James Dundee (born James Cruickshanks) (born July 5, 1971) is an Australian-born American

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. He is best known for his appearances with the

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(USWA), the

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(WWF),

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(ECW) and

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(WCW) under the ring name J. C. Ice as one-half of the

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. He is also known for his appearances on the independent circuit under the ring name Jamie Dundee.

Professional wrestling career

Cruickshanks was trained to wrestle by his father

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and debuted in 1988 in USA Championship Wrestling in

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, a split off from Continental Wrestling in Alabama. In the promotion, he was a manager for the

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( Mike Davis and Tommy Lane). He also fought with The Riches (Johnny and Davey) and the Armstrongs. He wrestled alongside his father in Memphis under the ring name Jamie Dundee. Some months prior to his ring debut, he participated in an angle in which he was brutalized at a TV taping by

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. He also was a heel referee in Memphis for a brief time. In the

(USWA) in the early 1990s, Dundee turned on his father and became J. C. Ice, a white rapper, loosely based on

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. He formed a

called PG-13 with Kelly Wolfe (known as

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) and dominated the USWA tag team division throughout the mid-1990s, winning the

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on fifteen occasions. After losing to Bill Dundee, PG-13 were obliged to leave the USWA. They returned shortly thereafter under

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as The Cyberpunks, Ice (Dundee) and Fire (Wolfe). After some time, The Cyberpunks unmasked and reverted to being PG-13. In 1995,

entered the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and feuded with The Smokin' Gunns but were gone shortly thereafter. In 1996, they re-appeared with the

as members of the

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. Along with Jim Johnston and

, he helped create their theme song. In 1997, PG-13 appeared with

(ECW), challenging the

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for the vacant World Tag Team Titles at Hardcore Heaven 1997. In ECW they were known for goading the audience and their opponents. They wrestled

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, and

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. In 1998, Dundee wrestled there by himself between May and June against the likes of

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and

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. PG-13 appeared briefly for

(WCW) in 1999 and 2000. They frequently had matches with

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, and

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. Upon leaving WCW, Cruickshanks returned to wrestling on the independent circuit. He was briefly nicknamed "The Convict" and had a gimmick that saw him

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before and after his matches.

Personal life

Cruickshanks is the son of Scottish- Australian professional wrestler William "Bill Dundee" Cruickshanks, and brother-in-law of ''Beautiful'' Bobby Eaton.

Championships and accomplishments

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** IWA Mid-South Lightweight Championship ( 1 time) *Kick-Ass Wrestling **KAW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **KAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

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**PWI ranked him # 98 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1996 **PWI ranked him # 435 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. *

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**SAW International Tag Team Championship (1 time) with

*Music City Wrestling ** MCW North American Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with

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** USWA Middleweight Championship ( 1 time) ** USWA Television Championship ( 1 time) **

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( 16 times) - with

(1) and

(15) *Xtreme Championship Wrestling Midwest **XCW Midwest Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *New Age Wrestling Alliance **NAWA World Heavyweight Champion (1 time)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ice, J. C. 1971 births American male professional wrestlers Living people The Nation of Domination members People from Memphis, Tennessee Professional wrestlers from Tennessee Australian emigrants to the United States Australian male professional wrestlers Australian people of Scottish descent American people of Australian descent American people of Scottish descent USWA World Tag Team Champions