 " , LAX retained their tag championships by Disqualification against Team 3D , when Brother Runt came out and jumped off the top rope . Konnan was not with LAX ; he was injured recovering from hip replacement surgery . The TV storyline cover for the surgery ' s necessity was a Team 3D " sniper attack " . He would later be scheduled to have kidney replacement surgery as well . LAX and 3D met again in iMPACT ! the same week , LAX retained the titles when Hernandez used the slapjack to score a pinfall over Brother Ray . On the March 16 , 2017 episode of Impact Wrestling , LAX was reformed with Homicide , Ortiz , Santana , Diamanté , and Konnan as their manager .