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James in 2007.
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Birth name | Brian Girard James |
Born |
Marietta, Georgia, United States |
May 20, 1969
Residence | Jay, Florida, United States |
Children | 3 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | B.G. James Brian Armstrong The Dark Secret Jesse James Jesse James Armstrong The Road Dogg The Roadie0 |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Billed weight | 241 lb (109 kg) |
Billed from | Marietta, Georgia |
Trained by |
Bob Armstrong Brad Armstrong Paul Orndorff |
Debut | 1986 |
Brian Girard "B.G." James (born May 20, 1969) is an American professional wrestler and former United States Marine, currently signed to the WWE as a producer and occasional wrestler.
James is best known for his initial tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as The Roadie from 1994 to 1995 and as "Road Dogg" Jesse James from 1996 to 2001. He 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.
James has held numerous championships over the course of his 30-year 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 World Tag Team Championship (WWE) 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 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 3Live Kru. James also twice competed for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on pay-per-view.