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|names=D-Generation X<br />DX<br />Degeneration X <br /> DX Army 
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|debut=August 11, 1997
|former_members=  [[Shawn Michaels]]<br>[[Triple H]]<br>[[Chyna]]<br>[[Sean Waltman|X-Pac]]<br>[[Road Dogg|"Road Dogg" Jesse James]]<br>[[Billy Gunn]]<br>''[[#Members|See below]]''
|years_active=1997–2000<br />2006–2010 (sporadic)<br />2010–present (non-wrestling reunions)<br />2018<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2803021-shawn-michaels-and-triple-h-defeat-the-undertaker-and-kane-at-wwe-crown-jewel |title = Shawn Michaels and Triple H Defeat the Undertaker and Kane at WWE Crown Jewel| website=[[Bleacher Report]] }}</ref>
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'''D-Generation X''' ('''DX'''), is an American [[professional wrestling]] [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable|stable]], and later a tag team, who consisted of various members mostly [[Generation X]] wrestlers, most notably [[Shawn Michaels]], [[Triple H]], [[Chyna]], [[Sean Waltman|X-Pac]], and the [[New Age Outlaws]], a tag team consisting of [[Road Dogg]] and [[Billy Gunn]].

The group originated in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as [[WWE]]) shortly before the "[[Attitude Era]]" in 1997 as a foil to another prominent faction, The [[Hart Foundation]] and became one of the main driving forces behind the WWF competing with [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) in the [[Monday Night War]]. In addition to two other founding members, [[Chyna]] and [[Rick Rude]], the group later expanded with new additions [[Sean Waltman|X-Pac]], The [[New Age Outlaws]], and [[Tori (wrestler)|Tori]] until the group officially disbanded in August 2000. After a teased reunion in 2002, DX reformed in June 2006 as the duo of Triple H and Shawn Michaels for the remainder of the year<ref name="New Year's Revolution - DX vs Rated RKO">{{cite web|first=Brett|last=Hoffman|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/matches/36781501/results/|title=Devastation|date=2007-01-07|access-date=2007-06-06|publisher=WWE}}</ref> and again in August 2009 until March 2010, shortly before Michaels' retirement. This incarnation was voted the greatest [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champions]] of all time in a 2013 WWE viewer poll.<ref>[http://www.wwe.com/shows/nightofchampions/2013/wwe-universe-votes-for-greatest-champions-26148649 The WWE Universe's picks for best champions ever]. WWE. September 15, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.</ref> Today, most of its members are active in the day-to-day operations of the WWE, such as Levesque, who serves as the chief content officer and head of creative, while Michaels serves as Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative overseeing the [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT brand]] and James holds the role as the Senior Vice President of Live Events.

On October 8, 2018, it was announced that DX would face The [[Brothers of Destruction]] ([[The Undertaker]] and [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]]) at the [[Crown Jewel (2018)|Crown Jewel]] pay-per view. At Crown Jewel, Triple H and Michaels were victorious against The Undertaker and Kane. On February 18, 2019, it was announced that the group would be inducted into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] later that year, with Triple H, Michaels, Chyna, The New Age Outlaws, and X-Pac as the inducted members.

== Concept ==
{{Professional wrestling sidebar}}The group's [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|gimmick]] was best known as a gang of [[Rebellion|rebels]] who broke the rules, acted and spoke as they pleased, and wrestled whomever they wanted no matter how provocative and insulting. Noted for their crude, profane humor and sophomoric pranks, the stable has been dubbed multiple times as the "most controversial group in WWF/E history". Michaels' autobiography suggests that it was WWF head writer [[Vince Russo]] who first conceived the moniker for the faction, while [[Bret Hart]] claims it originated from ''New York Post'' columnist [[Phil Mushnick]], a frequent critic of the WWF.<ref name="hart">"[[New York Post]] [[columnist]] [[Phil Mushnick]] was the one who coined the phrase, in an article that was actually critical of the drift of the WWF into sex, sleaze and soap opera, and away from wrestling." ch. 40 – {{Cite book|last=Hart|first=Bret|title=Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|year=2009|isbn=978-0446545280}}</ref> Triple H also claims that [[Shane McMahon]] coined the name of D-Generation X when responding to [[Bret Hart|Bret Hart's]] characterization of younger wrestlers as degenerates.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eNm7T0A7xM | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/1eNm7T0A7xM| archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|title = Triple H – Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?| website=[[YouTube]]|date = 2020-01-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

DX was one of the three main contributing factors,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1298900-wwe-face-facts-that-the-attitude-era-is-in-the-past|title=DX are one of the main factors of attitude era|website=[[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=November 2023}} along with [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] and [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]], to the onset of the WWF's [[Attitude Era]]. WWF/E Chairman [[Vince McMahon]] has repeatedly denied that DX was inspired or heavily influenced by [[World Championship Wrestling]]'s (WCW) [[New World Order (professional wrestling)|New World Order]] (nWo), though the core members of both on-screen factions included members of [[The Kliq]]; ([[Sean Waltman]] even served as a member of both groups; as did Michaels, briefly, during the nWo's short-lived revival in the WWF/E in 2002). On October 6, 1997, in one of the earliest DX promos, Michaels alluded to this off-screen connection. After Bret Hart claimed to have destroyed the Kliq and to have "run [[Scott Hall]] and [[Kevin Nash]] outta town" (referring to Hall and Nash leaving the WWF and signing with WCW), Michaels declared, "The Kliq owns this [[professional wrestling]] business", and said that the group had simply undergone "expansion" rather than "destruction".

== History ==

=== Formation and early rivalries (1997–1998) ===
[[File:Chyna and Triple H.jpg|thumb|left|[[Chyna]] (right), acted as an enforcer for [[Triple H]] (left) and Michaels in 1997, then remained allied with the larger incarnation of the stable until 1999]]
According to Triple H, WWF management wanted to keep [[The Kliq]] apart on-screen, so they were hesitant to pair he and Michaels together at first.<ref name=time/> Despite this, the group began to form during the August 11, 1997 main event of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw Is War]]''. During Michaels' match with Mankind, Triple H (then wrestling under the ring name of Hunter Hearst Helmsley) and Chyna both interfered, as Helmsley had been recently feuding with Mankind; the end of the match also saw [[Rick Rude]] return to the WWF revealing himself as Michaels' "insurance policy", helping Michaels win the match by attacking Mankind with a chair.<ref name="100megsfree4.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wwf/raw1997.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103062340/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wwf/raw1997.htm |archive-date=January 3, 2011|title=WWF RAW IS WAR Archives – 1997 |work=Wrestling Information Archive |access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw081197 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010904034630/http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw081197 |archive-date=September 4, 2001 |title=WWF Raw August 11, 1997 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=August 11, 1997 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref> The following week on ''Raw'', Michaels and Helmsley teamed up to take on [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] and [[The Undertaker]] in the main event, only to lose the match by disqualification after Michaels used a chair on Undertaker.<ref name="100megsfree4.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw081897 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010904034703/http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw081897 |archive-date=September 4, 2001 |title=WWF Raw August 18, 1997 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=August 18, 1997 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref> Michaels would eventually face the Undertaker at [[Ground Zero: In Your House]] on September 7 with Helmsley, Chyna and Rude all interfering on Michaels' behalf to force the match to end in a no contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/1997/09/08/hit-man-dismantles-the-patriot-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929074847/https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/1997/09/08/hit-man-dismantles-the-patriot-2/ |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |title=Hit Man Dismantles The Patriot |work=Slam Wrestling |last=Powell |first=John |date=September 8, 1997 |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref> During this time, the group (Michaels and Helmsley in particular) were regularly shown on television practicing [[off-color humor|sophomoric/crude humor]] and rebelling against authority figures in the company, primarily [[Vince McMahon]] (then primarily presented as an on-screen commentator) and then-[[Professional wrestling authority figures#Commissioners|Commissioner]] [[Sgt. Slaughter]], the latter of which DX made a recurring habit of humiliating by giving him the nickname "Sgt. Slobber".

D-Generation X's first major [[feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] was against the [[The Hart Foundation#The (New) Hart Foundation|Hart Foundation]], which was led by Michaels' nemesis [[Bret Hart]]. At [[WWF One Night Only]], the rest of DX helped Michaels defeat Foundation member [[Davey Boy Smith|British Bulldog]] for the [[WWE European Championship|WWF European Championship]], officially making Michaels the WWF's first [[Grand Slam (professional wrestling)|Grand Slam Champion]].<ref name="dx1997">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dx-original.html|title=D-Generation X (1st Incarnation) Profile|access-date=2008-01-18|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/onenightonly97.html|title=One Night Only results|access-date=2008-01-19|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref><ref name="hbkeuro1">{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358418 |title=Shawn Michaels' first European Championship reign |access-date=2008-01-19 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224000439/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358418 |archive-date=2008-02-24 }}</ref> On-screen, the name was taken from comments by Hart, who on several occasions, particularly including the October 6, 1997 episode of ''[[Raw Is War]]'', had labeled Michaels "nothing more than a degenerate".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw100697 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010520152208/http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw100697 |archive-date=May 20, 2001 |title=WWF Raw October 06, 1997 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=October 6, 1997 |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref> The following week, on October 13, 1997, Michaels made "D-Generation X" the group's official name,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw101397 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010713235118/http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw101397 |archive-date=July 13, 2001 |title=WWF Raw October 13, 1997 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=October 13, 1997 |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref> mockingly citing Hart's insults as his inspiration and how [[Generation X]] (with both members being part of [[Generation X]]) is always stereotyped as apathetic and cynical.

Although DX and the members of [[Hart Foundation|The Hart Foundation]] continued to battle on-screen in one fashion or another through the end of 1997, the Bret Hart-Shawn Michaels feud ended abruptly at [[Survivor Series (1997)|Survivor Series]] when Michaels won his third [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] via the [[Montreal Screwjob]], whereby Hart was lied to about the match's pre-determined outcome after Hart had signed with [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) and refused to drop the WWF Championship to Michaels in Canada and instead agreed to drop the title one month later in Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref name="WON: VINCE MCMAHON ON 'OFF THE RECORD'">{{cite web |author1=Dave Meltzer |author-link1=Dave Meltzer  |title=MARCH 2, 1998 WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: MORE ON SPICOLLI DEATH, VINCE MCMAHON ON 'OFF THE RECORD' |url=https://members.f4wonline.com/wrestling-observer-newsletter/march-2-1998-wrestling-observer-newsletter-more-spicolli-death-vince |website=Figure Four Online |publisher=Wrestling Observer Newsletter |access-date=10 October 2019 |language=en |date=March 2, 1998 |quote=The claim from several at the top was that in the production meeting the night before, the scenario discussed was Hart winning via DQ, a lame duck storyline planned to build for the subsequent PPV in Springfield, MA where Hart would lose the title in a final four match and Michaels would become the champion on 12/7, and then on live TV on 12/8 bid farewell to the [[WWE|WWF]] thanking the organization and the fans. It has also been confirmed that [[Eric Bischoff]] was contacted and had agreed to the entire scenario as proposed, and even though Hart's contract with [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] began on 12/1, was going to allow him to finish up with WWF on 12/8. |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Survivor Series - HBK vs Hart">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/history/1997/mainevent/|title=Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart for the WWF Championship (Montreal Screwjob)|access-date=2007-01-18|publisher=WWE}}</ref><ref name="wwfhbk3">{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445415 |title=Shawn Michaels' third WWE Championship reign |access-date=2008-01-19 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105072205/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445415 |archive-date=2008-01-05 }}</ref> Rick Rude was also legitimately upset over the events of the screwjob, and subsequently left the WWF to return to WCW. On the November 24 episode of ''Raw Is War'', DX invited [[Jim Neidhart|Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart]] to join the group, which he accepted prior to a match later that night between Vader and Michaels. Michaels, Chyna and Helmsley assaulted Neidhart at the end of the show after Michaels defeated [[Big Van Vader|Vader]], showing that Neidhart's invitation to the group was nothing more than a ruse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw112497 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010517181447/http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw112497 |archive-date=May 17, 2001 |title=WWF Raw November 24, 1997 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=November 24, 1997 |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref> The following week on the December 1 episode of ''Raw Is War'', Helmsley defeated Neidhart.<ref name="Raw120197">{{cite web|url=http://otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw120197 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030610170209/http://otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw120197 |archive-date=June 10, 2003 |title=WWF Raw December 01, 1997 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=December 1, 1997 |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref> After the match, DX assaulted Neidhart once again, before Michaels spray-painted "WCW" on Neidhart's back, signifying him following Bret Hart and The British Bulldog to WCW.<ref name="Raw120197"/> Sgt. Slaughter and [[Ken Shamrock]] saved Neidhart, before Slaughter and Shamrock attacked DX at the end of the show.<ref name="Raw120197"/>

D-Generation X was used as the title for a WWF [[D-Generation X: In Your House]] pay-per-view telecast on December 7, 1997.<ref name="slamiyhdx97">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/dec8_dx.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723202558/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/dec8_dx.html |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |title=A Hart's Revenge |work=SLAM! Wrestling |last=Powell |first=John |date=December 8, 1997 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref> By this point, with Michaels holding both the WWF and WWF European Championships, and DX's victory in the feud with the Hart Foundation, their status as the lead stable in the company was solidified. Michaels headlined the event and was disqualified in a WWF Championship title defense against [[Ken Shamrock]] after interference from Helmsley and Chyna. After the match, Owen Hart interfered, having not been seen on WWF television since Survivor Series, starting a feud between Owen and DX.<ref name="slamiyhdx97"/> Earlier in the night, Helmsley (now primarily wrestling under the ring name of Triple H) defeated Sgt. Slaughter with the help of Chyna in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|Boot Camp match]].<ref name="slamiyhdx97"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/inyourhouse19.html|title=In Your House 19:D-Generation X results|access-date=2008-01-19|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514225935/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/inyourhouse19.html|archive-date=2011-05-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the December 22 episode of ''Raw is War,'' however, Michaels and Triple H were forced by Slaughter to wrestle each other for the European Championship.<ref name="raw122297">{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw122297 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010715161433/http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1997/raw122297 |archive-date=July 15, 2001 |title=WWF Raw December 22, 1997 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=December 22, 1997 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref> In a mock match, Michaels laid down in the middle of the ring while Triple H constantly ran the ropes.<ref name="raw122297"/> Triple H would then pin Michaels and win the European Championship.<ref name="raw122297"/><ref name="hhheuro1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358442 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113065342/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358442 |archive-date=January 13, 2007 |title=History of the European Championship (Triple H Dec. 22, 1997 – Jan. 22, 1998) |work=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] |access-date=January 20, 2008}}</ref>

[[Triple H]] lost the European Championship to Owen Hart in January 1998 only to regain it two months later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998/raw012698 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010715160446/http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998/raw012698 |archive-date=July 15, 2001 |title=WWF Raw January 26, 1998 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=January 26, 1998 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998/raw031798 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001101095409/http://www.otherarena.com:80/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998/raw031798 |archive-date=November 1, 2000 |title=WWF Raw March 17, 1998 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=March 17, 1998 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref><ref name="hhheuro2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358478 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113065350/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358478 |archive-date=January 13, 2007 |title=History of the European Championship (Triple H March 16, 1998 – July 14, 1998) |work=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] |access-date=January 20, 2008}}</ref> Going into [[WrestleMania XIV]] that March, Shawn Michaels was the reigning WWF Champion and Triple H was the reigning WWF European Champion. Heavyweight [[Boxing|boxer]] [[Mike Tyson]] was also involved as the "[[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Enforcer|special enforcer]]" in the main event of the night featuring Michaels against [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]. In the weeks leading up to the event, Tyson was revealed to have joined D-Generation X, and looked as if he was going to help Michaels retain the championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998/raw030298 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010521221505/http://www.otherarena.com:80/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998/raw030298 |archive-date=May 21, 2001 |title=WWF Raw March 02, 1998 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=March 2, 1998 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref> However, at the end of the match, Tyson turned on DX and cost Michaels the match and the WWF Championship, allowing Austin to win the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/1998/03/30/stone-cold-champion/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223153138/https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/1998/03/30/stone-cold-champion/ |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |title=Stone Cold Champion! |work=Slam Wrestling |last=Powell |first=John |date=March 30, 1998 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref><ref name="WrestleMania XIV - Stone Cold vs HBK">{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm14/mainevent/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224175415/http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm14/mainevent/ |archive-date=December 24, 2007 |title=Stone Cold vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship |work=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] |date=March 29, 1998 |access-date=January 20, 2008}}</ref>

=== Michaels' departure and "DX Army" (1998–1999) ===
The night after WrestleMania, Triple H officially ejected Michaels from DX for "dropping the ball" over the Tyson incident and subsequently losing the WWF Championship.<ref name="raw033098">{{cite web|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998/raw033098 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001208042000/http://www.otherarena.com:80/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1998/raw033098 |archive-date=December 8, 2000 |title=WWF Raw March 30, 1998 |work=The Other Arena |last=Petrie |first=John |date=March 30, 1998 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref> In reality, Michaels had suffered a severe back injury during his Casket Match with [[The Undertaker]] at the [[Royal Rumble (1998)|Royal Rumble]], and started what would become a four-year hiatus from wrestling to recuperate.<ref name=time/> Triple H would assume full leadership of DX and recruited [[Sean Waltman|X-Pac]], who had been recently fired from WCW, and the current [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWF Tag Team Champions]] [[The New Age Outlaws]] ([[Billy Gunn|"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn]] and [[Road Dogg|"The Road Dogg" Jesse James]]) into the stable. Triple H would dub this iteration as his new "DX Army".<ref name="raw033098"/><ref name=time/> While the intent was for the stable to remain [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heels]], they quickly became popular with audiences and were eventually [[Push (professional wrestling)|pushed]] as [[Face (professional wrestling)|faces]]. During this time, they feuded with [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] and his group [[Nation of Domination|The Nation]] and then later, Vince McMahon's [[The Corporation (professional wrestling)|Corporation]].<ref name=time/><ref name="dx1998">{{cite web|url= http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dx-new.html|title=DX Army Profile|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> The group remained united throughout 1998 and into early 1999.{{Vague|date=September 2021}}{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

On episodes of ''Raw Is War'' in April and May{{Vague|date=September 2021}} DX "went to war" with WCW, with whom the WWF were in direct competition at the time, through a series of legitimate visits to WCW headquarters and live events. On April 27, 1998, ''Raw Is War'' and ''[[WCW Monday Nitro|Nitro]]'' both took place in the [[Hampton Roads]] area of [[Virginia]], a mere 19 miles apart. DX traveled from the WWF show in [[Hampton Coliseum]] in [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton]] to [[Norfolk Scope|The Scope]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] and shouted insults against WCW through a bullhorn, as well as accusing WCW of giving out free tickets to fill up arenas for television while sporting black armbands with the acronym "POWCW" (Prisoner of WCW), which referenced fellow Kliq members [[Scott Hall]] and [[Kevin Nash]]. DX then tried to enter the arena via a loading dock in their army jeep before being stopped by someone closing the door.<ref>[http://www.pwsforums.com/showthread.php?p=1307216 PWS Forums] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401063826/http://www.pwsforums.com/showthread.php?p=1307216 |date=2012-04-01 }}</ref> They also attempted to forcibly secure meetings with Nitro's executive producer [[Eric Bischoff]] and WCW owner [[Ted Turner]] at WCW headquarters in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Another segment used computer graphics to make it appear as if Triple H had flown over the [[Roberts Municipal Stadium]] in [[Evansville, Indiana]] where WCW Nitro was taking place and wrote "WCW Sucks" and "DX Says Suck It" in the sky.<ref name="dx1998"/>

[[File:New Age Outlaws.jpg|thumb|left|DX expanded after Michaels' departure to include [[The New Age Outlaws]] tag team, who had often affiliated with the stable prior to joining]]
The group also feuded with the new Corporate [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Commissioners|Commissioner]], former DX leader Shawn Michaels, who had turned heel and betrayed the group after costing X-Pac a WWF Championship match against The Rock.<ref name="geocities.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20000303001054/http://www.geocities.com/jfjwrestling/shawn/shawn2.htm WebCite query result]</ref> The faction would continue to feud with Michaels and The Corporation throughout late 1998, with Michaels reversing Billy Gunn's [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]] victory against [[Ken Shamrock]],<ref name="geocities.com"/> costing The Outlaws the Tag Team Titles and even managing to seemingly lure the New Age Outlaws to The Corporation on the December 7 episode of ''Raw Is War''. However, the Outlaws quickly revealed this to have been a ruse, turning on The Corporation that same night.<ref name="geocities.com"/> When The Corporation turned on Michaels in January 1999{{Vague|date=September 2021}}, he was taken in by DX once more. This too was short lived, as later that night DX were instrumental in Michaels being ambushed by The Corporation, with X-Pac commenting "What goes around, comes around".

Some of the group's most memorable [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Promo|promos]] were their parodies of their rivals. On July 6, 1998, DX carried out the first of these segments, where they mocked and parodied The Nation, with Triple H mocking The Rock as "The Crock"; Road Dogg playing the part of [[D'Lo Brown]] as "B'Lo"; Billy Gunn as [[The Godfather (wrestler)|The Godfather]]; X-Pac as a parody of [[Mark Henry]], going by "Mizark"; and comedian Jason Sensation as Owen Hart. On December 14, 1998, they would turn their attention to The Corporation with Triple H again appearing as "The Crock"; Road Dogg playing Mr. McMahon (with two [[midget]]s representing [[Gerald Brisco]] and [[Pat Patterson (wrestler)|Pat Patterson]] kissing his behind throughout); Billy Gunn, playing [[Shane McMahon]] wearing an adult diaper; X-Pac playing Ken Shamrock; Chyna as The [[Big Boss Man]]; and Sensation returning to play Michaels.<ref>[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fjmg_dx-parody-of-the-corporation_fun DX Parody of The Corporation – Video Dailymotion]</ref> These parodies would also be resurrected during the fourth incarnation. X-Pac's parody of Mark Henry has been seen as highly controversial due to him being in [[blackface]] (unlike the rest of DX); X-Pac would admit on his podcast in 2018 that it was one of his biggest career regrets, despite having Henry's personal blessing to do the segment.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0323/638220/sean-waltman-on-why-he-hasnt-congratulated-mark-henry-for-wwe/ |title = Sean Waltman on Why He Hasn't Congratulated Mark Henry for WWE HOF Induction, Daniel Bryan Returning|date = 2018-03-23}}</ref>

Throughout 1999, the members would gradually turn on one another, leading to the group officially disbanding for the first time. Initially, Chyna turned on Triple H and X-Pac and joined the Corporation on January 25.<ref name=time/> At [[WrestleMania XV]], Chyna turned on then fellow Corporation member [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]], helping Triple H to defeat him, and seemingly rejoining DX. Later that night, however, Triple H and Chyna interfered in X-Pac's [[WWE European Championship|European Championship]] match with Shane McMahon. Initially, it appeared that they were there to help X-Pac, but Triple H quickly turned on him, delivering a [[Facebuster#Double underhook facebuster|Pedigree]] to his stablemate, costing him the match. Chyna and Triple H would then join The Corporation, with Kane subsequently being ousted.<ref name=time/> As a result, X-Pac began to share a bond with Kane, which resulted in Kane becoming a close ally of the faction, and the duo would hold the WWF Tag Team Championship on two occasions.<ref name="xpackane">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/x/xpackane.html|title=X-Pac and Kane Profile|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111013935/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/x/xpackane.html|archive-date=2008-01-11|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="xpackane1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132153|title=Kane and X-Pac's first World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2012-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106035801/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132153|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="xpackane2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132144|title=Kane and X-Pac's second World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2012-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216115232/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132144|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Though the group maintained a united front against The Corporation, Billy Gunn would become frustrated at Kane's presence, as well as The New Age Outlaws' inability to win the Tag Team Championships from X-Pac and Kane. Following one such defeat on the April 29 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'', Gunn became angry at X-Pac.<ref name="kulasd.tripod.com">[http://kulasd.tripod.com/dx/dxhistory.html Degeneration X History]</ref> The following week on ''[[WWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]]'', he apologized to X-Pac, but attacked him when X-Pac's back was turned, citing his frustration at being "held back" and departing from D-Generation X, therefore reducing the remaining members to just Road Dogg and X-Pac.<ref name="dx1998"/> Over the following weeks, Gunn would continue to attack X-Pac and Road Dogg, often being chased away by Kane.<ref name="kulasd.tripod.com"/> In July{{Vague|date=September 2021}}, Triple H and Chyna told Billy Gunn that Road Dogg and X-Pac were making a lot more money from DX's royalties than the other three (due to them still using the name as a tag team). This would lead to a tag match at [[Fully Loaded (1999)|Fully Loaded]], in which the winners would get the rights to use the DX name, which Road Dogg and X-Pac won. Though not officially a member, upon winning the Tag Team titles from [[Acolytes Protection Agency|The Acolytes]] on August 9, Kane, under encouragement from partner X-Pac, uttered his first on-screen words without help from a voice box, saying "suck it".<ref name="kulasd.tripod.com"/>

=== Reformation and McMahon-Helmsley Era (1999–2000) ===
On October 25, the group reformed as villains when Triple H and X-Pac helped the New Age Outlaws – who had reunited the previous month<ref name="kulasd.tripod.com" /> – defeat Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock.<ref name="dx1998" /><ref name="raw1999">{{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/_1999/ |title=RAW is WAR results, 1999 |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607173232/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/_1999/ |archive-date=2008-06-07 }}</ref> Later that week on ''SmackDown!'',  X-Pac suggested that DX would get "bigger", hinting that Kane would finally become an official member. However, later that night, he turned on Kane following a match with [[The Dudley Boyz]], stating there would be no additional members and starting a feud between the two.<ref name="onlineworldofwrestling.com">[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/_1999/ WWE SmackDown! (1999) – Online World of Wrestling] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012210933/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/_1999/ |date=October 12, 2008 }}</ref> That same night, DX were "hunted" by Austin, with Stone Cold catching Road Dogg in a [[Animal trapping|bear trap]], Billy Gunn in a [[snare trap]], having a portion of the backstage ceiling fall on X-Pac and finally catching the whole group in a net.<ref name="onlineworldofwrestling.com"/> Despite this, The Outlaws won their fifth Tag Team Championship soon afterward, defeating Mankind and [[Al Snow]] on the November 8 edition of ''Raw''.<ref name=NAO5>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413211124|title=The New Age Outlaws' fifth WWF Tag Team Championship reign|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024164028/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413211124|archive-date=October 24, 2012}}</ref> Not participating in the reunited DX were [[Chyna]] who was in a feud with [[Chris Jericho]] for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]]; [[Shawn Michaels]], who was in the middle of a four-year hiatus from wrestling; and [[Rick Rude]], who had died in April 1999.

Triple H, meanwhile, would escalate an ongoing feud with Vince McMahon on the November 29 episode of ''Raw'', when he interrupted the wedding of [[Stephanie McMahon]] and [[Test (wrestler)|Test]] to reveal that he had already married Stephanie at a [[Las Vegas]] [[drive-through]] wedding chapel while she was supposedly drugged unconscious. Triple H would then defeat Vince in a street fight at [[Armageddon (1999)|Armageddon]] after Stephanie turned on her father and embraced her then-storyline husband. The two revealed the next night on ''Raw'' that the ceremony, as well as Stephanie being under the influence, was a ruse as part of a revenge plot for Vince orchestrating Stephanie's abduction by the Ministry earlier in the year. This officially marked the beginning of the '''McMahon-Helmsley Era''', with Stephanie becoming an official member of DX through her ties to Triple H.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://prowrestling.about.com/od/thewrestlers/a/dxtimeline.htm |title=DX Timeline Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Chyna, X-Pac, New Age Outlaws |access-date=2009-08-20 |archive-date=2009-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304210703/http://prowrestling.about.com/od/thewrestlers/a/dxtimeline.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

When Kane's storyline girlfriend [[Tori (wrestler)|Tori]] began to get involved in the feud between Kane and X-Pac, Triple H and Stephanie punished her by scheduling Tori in a match with X-Pac on the December 16 episode of ''SmackDown!'', after which they would grant Kane a WWF Championship match against [[Big Show (wrestler)|The Big Show]] on the December 20 episode of ''Raw'' wherei if Kane lost, Tori would have to spend Christmas with X-Pac. The New Age Outlaws distracted Kane, costing him the match. When Tori returned, she insisted that X-Pac had been a perfect gentleman.

[[File:Road Dogg WWF - King of the Ring 2000.jpg|thumb|left|[[Road Dogg]] with [[Sean Waltman|X-Pac's]] on-screen girlfriend [[Tori (wrestler)|Tori]]]]
By January 2000, Triple H had dubbed himself "The Game", after stating he was above the top of the wrestling world (as in not merely the "best in the game", but in fact "the game" itself) and was nicknamed "The Cerebral Assassin" by [[Jim Ross]]. On the January 3 episode of ''Raw Is War'', Triple H defeated Big Show to win his third WWF Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541403 |title=Triple H's third reign |publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] |access-date=June 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109012301/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541403 |archive-date=January 9, 2008 }}</ref>
Meanwhile, storylines implied that X-Pac had truly done something harmful to Tori when she started appearing as neurotic and paranoid, with many WWF superstars using Tori's mental state to provoke Kane into attacking their enemies over the ensuing month. X-Pac also gave Tori an apparently forced kiss during his match with Kane on the January 24 episode of ''Raw''. This storyline culminated on the January 27 episode of ''SmackDown!'', when DX jumped Kane during another match against Big Show, leading to a promo in which X-Pac recounted his Christmas rendezvous with Tori; Tori then passionately kissed X-Pac, turning on Kane and joining DX in the process.<ref>[http://retro4.tripod.com/kane.html Kane] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220022239/http://retro4.tripod.com/kane.html |date=February 20, 2010 }}</ref> Throughout this period, DX would feud with the likes of The Rock, Mankind/Cactus Jack, [[Chris Jericho]], Kane and the other McMahons,<ref name="kulasd.tripod.com"/> primarily securing and protecting Triple H's WWF Championship<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541403 |title=WWE.com: 20000103 – Triple H |access-date=2008-01-20 |archive-date=2005-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050718234232/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541403 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as The Outlaws' WWF Tag Team Championship. They would also arrive at arenas in a tour bus called "The DX Express".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/wwe-confidential/show-47/episode/255950/summary.html |title=WWE Confidential – Season 2, Episode 20: Show 47 – TV.com |access-date=2009-08-20 |archive-date=2009-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822181001/http://www.tv.com/wwe-confidential/show-47/episode/255950/summary.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During a match at [[No Way Out (2000)|No Way Out]] where The Outlaws lost the Tag Team Championship to The [[Dudley Boyz]], Gunn suffered a torn [[rotator cuff]] which would place him out of action for several months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesportster.com/wrestling/wwe-d-generation-x-dx-failed-stories|title=Billy Gunn tore his rotator cuff|date=2 April 2020 }}</ref> On-screen, to explain his impending absence to recover from his injury, Gunn's storyline involved him getting thrown out of DX because "he lost his cool" when Triple H had X-Pac take his place in the rematch.<ref name="dx1998"/> X-Pac teamed with Road Dogg once again, but the two never reached the heights the New Age Outlaws had. On March 30, X-Pac and Tori assisted Stephanie McMahon in winning the [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|Women's Championship]] from [[Jacqueline Moore|Jacqueline]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/30445413212111225 |title=WWE.com: 20000330 – Stephanie McMahon |access-date=2008-01-20 |archive-date=2011-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825081855/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/30445413212111225 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At [[WrestleMania 2000]], Triple H defended his title in a fatal four-way elimination match against The Rock, Mick Foley, and Big Show, with a separate McMahon appearing in every superstar's corner. Vince McMahon turned on The Rock and aided Triple H in retaining his title.<ref name="WrestleMania 2000 - HHH vs Rock vs Foley vs Big Show">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm16/mainevent/ |title=Triple H w/Stephanie McMahon vs. Mick Foley w/Linda McMahon vs. Big Show w/Shane McMahon vs. The Rock w/Mr. McMahon for the WWE Championship |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221171738/http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm16/mainevent/ |archive-date=2008-02-21 }}</ref> DX would then unite with Vince and Shane's Corporation stable, and the resulting group was officially dubbed '''The McMahon-Helmsley''' '''Regime.''' On April 27, Stone Cold Steve Austin used a crane to drop a steel beam on the DX Express tour bus, causing the bus to explode in the parking lot.<ref>[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/755985-wwe-the-five-funniest-moments-in-stone-cold-steve-austinvince-mcmahon-feud Austin destroys DX bus]</ref>

[[File:X Pac Dumpster match - King of the Ring 2000.jpg|thumb|right|X-Pac in a Dumpster match, fought alongside Road Dogg and Tori against frequent rivals the [[Dudley Boyz]]]]
The Rock defeated Triple H for the WWF Championship at [[Backlash (2000)|Backlash]] in a match which featured Stone Cold Steve Austin's brief return to the WWF.<ref name="Backlash - Rock vs HHH">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/backlash/history/backlash2000/mainevent/ |title=The Rock defeats Triple H to become new WWE Champion |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219071938/http://www.wwe.com/shows/backlash/history/backlash2000/mainevent/ |archive-date=2008-02-19 }}</ref> Though Triple H regained the title the following month at [[Judgment Day (2000)|Judgment Day]],<ref name="Judgment Day - HHH vs Rock">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/judgmentday/history/judgmentday2000/mainevent/ |title=The Rock vs. Triple H in a 60-Minute WWE Iron Man Match for the WWE Championship with guest referee Shawn Michaels |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224054925/http://www.wwe.com/shows/judgmentday/history/judgmentday2000/mainevent/ |archive-date=2008-02-24 }}</ref> the group gradually broke apart. Road Dogg and X-Pac became frustrated by their lack of success as a tag team and turned on each other, culminating in a match at [[SummerSlam (2000)|SummerSlam]], which X-Pac won.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/summer.html#2000 |title=SummerSlam |access-date=2009-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061913/http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/summer.html#2000 |archive-date=2013-10-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By late 2000, Triple H had become a solo star, and even briefly turned face during a love triangle storyline involving Stephanie and [[Kurt Angle]]. Billy Gunn, meanwhile, had returned to action and struck a partnership with Chyna following the dissolution of her storyline relationship with [[Eddie Guerrero]].

On the November 6, 2000 episode of ''Raw Is War'', Chyna, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, and Triple H reunited to take on [[The Radicalz]] ([[Chris Benoit]], Eddie Guerrero, [[Dean Malenko]], and [[Perry Saturn]]) in an eight-person tag team match, which they won.<ref name="raw2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/_2000/ |title=RAW is WAR results, 2000 |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607173238/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/_2000/ |archive-date=2008-06-07 }}</ref> The match included the group doing their old DX entrance, as well as telling the crowd to "suck it!" This reunion would be short-lived however, as on that very same episode, Triple H turned heel when he attacked Stone Cold Steve Austin and revealed himself as the mastermind behind Austin's hit-and-run assault at the Survivor Series the year before. Chyna and Gunn, along with Road Dogg and his new tag team partner [[Ron Killings|K-Kwik]], continued to feud with The Radicalz that month, leading to a match at [[Survivor Series (2000)|Survivor Series]], which The Radicalz would win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/history/2000/results/ |title=Survivor Series 2000 official results |access-date=2007-06-06 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224051027/http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/history/2000/results/ |archive-date=2008-02-24 }}</ref>

=== Shawn Michaels' return and feud with Triple H (2002–2004) ===
After November 2000, DX remained unseen and largely unmentioned until Shawn Michaels returned to WWE in the summer of 2002. Michaels persuaded then-[[Raw (WWE brand)|''Raw'']] General Manager [[Eric Bischoff]] to sign Triple H to a ''Raw'' contract as part of the "[[WWE Brand Extension|Brand Extension]]" at [[Vengeance (2002)|Vengeance]]. The following night on the July 22 episode of ''Raw'' (Shawn Michaels' 37th birthday), a week after the breakup of the [[New World Order (professional wrestling)#World Wrestling Federation/WWE (2002)|nWo]], Triple H handed Michaels a DX T-shirt and stated that he "had an idea", suggesting that the two reform the group and make Eric Bischoff's life a living hell. The duo later came out that night to their old music, crotch chops, and pyro to the delight of the crowd. However, Triple H turned on Michaels that same night; he had teased the reunion as a ploy to appease Michaels and lure him to the ring before giving him a [[Facebuster#Double underhook facebuster|Pedigree]], making Triple H a heel once again.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020722.html|title=RAW results – July 22, 2002|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> This act led to the in-ring return of Michaels at [[SummerSlam (2002)|SummerSlam]] in 2002 and was the genesis of a long feud between the two that ended with Triple H emerging victorious in a [[Hell in a Cell]] match at [[WWE Bad Blood (2004)|Bad Blood]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/history/2002/|title=SummerSlam 2002 official results|access-date=2007-06-06|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2007-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520024457/http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/history/2002/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Later reformations (2006–2010, 2018) ===
In 2006, a series of events began occurring which hinted at a DX reunion. At [[WrestleMania 22]], former members Shawn Michaels and Triple H performed the group's signature crotch chop during their respective matches (the former against Mr. McMahon, and the latter against [[John Cena]] for the [[WWE Championship]]), which was met with loud cheering from the fans in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Rick|url=http://www.oowrestling.com/recaps/ppv/20060402.shtml|title=WWE presents WrestleMania 22|access-date=2008-01-25|date=2006-04-02|publisher=Online Onslaught|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218030510/http://www.oowrestling.com/recaps/ppv/20060402.shtml|archive-date=2008-12-18}}</ref> The two continued to deliver chops in the following episodes of ''Raw'' as Michaels feuded with [[Vince McMahon|Vince]] and [[Shane McMahon]] and Triple H focused on the WWE Championship, repeatedly running into the McMahons in the process.

[[Image:Shawn Michaels displaying the DX sign.jpg|thumb|upright|Michaels displaying the DX "X"]]
On the June 12 episode of ''Raw'', the events came to a head. During Triple H's gauntlet match against The [[Spirit Squad]], Shawn Michaels came in to help his former friend. After the duo had laid out the entire Spirit Squad, the two men put aside their past rivalry and officially reformed. DX continued their brash antics at the expense of the Spirit Squad, the McMahons, and [[Jonathan Coachman]] for several weeks and repeatedly took part in blatantly [[Camp (style)|camp]] [[product placement]] during ''Raw'' [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Promo|promos]].<ref name="dx2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dx-2006.html|title=D-Generation X (2006 4th Incarnation) Profile|access-date=2007-06-06| publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ed Williams III|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/06122006/|title=An extreme awakening makes Cena snap|access-date=2008-01-20|date=2006-06-12|publisher=WWE}}</ref> DX would defeat the Spirit Squad in a 5-on-2 handicap match at [[Vengeance (2006)|Vengeance]], with Michaels forcing [[Nick Mitchell|Mitch]]’s face into Triple H’s buttocks after the match concluded. Most of their antics now involved practical jokes on Vince.

On the June 26 episode of ''Raw'', DX added to the list of parodies with Triple H impersonating Vince McMahon, talking about his love of "Dicks" (a double entendre referring to [[Dick Ebersol]], [[Dick Clark]], and [[Dick Cheney]], as well as the male member; this was also used again repeatedly with roosters, saying that Vince loved "cocks"), while Michaels impersonated [[Shane McMahon]], dancing around the ring until "Vince" screamed at him to "STOP IT!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/06262006/|first=Louie|last=Dee|title=It happens|access-date=2008-01-20|date=2006-06-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref> When Vince, Shane, and the Spirit Squad came to confront them, the contents of a port-a-potty were promptly dumped on them.

On the July 3 episode of ''Raw'', as a result of their actions on June 26, Vince banned DX from the arena; DX responded by hijacking the production truck and performing a series of pranks on Mr. McMahon, including focusing a camera on McMahon in a public restroom, which was also shown on the ''Raw'' Titantron; as well as tampering with his microphone. At the end of the episode, as Vince tried to leave in his limousine, fireworks were activated inside the limousine, shooting out of the moon roof, causing a dazed Vince to crawl out covered in soot, at which point DX greeted him with sparklers, wishing him a "Happy 4th of July".

On the August 21 episode of ''Raw'', DX repeatedly vandalized Vince's property by [[w:Graffiti|tagging]] "DX" on Vince's $30 million private jet, in front of the WWE World Headquarters building, and finally on Vince's limousine (as well as tying a chain to the back axle of the limousine, causing the axle to be violently pulled off when Vince and Shane tried to leave).

During their feud, DX defeated the Spirit Squad at [[Vengeance (2006)|Vengeance]] and on the July 15, 2006 edition of ''[[Saturday Night's Main Event]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/vengeance/history/2006/matches/25900123/results/|first=Brett|last=Hoffman|title=DX breaks down the Spirit Squad|access-date= 2007-06-06|date=2006-06-25|publisher=WWE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608130214/http://www.wwe.com/shows/vengeance/history/2006/matches/25900123/results/|archive-date=2007-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Zack|last=Zeigler|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/snme/history/july152006/matches/25815981/results/|title=DX dismantles the Spirit Squad|access-date= 2007-06-06|date=2006-07-15|publisher=WWE}}</ref> as well as The McMahons (Vince and Shane) at [[SummerSlam (2006)|SummerSlam]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Jen|last=Hunt|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/history/2006/matches/29444901/results/|title=DX beats the odds|access-date=2007-06-06|date=2006-08-20|publisher=WWE}}</ref> At [[Unforgiven (2006)|Unforgiven]] in a handicap [[Hell in a Cell]] match that featured [[Big Show]] on The McMahons' side, DX again came out victorious.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/unforgiven/history/2006/matches/28817581/results/|title=Billion-dollar embarr-ASS-ment|first=Craig|last=Tello|access-date=2007-06-06|publisher=WWE|date=2007-09-17}}</ref>

DX's next feud was against [[Rated-RKO]] ([[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]] and [[Randy Orton]]). At [[Cyber Sunday (2006)|Cyber Sunday]], the fans selected [[Eric Bischoff]] over Vince McMahon and Jonathan Coachman to be the [[Professional wrestling match types#Special referee|special guest referee]] for the match. Bischoff allowed the illegal use of a steel chair to give Rated-RKO the win, marking DX's first defeat as a tag team since their reunion in June 2006.<ref name="dx2006"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Zack|last=Zeigler|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/cybersunday/history/2006/matches/32934421/results/|title=Bischoff creates controversy|access-date=2007-06-06|date=2006-11-05|publisher=WWE.com}}</ref> At [[Survivor Series (2006)|Survivor Series]], Michaels and Triple H got back at Edge and Orton by leading Team DX (Triple H, Michaels, [[Matt Hardy|Matt]] [[Hardy Boyz|and]] [[Jeff Hardy]], and [[CM Punk]]) to a 5–0 sweep over Team Rated-RKO (Edge, Orton, [[Gregory Helms]], [[John Morrison (wrestler)|Johnny Nitro]], and [[Mike Knox]]).<ref name="dx2006"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Louie|last=Dee|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/history/2006/matches/3332480/results/|title=DXtreme dominance|access-date=2007-06-06 |date=2006-11-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref> In 2007, DX challenged for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|World Tag Team Championship]] against Edge and Orton at [[New Year's Revolution (2007)|New Year's Revolution]]. The fight ended in a [[Professional wrestling#No contest|no contest]] after Michaels hit the referee. During the match, Triple H suffered a [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Legit|legitimate]] torn [[quadriceps]], which would put him out of action for 7 months. After the match, DX beat down Rated-RKO with steel chairs and on the announce tables.

After Triple H's injury, Shawn Michaels continued to uphold the DX image by himself leading into [[WrestleMania 23]]. Michaels would still come to the ring with the DX music and attire, even though Triple H was not joining him during this period. During this time, Michaels captured the World Tag Team Championship with [[John Cena]], as well as earning the right to face Cena at WrestleMania 23 for the WWE Championship. It was confirmed in later interviews and documentaries that original plans called for Triple H to challenge Cena for the championship prior to his injury, after which Michaels was substituted in Triple H's place. Michaels would continue to use the D-Generation X motif until [[Backlash (2007)|Backlash]], at which point he reverted to his traditional entrance music and attire, thus ending this incarnation of DX. Michaels and Triple H teamed up again as DX on the January 28, 2008 episode of ''Raw'' defeating [[Umaga (wrestler)|Umaga]] and [[Gene Snitsky|Snitsky]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/080128.html|title=RAW results – January 28, 2008|date=2008-01-28|access-date=2008-01-29|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> Despite DX reforming for one night only, both Triple H and Shawn Michaels would periodically use the "crotch chop" during their solo runs.

On the September 29, 2008 episode of ''Raw'', Triple H and Shawn Michaels once again reunited as DX to take on [[Chris Jericho]] and [[Lance Cade]]. They won by disqualification, due to Cade and Jericho's two-on-one assault of Michaels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wwe/raw/_2008/_080929/|title=WWE Monday Night RAW 09 29 2008 – Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2018-10-13}}</ref> After being mocked by [[John Morrison and the Miz]] for two weeks, on the 800th episode celebration of ''Raw'', DX defeated the duo. During the Christmas season, DX appeared in numerous vignettes to promote DX clothing and other WWE merchandise; one such commercial also featured [[Kelly Kelly]]. In the [[2009 WWE draft]] on April 13, 2009, Triple H was drafted back to the Raw brand.

In the midst of Triple H rejoining ''Raw'', Michaels took a brief hiatus from WWE after losing to [[The Undertaker]] at [[WrestleMania 25]]. Meanwhile, Triple H was embroiled in a rivalry with [[Randy Orton]] and [[The Legacy (professional wrestling)|The Legacy]] ([[Cody Rhodes]] and [[Ted DiBiase Jr.|Ted DiBiase]]). The feud continued throughout the summer with Triple H mainly combating with Orton over the WWE Championship. Eventually, Triple H would begin to target The Legacy because they were responsible for his losses against Orton during matches. After losing a [[handicap match]] to The Legacy, Triple H stated that he would "make a phone call" to Michaels in the hopes of reuniting DX. On the August 10, 2009 episode of ''Raw'', video segments aired in which Triple H met with Michaels at an office cafeteria in [[Texas]] where he was working as a chef; throughout the segments, Triple H would try to convince Michaels to return to WWE and reform DX. After several incidents during the segments (including a [[grease fire]] and Shawn getting shouted at by a little girl), Michaels agreed to team with Triple H to face The Legacy at [[SummerSlam (2009)|SummerSlam]], superkicking the girl, and quitting his chef job in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/08102009/|first=Greg|last=Adkins|title=North of disorder|access-date=2009-08-10|date=2009-08-10|publisher=[[WWE]]}}</ref>

[[File:DX (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) Vs. Legacy (Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase Jr.).jpg|thumb|left|250px|DX after a [[Steel Cage match]] against [[The Legacy (professional wrestling)|The Legacy]]]]
On the August 17 episode of ''Raw'', Michaels and Triple H officially reunited as DX, but as they were in the middle of their in-ring promo, Legacy attacked them both.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2009/08/17/10492196.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713172730/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2009/08/17/10492196.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 13, 2012|title=Raw: Road to Summerfest nears its end|date=2009-08-17|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canoe.ca|Canadian Online Explorer]]|access-date=2009-08-19}}</ref> Their first match after reuniting was against Legacy at [[SummerSlam (2009)|SummerSlam]], which they won.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/history/2009/matches/11196552|title=D-Generation X def. The Legacy|date=2009-08-23|access-date=2012-03-27|publisher=[[WWE]]}}</ref> At [[WWE Breaking Point|Breaking Point]], however, they lost to Legacy in the first ever [[Professional wrestling match types#Falls Count Anywhere match|Submissions Count Anywhere match]] in WWE history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwebreakingpoint/matches/11401128/results/|title=Results: Quitting time|date=2009-09-13|last=Sitterson|first=Aubrey|access-date=2009-08-14|publisher=[[WWE]]}}</ref> The following month at [[Hell in a Cell (2009)|Hell in Cell]], DX defeated Legacy in a Hell in a Cell match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/10/05/11300786.html|title=Title changes highlight Hell in a Cell|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Bryan Sokol|date=2009-10-05|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canoe.ca|Canadian Online Explorer]]|access-date=2009-10-06|archive-date=2012-07-14|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714103825/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/10/05/11300786.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> DX would go on to challenge John Cena for the WWE Championship in a [[Professional wrestling#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat match]] at [[Survivor Series (2009)|Survivor Series]] with both men failing to win the title,<ref>{{cite web|first=Dale|last=Plummer|author2=Nick Tylwalk|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/11/23/11879686.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717080709/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/11/23/11879686.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 17, 2012|title=Lots of wrestlers per match but no title changes at Survivor Series|access-date=2009-12-14|date=2009-11-23|publisher=[[Canoe.ca|Canadian Online Explorer]]|work=Slam! Sports}}</ref> although they were able to retain their friendship and tag team partnership. On December 13 at [[TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2009)|TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs]], DX defeated [[Jeri-Show]] (Chris Jericho and Big Show) to win the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|Unified WWE Tag Team Championship]] in a [[Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_37357.shtml|title=Caldwell's WWE TLC PPV Report 12/13: Complete PPV report on Cena vs. Sheamus, DX vs. JeriShow, Taker vs. Batista|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2009-12-13|publisher=PWTorch|access-date=2009-12-16}}</ref> the first tag team championship reign for Michaels and Triple H as a tag team.

On December 21, 2009, Triple H announced that [[Hornswoggle]] was the new DX "mascot".<ref name="dx mascot">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2009/12/21/12235071.html|title=Raw: Santas, DX dominate holiday show|last=Plummer|first=Dale|date=2009-12-21|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canoe.ca|Canadian Online Explorer]]|access-date=2009-12-28|archive-date=2012-07-28|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728143854/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2009/12/21/12235071.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> This came about after Hornswoggle sued DX for emotional and physical distress due to them not allowing him to join the group.<ref name="dx mascot"/> After being taken to "Little People's Court", where they were ruled guilty by a jury and judge consisting of [[Dwarfism|dwarves]], Michaels told Triple H that Hornswoggle could be the mascot. Triple H agreed to it only if the charges were dropped, which Hornswoggle agreed to.<ref name="dx mascot"/> On the January 11, 2010 episode of ''Raw'', Mike Tyson, who was the ''Raw'' guest host for the night, teamed with Jericho to face DX; however, at the end of the bout, Tyson turned on Jericho and re-aligned himself with Michaels and Triple H.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1263270064.php|title=Raw Results – 1/11/10|last=Golden|first=Hunter|date=11 January 2010|publisher=WrestleView.com|access-date=22 January 2010}}</ref> On the February 8, 2010 episode of ''Raw'', DX lost the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship to [[ShoMiz]] ([[The Miz]] and [[Big Show]]) in a Triple Threat Elimination Tag Team match also featuring The [[Straight Edge Society]] ([[CM Punk]] and [[Doc Gallows|Luke Gallows]]). On the March 1 episode of ''Raw'', DX lost their rematch for the titles which would be the duo's last televised match as a tag team.<ref name="Raw0103">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/03/01/13076276.html|title=RAW: A bad trip on the Road to Wrestlemania|last=Plummer|first=Dale|date=2010-03-01|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canoe.ca|Canadian Online Explorer]]|access-date=2010-04-09|archive-date=2012-07-17|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717195117/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/03/01/13076276.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Due to Michaels' ongoing obsession with ending the Undertaker's WrestleMania streak, Triple H and Michaels quietly separated heading into [[WrestleMania XXVI]], but remained on good terms.

Road Dogg, Billy Gunn and X-Pac have gone under the team names of D-Generates of Wrestling and Team Suck as a tribute to D-Generation X. It while wrestling together on the indy scene before returning to WWE.

On the September 3, 2018 episode of ''Raw'', Shawn Michaels made a special appearance to promote the match between Triple H and The Undertaker at [[WWE Super Show-Down|Super Show-Down]], during which he was confronted by The Undertaker himself. At Super Show-Down, Michaels assisted Triple H in defeating The Undertaker, after which, he was attacked by Undertaker and Kane.

On October 8, Triple H and Shawn Michaels announced that they were officially reforming DX to take on The [[Brothers of Destruction]] at [[Crown Jewel (2018)|Crown Jewel]]. On the October 29 episode of ''Raw'', both Undertaker and Kane declared that they would take the souls of Triple H and Shawn Michaels and stated they would never "Rest in Peace". This then led to Triple H distracting Kane and Shawn Michaels delivering a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Superkick|Sweet Chin Music]] to the Undertaker. At Crown Jewel, the Brothers of Destruction dominated DX for most of the match, however, DX were eventually able to pick up the win despite Triple H tearing his [[Pectoralis major|pec]].

=== Non-wrestling reunions (2010–present) ===
[[File:Damien Sandow Pedigreed by HHH.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[Triple H]] performs the ''[[Facebuster#Double undertook facebuster|Pedigree]]'' on [[Aron Stevens|Damien Sandow]] during the 2012 reunion on ''[[Raw 1000]]'']]
Shawn Michaels and Triple H reunited in a non-wrestling capacity for the 2010 ''[[WWE Tribute to the Troops|Tribute to the Troops]]'', after ''SmackDown'' events in 2011 and 2012 and during the [[WWE Hall of Fame|2012 Hall of Fame ceremony]] when they inducted Mike Tyson. On July 23, 2012, at the [[WWE Raw 1000|1000th episode of ''Raw'']] Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, X-Pac, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H simultaneously appeared together for only the second time with all five male members present.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 7/23: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw #999 – WWE recognizes 1,000 episodes, WWE Title match, Lesnar, Rock, DX, wedding|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwerawreport/article_63621.shtml|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> Since then, DX reunited on several occasions, like at ''[[WWE Raw 25 Years|Raw 25]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2018/1/22/16892222/raw-25-results-live-blog-jan-22-2018-undertaker-returns-stone-cold-roman-reigns-wwe |title=Raw 25 results, live blog (Jan. 22, 2018): Undertaker returns, Stone Cold, more! |website=Cageside Seats |date=January 22, 2018 |access-date=January 22, 2018}}</ref> at ''Raw Reunion'', on the October 10, 2022 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' in the celebration of the group's 25th anniversary,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/wwe-dx-25th-anniversary-raw-dexter-lumis-miz-birthday-party/ | title=411Mania }}</ref> or at [[Raw is XXX]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/24/wwe-raw-results-grades-brock-lesnar-returns-to-screw-bobby-lashley-18154261/ | title=DX Reunite Once More At Raw Is XXX|website=Metro| date=24 January 2023}}</ref>

Also, during Triple H's heel [[The Authority (professional wrestling)|Authority]] storyline from 2013 to 2015, Shawn Michaels and The New Age Outlaws allied with The Authority on separate occasions. Michaels, as the guest referee for [[Randy Orton]] and [[Bryan Danielson|Daniel Bryan]]'s match for the [[Glossary of professional wrestling#Vacant|vacated]] WWE Championship at the [[Hell in a Cell (2013)|2013 Hell in a Cell]], [[Professional wrestling attacks#Superkick|superkicked]] Bryan during the match, resulting in Orton, The Authority's centerpiece, winning back the championship.<ref>{{cite web|last=Waldman|first=Jon|title=Hell in a Cell: The usual suspects end up on top|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2013/10/27/hell-in-a-cell-the-usual-suspects-end-up-on-top/|work=SLAM! Wrestling|date=27 October 2013 |access-date=November 1, 2013}}</ref> The Outlaws won the WWE Tag Team Championship against the [[Cody and Dustin Rhodes|Rhodes Brothers]] ([[Cody Rhodes]] and [[Dustin Rhodes|Goldust]]) on the [[Royal Rumble (2014)|2014 Royal Rumble]] pre-show, and teamed with [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]] to wrestle [[The Shield (professional wrestling)|The Shield]] at [[WrestleMania XXX]] in a losing effort. The last of these appearances, during Triple H's match against [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] at [[WrestleMania 31]], was also the first legitimate major confrontation and skirmish between DX (The Outlaws and X-Pac, joined by Michaels later in the match) and the [[New World Order (professional wrestling)|nWo]] ([[Hulk Hogan]], [[Scott Hall]] [[The Outsiders (professional wrestling)|and]] [[Kevin Nash]]). Triple H won after hitting Sting with a sledgehammer passed to him by Billy Gunn.

=== Independent circuit (2015–2016) ===
In December 2015, Billy Gunn and X-Pac reformed DX, in an event for Big Time Wrestling, where they defeated Bam Shaw and "The Punisher" Don Vega. They returned as D-Generation X during the [[Maryland Championship Wrestling|MCW]] event, ''Spring Fever In Maryland'' on April 23, along with [[Lio Rush]] and [[Brandon Carter (American football)|Brandon Scott]]. They competed for Empire State Wrestling on May 21, and for Elite Pro Wrestling, where they faced the New Age Kliq on July 22.

On September 4, 2016, Gunn and X-Pac represented DX in a tag team gauntlet match at a [[Chikara (professional wrestling)|Chikara]] event. The two entered the match as the final team and scored the win over Prakash Sabar and The Proletariat Boar of Moldova.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwinsider.com/article/104489/94-chikara-king-of-trios-tournament-final-live-report.html?p=1|title=9/4 Chikara King of Trios tournament final live report|last=Cardoza|first=Adam|date=September 4, 2016|access-date=September 5, 2016|work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}</ref>

== Signature taunts ==

=== Crotch chop ===
D-X promos always include a signature gesture whereby the wrestler points his hands towards his own crotch, making the shape of a "V", and in the later, more popular variant with hands crossed, an "X". The implication is that the viewer or listener should "suck it".

The crotch chop was first used in the WWF by Sean Waltman as 1-2-3 Kid during an In Your House match against Razor Ramon. After knocking Ramon down, he seems to do the gesture almost unintentionally, but perhaps took the risk knowing it was a PPV event and thus not subject to normal censoring restrictions. 
Either way, the move went back to obscurity, until Shawn Michaels revived the taunt several months before the formation of D-X, at least as early as July 21, 1997,  while he stood in-ring for an interview segment on ''Raw Is War'' filmed in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], Canada. Although Michaels had not yet made his heel turn (which would follow a few weeks later, after the events of [[SummerSlam]]), his feud with the Canadian-born Bret Hart made Michaels a de facto heel to the Canadian crowd. Months later, at the October 6, 1997 episode of ''Raw Is War'', both Michaels and Triple H repeatedly directed the crotch chop at both Hart and hostile members of the audience.

According to Triple H, [[Vince McMahon]] was hesitant to let D-X members perform the "X" at first, but he was later talked into it.<ref name=time>{{cite video|title=It's Our Time|people=Triple H and Chyna|date=1999|medium=VHS|publisher=World Wrestling Federation}}</ref> When D-X enters the ring they do a pyro routine. Green X pyrotechnics go off three times, with D-X crotch-chopping at each firing. They then pause for a second, then chop once more as the pyrotechnics fire for the fourth time.

The crotch chop is used in the 2008 film ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' by Jamal ([[Dev Patel]]) after getting away from pursuing security guards<ref>{{cite video|date=2009|title=Slumdog Millionaire|medium=DVD|publisher=Warner Bros.}}</ref> and by a character in the opening scenes of the 2007 movie ''[[Knocked Up]]''. [[Fidel Edwards]], the West Indian fast bowler has on occasions used the crotch chop after taking a wicket.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=David |title=A Sy of relief |url=http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,12933_5339282,00.html |access-date=8 October 2021 |work=[[Sky Sports]] |date=May 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526224033/http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,12933_5339282,00.html |archive-date=May 26, 2009 |language=en |quote=It has been noted Fidel is a wrestling fan and this was the gesture known as the "crutch thrust" made infamous by a group known as D-Generation X.}}</ref> It has also been used by [[Professional Bowlers Association|Professional Bowler]] [[Pete Weber (bowler)|Pete Weber]] after getting a strike, Weber himself is a fan of wrestling.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Orr |first1=Connor |title=Who Do You Think You Are? He Is. |url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2021/07/08/where-are-they-now-pete-weber-daily-cover |access-date=8 October 2021 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708135406/https://www.si.com/more-sports/2021/07/08/where-are-they-now-pete-weber-daily-cover |archive-date=July 8, 2021 |language=en-US |quote=He is, to this day, a Golden Tee aficionado and has watched professional wrestling religiously since the age of 12, having borrowed his famous crotch chop from the likes of Triple H, Shawn Michaels and the rest of D Generation X.}}</ref> The character [[Kenny Powers (character)|Kenny Powers]], in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Eastbound & Down]]'', also uses the gesture in a fantasy sequence where he walks through the halls of the school where he works. In a 2010 episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', titled "[[Extra Large Medium]]", a cutaway shows [[Spock]] doing the crotch chop after he wins the lottery. In the 2012 film, "[[Pitch Perfect]]", Becca does the crotch chop at the end of the Barden Bellas' rap in the riff off. It's also featured in Nintendo's Super Mario strikers in a taunt that Waluigi does after scoring a goal. [[Jon Jones]] performed the "X" crotch chop after defeating [[Daniel Cormier]] at [[UFC 197]]. The most recent use of the group's crotch chop that occurred on October 29, 2023, when [[Philadelphia 76ers]] player [[Joel Embiid]] performed that gesture as he and his team played the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] in the late third quarter. He was fined $35,000 by the [[National Basketball Association]] but Triple H, the current Chief Content Officer, was impressed with the gesture, has invited Embiid for a special role at [[WrestleMania XL]] in Philadelphia although the Sixers are playing the [[Memphis Grizzlies]] and the [[San Antonio Spurs]] during the same weekend.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/joel-embiid-fined-35-000-for-triple-h-celebration-after-and-1-vs-trail-blazers | title=Joel Embiid fined $35,000 for Triple H celebration after and-1 vs. Trail Blazers | date=31 October 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tjrwrestling.net/news/triple-h-wrestlemania-40-spot-joel-embiid/ | title=Triple H Offers WrestleMania 40 Spot to Joel Embiid – TJR Wrestling | date=November 2023 }}</ref>

The crotch chop appeared in an NBA game for a second time on Friday, April 26, 2024, during Game 3 of the Western Conference playoffs first round series between the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] and [[Phoenix Suns]]. Minnesota's [[Anthony Edwards (basketball)|Anthony Edwards]] was doing the taunt repeatedly, not directed at an opposing player, but rather at [[Rudy Gobert]], his own teammate. Edwards later stated in an interview alongside Gobert, "I was trying to get Rudy to do it with me but he would never make eye contact with me, which was crazy because I threw you the ball for the and one."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrG4-tdexR0 | title=Anthony Edwards & Rudy Gobert talk Game 3, FULL Postgame Interview | website=[[YouTube]] | date=April 2024 }}</ref>

Teams in the Australian [[National Rugby League]] competition have also used the crotch chop to taunt opponents.<ref>https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-tackle-lee-hagipantelis-and-justin-pascoe-must-walk-to-save-wests-tigers-more-embarrassment/news-story/5457714068469c518180a28d47ca979b {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

=== "Suck it!" and catchphrases/slogans ===
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The crotch chop and the words "suck it" actually originated with the nWo. While Syxx/X-Pac was still a member of the faction, he along with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash would regularly perform the gesture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2022/09/23/shawn-michaels-explains-origins-of-the-dx-suck-it-chop|title=NWO used suck it chop before DX|website=Nypost|date=23 September 2022 }}</ref> Later on, D-X would use a cross armed x-chop. The signature D-X slogan originated on the October 6, 1997 episode of ''Raw Is War'', with Shawn Michaels stating, "I've got two words for 'The Hitman' Bret Hart: suck it!", before doing a one-armed crotch-chop (while holding the microphone with his other hand). Later in the episode, both Michaels and Triple H (separately) proceeded to the ring for the Bret Hart-Triple H match, each of them directing the slogan and crotch-chops at fans seated along the entry ramp, as well as the viewers watching at home.
"Oh you didn't know? Your ass better call somebody."

The slogan is also used in the D-X Army's popular "Let's get ready to suck it!" promos, conceived as a parody of [[Michael Buffer]]'s "Let's get ready to rumble!" match introduction that was routinely featured at televised WCW events. The routine originated in the "D-X Army" era with X-Pac, Road Dogg, and Billy Gunn and starts when Triple H asks the audience, "Are you ready?". He then shouts, "No, [city name], I said, are you ready?!", or "I thought this was [city name], I said, are you ready?!", to elicit a louder reaction from the crowd. He would continue on, in a similar cadence and voice to Buffer, "Then, for the thousands in attendance, and to the millions watching at home: let's get ready to suck it!". Following this, Road Dogg would announce a variation of "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages: D-Generation X proudly brings to you its [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWF Tag Team Champions of the World]]! The Road Dogg Jesse James, The Bad Ass Billy Gunn: The [[New Age Outlaws]]!" In which, the variation is, they would call themselves the "soon-to-be WWF Tag Team Champions of the world" only if they weren't holding the championship at the time. The group would then talk or posture in relation to the people they were feuding with at the time. Billy Gunn would then end the routine with "And if you're not down with that, we got two words for ya!" to which the crowd shouts "suck it!" back at them.

During the tag team revival of the group in later years, the routine was truncated so that Triple H would say his part while Michaels would take Billy Gunn's lines to conclude it. They often would just say these two parts, with brief ad libbing, rather than lengthy speeches each time.

== Members ==
=== Timeline ===
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!Incarnation:
!Notes
!Members
|-
|First
||Shawn Michaels and Triple H along with Chyna began teaming on August 11, 1997, with Rick Rude accompanying the group as Michaels' storyline insurance policy (Heel)
|
* [[Shawn Michaels]] (leader and founding member; formed D-X on the October 13, 1997 episode of ''Raw Is War''; expelled from group on the March 30, 1998 episode of ''Raw Is War'')
* [[Triple H]] (founding member; formed D-X on the October 13, 1997 episode of ''Raw Is War'')
* [[Chyna]] (founding member; formed D-X on the October 13, 1997 episode of ''Raw Is War'')
* [[Rick Rude]] (founding member; formed D-X on October 13, 1997, episode of ''Raw Is War''; defected to [[New World Order (professional wrestling)|nWo]] on the November 17, 1997 episode of ''Nitro'')
* [[Mike Tyson]] (joined on the March 2, 1998 episode of ''Raw Is War''; left the group on [[WrestleMania XIV|March 29, 1998]] at ''WrestleMania XIV'')
|-
|Second
||Shawn Michaels left WWF after "dropping the ball" and losing to [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] at [[WrestleMania XIV]]. Triple H assumed leadership following this and recruited X-Pac, Road Dogg, and Billy Gunn (Heel then Tweener then Face)
|
* Triple H (leader and founding member; defected to [[The Corporation (professional wrestling)|The Corporation]] on [[WrestleMania XV|March 28, 1999]] at ''WrestleMania XV'')
* Chyna (founding member; defected to [[The Corporation (professional wrestling)|The Corporation]] on the January 25, 1999 episode of ''Raw Is War'')
* [[X-Pac]] (joined on the March 30, 1998 episode of ''Raw Is War'')
* [[Road Dogg]] (joined on the March 30, 1998 episode of ''Raw Is War'')
* [[Billy Gunn]] (joined on the March 30, 1998 episode of ''Raw Is War'')
|-
|Third
||Membership of the group came down to X-Pac and Road Dogg who maintained the D-X name after winning the rights to use it from Triple H and Chyna. Kane was never an official member, although he walked down to the ring with the group and won [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|tag titles]] with X-Pac (Face)
|
* X-Pac
* Road Dogg
* Billy Gunn (left the group on [[Fully Loaded (1999)|July 25, 1999]] at ''Fully Loaded'')
* [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]] (inducted by X-Pac but not an official member; expelled on the October 28, 1999 episode of ''SmackDown'' by X-Pac)
|-
|Fourth (The McMahon-Helmsley Faction) 
||The group reformed after Triple H and X-Pac aligned with the New Age Outlaws who had reunited a month previously. Triple H assumed leadership and associated the group with his new wife Stephanie McMahon and father-in-law [[Vince McMahon]] and [[Shane McMahon]]. The group gradually broke apart, culminating in late 2000 with Road Dogg turning on X-Pac. (Heel)
|
* Triple H (leader and founding member; last appeared with D-X on the June 29, 2000 episode of ''SmackDown!'')
* X-Pac (dissolved group on [[SummerSlam (2000)|August 27, 2000]] at ''SummerSlam'')
* Road Dogg (dissolved group on [[SummerSlam (2000)|August 27, 2000]] at ''SummerSlam'')
* Billy Gunn (expelled on the February 28, 2000 episode of ''Raw Is War'')
* [[Tori (wrestler)|Tori]] (joined on the January 27, 2000 episode of ''SmackDown!''; last appeared with D-X [[King of the Ring (2000)|June 25, 2000]] at ''King of the Ring'')
* [[Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley]] (joined in early 2000)
|-
|Fifth 
||The group eventually reformed in 2006 as a tag team with original founding members Shawn Michaels and Triple H. This incarnation of D-X would appear throughout the following years (Face)
|
* Shawn Michaels (co-leader and founding member; 2006–2007; 2009–2010; 2018)
* Triple H (co-leader and founding member; 2006–2007; 2009–2010; 2018)
* [[Hornswoggle]] (joined on the December 21, 2009 episode of ''Monday Night Raw''; last appeared with D-X on the January 18, 2010 episode of ''Monday Night Raw'')
|}

== Championships and accomplishments ==
* '''[[CBS Sports]]'''
** Worst Angle of the Year (2018) [[Triple H]] & [[Shawn Michaels]] vs. [[The Brothers of Destruction]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/the-man-comes-around-becky-lynch-breaks-out-for-wwe-as-the-2018-wrestler-of-the-year/|title=The Man comes around: Becky Lynch breaks out for WWE as the 2018 Wrestler of the Year|last=Silverstein|first=Adam|date=December 26, 2018|work=[[CBS Sports]]}}</ref>
* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
** [[List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Comeback of the Year|Comeback of the Year]] (1998) – [[X-Pac]]
** [[List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Tag Team of the Year|Tag Team of the Year]] (1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwittoty.htm |title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated Award Winners – Tag Team of the Year |access-date=2008-08-05 |publisher=Wrestling Information Archive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415150056/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwittoty.htm |archive-date=2008-04-15 }}</ref> – [[The New Age Outlaws]]
* '''[[WWE|World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE]]'''
**[[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] ([[List of WWF Champions|4 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/|title=WWE Championship history|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE}}</ref> – Shawn Michaels (1),<ref name="wwfhbk3" /> Triple H (3)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414111|title=Triple H's first WWE Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2012-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501081743/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414111|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414013|title=Triple H's second WWE Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2012-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406220420/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwechampionship/30445414013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541403|title=Triple H's third WWE Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2005-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050718234232/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541403|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141|title=Triple H's fourth WWE Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2008-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102033838/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]] ([[List of WWF Intercontinental Champions|4 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/|title=WWE Intercontinental Championship history}}</ref> – Triple H (1),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322556 |title=Triple H's first Intercontinental Championship reign |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329140338/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322556 |archive-date=2007-03-29 }}</ref> Road Dogg (1),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322568 |title=Road Dogg's first Intercontinental Championship reign |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430190135/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322568 |archive-date=2007-04-30 }}</ref> Chyna (2)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322600|title=Chyna's first Intercontinental Championship reign |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408145514/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322600 |archive-date=2007-04-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322636|title=Chyna's second Intercontinental Championship reign |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410203854/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322636 |archive-date=2007-04-10 }}</ref>
** [[WWF European Championship]] ([[List of WWF European Champions|5 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/|title=WWE European Championship history|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE}}</ref> – Shawn Michaels (1),<ref name="hbkeuro1" /> Triple H (2),<ref name="hhheuro1" /><ref name="hhheuro2" /> X-Pac (2)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358550|title=X-Pac's first European Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2011-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827151404/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358550|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358586|title=X-Pac's second European Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2011-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629215921/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358586|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship]] ([[List of WWE Hardcore Champions|2 times]])<ref name="hardcore">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/hard/|title=WWE Hardcore Championship history|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE}}</ref> – Road Dogg (1),<ref name="hardcore"/> Billy Gunn (1)<ref name="hardcore"/>
** [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWF/World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE, 1971–2010)|8 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/|title=World Tag Team Championship history|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE}}</ref> – The New Age Outlaws (5),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/3044541321242 |title=The New Age Outlaws' first World Tag Team Championship reign |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024005316/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/3044541321242 |archive-date=2012-10-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132111132|title=The New Age Outlaws' second World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2012-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216115447/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132111132|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413213212|title=The New Age Outlaws' third World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2011-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526143646/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413213212|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413218|title=The New Age Outlaws' fourth World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2012-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216115956/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413218|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413211124|title=The New Age Outlaws' fifth World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2012-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216114845/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413211124|url-status=dead}}</ref> X-Pac and Kane (2)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/title%20history/worldtagteam/|title=X-Pac and Kane' First World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=|publisher=WWE}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/title%20history/worldtagteam/|title=X-Pac and Kane' Second World Tag Team Championship reign|access-date=|publisher=WWE}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Triple H and Shawn Michaels (1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/200912131 |title=Triple H and Shawn Michaels' first World Tag Team Championship reign |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment |access-date=2009-12-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217075511/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/200912131 |archive-date=2009-12-17 }}</ref>
** [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of WWE Raw Tag Team Champions|2 times]]) – Shawn Michaels and Triple H (1), The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) (1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/20091213|title=Title History: WWE Tag Team: D-Generation X|access-date=December 14, 2007|publisher=WWE.com|archive-date=December 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217082149/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/20091213|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|WWF Women's Championship]] ([[List of WWE Women's Champions (1956–2010)|1 times]]) – Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley (1),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/30445413212111225 |title=Stephanie McMahon's first Women's Championship reign |access-date=2008-01-20 |publisher=WWE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419163802/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/30445413212111225 |archive-date=2007-04-19 }}</ref>
**[[WWE Hall of Fame]] ([[WWE Hall of Fame (2019)|Class of 2019]]) – Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, X-Pac, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.solowrestling.com/new/78555-dgeneration-x-primer-nominado-al-wwe-hall-of-fame-2019 |title = D-Generation X, primer nominado al WWE Hall of Fame 2019|date = 2019-02-18}}</ref>
* '''''[[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''''
** [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Worst Feud of the Year|Worst Feud of the Year]] (2006) {{small|vs. [[McMahon family|Vince and Shane McMahon]]}}
** [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Worst Match of the Year|Worst Match of the Year]] (2018) {{small|vs. [[The Brothers of Destruction]]}}
**[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Worst Gimmick|Worst Gimmick]] (2009) - [[Hornswoggle]]
**[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Worst Feud of the Year|Worst Feud of the Year]] (2009) {{small|Hornswoggle vs. [[Chavo Guerrero Jr.|Chavo Guerrero]]}}<ref name=ObserverAwards>{{cite journal|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|date=January 26, 2011|title=Biggest issue of the year: The 2011 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards Issue|periodical=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]|location=Campbell, CA|pages=1–40|issn=1083-9593}}</ref>
* '''[[WrestleCrap]]'''
** Gooker Award (2009)<small>  Hornswoggle vs. Chavo Guerrero Feud</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestlecrap.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/pollresults/007|title=What was the Worst of 2009?|access-date=January 28, 2010}}</ref>

== Media ==
* <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/6305015090/ ''WWF – D-Generation X'']</span> (1998, [[VHS]])
* <span class="plainlinks">''WWE – D-Generation X''</span> (June 2, 2006, [[DVD]])
* <span class="plainlinks">''The New and Improved D-Generation X''</span> (February 20, 2007, DVD)
* ''DX: One Last Stand'' (August 6, 2013, DVD)

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/dx WWE.com DX subsite]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dx-original.html D-Generation X (1997) Profile]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dx-new.html D-Generation X Army Profile]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dx-2006.html D-Generation X (2006) Profile]

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