Billy Gunn doesn’t think the AEW structure is a calm one.
In a new interview with Renee Paquette, Gunn talked about the differences in working for AEW and WWE and the two different structures that the companies bring to the table. Of course, Gunn has been in WWE during the Attitude Era and has been a pivotal member of the AEW roster since he was signed by Tony Khan.
“Being in that WWE structure for so long, luckily I was there for fourteen years, then I took a break or got fired. I say break, it’s really fired. So I’m very used to that, I am a very structured person. In the wrestling business, the more structured you are, the better things are cause it’s not ‘Hey I tell you this, you tell me that, I tell this, they come back and tell me, I go over your head and get another answer and now everybody’s mad at me.’ So that’s very uneasy for me. Up [in WWE], there’s one thing and if you don’t like it you ask that one person and they said ‘No, you’ll do it’, so you do it that way. I’m not saying it’s not good at AEW, I’m just saying it’s a little bit on the Wild West side. Which I guess if you’re used to that, then it’s okay. I am not used to that and that’s the hardest adjustment to get is to understand that kind of dynamic of [needing to be on the same page]. I feel that we still have a little bit of too many people being able to do a bunch of different things.”
Billy Gunn to Renee Paquette
Gunn is currently feuding with his two sons who have now aligned themselves with Stokely Hathaway. The Acclaimed however have had Billy’s back in recent weeks. Time will tell how this storyline will continue.
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