Billy Gunn Reveals How He Felt When He Found Out He Would Be Working With The Acclaimed, Enjoys Being A “Player Coach”

Attitude Era legend and current father of the asses Billy Gunn spoke on Busted Open Radio, and one of the topics was on his younger teammates in The Acclaimed.

I think the whole buzz was created when we all got together. It wasn’t something that I just jumped into. My enjoyment now, I’ve had an awesome career, I have no complaints, no nothing, is just to watch them. I get to sit on the ring or next to it and just watch how excited they get or how much fun they’re having. I get to pretty much be player-coach on the side. Not that I need to coach them that much, but it’s just fun for me. That’s my enjoyment. From doing stuff with my kids to doing stuff with…my kids. Me and my wife have this thing, her kids are my real kids and my kids are my kids. It’s just having fun. During the show, you see so much wrestling and so many things that you can’t follow. You know when you hear their music, the place goes ballistic, and it’s because they know that they are about to interact, they’re about to have some fun, and they’re going to watch us do our thing, and they all get to participate. That’s the beauty about wrestling. If you catch that niche, and I’ve had a couple of them being as I’m a parent’s worst nightmare, is that it’s so electric, and people emotionally dig what we do. They get to interact, and when you get to interact with stars, how much better is it than that?

Billy Gunn

Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed are current holders of the AEW Trios World Championship belts, adorned in their unique scissoring personage.