[20], The Outlaws slowly began to align themselves with D-Generation X. They quickly rose to the top of the tag team ranks and won the Tag Team Championship from the Legion of Doom on November 24. Billy Gunn made this move incredibly famous and it really worked well throughout his entire career. [11] In early 1995, the Gunns won their first Tag Team Championship by defeating the makeshift team of Bob Holly and 1-2-3 Kid. This led to a Dumpster match at WrestleMania XIV where Cactus and Chainsaw defeated the Outlaws for the Tag Titles. Kip's efforts ultimately proved futile; James, the guest referee in a final match between Brown and Kip versus Konnan and Killings at Sacrifice, attacked Kip enabling a 3Live Kru victory.[51]. Billy Gunn action figure from the WWF Signature toy series manufactured by Jakks Pacific in 1999. Sami Zayn is an incredibly gifted professional wrestler and someone who really is able to shake things up in terms of what moves he can use. [68], On November 5, 2016, at the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) event Power Struggle, Yoshitatsu announced Gunn as the newest member of his Hunter Club stable and his partner for the upcoming 2016 World Tag League. Primarily a tag team wrestler, Gunn is a total 10-time tag team champion in WWE with three different partners (with Bart Gunn as The Smoking Gunns, with Road Dogg as The New Age Outlaws, and with Chuck Palumbo as Billy and Chuck). On the January 13 episode of Raw, the Outlaws again teamed with Punk in a rematch against The Shield, only to abandon Punk and lose the match. On the May 27, 2020 episode of Dynamite, Gunn now under the shortened ring name of Billy participated in a battle royal match to determine the number one contender for the TNT Championship. Posting links or pictures is only allowed in certain areas of Figure Realm. They mentioned their new right of 'creative control', meaning they could do whatever they wanted. [35] After winning the titles, Billy and Chuck found a "Personal Stylist" in the ambiguously flamboyant Rico. The fact that this was a finisher showcases the fact that the move could easily be taken seriously to end matches. RELATED: 10 Great Tag Teams With Lame Finishing Moves. James leave the 3Live Kru and defect to Planet Jarrett, reforming the old tag team with Outlaw. [39] However, just before they tied the knot, they revealed that the entire ordeal was a publicity stunt and disavowed their on-screen homosexuality, admitting that they were just friends. On November 13, 2015, WWE officially announced that Sopp was released from his WWE contract after failing a test for performance-enhancing drugs. Seth Rollins has used a variety of finishers over his career, and many of them have been tremendous. On December 26, 2015, Gunn teamed up with Kevin Thorn to defeat Brian Klass and Rob Street. The two entered the match as the final team and scored the win over Prakash Sabar and The Proletariat Boar of Moldova. [36] At Judgment Day, Rikishi and Rico (Rikishi's mystery partner of Mr. McMahon's choosing) defeated Billy and Chuck for the WWE Tag Team Championship after Rico accidentally hit Chuck with a roundhouse kick. Gunn is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) from 1993 to 2004 and from 2012 to 2015. [44][45] At The Great American Bash, Gunn lost to Kenzo Suzuki. Gunn agreed and smashed a guitar over the Honky Tonk Man's head to solidify their new alliance. There are many great moves right now in wrestling that could be genuine finishing moves if a wrestler ensures that it got the job done. On June 12, 2016, Gunn won the Smashmouth Pro Wrestling championship from KC Huber but lost it on the same night, Gunn teamed again with Anderson in a losing effort against the UK Hooligans at PCW Tribute to the Troops on June 25, 2016. Kip went on another brief disappearance from television until the June 5 edition of Impact!, where he partnered with Lance Hoyt and James Storm in a losing effort against Morgan and The Latin American Xchange. RELATED: The 10 Most Devastating Finishing Moves In NXT History, Ranked. James, WPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), This page was last edited on 22 October 2020, at 06:53. Styles and Tomko. After a stint as a professional bull rider in Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Sopp left the profession in his early-20s in order to pursue a career as a professional wrestler. From Imgur, copy the link from the url when you are viewing it, or click their Copy button if you are uploading a new image. At Destination X, The Voodoo Kin Mafia defeated Hemme's handpicked team of The Heartbreakers (Antonio Thomas & Romeo Roselli). [26] The next month at St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Gunn was the special guest referee for the Intercontinental Championship match between Val Venis and champion Ken Shamrock, where Gunn made a fast count and declared Venis the new champion before attacking both men. Kip saved James from Team Canada once again at Bound for Glory. On the October 25 edition of Impact!, VKM teamed with A.J. On the May 28 edition of Impact!, Kip was fired by The Beautiful People. Kip went on to declare himself "The Megastar", an arrogant gimmick similar to "The One" gimmick from his WWF tenure. Gunn made his return in October and immediately teamed with Chyna to feud with Right to Censor, who wanted to "censor" his Mr. Ass gimmick. Nowadays, the actual wrestling quality is higher than it has ever been with some amazing moves taking place on a consistent basis. By November 2006, Kip and B.G. On March 19, 2016, Gunn lost the title to Ken Dixon. On January 26 during the Royal Rumble Kickoff Show, Gunn and Road Dogg beat Cody Rhodes and Goldust to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. In May, Gunn was announced as a coach along with WWE Hall of Famers Booker T and Lita for the sixth season of Tough Enough. At SummerSlam, Mankind faced the Outlaws in a Handicap match after Kane no-showed the title defense. Gunn then feuded with Eddie Guerrero and the rest of The Radicalz. After the match, Sunny abandoned The Gunns, saying that she would only manage title holders. B.G James was taken out by Basham and Damaja which led to Kip James competed against Basham and Damaja in a handicap match at Sacrifice where he lost. They began performing the crotch chop, a reference to the WWE's DX. One month later, Gunn defeated Ken Dixon for the MCW Pro Wrestling MCW Rage Television Championship. Chad Gable is an incredible athlete who has a real range of moves that he is able to hit, whether that's technical or submission. James's father, Bob Armstrong, attempted to reconcile the group, but was instead attacked by Konnan and his new stablemates, Apolo and Homicide. [15] After Billy returned from hiatus, The Smoking Gunns won the Tag Team Title for the third time by defeating The Godwinns in May. In November 1990, Sopp was arrested in Florida for disorderly conduct. Sopp attended Sam Houston State University. Wrestlers are becoming increasingly more creative with their move set and that has forced every move in someone's arsenal to step up.