123-425: Brian Armstrong may refer to: Brian Armstrong, ring name used by Brian Girard James (born 1969), American professional wrestler better known by another ring name, Road Dogg Brian Armstrong (footballer) , New Zealand international football (soccer) player Brian Armstrong (businessman) , (born 1983), founder and CEO of Coinbase [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
246-671: A WWF Superstars dark match. He would defeat Spicolli again one night later at a Wrestling Challenge taping in Reno. Konnan returned again on January 7, 1992, at a WWF Superstars taping in Daytona Beach, FL. wrestling this time as The Latin Fury, he defeated The Heartbreaker. The next day he defeated The Juicer in a dark match at a Wrestling Challenge taping in Fort Myers, Florida. Konnan would wrestle twice more as The Latin Fury,
369-677: A luchador to remove their mask to "going to Japan and telling the Japanese they have to eat with a fork instead of chopsticks." Konnan was kicked out of the NWO Wolfpac on January 11, 1999. A week later he would enter the ring using the "Psycho" theme music which would later on becoming Rey Mysterio's theme song after his unmasking and the Filthy Animals theme for a while till it was replaced with "The Reason". Konnan spent several months feuding with Disco Inferno , and then he began
492-787: A one-time Hardcore Champion . Following his 2001 departure from the WWF, James became the inaugural WWA World Heavyweight Champion before once again finding success as a tag team wrestler in TNA, 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 3 Live Kru. He twice competed for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on pay-per-view . WWE commentator John Layfield charted James's transition from "a cornerstone of
615-824: A referee . Like his father, James served in the United States Marine Corps . His tenure lasted from 1987 to 1993 and he fought in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, where he was a platoon sergeant in command of thirty-three Marines. James is married to Tracy James, with three children and a grandchild. James is a longtime Pittsburgh Steelers fan , and owns a jersey of former tight end Jesse James . James admits to having had problems with drugs and alcohol throughout his life. He began taking painkillers during his time in D-Generation X . After being suspended and then released from
738-482: A wheelchair . In June, Konnan left TNA, as did Ron Killings. Konnan gave several interviews about the drug abuse problem in pro wrestling around that time, most notably to the New York Daily News , which indicated that Konnan believed his "hip degenerated after years of steroid abuse and the physical toll of his sport, and...painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs ruined [his] kidney." He would reiterate
861-478: 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-showed a benefit for Superstar Billy Graham in 2002 due to his drug and personal issues. MWF subsequently brought the legitimate situation into a storyline. Despite this, James teamed with Beau Douglas to win
984-628: A career spanning more than three decades. In the WWF/E, he achieved mainstream notoriety as half of The New Age Outlaws (who became part of D-Generation X ): he and partner Billy Gunn won the WWF World Tag Team Championship five times , and later held the WWE Tag Team Championship once . Additionally, James found success in singles competition, becoming a one-time Intercontinental Champion and
1107-528: A legitimately torn triceps muscle, damaged when Van Hammer threw Juventud Guerrera at him during a match and Guerrera's elbow connected with Konnan's upper arm as he attempted to catch him. Throughout 2000, the Filthy Animals feuded with other stables, including The Misfits In Action , The Natural Born Thrillers and Team Canada . At WCW's final pay-per-view event, Greed on March 18, 2001, Lance Storm and Mike Awesome (representing Team Canada) defeated Hugh Morrus and Konnan. The assets of WCW were sold to
1230-601: A match for NWA Southeast Championship Wrestling . Following this, James put his wrestling career on hold in order to enlist in the United States Marine Corps in 1987. Brian was mentioned on WCW programming during the WrestleWar 91 PPV on February 24, 1991, when the commentary team mentioned that Brad's brother Brian was serving in Operation Desert Storm during a match between Brad and Bobby Eaton . Following his tour of duty , Brian wrestled his first match in five years and lost to Terrance Taylor on July 7, 1991, during
1353-802: A nod to James' and Killings' brief tag team in the World Wrestling Federation , they sang their own entrance music as they approached the ring. In addition to popularity, the Kru found championship success as well, as Killings won his second and final NWA World Heavyweight Championship as a member while all three men held the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice under the Freebird Rule . Tension arose when James' former partner Billy Gunn joined TNA as The New Age Outlaw (later shortened to The Outlaw) in 2005. The Outlaw repeatedly courted James, seeking to split
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#17327917628651476-456: A play on the way Jarrett spelled his name. (J E double S E, J A double M E S) suggested to Rockabilly that they form a tag team in order to end their unsuccessful runs as singles competitors. A change in creative direction in the WWF in late 1997 led Rockabilly to accept James' offer after subsequently attacking Honky Tonk Man with his own guitar to cement their alliance. Soon after, Rockabilly reverted to his Billy Gunn ring name and adopted
1599-793: A producer while Gunn resumed his role as a trainer in NXT . On the January 19, 2015 episode of Raw , the New Age Outlaws returned alongside The Acolytes Protection Agency and the New World Order to confront and ultimately drive off The Ascension after they had been disrespecting tag teams from the past. Six days later, the Outlaws challenged The Ascension at the Royal Rumble , but were defeated. at WrestleMania 31 , Road Dogg and
1722-469: A result, he became a face and teamed with Mysterio to fight the nWo. After feuding with nWo member Lex Luger, Konnan and Mysterio, Jr. were defeated by The Outsiders at SuperBrawl IX , with The Outsiders removing Mysterio's mask in the process. Konnan later criticized WCW for not respecting Mexican wrestling culture by writing storylines that saw several Mexican wrestlers unceremoniously unmasked (Juventud Guerrera, Psicosis, and Mysterio). He compared asking
1845-510: A rivalry with Stevie Ray . He and Mysterio formed an alliance with Master P and his No Limit Soldiers and fought with The West Texas Rednecks . After Master P left WCW, Konnan formed a stable known as The Filthy Animals . He and Mysterio, representing the Filthy Animals, defeated Harlem Heat ( Booker T and Stevie Ray) for the WCW World Tag Team Championship on October 18, 1999. They were scheduled to defend
1968-851: A six-man tag team match with the vacant NWA World Tag Team Championships on the line. The championship was held by all three members of the Kru, until January 28, 2004, when they were defeated by Kevin Northcutt and Legend in Nashville. After several abortive attempts to regain the tag title, the Kru began supporting Ron Killings's bid to become NWA World Heavyweight Champion. The Kru later feuded with Jarrett's mercenaries , The Elite Guard ( Chad Collyer , Hotstuff Hernandez , and Onyx ). While with TNA, Konnan also returned to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, making his first appearance at AAA Sin Limite - Guerra De Titanes 2004 on May 12, 2004. Konnan
2091-470: 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! , James brought Kip and the 3LK to the ring and asked Killings and Konnan to give Kip a yes/no vote to be accepted into the group. After James got heated with Konnan, both gave Kip yes votes and the 4 Live Kru was born. The 4 Live Kru
2214-568: 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
2337-689: A two-out-of-three falls match against Cien Caras at EMLL Super Viernes in Mexico City on June 9, 1991. In 1992, Konnan, along with several other EMLL wrestlers, joined Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Shortening his ring name to simply "Konnan", he feuded with Cien Caras. Back in AAA, following interference from Jake Roberts , Konnan lost a two out of three falls retirement match by count-out to Caras at Triplemanía I on April 30, 1993, in front of 48,000 fans in Mexico City, setting
2460-643: A would-be country singer. He wrestled on several pay-per-views and television shows, but most of his first WWF tenure was spent accompanying Jarrett and interfering in his matches. He fought against Razor Ramon and The 1-2-3 Kid . He participated in the King of the Ring 1995 tournament defeating Doink the Clown , and Bob Holly until losing to Savio Vega in the semi-finals. Roadie defeated The 1-2-3 Kid at In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks . In early 1995, Jarrett released
2583-513: A young half-Jewish, half-Puerto Rican private investigator from New York named Richard Ashenoff. They soon married, and raised Carlos together. By 1967, the family relocated to Carol City in South Florida. When Richard formally adopted Carlos, he listed Carlos's legal name as Charles Ashenoff. By 1976, under the influence of older friends and neighbors, Ashenoff had gotten into stealing cars. He learned how to drive at 12, learned to box, and
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#17327917628652706-553: Is XXX . They were interrupted by Imperium during their reunion. Beginning with the episode broadcast on February 1, 2024, Road Dogg served as color commentator on WWE Main Event , under his birth name of Brian James. James is a second generation wrestler and youngest brother of the Armstrong Wrestling Family, his father Bob wrestled, as did his brothers Scott , Brad , and Steve . Scott worked at WWE as
2829-590: Is a Cuban-born American professional wrestling personality, manager, and former professional wrestler . He is signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). In Impact, he was the manager of The Latin American Xchange (LAX) and serves as a member of the creative team. During a career spanning almost three decades, he has wrestled for independent and national promotions in the United States and Mexico, and held fifteen title belts in nine promotions. He
2952-633: Is also known for his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) 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 (WWA). James has held numerous championships in
3075-637: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Road Dogg Brian Girard James (born May 20, 1969) is an American professional wrestler signed with the WWE , where he performs as the Senior Vice President of Live Events, and as a commentator on WWE Main Event . James was best known for his initial tenure with World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as The Roadie from 1994 to 1995 and as "Road Dogg" Jesse James from 1996 to 2001. He
3198-718: The 3 Live Kru for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the early 2000s and later the Latin American Xchange (LAX) stable there. In Mexico, Konnan was the first-ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion , and the leader of the Foreign Legion in AAA when they were the top stable. Konnan was born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises in Santiago , Cuba, of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. In 1966, he and his mother arrived in Boston. Soon after landing in Boston, she met
3321-646: The Attitude Era ; one of its greatest stars and one of its architects", to "one of the prime creative forces behind WWE". James is a second generation wrestler; his father Bob wrestled, as did his brothers Scott , Brad , and Steve . He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame ( Class of 2019 ) as part of D-Generation X . James, under the ring name Brian Armstrong, made his professional wrestling debut on December 1, 1986, where he defeated Kevin Sullivan in
3444-542: The Destination X match as their partner, effectively making it a three-man tag team. "Bullet" was in fact added to the team and they won the match at Destination X. The following month, an arm wrestling match was booked between Armstrong and Konnan, where the losing team would get hit ten times with a leather whip. Armstrong prevailed with the victory, resulting in LAX being whipped several times upon trying to scramble out of
3567-532: The Intercontinental Championship in 1999. The team came to an end when Gunn was legitimately injured in early 2000 and, to explain the absence needed for his recovery, Gunn was expelled from DX due to losing his temper. James then teamed with fellow DX member X-Pac throughout the summer of 2000, but failed to regain any championship success. The team eventually split, with Road Dogg and X-Pac subsequently feuding with each other before
3690-594: The New Age Outlaws . Konnan and Killings feuded with The Outlaw and "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown , with James's loyalties divided. From March 2005 onwards, Konnan was also feuding with Vampiro and La Parka in AAA. The feud went on intermittently through 2006. Brown and The Outlaw, who had by now renamed himself "Kip James", defeated Konnan and Killings at No Surrender on July 17, 2005, with James declining to help either team. Konnan and Killings became increasingly frustrated, at one point referring to themselves as
3813-574: 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. Following WrestleMania XXX, James resumed his role as
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3936-548: The Tag Team Championship . 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 . Several months later, James announced on October 11 via his Facebook account that he re-signed with WWE as a producer , and would return to the company in his new role on October 23 at the Vengeance pay-per-view . After
4059-548: The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion on September 18, 2002, wrestling as B.G. James, as the Road Dogg gimmick was owned by WWE. He was initially a heel and one of the founding members of Vince Russo 's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction. In 2003, James formed the stable known as the 3 Live Kru alongside Konnan and Ron Killings . The stable was popular from the outset and, as
4182-811: The United States Heavyweight Championship on January 29, 1996. During his reign, he continued to defend his IWAS and AAA Heavyweight Championships in Mexico (these championships were billed as a "Mexican Heavyweight Title" wherever Konnan wore one or the other to a WCW ring). Konnan successfully defended the United States Heavyweight Championship against One Man Gang at SuperBrawl VI , Eddie Guerrero at Uncensored , Jushin Liger at Slamboree and El Gato at The Great American Bash before losing
4305-947: The WCW Power Hour , Armstrong lost to Terra Ryzing – who would go on to become James' DX stablemate Triple H – in the latter's debut match for the promotion. Brian wrestled primarily on television tapings, and began to team frequently with his brother Brad, albeit in losing efforts. Meanwhile, his time in Smoky Mountain Wrestling was drawing to a close. Following a tag team match where he (as The Dark Secret) and Killer Kyle lost to The Rock 'n' Roll Express ( Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson ) on April 4, James left SMW and began competing solely for WCW as Brian Armstrong. However, he would find little success, as his only victories were in tag team dark matches where he teamed with his brother Brad while he, along with his brothers, were relegated to being jobbers on television, with
4428-485: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter then details Ashenoff's first foray in to professional wrestling: Carlos traveled to Tijuana on Wednesday, January 6, 1988, (his 24th birthday), where he was led to the dressing area and introduced to Manuel de los Santos, the promoter of the show, and who also wrestled in the main event as "Kiss". De los Santos took one look at the 215-pound bodybuilder and did
4551-422: The "2Live Kru". The two teams faced one another in a No Surrender rematch on August 14, 2005, at Sacrifice , with James appointed guest referee by Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko, and James reaffirmed his loyalty to the Kru by attacking Kip, enabling Konnan to pin him and win the match. The Kru, apparently undivided, celebrated together following the match. Over the following weeks, Kip James began assisting
4674-413: The 3 Live Kru, and on October 23, 2005, at Bound for Glory , he saved Konnan from a beating at the hands of Team Canada. On the November 26 episode of Impact! , B.G. James brought Kip James and the 3 Live Kru to ringside, then asked Killings and Konnan whether James could join the stable. Following a heated argument between the still skeptical Konnan and B.G., both Killings and Konnan gave their assent, and
4797-441: The 4 Live Kru was born. At Turning Point the 4 Live Kru faced Team Canada in an eight-man tag match. In the course of the match, Konnan attacked both B.G. and Kip James. On the December 31, 2005, episode of Impact! , Konnan told B.G.'s father, Bob Armstrong , that he was a "hothead" and invited Armstrong to accompany him backstage for an apology. Instead of apologizing, Konnan turned heel by leading Armstrong into an ambush at
4920-636: The AAA in Chicago, Illinois . Konnan returned to WCW on a full-time basis on the January 22, 1996, edition of Nitro , where he announced that he would defend his "Mexican Heavyweight Championship" against Psicosis, the following night at Clash of the Champions , where Konnan retained the title. As a WCW employee, he was largely responsible for the hiring of several prominent Mexican wrestlers by WCW, including Rey Mysterio Jr. , Psicosis , Juventud Guerrera and La Parka . Konnan defeated One Man Gang for
5043-525: The April 8, 2006, episode of Impact! , Konnan faced Armstrong in an "Arm Wrestling Challenge"; the contest ended in a no-contest after LAX member Hernandez attacked Armstrong. At Lockdown on April 23, 2006, Konnan was defeated by Armstrong in an arm wrestling contest held within the confines of a steel cage; following the bout, each member of the LAX received ten lashes from the James Gang . May 2006
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5166-530: The Barbarian") with Lizmark and Yoshihiro Asai against As Charro, Indio Yori and Negro Casas on February 3, 1989, for World Wrestling Association. Konnan joined Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL) later that year. He used Konnan El Barbaro with EMLL as well. Konnan's first stint with World Championship Wrestling lasted only a few weeks. His debut was at Starrcade on December 16, 1990. Teaming with his trainer and mentor, Rey Misterio, Konnan entered
5289-564: 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
5412-572: The February 17, 1995 episode of WorldWide , as he and his brothers Brad and Scott lost a six-man tag team match to The Three Faces of Fear ( Kevin Sullivan , The Butcher , and Avalanche ). After defeating Barry Hardy in a dark match on the August 16, 1994 episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge , James signed with the World Wrestling Federation towards the end of 1994. He was billed as The Roadie , an assistant to "Double J" Jeff Jarrett ,
5535-435: 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 , he reasserted his allegiance with 3 Live Kru as
5658-549: The Legion of Doom and later the short-lived tag team of Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie before joining D-Generation X the night after WrestleMania XIV . The Outlaws amassed five Tag Team Championship reigns and managed to become singles champions while still together, with Road Dogg and Gunn each winning the Hardcore Championship once in 1998 and 1999, respectively, while Road Dogg would also go on to win
5781-600: The MWF's promoter Dan Mirade for sabotaging the Graham benefit and agreed to return in the future. At Turning Point , James won one of the cases in the Feast or Fired match, which was later revealed to contain a contract for a World Tag Team Championship match. Instead of teaming with Kip, he chose his 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
5904-1130: The MXPW Heavyweight Title on August 12, 2002. He lost yet another title match upon returning to World Wrestling Council, losing by disqualification to Carly Colón in a match for the Universal Heavyweight title at WWC 29th Aniversario on September 14, 2002. Konnan finally won the title by defeating Colón on November 2, 2002, only to lose the title back to Colón 21 days later. Returning to World Wrestling All-Stars in November and December 2002, Konnan defeated Norman Smiley twice in singles matches on November 28 and 29, 2002, and won in three minutes against Nate Webb on December 6, 2002, at WWA The Retribution in Glasgow. Subsequent to that, Konnan tag-teamed with Smiley against Disco Inferno and Malice for three matches between December 8–13, 2002, and won all three. Konnan made two final appearances for World Wrestling All-Stars in May 2003, before
6027-583: The NWA World Tag Team Championship. Their reign lasted one month, with Team Canada regaining the title on December 5, 2004, at Turning Point with the help of the injured Johnny Devine . Throughout early 2005, the Kru feuded with Michael Shane and Kazarian , Team Canada and The Naturals . Dissension arose after James's former tag team partner from the WWF, Billy Gunn , joined TNA as "The New Age Outlaw" and began trying to convince James to reform their highly successful tag team,
6150-533: 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, which prompted James to respond, "We're back!" In 2006, as acknowledged by TNA's website, VKM accepted The Hardys' open challenge to a match at December to Dismember . WWE never acknowledged their acceptance, however. Over
6273-511: The November 30, 1998, episode of Nitro , Konnan defeated Chris Jericho for the World Television Championship . His reign lasted until December 28, 1998, when he lost to nWo Hollywood member Scott Steiner on Nitro following interference from Buff Bagwell . When the two halves of the nWo reunited in January 1999, Konnan was thrown out of the nWo for standing up for Rey Mysterio, Jr and was attacked by Lex Luger . As
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#17327917628656396-543: The Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament held at the event. They defeated Norman Smiley and Chris Adams in the quarter-finals, but lost to eventual winners, the Steiner Brothers ( Rick and Scott ) in the semi-finals. He then won a televised match on WCW Power Hour against Chuck Coates on January 19, 1991. Konnan would not return to the promotion until 1996. While still part of WCW, Konnan
6519-491: The South Bay, there has never been lucha libre for la raza. Finally they will be able to see the lucha libre that they watch on television live here a few minutes from their home." Despite having left TNA in June 2007, Konnan did not wrestle for AAA until October, and only wrestled in four matches during the remainder of the year, due to his aforementioned surgeries. Konnan returned to World Wrestling Council at WWC Euphoria Tour 2008 on January 6, 2008, with Ron Killings of
6642-405: The UWA Heavyweight title against El Canek at UWA 14 on January 29, 1989, and wrestled six- and eight-man tag matches intermittently for the promotion until 1994, with the likes of Dos Caras , Mascara Sagrada, and others. All of his matches for UWA after 1991 were cross-promotions with EMLL and AAA. Konnan wrestled in a six-man, two out of three falls, tag team match as Konnan El Barbaro ("Konnan
6765-408: 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
6888-469: The WWF at the cost of $ 15,000) bedecked with circuitry and a pyrotechnic gun that shot sparkles into the crowd. Konnan recollected later that the costs associated with the costume led to problems between himself and the promotion right from the start. Days later he received a tryout on January 7, 1991, at a WWF Superstars taping in Amarillo, Texas defeating Ultraman. He returned again on March 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada, defeating Louie Spicolli in
7011-443: The WWF following a disagreement with WWF owner Vince McMahon in 1992. Konnan was not showing up for WWF events due to his rising fame in Mexico, and his supposed "bad attitude" and heat from fellow WWF workers leading to a very strained relationship with McMahon, who had invested heavily in the Max Moon character, both financially and creatively, up until that point. Konnan was still working in Mexico while under contract to WWF, and
7134-408: The WWF, James joined the United States Wrestling Association under the ring name Jesse James Armstrong alongside Jarrett, where he won its Heavyweight , Television , and World Tag Team Championships before losing a Loser Leaves Town match to Jarrett. James, without Jarrett, returned to the WWF in October 1996 under the ring name Jesse James, where he revealed himself as "The Real Double J" and
7257-524: The WWF, he successfully underwent rehabilitation. On March 26, 2021, after returning from Orlando, James suffered an apparent heart attack and was hospitalized. He saw his kidney specialist and had a stress test done, and had also been taking medications for high blood pressure. James defended the championship with either Konnan or Killings under the Freebird Rule . Konnan Charles Rudy Ashenoff (born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises ; January 6, 1964), better known by his ring name Konnan ,
7380-403: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) five days later, on March 23. Following the sale of WCW, Konnan returned to wrestling for multiple independent promotions. He first went to Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW), where he took part in a tournament for the then-vacant XPW Television title on August 25, 2001. He defeated Johnny Webb and Vic Grimes in the first and second rounds, respectively, and then lost
7503-421: 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
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#17327917628657626-505: The all-time attendance record for a Mexican wrestling event. Konnan did not comply with the stipulations of the match and returned to defeat Roberts in a hair versus hair match at Triplemanía II on May 27, 1994, in Tijuana. Later in 1994, Konnan began a storyline where he betrayed his tag team partner, Perro Aguayo, and formed a heel alliance known as Los Gringos Locos with Eddie Guerrero , Art Barr and Madonna's Boyfriend . Aguayo gained his revenge on Konnan by defeating him in
7749-404: The cage for survival. Following their feud with LAX, James and Kip began feuding with Team 3D . The two teams cut promos arguing over their long-term histories with past promotions such as World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling . The rivalry came to a head at Sacrifice when The James Gang beat Team 3D using a lead pipe. The James Gang and Team 3D feuded throughout
7872-451: The character on the first episode of Monday Night Raw on January 11, 1993. After a brief run, the character was abandoned. After meeting Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) booker Paul Heyman while on a wrestling tour of Singapore , Konnan joined ECW in 1995 and feuded with The Sandman . He appeared at ECW November to Remember on November 18, 1995, squashing Jason Knight . He also wrestled at an event co-promoted by ECW and
7995-454: The classic double-take—what the hell is this guy doing here, and, how quickly can I get this guy in the ring. Konnan introduced himself and explained how he was brought here by his manager/agent, John Roberts. Roberts had already bragged to de los Santos that Carlos had been a wrestler in Florida. Suddenly, a big roar (laughter) went up from another wrestler, Miguel Lopez, who wrestled as Rey Misterio. Lopez/Misterio explained to Carlos that Roberts
8118-451: The entirety of DX fell apart. Road Dogg then formed a tag team with newcomer K-Kwik , and competed in his last televised match on December 23. He was then indefinitely suspended, and later released from his contract in January 2001, due to personal problems. On March 26, 2001, James arrived at the final WCW Monday Nitro taping in Panama City, Florida , in order to negotiate a return to World Championship Wrestling , only to find out that
8241-414: The final night of World Championship Wrestling 's The Great American Bash house show tour. After completing another tour of duty, James made his debut for Smoky Mountain Wrestling on November 20, 1992, under a mask as The Dark Secret, where he lost to Tracy Smothers . As The Dark Secret, James was relegated to jobbing , as he would lose continuously in both singles and tag team matches throughout
8364-437: The final time at a house show in Hyannis, Massachusetts on July 19, 1992, when he defeated Pete Doherty. The next day, when he appeared at a WWF Superstars taping in Worcester, Massachusetts against The Mercenary, he was renamed El Relámpago. He wrestled again as El Relámpago the following night against Luis Mendieta. A little over a month later he received the gimmick that he would become known for, Max Moon (although he
8487-401: The final to Kaos. He then wrestled a match with Damian Steele on October 13, 2001. He wrestled Steele again on November 24, 2001, in a "Loser Leaves XPW" match at XPW Revolution at Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California . Konnan won the match. Konnan wrestled in Australia, the UK, and Germany for World Wrestling All-Stars from October to December 2001. His first match with
8610-426: The first lucha libre event in San Diego. He stated that "Unfortunately there has never been lucha libre in the South Bay, there has never been lucha libre for la raza. Finally they will be able to see the lucha libre that they watch on television live here a few minutes from their home." In early 2007, Konnan underwent hip replacement surgery, and his appearances in TNA from then on saw him frequently using
8733-414: The following weeks, VKM aired several more videos bashing DX and Vince McMahon. They also made a $ 1 million challenge to DX as announced on the TNA website. They declared "victory" at Final Resolution , after receiving no answer from WWE. In early 2007, however, James said in a shoot interview along with his tag team partner Kip that he would jump back to WWE if he could get out of his TNA contract and get
8856-517: The former and continue to job under the latter. In addition to SMW, James returned to WCW under his Brian Armstrong ring name on the November 30 episode of Saturday Night in a losing effort to Steve Austin . Beginning in 1994, James wrestled more frequently for WCW, including a championship match against the World Television Champion Lord Steven Regal which he lost. On the March 5, 1994 edition of
8979-451: The friendship of Konnan. Throughout May and June 2003, Konnan began teaming with B.G. James and Ron Killings , and in July 2003 the trio formed a stable known as the 3 Live Kru . The Kru first wrestled as a unit on August 13, 2003, defeating The New Church ( Sinn , Vampire Warrior and Tempest ). On November 26, the Kru defeated Simon Diamond , Johnny Swinger and Glenn Gilberti in
9102-492: The hands of Apolo and the debuting Homicide . The trio, later identified as The Latin American Xchange (LAX), then instructed an unconscious Armstrong to tell B.G. and Kip to "take care of their own business". At Final Resolution on January 15, 2006, Konnan and Homicide defeated The Naturals . After Apolo was released by TNA, he was replaced by Machete , who was in turn evicted from LAX by Konnan and Homicide. In subsequent weeks, Konnan began feuding with Bob Armstrong. On
9225-662: The inaugural Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) pay-per-view on June 19, 2002, in the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama . He entered the Gauntlet for the Gold match for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship , but he was chokeslammed and subsequently eliminated by Malice . He then went to Maximum Xtreme Pro Wrestling, where he lost another heavyweight title match; this time against Simon Diamond for
9348-715: The influx of new talent entering TNA. It was later reported that the segment was a worked shoot that Vince Russo had written in order to renew interest upon their eventual return. On the November 16 airing of Impact! , The James Gang announced that they would now be known as Voodoo Kin Mafia (VKM) (a pun on the name Vincent Kennedy McMahon ). They spent their airtime bashing 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. On
9471-430: The issue on his podcast some years later He successfully underwent kidney transplant surgery on July 23, 2007. While with TNA, Konnan also returned to AAA (Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración de Espectáculos), making his first appearance at AAA Sin Limite - Guerra De Titanes 2004 on May 12, 2004. Konnan was teamed with Rikishi and lost to Cibernetico and La Parka by disqualification. From March 2005 onwards, Konnan
9594-565: The lead writers. In January 2018, James made a one night return to Raw 25 Years , as part of the D-Generation X reunion. Later on at the show, they celebrated with the Balor Club , after attacking The Revival . James would later appear in the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony to induct Jeff Jarrett . On the January 28, 2019 episode of Raw , Road Dogg made a surprise appearance, where he joined Jeff Jarrett in interrupting Elias , and
9717-417: The main event. During that event, James was signing autographs and taking Polaroids during intermission, and became belligerent after being asked to leave the gymnasium when the intermission ended and matches were going on. James became irritated, started swearing and refused to leave. Police came and arrested him. He was charged for disorderly conduct. He also worked for IWA Mid-South . Then James worked for
9840-716: The military . He chose the latter, joining the United States Navy . After basic training, Ashenoff was relocated to San Diego, and assigned to a destroyer tender in the Pacific Fleet – the USS Cape Cod (AD-43) . He won the California state (amateur) Middleweight Boxing Championship in 1983. He set a goal to qualify for the Junior Olympics in boxing, but injured his shoulder in training and
9963-536: The most notable example being a rematch with Lord Steven Regal for the World Television Championship on the August 10 episode of Saturday Night . Around that time, he would adopt his signature undercut braids. On the November 14, 1994 edition of WCW Pro , Armstrong again lost to the future Triple H, who by that time had been repackaged as Jean-Paul Lévesque. Both men left the promotion before long. James wrestled his final match for WCW on
10086-482: The nickname "Badd Ass", while Road Dogg began to grow out and braid his hair, resurrecting his old look from his days in WCW. In addition to these esthetic changes, their mannerisms became consistently more controversial and antisocial, with the team ultimately becoming known as the New Age Outlaws following their victory over The Legion of Doom for their first Tag Team Championship . The Outlaws would continue to feud with
10209-517: The only AAA pay-per-view , " When Worlds Collide ", in a steel cage match . He eventually became the AAA booker . Konnan defeated Killer on February 2, 1996, in Querétaro to become the first ever AAA Heavyweight Champion. He vacated the title after leaving AAA in October 1996 to form his own promotion, Promo Azteca , and the title remained inactive until 2004. Konnan's Mexican wrestling career
10332-428: 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 James and 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. At Final Resolution , James returned to TNA television for the first time in months and participated in the Feast or Fired Match, which
10455-733: The promotion folded. He also wrestled a tag match teamed with Norman Smiley for MXPW in September 2003. These would be his last extended stints in the independent circuit for nearly a decade. Konnan returned to TNA on February 12, 2003, and formed a short-lived villainous alliance, the Authentic Luchadores, with fellow Hispanic wrestlers Juventud Guerrera, Super Crazy and The S.A.T. (Spanish Announce Team). The stable feuded with Jerry Lynn until April 2, 2003, when Lynn claimed that he had been heavily influenced by lucha libre and that he respected his Mexican opponents, thus earning
10578-494: The promotion had been purchased by the WWF, thus ruling out both companies as employment options. James would go on work the independent circuit after being fired from WWF, often no-showing scheduled appearances as a result of substance-abuse issues he was battling with at the time. On May 26, 2001, James appeared on an indy show at a high school in Conway, South Carolina where he was supposed to wrestle against The Barbarian for
10701-513: The promotion was October 19, 2001, where he defeated Gangrel . He would win two further matches against Gangrel during his time at the promotion, but his singles record was generally poor: he lost in the first round of the WWA Heavyweight Championship title in a dog collar match against Road Dogg on October 26, 2001, and lost three tables matches against Norman Smiley on December 8, 9 and 11, 2001. Konnan's tag-team record
10824-602: The promotion's Tag Team Championship from the Canadian Superstars (J-Busta and 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 title 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
10947-468: The rest of 1992 and into 1993. Following another tour of duty, James returned to SMW on July 2, 1993, where he lost to Bobby Blaze . On July 19, James, now using the Brian Armstrong ring name, defeated Killer Kyle in a dark match . Following this, James would alternate between the Brian Armstrong and The Dark Secret ring names, where he would find success in singles and tag team matches under
11070-479: The rest of D-Generation X (X-Pac and Billy Gunn) did a run in during Triple H's match against Sting which resulted in a brawl with the NWO (Hogan, Hall and Nash) at ringside. In December 2016 it was reported that James was going to be working on the writing team on SmackDown , and would be groomed for a bigger position. This led to James working as a producer and writer on SmackDown . He would later be promoted to one of
11193-409: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Armstrong&oldid=1215235901 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
11316-465: The short-lived World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) promotion in Australia with former WWF and WCW wrestlers. On October 23, 2001, he defeated former WWF colleague and tag team partner Jeff Jarrett for the vacant WWA World Heavyweight Champion where he was the inaugural champion. He dropped the title to Jarrett three days later. He continued feuding with Jarrett and Scott Steiner . James debuted for
11439-406: The song "With My Baby Tonight", which 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, James and Jarrett suddenly left the WWF following the second In Your House 2 pay-per-view on July 23, 1995. After leaving
11562-427: The special guest referee in a match between the other members of 3LK and the team of Kip James and Monty Brown . Kip tried to warm up to 3LK again in the lead-up to Bound for Glory by saving James several times from Team Canada . At Bound for Glory, he offered his protective services to them against Team Canada to neutralize Scott D'Amore . When they lost, Kip came down to the ring, appearing ready to hit Konnan with
11685-511: The summer. They were scheduled for a number one contendership match at Hard Justice but, due to a fire, the match was canceled. The match was rescheduled for Impact! , which the Gang lost. On the November 2, 2006 edition of Impact! , Kip and James announced that they were going to quit TNA. While attempting to speak about it, their microphones were cut off. When the show returned, the announcers speculated that they may have been frustrated due to
11808-442: The sympathetic crowd. In 1991, EMLL changed its name officially to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Konnan then became the first-ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion later that year by winning a tournament consisting of four matches at four events: an eight-man elimination match for the first round on May 24, 1991; a four-man battle royal quarterfinal on May 31; a two-out-of-three falls semifinal match on June 7; and finally,
11931-409: The title the next night on Nitro , but lost to Harris Brothers (Ron and Don Harris) on November 22, 1999. Konnan was inactive throughout early 2000, as he was suspended for three months by Bill Busch after requesting his release from WCW, unhappy with the way he was being used. Shortly after returning from suspension and reforming the Filthy Animals, Konnan was sidelined once again, this time with
12054-655: The title to Ric Flair on July 7 at Bash at the Beach following interference from Flair's valets Miss Elizabeth and Woman . Several months after losing the United States Championship, Konnan became a villain and joined The Dungeon of Doom . However, the gimmick was already on its way out. According to Kevin Sullivan (the originator of the stable), speaking in a retrospective interview in July 2016, Konnan "didn't fit in The Dungeon of Doom. He
12177-578: 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
12300-615: The titles against Harlem Heat in the MGM Grand Garden Arena on October 24, 1999, at Halloween Havoc , but on the night of the event Mysterio was announced as being injured. The title was then contested in a three-way tag match pitting Konnan and Billy Kidman, representing the Filthy Animals, against Harlem Heat and the First Family ( Hugh Morrus and Brian Knobs ). Harlem Heat regained the title after Stevie Ray pinned Morrus. Konnan and Kidman defeated Harlem Heat for
12423-469: The true singer of "With My Baby Tonight". He languished as an undercard singles wrestler until beginning a feud with The Honky Tonk Man . After denying Honky Tonk Man's offer at becoming his manager by destroying his guitar, James also began feuding with Honky Tonk Man's protégé Rockabilly . After trading wins against each other on television and pay-per-view , James, now referring to himself as "The Road Dogg" Jesse James, originally spelled "Jammes" as
12546-580: The two sang "With My Baby Tonight" until they were both attacked by Elias, with both Road Dogg and Jarrett being smashed with a guitar. On the February 4, 2019 edition of Raw, he was in Jarrett's corner for his first match in WWE for 19 years against Elias. After Elias won the match, he attacked him from behind to set up a guitar shot from Jarrett. On April 7, 2019, Dogg was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame as part of D-Generation X. After WrestleMania 35 , it
12669-561: Was also feuding with Vampiro and La Parka in AAA. The feud went on intermittently through 2006. On May 1, 2006, he made his first appearance with La Legión Extranjera (with Chessman and Ron Killings), losing to El Zorro, Octagon and Vampiro Canadiense at AAA Sin Limite . He soon became the leader of the stable, which was active through 2009. On June 24, 2006, Konnan participated in the first lucha libre event in San Diego. He stated that "Unfortunately there has never been lucha libre in
12792-515: Was also involved in the creation of Lucha Underground , where he was supposed to serve as a writer and producer, but ended up in an on-camera role as manager to Prince Puma throughout the first season. Outside of wrestling, Konnan is an occasional rapper . He is best known to United States audiences for his run in World Championship Wrestling as part of the nWo stable and as part of The Filthy Animals . He also formed
12915-506: Was also simultaneously appearing in a Mexican telenovela aimed at children called El abuelo y yo . As he was becoming more popular in Mexico, he was not as focused on making it in America. Konnan recollected, "Wrestling was so hot in Mexico, because they had lifted this 30-year ban on wrestling on TV in Mexico City. I was able to capitalize on that wrestling boom. I was wrestling three times in one day on many weekends. The amount of work
13038-423: Was an "avid weightlifter". Ashenoff was expelled from several schools before landing at Miami Southwest High. In 1982, he graduated a year early from Southwest Miami Senior High School , and was arrested and charged as a juvenile with credit card theft and motorcycle theft. Shortly after his 18th birthday, Ashenoff was caught selling drugs and charged as an adult. He was given a choice of going to jail or entering
13161-452: Was contacted by talent scout Pat Patterson on New Year's Eve 1990, which led to a meeting with Vince McMahon, where the initial idea for what became Max Moon was discussed. According to Konnan, "When I was wrestling in Japan, I saw this Japanese anime cartoon robot on TV that shot confetti and fire. [Vince] asked if I knew anybody that could design it." Konnan was given an outfit (purchased by
13284-841: Was deployed to the Middle East subsequent to the U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut on April 18, 1983. His ship was in the Strait of Hormuz when the US Marine barracks (along with the French paratrooper barracks) in Beirut were bombed on October 24, 1983. By 1984, the Cape Cod was rotated out of the Persian Gulf. Ashenoff returned to San Diego, and received an honorable discharge. In San Diego, Konnan met John Roberts. Dave Meltzer of
13407-433: Was forced into it." Sullivan also praised Konnan highly: [He's] a fabulous performer and has a great mind for the wrestling business. He should have been on his own. Putting him with us, he just lost all the steam he had. He brought the luchadors into WCW, so he had a real effect on professional wrestling." Konnan joined the New World Order (nWo) on July 14, 1997. Konnan developed an increasingly hip-hop based gimmick and
13530-579: Was hampered in the late-1990s by his American wrestling commitments, and Promo Azteca closed in 1998. He made a return to the Mexican wrestling circuit in the 2000s after a six-year absence, selling out arenas in Mexico City and Guadalajara . Konnan made his WWF debut on September 1, 1992, in Hershey, Pennsylvania , during a Superstars taping under the name The Comet Kid when he pinned Barry Horowitz . After three televised matches, Konnan abruptly left
13653-462: Was incredible. It was like when Raw and Nitro were going head-to-head and there was work for everybody." There was also some locker room tension over the costs associated with the costume, Konnan's perceived attitude, and Konnan also was missing tapings because he was more successful in Mexico and was not focusing on WWF. In the end, the Max Moon character was given to Paul Diamond, who appeared as
13776-544: Was just a nutty fan, always in the front row, but that he did nothing involved with managing or agent-ing or anything else in the business. Still, the wrestlers asked Carlos, want to give it a try? Billed as El Centurión ("The Centurion"), Ashenoff debuted for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) on January 6, 1988. In the early part of his career, he wrestled for many different promotions. After making his debut for UWA, Konnan wrestled for
13899-692: Was much better: Konnan went 6–0 teamed with Nathan Jones (exclusively against the team of Lenny Lane and Lodi , better-known formerly as The West Hollywood Blondes in WCW) between November 27 – December 11, 2001. After a no-contest match against Sandman on January 12, 2002, at XPW New Year's Revolution 2 , Konnan then went to World Wrestling Council , where he won the World Wrestling Council World Tag Team Championship with Carly Colón , defeating Thunder and Lightning on May 26, 2002. Konnan appeared on
14022-582: Was nicknamed "K-Dogg." During his first stint in the nWo, Konnan feuded with the Luchadores whom he had brought to WCW. During this storyline, he wrestled in a Mexican Death match at Road Wild against Rey Mysterio, Jr. and a match against Juventud Guerrera at Uncensored in March 1998. When the nWo divided into two rival factions on the May 4, 1998, episode of Nitro , Konnan sided with the nWo Wolfpac, led by Kevin Nash . The Wolfpac feuded with nWo Hollywood, led by Hollywood Hogan and became tweeners . On
14145-537: Was originally called The Comet Kid for a handful of appearances). The Moon character , created by Konnan, was that of a cyborg from "The Future" or "Outer Space". Back in EMLL, Konnan lost his mask to Perro Aguayo in a Lucha de Apuesta mask versus hair match . on June 9, 1991, by disqualification. After the match, a young boy—introduced as Konnan's brother—entered the ring crying and handed Konnan his mask back, generating considerable bonhomie towards Konnan from
14268-496: 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 WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Goldust in a non-title match. On January 26 at
14391-520: Was released from his TNA contract. 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 win the All-Star Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship for the first time. On May 1, James lost his half of
14514-673: Was reported Dogg resigned as head writer of SmackDown Live . It was later clarified that James will remain with the company and is currently seen as a "utility player". From May 2019 to January 2022, he held a position at the WWE Performance Center in which he taught classes on in-ring promos and character development. He was released by WWE in January 2022, but was rehired as Senior Vice President of Live Events in August 2022, replacing Jeff Jarrett . On January 23, 2023, Road Dogg, along with D-Generation X and Kurt Angle , made an appearance at Raw's 30th anniversary, Raw
14637-454: Was sent home from 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! , James' 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
14760-549: Was short lived as Konnan, still apparently upset at Kip's induction into the Kru, hit both James and Kip over the head with a steel chair at Turning Point . Konnan, still wanting Killings to be his "family", tried talking with Killings. Killings told Konnan that he was done with the Kru and wanted to leave it all behind him. After the incident, James and Kip regrouped, reformed their old tag team as The James Gang , and feuded with Konnan's new stable, The Latin American Xchange (LAX), which he formed with Homicide and Apolo . Apolo
14883-532: Was teamed with Rikishi and lost to Cibernetico and La Parka by disqualification. On July 14, 2004, the 3 Live Kru, Dusty Rhodes and Larry Zbyszko defeated Jarrett, Ken Shamrock and the Elite Guard in a ten-man tag team match. The Kru began feuding with Team Canada in August 2004, and at the inaugural three-hour TNA pay-per-view, Victory Road on November 7, 2004, Konnan and James defeated Team Canada members Bobby Roode and "Showtime" Eric Young for
15006-666: Was very busy for Konnan. In AAA, he made his first appearance with La Legión Extranjera (with Chessman and Ron Killings) on May 1, 2006, losing to El Zorro, Octagon and Vampiro Canadiense at AAA Sin Limite . He soon became the leader of the stable, which was active through 2009. That same month, Konnan became the TNA Impact! Spanish color commentator . Additionally, he and the LAX began a storyline that saw them refuse to wrestle (as well as himself and Moody Jack refuse to commentate), claiming that Latinos were discriminated against within TNA. On June 24, 2006, Konnan participated in
15129-428: 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
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