Biography

Monty Sopp

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Born
November 11, 1963 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Birth name
Monty Kip Sopp
Nicknames
- Bad Ass
- Mr. Ass
- Kipp James
- Rockabilly
- The One
- "The One" Billy Gunn
- The New Age Outlaw
- The Outlaw
Height
6′ 4″ (1.93 m)

Biography

Monty Sopp was born on November 11, 1963 in Orlando, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for WWE Monday Night RAW (1993), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004). He has been married to Paula since January 24, 2009. He was previously married to Tina Tinnell.

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Trademarks

Finishing move: Fameasser/Famouser (Leg Drop Bulldog)
Finishing move: Ass Kisser/Diving Fameasser (Diving Leg Drop Bulldog)
Finishing move: The Missouri Boat Ride/The One and Only (Cobra Clutch Slam)
Trademark move: Jackhammer Slam (Suplex Powerslam)
Trademark move: Gunn Slinger (Swinging Side Slam)

Trivia

As Rockabilly, he was managed by The Honky Tonk Man. The gimmick was going nowhere and the WWF decided to pair Billy with Jesse James (The Road Dogg). The two underdog wrestlers would become one of the most beloved tag teams of all time as the New Age Outlaws.
On February 13, 2005, Sopp debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling without a name (as Billy Gunn is a WWE trademark) at the TNA Wrestling: Against All Odds (2005) pay-per-view. Shortly thereafter, he started using the name The New Age Outlaw, a reference to the tag team he previously formed with Brian James in WWE, The New Age Outlaws. However, WWE threatened TNA with legal action if he continued to use the name "The New Age Outlaw", so he shortened his name to "The Outlaw". This apparently was not enough to appease WWE as he was renamed "Kip James" (taking his former partner's last name) at the TNA Wrestling: No Surrender (2005) pay-per-view on July 17, 2005. Due to the legal issues with WWE, all TNA DVD releases featuring footage with Sopp as "The Outlaw" (and presumably also as "The New Age Outlaw") have had the name on on-screen graphics blurred, the name silenced out of the audio, and match commentary completely replaced to reflect a retroactive name change to "Kip James". One such DVD is the pay-per-view TNA Wrestling: Lockdown (2005), included in the "TNA Anthology: The Epic Set" box set, in which the silencing of the name during a segment where Dusty Rhodes picks his name from a lottery leaves DVD viewers in the dark as to who just got picked (unless they could read Dusty's lips).
Took place in the first WrestleMania Hardcore match at WrestleMania XV (1999). He defended his Hardcore Title against Al Snow and Hardcore Holly.
Former member of one of wrestling's most popular stables, D-Generation X.
Lost his name, Mr. Ass, in a stipulation tag team match with Chyna against Right to Censor's Steven Richards and Val Venis at WWF No Mercy (2000).