Kip James started out wrestling with his brother, Bart. They were Texas cowboys, winning the tag team championships three different times.

After Bart got an injury, Kip James went on to singles competition, he faced his future partner BG James. He was managed by the Honky Tonk Man.

He then teamed up with the BG and formed a new tag team. He won three tag team championships with this partner. He holds the record for the most tag team championships won by a person.

Kip James suffered an injury and has been sidelined for several months. He has since returned with a whole new attitude. When the draft of 2002 took place, he ended up with his tag team partner Chuck. The two decided to have a commitment ceremony (a sort of marriage), but it never went through. The two had won the Tag Team Championship, but split up.

One the most gifted and controversial athletes in the history of wrestling, Kip James entered TNA Wrestling in early 2005 and spent the year embroiled in a family feud with the 3Live Kru.

Thereafter, Kip James and BG James immediately reunited as a tag team to form “The James Gang” – one of the most highly decorated tag teams in professional wrestling history. Their first victims were Konnan's new family collectively known as The Latin American Exchange.

At the 2006 “Sacrifice” Pay-Per-View, The James Gang were able to defeat Brother Ray and Devon with the help of a lead pipe – a foreign object that was used many years ago during the great rivalry between these two teams. Both teams now have a win against each other, but the tie will break come Slammiversary.

Whatever name he competes as, Kip has always been and always will be an International Championship Wrestling mainstay.