Billy Gunn was formerly one-half of the 3-time WWF tag-team champion, Smoking Gunns.  

    The New Age Outlaws appeared in late summer 1997. Billy Gunn was approached by Jesse James to form a tag team. Gunn ditched his then-mentor, The Honkey Tonk Man, and his gimmick, Rockabilly, to join forces with the fellow mid-carder. By November of 1997, the Outlaws had captured the gold from the Legion Of Doom. The NAO held the titles until Wrestlemania 14, where they lost a dumpster match against the Hardcore legends, Cactus Jack and Terry Funk. The Outlaws protested and the titles were held up until the next night, when they defeated the Legends and recaptured the belts. That same night, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn and "Road Dogg" Jesse James became the newest members of DX.  

    Since joining forces with new attitudes to go along with their new nicknames, the Road Dog Jesse James and Bad Ass Billy Gunn have done anything and everything to make enemies within the tag team ranks.