“Oh, you didn’t know?” Tonight, a Marine Corps Veteran is entering the WWE Hall of Fame. For those that follow wrestling, you know that this week is WrestleMania week – the promotion’s biggest week of the year – the Superbowl of wrestling.
Brian Girard James is a 2nd generation wrestler and the son of WWE Hall of Famer “Bullet Bob” Armstrong. Like his father, Brian is a Marine Corps Veteran who served from 1987 to 1993 and was a platoon sergeant during Operation Desert Storm.
Happy Veterans Day to my brother @WWERoadDogg and THANK YOU for your service. To all Veterans, THANK YOU!!! #NeverForget 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/2P8NAoaUdp
— Scott Armstrong (@WWEArmstrong) November 11, 2018
After his service, James joined WWE as “The Roadie” to “Double J,” Jeff Jarrett. In a short period of time, he transformed in to the “Road Dogg” Jesse James, partnering with “Badass” Billy Gunn to form the New Age Outlaws. The new Age Outlaws were cornerstones of WWE’s Degeneration X stable and the WWE Attitude Era, as six-time WWE Tag Team Champions.
Brian’s total championships include:
- All-Star Championship Wrestling
- ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dysfunction
- Catch Wrestling Association
- CWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cannonball Grizzly
- Coastal Carolina Wrestling Alliance/Carolina Wrestling Federation
- CCWA/CWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Freedom Pro Wrestling
- FPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Billy Gunn
- Maryland Championship Wrestling
- MCW Tag Team Championship(1 time) – with Kip James
- Millennium Wrestling Federation
- MWF Tag Team Championship(1 time) – with Beau Douglas
- NWA Wrestle Birmingham
- NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- NWA World Tag Team Championship(2 times) – with Ron Killings and Konnan
- TWA Powerhouse
- TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Billy Gunn
- United States Wrestling Association
- USWA Heavyweight Championship(1 time)
- USWA Television Championship(2 times)
- USWA World Tag Team Championship(2 times) – with Tracy Smothers
- World Wrestling All-Stars
- WWA World Heavyweight Championship(1 time)
- World Wrestling Federation/WWE
- WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
- WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
- WWF Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Billy Gunn
- WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Billy Gunn
James is also our #BtBattle Veteran of the Week. Brian “Road Dogg” James, thank you for your service and congratulations on your WWE Hall of Fame induction!
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