Billy Gunn
American professional wrestler and former professional bull rider / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monty Kip Sopp (born November 11, 1963 in Orlando, Florida), better known by his ring name Billy Gunn, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he won the AEW World Trios Championship once with Max Caster and Anthony Bowens.
Billy Gunn | |
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Born | (1963-11-01) November 1, 1963 (age 60) Orlando, Florida |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | "Badass" Billy Gunn Billy Billy G Billy Gunn Cute Kip Daddy Ass KIP Kip Gunn Kip James Kip Montana Kip Sopp Kip Winchester Mr. Ass The G-Man The New Age Outlaw "The One" Billy Gunn The Outlaw Rockabilly |
Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Billed weight | 260 lb (120 kg) |
Billed from | Austin, Texas Orlando, Florida |
Trained by | Jerry Gray Don Harris Ron Harris |
Debut | 1989 |
Gunn is best known for his time with World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWE), where he was en eleven-time tag team champion and the 1999 King of the Ring. He also worked as a trainer for WWE's developmental territory NXT and wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Gunn is also known for being a tag team wrestler and was a part of The Smokin' Gunns with on-screen brother Bart Gunn, the New Age Outlaws with Road Dogg, Billy and Chuck with Chuck and D-Generation X.
His sons Austin and Colten Gunn also wrestle in AEW in the tag team The Gunns.