The New Age Outlaws were a hugely popular tag team in the former World Wrestling Federation (now WWE).

History

The Outlaws were formed when struggling superstars Billy Gunn and Road Dogg Jesse James teamed-up in late 1997. The Outlaws made an immediate impact in their feud with the legendary Legion of Doom tag team. Throughout 1998 the Outlaws would rise in popularity. They were famed for their trash-talking, loud-mouthed, vulgar, and violent ways. Their entrance involved Jesse James shouting over the microphone, "Oh You Didn't Know?!" In the aftermath of WrestleMania XIV the Outlaws joined the HHH-led D-Generation X. The Outlaws switched from heels to babyfaces, and feuded with many different tag teams over the course of 1998; their immense popularity was part of what helped the WWF challenge WCW for ratings supremacy. In late 1998 McMahon's Corporation tried and failed to tempt the Outlaws away from DX.

Break Up

As 1999 started, the Outlaws slowly began to fade away. Road Dogg began to move towards the Hardcore title while Billy Gunn began to challenge for the Intercontinental Championship. As 1999 continued Gunn won the 1999 King of the Ring tournament and eventually turned heel.

During the Fall of 1999 the Outlaws reunited, first as babyfaces, but then as heels when they rejoined the reformed DX.

Early 2000 saw the final end of the Outlaws when Billy Gunn recieved a serious arm injury during a match with the Dudley Boyz. Gunn exited DX after "loosing his cool" and getting into a fight with all DX members.

Road Dogg would then team with fellow DX member X-Pac however this new team was far from what fans had experienced under the Outlaws.

This marked the end of a tag team that had embodied the "Attitude" era of the WWF. They would tag one last time along with Triple H and Chyna on a November edition of Raw Is War in a one-off DX reunion to take on the Right to Censor. After this both Gunn and Road Dogg went their seperate ways, Gunn would eventually drop his "Mr Ass" gimmick and Road Dogg would team with new WWF superstar K-Kwik.

Road Dogg was released from his WWF contract in late 2000.

Billy Gunn was released from his WWF/WWE contract in 2004 after 10 years with the company.

Both men now wrestle for Total Nonstop Action.