10 Next Generation Wrestlers You Didn't Know About

By Jack Morrell /

4. Road Dogg

Bob Armstrong was one of the more popular midcard wrestlers in the south in the 1960s and 1970s, in part because of his stubborn, unflashy never-say-die attitude. He didn€™t go running off to New York on the promise of a quick payday, and when a weightlifting accident crushed his face, he simply wrestled in a mask as The Bullet until the reconstructive surgery was complete: he€™d carry the €˜Bullet€™ in his name even after unmasking. All four of his sons followed him into the business, but no one would have expected Brian James to become the most popular of €˜Bullet€™ Bob Armstrong€™s kids. The youngest son was least physically imposing, the least talented in the ring and the least good-looking: in fact, Brian was the guy you€™d expect to coast off the back of Steve, Brad and Scott€™s success, not the other way around. But Brian had what no one else in his family really had: flash. €˜The Road Dogg€™ Jesse James had charisma in spades, and a southern fried gift of the gab. When he received his opportunity to move on up from being Jeff Jarrett€™s sideman, he grabbed it with both hands. D-Generation X wasn€™t short of talkers, but it€™s Road Dogg whose voice is most associated with the stable from its most notorious era. Now a road agent for the main WWE roster, having beaten addiction and mellowed into cheerful middle age, Brian James is the poster boy for a happy, well-adjusted life after retirement.