WWE: Do Billy Gunn, Road Dogg and X-Pac Belong in the Hall of Fame?

Billy Gunn was asked in a recent interview whether he thought the New Age Outlaws and X-Pac deserved to be in the Hall of Fame. Gunn replied that he did believe they deserved it.

Some people immediately took this as Gunn lobbying, and I didn't see that at all. He was asked a question and gave his honest response, he didn't dwell long on the subject either. He even said he has more to offer the wrestling world before he calls it quits.

The real question is do they in fact deserve to be in the hall of fame. Would it be as a stable introduction or would each one get their own introduction?

Each one of these guys has had what could be considered great careers. X-Pac is arguably the most successful of the three having appeared in more televised promotions than the other two, as well as holding more titles.

Billy Gunn and "Road Dogg" Jesse James were a great tag team, and they added to the DX movement which helped propel them to the WWE's forefront. They were tag-team champions and they were always involved in the main event angles featuring Triple H.

X-Pac not only served as a member of DX, but he was also a member of the nWo, making him the only person to have been in both factions. Not only is he is also one of the few people to hold the WWF Light Heavyweight title and the WCW Cruiserweight title, but he is the only one to hold them at the same time.

Billy Gunn started out in WWE as a tag team wrestler with his storyline brother Bart Gunn in the team The Smoking Gunns. They portrayed tough cowboys types who were not afraid to visit the top rope.

Together they beat every tag team the WWF in front of them, and eventually went on to win the tag titles on three separate occasions.

I think sometimes people forget what a successful tag team wrestler Billy Gunn was. He is a 10-time tag champion in WWE and he has held tag titles in smaller promotions as well.

He had three reigns with Bart, five with Road Dogg and two with Chuck Palumbo. His singles success was not as good, he only held the IC title once and the Hardcore title twice, which in total means he has held 13 titles in WWE as well as being the 1999 King of the Ring. Not a bad run overall I would say.

His time in TNA has been mostly backstage, and these days he isn't even there anymore, but instead, appearing at indy shows.

Road Dogg is another guy who has had greater success as a tag-team wrestler. Known now as BG James, Road Dogg got his start in WWF as Jeff Jarrett's roadie. He would accompany JJ to the ring while Jeff strutted in his stupid sunglasses and hat.

Once it was revealed that JJ's hit country song "With My Baby Tonight" had in fact been performed by the Roadie, the two split up and Road Dogg was set to pursue his own singles career.

James returned to WWF after a brief stint in USWA where he won the Television, Tag and World Titles. His return saw him still clinging to the gimmick of the real singer of the JJ song.

He soon teamed up with Billy Gunn who had dropped his manager The Honky Tonk Man and the two became The New Age Outlaws.

Together they took on everyone from the Hardys to Mick Foley and Terry Funk. Their run as a tag team is still to this day one of the best of the Attitude Era.

X-Pac on the other hand was always a more successful singles wrestler. He started out in WWF as the 123 Kid and his gimmick was basically that he was the smallest and therefore always the underdog.

His first push came when he got a surprise pin over Razor Ramon. Despite being beaten in the rematch, Ramon respected Kid and eventually they became allies and Razor turned face.

After he left the WWF for WCW in 1996 he began to portray the character we now know him as. A brash and cocky wrestler who despite his size will get into the face of anyone and tell them off. His time in the nWo was good for him as it allowed him to grow into a heel character.

After only two years with WCW, he returned to the WWF as X-Pac, a new member of DX. He showed up on RAW only days after his final WCW show stating Hall and Nash would have followed him if they could have.

He even mentioned Hogan and Bischoff in the promo, something that at the time was unexpected. Pac returned and became the top contender in the lightweight division, which was WWF's answer to the cruiserweight division in WCW.

Since leaving WWE, Sean "X-Pac" Waltman has appeared all over the world in AAA, XPW, TNA and the short lived WSX.

It is said he just signed with WWE on May 29 but no one has said if he will be wrestling or some kind of agent/producer.

So after reviewing the careers of all three of these men I would say that all three deserve to be in the Hall of Fame...someday.

Right now, I think Billy Gunn has the right attitude in that there is so much more all three of these men can do before we can think about putting them in the Hall. It took Stu Hart until seven years after he passed to make it in, so let's not jump the gun on these guys just yet.