"They weren't allowed" - AEW star on his sons becoming wrestlers
WWE Hall of Famer and AEW star Billy Gunn is a legend in the wrestling business. Currently aged 60, he is displaying no signs of slowing down. Furthermore, several fans believe that his career is at an all-time high and he possesses an immaculate physique.
Interestingly, the AEW star's sons, Austin, and Colten Gunn have followed in their father's footsteps. Aged 29 and 33 respectively, they too perform in Tony Khan's company where they have held titles like the AEW World Tag Team Championship and AEW World Trios Championship (with Jay White). Furthermore, the trio of Austin & Colten Gunn and Jay White are former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions.
In a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet of Insight, Billy Gunn opened up on his children's career so far. Additionally, he revealed that the duo wasn't allowed to wrestle when they were kids. He said:
"They weren't allowed [to wrestle when they were young]. No [Colten wasn't interested in wrestling] because Colton's extremely smart [laughs]. If we categorize Austin and Colten, Colten is very put together. Colten had his ... since he's 12, he's had his life planned out until he was 60. That's how put together he is. Extremely smart, intelligent ... and I'm not saying like — don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Austin isn't, but this will clear it up: Austin is me, 100%. So he is all me." [H/T: Wrestling INC]
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AEW star Billy Gunn advised his sons to stay true to their craft
In the same conversation with Chris Van Vliet, Billy Gunn stated that he advised his sons to stay true to themselves and thoroughly understand what's best for them. He said:
"They're still in figure out what we are together, how we are, and a lot of the training with them was just letting Colten know, 'It's okay to be you,' and it's okay that Austin's Austin. But you cannot be Austin, you cannot try to measure up to his energy and his charisma and all because that is a major downfall for you because there's no way you can do it. But you can gel together if you guys just figure out who's good at what, who's good at [other things] and mesh them together." [H/T: Wrestling INC]
Billy Gunn is best known for his run in the WWE. He was a part of The New Age Outlaws with "Road Dogg" Jesse James with whom he won several championships.