The New Age Outlaws made their names in professional wrestling historical past with a potent mix of charisma and in-ring prowess. “Highway Dogg” Jesse James and “Badd Ass” Billy Gunn’s ascent from mid-card obscurity to popular culture phenomena stands as a testomony to their expertise as sports activities entertainers. On his “One thing To Wrestle” podcast, longtime WWE Government Producer Bruce Prichard supplied a uncommon glimpse into the genesis of the favored tandem.
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“It was a chance to make two new younger guys in Highway Dogg and Billy Gunn and make them right into a formidable tag group…They weren’t actually taking off as people,” Prichard remembered. “We wished them to be a formidable tag group. [We] knew they might cling.”
In line with Prichard, Gunn and James had many supporters behind the scenes, which made it simpler to seek out veteran expertise to assist the fledgling tag group escape with followers.
“There was lots of people that felt very strongly that Highway Dogg and Billy had been gonna make it,” Prichard remembered. “So that you get them individuals who can actually assist make them and get them over. And that was Cactus Jack and Terry Funk.” Gunn and James battled Funk (then referred to as Chainsaw Charlie) and Jack in WrestleMania’s solely “Dumpster Match” at WrestleMania XIV. Whereas Gunn and James weren’t victorious within the match, the feud was a launching level for the long run WWE Corridor of Famers.
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