1. Billy Gunn was a member of The Acclaimed as a manager and the team's six-man tag team partner.
39 Facts About Billy Gunn
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Billy Gunn wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2005 to 2009.
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Primarily a tag team wrestler, Gunn is an overall 11-time tag team champion in WWE with three different partners.
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Billy Gunn is a former one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion and a two-time WWF Hardcore Champion, giving him 14 total championships in WWE.
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Billy Gunn won the 1999 King of the Ring tournament, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019 as a member of D-Generation X At AEW, Gunn is a former one-time and longest reigning AEW World Trios Champions with The Acclaimed.
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On January 22,1994, Billy Gunn entered his first Royal Rumble match at the namesake event, but was eliminated by Diesel.
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On February 15,1996, the Gunns vacated the title because Billy was in need of neck surgery.
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Billy Gunn agreed and smashed a guitar over the Honky Tonk Man's head to solidify their new alliance.
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Road Dogg won the Hardcore Championship in December 1998, and Billy Gunn set his sights on the Intercontinental Championship.
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At the 1999 Royal Rumble, Billy Gunn unsuccessfully challenged Ken Shamrock for the Intercontinental Title.
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The next month at St Valentine's Day Massacre, Billy Gunn was the special guest referee for the Intercontinental Championship match between Val Venis and champion Ken Shamrock, where Billy Gunn made a fast count and declared Venis the new champion before attacking both men.
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At WrestleMania XV, Billy Gunn lost the title to Holly in a Triple Threat match which included Al Snow.
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Billy Gunn defeated his former partner, Road Dogg, in a match at Over the Edge.
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Billy Gunn then won the King of the Ring tournament by defeating Ken Shamrock, Kane, and his former ally, X-Pac.
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Billy Gunn then feuded with Eddie Guerrero and the rest of The Radicalz.
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At Survivor Series, Billy Gunn teamed with Road Dogg, Chyna, and K-Kwik in a losing effort against The Radicalz.
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Billy Gunn started a feud with Jamie Noble, which led to an "Indecent Proposal" Match at Vengeance, which Noble won and due to the match's stipulation, won a night with Torrie.
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At The Great American Bash, Billy Gunn lost to Kenzo Suzuki.
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Billy Gunn saved James, and then engaged in a staredown with Konnan and Killings.
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On July 30,2011, Sopp, working under the ring name Kip Billy Gunn, made his debut for Lucha Libre USA as a member of the heel stable The Right.
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Later that night, Billy Gunn lost in his debut match against Marco Corleone.
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Billy Gunn defeated Rhino in the semi-finals and Scott Steiner in the final, winning the BBWF Aruba Championship.
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Billy Gunn then appeared alongside Road Dogg to help CM Punk clear out The Shield in aid of Roddy Piper on Old School Raw on January 6,2014.
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Billy Gunn returned to Raw with Road Dogg in January 2015, attacking The Ascension along with the nWo and the APA.
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Billy Gunn had tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone at a powerlifting event on July 25,2015, and was suspended from powerlifting for four years.
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On December 26,2015, Billy Gunn teamed up with Kevin Thorn to defeat Brian Klass and Rob Street.
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One month later, Billy Gunn defeated Ken Dixon for the MCW Pro Wrestling MCW Rage Television Championship.
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On February 5,2016, Billy Gunn defeated Joey Hayes in the Preston City Wrestling PCW Road to Glory tournament, on February 6 he lost to T-Bone in the quarter-finals that same night Billy Gunn teamed up with Mr Anderson and Tajiri to defeat Dave Raynes, Joey Hayes, and Martin Kirby.
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On February 7,2016, Billy Gunn challenged for the Pro Wrestling Pride Heavyweight championship losing to Steve Griffiths.
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On March 19,2016, Billy Gunn lost the title to Ken Dixon.
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On June 12,2016, Billy Gunn won the Smashmouth Pro Wrestling championship from KC Huber but lost it on the same night, Billy Gunn teamed again with Anderson in a losing effort against the UK Hooligans at PCW Tribute to theTroops on June 25,2016.
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Billy Gunn defeated Hardcore Holly in a singles match at PCW Top Gunn on July 2,2016.
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On September 4,2016, Billy Gunn made his debut for Chikara, representing DX alongside X-Pac in a tag team gauntlet match.
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Billy Gunn returned to NJPW on January 4,2017, taking part in the pre-show New Japan Rumble at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome, from which he was eliminated by the eventual winner Michael Elgin.
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In January 2019, Billy Gunn was hired by All Elite Wrestling as a coach.
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Billy Gunn made his first televised appearance for AEW on the November 20,2019, episode of AEW Dynamite, competing in a battle royal.
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Billy Gunn appeared during the January 1,2020, episode of Dynamite, wrestling in a dark match with his son Austin that aired on January 7,2020.
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Billy Gunn has appeared in the crowd on numerous episodes of Dynamite during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Billy Gunn would wrestle MJF in a singles match on the June 17,2020, episode of Dynamite as well.