Ring name(s) Brian Armstrong,The Dark Secret,The Roadie,Jesse James Armstrong,Road Dogg,Road Dog,B.G. James,Brian James
Billed height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Billed weight 261 lb (118 kg)
Born May 20, 1969,Marietta, Georgia
Resides Pensacola, Florida
Trained by Bob Armstrong
Wrestling Debut: 1993
Brian Gerard (B.G.) James (born May 20, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as "The Road Dogg" Jesse James; a former member of D-Generation X, and the tag team partner of Billy Gunn, with whom he comprised the New Age Outlaws and The James Gang (now known as the Voodoo Kin Mafia). He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Brian James Wrestling Debut: ed 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 the WWE). He was initially a heel and one of the founding members of Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction.
In July 2003, James formed the popular group known as the 3Live Kru with Hispanic wrestler Konnan and the African American wrestler K-Kwik, by then wrestling under his real name, Ron Killings. James was presented as a white trash redneck. The group was popular from the outset and were notable for the fact that 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 Title 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. At Sacrifice however, he reasserted his allegiance with 3LK as special guest referee in another match between the other members 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 BFG, he offered his protective services to them against Team Canada (to neutralize Scott D'Amore, as he said). They lost and Kip James came down, appearing ready to hit Konnan with a steel chair since he vetoed Kip's offer. Kip instead saved Konnan from Team Canada 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.
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