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Brian Girard James (born May 20, 1969) is an American professional wrestler currently signed with the WWE, where he serves 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 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 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 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 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. Professional wrestling career Early career (1986; 1991–1994) James, under the ring name Brian Armstrong, made his professional wrestling debut on December 1, 1986, where he defeated Kevin Sullivan in 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 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 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 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 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 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 the December 17 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). World Wrestling Federation (1994–1995; 1996–2001) Alliance with Jeff Jarrett (1994–1995) 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, 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. In early 1995, Jarrett released 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 pay-per-view on July 23, 1995. After leaving 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. The New Age Outlaws and D-Generation X (1996–2001) James, without Jarrett, returned to the WWF in 1996 under the ring name Jesse James, where he revealed himself as "The Real Double J" and 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 protég.... Discover the James Armstrong popular books. Find the top 100 most popular James Armstrong books.
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The Civil War of 1812
Alan TaylorIn the early nineteenth century, Britons and Americans renewed their struggle over the legacy of the American Revolution, leading to a second confrontation that redefined North Ame...
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James Mcarthur Armstrong v. State of Mississippi
Supreme Court of Mississippiwas convicted of manslaughter, and after defendants motion for a new trial was overruled, and final judgment entered, the court sentenced the defendant to serve a term of twenty ye...
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Moving Target
Ross KempFormer Special Reconnaissance Regiment Sergeant Nick Kane always stands by his friends. So when an old comrade is leaned on by gangsters, Nick's only too happy to help. But Nick qu...
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How the Scots Made America
Michael FryEver since they first set foot in the new world alongside the Viking explorers, the Scots have left their mark. In this entertaining and informative book, historian Michael Fry sho...
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Chasing the Moon
Robert Stone & Alan AndresJFK issued the historic moon landing challenge. These are the stories of the visionaries who helped America complete his vision with the first lunar landing fifty years ago.A Compa...
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On the Plains with Custer
Edwin L. Sabin & Charles H. StephensThis historical western was written before Custer was known as General, a time when those who knew and marched with Custer were still alive. Edwin L. Sabin tells the story of a man...
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Just Design
Christopher SimmonsFor many, doing good work that also does good in the world is part of the ethos of design practice. Just Design celebrates and explores this increasingly critical aspect of design ...
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The Doll Princess
Tom BennWinner of the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year AwardIt's Manchester, July 1996, the month after the IRA bomb, and the Evening News is carrying reports of two ...
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Peter Abelard & Betty RadiceThe story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. Through their letters, we follow the path of their romance from its reckless a...
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James Armstrong v. State Florida
Supreme Court of FloridaWe review Armstrong v. State, 566 So.2d 943 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990), to answer the following question certified as one of great public importance: DOES TRIAL COUNSEL FOR A D...
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James Armstrong v. State Florida
Supreme Court of FloridaOrder ACCEPTING JURISDICTION AND DISPENSING WITH ORAL ARGUMENT The Court has accepted jurisdiction and dispensed with oral argument pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure ...
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When Britain Burned the White House
Peter SnowThis stirring military narrative takes readers from the burning of the nation's capital to the antheminspiring Battle of Fort McHenry.In August 1814, the United States army was def...
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Instinct
Ben KayHidden in a remote corner of the South American jungle is a clandestine research facility known simply as MEROS. Here, working in laboratories buried a thousand feet underground, m...
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Kill Me Once
Jon OsborneNathan Stiedowe is seeking perfection and he has been learning from the best. Recreating some of the most sickening murders in history, his objective appears chillingly simple, bu...
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James Dolphus Armstrong v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of AlabamaW. J. HARALSON, Supernumerary Circuit Judge. Appellant was indicted for robbery, tried and convicted for grand larceny and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years.
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Scars that Run Deep
Patrick TouherLeaving his abusive Irish boarding school after eight long years, Patrick Touher thought his troubles were over. But the adult world was a dangerous place for a naïve adolescent. F...
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Legends of Irish Rugby
John ScallyBased on exclusive interviews with 40 celebrated players, past and present, Legends of Irish Rugby is a veritable who's who of the sport. Immortals such as Jack Kyle, Willie John M...
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No Time At All
Susan SallisTwo disabled children love their new bungalow by the sea. It even has its own spectral steamtrain which only they can hear each night. The train holds many mysteries which will cha...
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Apollo Remastered
Andy SaundersThis definitive photographic book about the Apollo missions reveals hundreds of extraordinary, newlyrestored, and allnew images from the NASA archives that provide a neverbeforesee...
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Countess Dracula
Guy AdamsYou can do anything in Hollywood and be forgiven, anything except grow old...It’s the 1930s and cinema stands at the dawn of a new age, the silent era is all but dead, talkies are ...
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Wildest Lives of the Frontier
John Richard StephensBy and about the greatest celebrities of frontier America, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wr...
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The Squiggly Career
Helen Tupper & Sarah EllisTHE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER'The Squiggly Career is about navigating work in a way that suits you, it's a timely and brilliant handbook for now' Stylist 'A brilliant ...
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Defying Limits
Dave WilliamsAn inspirational, uplifting, and lifeaffirming memoir about passion, resilience and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada’s most accomplished astronauts...
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The Other Custers
Bill Yenne & George Armstrong CusterNot one, not two, but three Custer brothers died at the Little Bighornand so did their only sister's husband. Most do not realize that not one, not two, but three Custer brothers d...
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A Dance of Ghosts
Kevin BrooksPI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen years ago his wife, Stacy, was brutally murdered. Craine found her body in their bed. And since then, to e...
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Armstrong v. Guy H. James Construction Company
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma1 This is an original proceeding by claimant, Ruth D. Armstrong, administratrix of the estate of Robert Lee Armstrong, Jr., deceased, to review an order of the State Industrial Cou...
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Jacob Strader, James Gorman, And John Armstrong, Plaintiffs in Error v. Christopher Graham
United States Supreme CourtIN error to the Court of Appeals for the state of Kentucky. The defendant in error, who was a citizen of Kentucky, filed his bill in the Louisville Chancery Court, against Jacob St...
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The Summer of 1876
Chris WimmerFrom the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narratives of the biggest legends in frontier mythology.The summer of 1876 was a key tim...
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James V. Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corporation
Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of AppealsRECOMMENDED FOR FULLTEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206
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James D. Armstrong v. Potlatch Corporation
En Banc Supreme Court of MinnesotaBased upon all the files, records and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals filed August 21, 1987, be...
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James F. Armstrong v. Dewie Rushing
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitHAMLEY, Circuit Judge. James F. Armstrong commenced this action against Dewie Rushing to recover damages under the Civil Rights Act, R.S. § 1979 (1875), 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1964). ...
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The Lost Barkscrolls
Chris Riddell & Paul StewartThese exciting tales are ideal for those new to the Edge or as an addition to the collection of any fan. They feature stories from each of the Edge trilogies: one from the time of ...
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Cliff
Stafford Hildred & Tim EwbankFifty years ago he was just the boy Harry Webb, performing in a local youth club. Now he is Sir Cliff Richard, the first rock star to be knighted, with a massive international fan ...
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James E. Armstrong v. State Indiana
Supreme Court of Indiana No. 181S 6GIVAN, C.J. Appellant was charged in a fourcount indictment with the crimes of Attempted Murder, as defined in I.C. 354151 [Burns' 1979] and I.C. 354211 [Burns' 1979]. A jury trial...
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The Silver Cage
Mathilde MaddenIris and Alfie have been driven apart by the strongest forces in the werewolf world the powerful thrall of the Divine Wolf the mother of them all. Now Iris needs to win Alfie bac...