Billy Gunn is a professional wrestler currently signed to AEW. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at the West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood to talk about his legendary wrestling career where he has wrestled in 5 separate decades, how he still looks this good at 60 years of age, why his AEW run has been the most fun of his entire career, working with his sons Austin and Colten Gunn, not being a part of the DX reunion on WWE Raw, winning King of the Ring and the promo where The Rock called him "Bob", coming up with the legendary entrance for The New Age Outlaws, wrestling Sabrina the Teenage Witch, wanting a retirement match against Will Ospreay and more!
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00:00 Intro
00:36 His love of his many friendship bracelets
03:15 Who has CVV interviewed the most time?
07:18 Being in better shape now than when his career started
10:00 Putting on enough muscle to compete in bodybuilding
12:52 His thoughts on the meme comparing him to Gorilla Monsoon
14:20 Why he didn’t have fun in TNA
17:13 Did he know his sons wanted to get into wrestling?
23:29 Is his name officially Daddy Ass?
24:27 The crowd getting behind The Acclaimed
26:00 Being willing to take risks with a wrestling intro
30:00 The New Age Outlaws entrance never got old
31:00 Who came up with the name New Age Outlaws
34:22 Celebrating the anniversary of his sobriety
39:22 Being able to mentor The Acclaimed in AEW
40:42 What was his rock bottom before he got sober?
43:45 Going back to WWE in 2013
50:42 How close was he to being a part of the DX 25th Anniversary
52:08 Memories of his match with Sabrina The Teenage Witch
54:14 Having some of the best WWE theme songs of all time
58:07 Billy & Chuck were ahead of their time
01:03:51 Why hasn’t Chuck Palumbo come to AEW?
01:05:01 What’s Rico doing these days?
01:05:13 How he approaches giving mentorship in AEW
01:08:16 Wanting his retirement match to be against Will Ospreay
01:13:49 Coming up with the name of his finisher
01:15:58 Memories on trading promos with The Rock
01:18:54 Did WWE have any plans for him after he won King of the Ring?
01:20:45 How his kids think about backstage segments
01:22:12 Did he care about the titles that he won?
01:24:15 How much longer can Billy Gunn keep wrestling?
01:26:12 How many decades has he wrestled in?
01:27:53 People being overly critical about wrestling online
01:30:39 3 Things Billy Gunn is grateful for
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