Billy Gunn
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.
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| 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) |
| Born | November 1, 1963 Orlando, Florida |
| 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.
Career
All Elite Wrestling
At All In, Gunn and The Acclaimed would defeat the House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) to win the AEW World Trios Championship. This was Gunn's first championship in AEW.[1]
Championships
Gunn held many championships during his professional wrestling career:
- All Elite Wrestling
- AEW World Trios Championship (1 time) (with Max Caster and Anthony Bowens)[2]
- American Pro Wrestling Alliance
- APWA American Championship (one time)
- Bad Boys of Wrestling Federation
- BBFW Aruba Championship (one time, current)
- International Wrestling Federation
- IWF Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Brett Colt)
- Legends Pro Wrestling
- XWF/LPW Hall of Fame (August 18, 2007)
- Maryland Championship Wrestling
- MCW Tag Team Championship (one time) (with B.G. James)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- TWA Powerhouse
- TWA Tag Team Championship (one time) (with B.G. James)
- World Pro Wrestling
- WPW World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
- WWF Hardcore Championship (two times)[3]
- WWF Intercontinental Championship (one time)[4]
- WWE Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Road Dogg)[5]
- WWF/E World Tag Team Championship (ten times) (with Bart Gunn (3), Road Dogg (6) and Chuck (2))[a] [6]
- King of the Ring (1999)[7]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) (TNA Reverse Battle Royal on TNA Impact!)
Billy Gunn Media
Sopp at a TNA event in 2008
Kip and B.G. James during their time in TNA
Sopp in a match against Sheik Abdul Bashir
Cute Kip as part of The Beautiful People
The New Age Outlaws as the WWE Tag Team Champions in 2014.
Gunn alongside Max Caster and Anthony Bowens, the Acclaimed, in 2022
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Footnotes
- ↑ The title was called the "WWF World Tag Team Championship" when Billy and Chuck won it. On May 6, 2002, after a legal dispute with the World Wildlife Fund, the World Wrestling Federation was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment. And so the title was renamed "WWE World Tag Team Championship".
References
- ↑ "AEW All In results: Powell's live review of MJF vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship, Will Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho, CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe for the Real World Title, Stadium Stampede". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ "World Trios Championship History". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ "WWE Hardcore Championship history". WWE. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ "WWE Intercontinental Championship history". WWE. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ "Raw Tag Team Championship history". WWE. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championship history". WWE. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ Powell, John (June 28, 1999). "Gunn crowned KOTR". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
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Other websites
- Billy Gunn on Twitter
- Billy Gunn on WWE.com
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