"What the hell just happened" - Twitter stunned with Billy Gunn's kidnapping segment on AEW Rampage
The wrestling world was shocked when Billy Gunn was kidnapped during the latest episode of AEW Rampage.
Keith Lee squashed Serpentico in seconds. Following the match, The AEW World Tag Team Champions, The Acclaimed, came out and asked Lee about Swerve Strickland. Tony Schiavone then mentioned that Billy Gunn is also missing since he left early due to a family emergency.
The Acclaimed was confused, Strickland then appeared on the Titantron and said he had kidnapped Billy Gunn. Strickland blamed Gunn for costing him and Lee the tag team titles and thus took Gunn hostage.
Swerve said that he is going to make sure that Gunn doesn't interfere in the rematch, and took a pair of pliers and seemingly cut Gunn's fingers.
The No. 1 Contenders to the #AEW World Tag Team Championship, #SwerveInOurGlory have secured their shot against #TheAcclaimed at #AEWFullGear on Nov. 19 LIVE on PPV, but what on earth is @swerveconfident scheming?!
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Wrestling fans on Twitter were stunned by this sudden change in Swerve's character.
Check out the reactions below:
What the hell just happened Swerve Strickland has gone too far for cutting Billy Gunn's finger he's definitely in a dark place you don't wanna mess with 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨 #AEWRampage
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Y'all...
Swerve Strickland kidnapped Billy Gunn. Tied him to a chair. Taunted him like a horror movie killer. Then BROKE his fingers!!!
IS THIS WHAT WE DOING, AEW?
Keith Lee (@RealKeithLee), get yo boy!
(I love wrestling man. 😅) https://t.co/Mcv2bThXe7
People were excited to see this segment and shared how intrigued they are by this new character.
I love how wrestling is like: Swerve has kidnapped and is torturing Billy Gunn in an undisclosed location.
The commentary team: Wow! That's pretty awful of Swerve. Keith Lee is not happy. We'll see how this plays out in their ppv match. Okay! Onto the next match!
@AEWonTV @swerveconfident Swerve and Billy Gunn the GOATS
Villain Swerve is my new favorite thing.
He broke Billy Gunn’s fingers with a wrench so he won’t be able to scissor with his boys.
#AEWRampage
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Streets saying swerve kidnapped billy gunn. The swerve heel run about to be god mode for him #AEWRampage https://t.co/GrnIY9kLcO
Swerve kidnapped Billy Gunn LMAOOOOO! I love HEEL SWERVE😭😭😭😭 #AEWRampage https://t.co/XZJCGfuZWg
Fans were worried about Gunn as well and hoped nothing too bad happened.
@AndyNemmity I had a really bad feeling Swerve was about to kill Billy Gunn for a moment there.
Uh did Swerve just cut off one of Billy Gunn's fingertips? #AEWRampage
Swerve Strickland used a tool to injure Billy Gunn's fingers. The Acclaimed went to the back to check on Billy. #AEWRampage
"DON'T YOU F*****G DARE HURT HIM," a fan tweeted.
Check out the full tweet here.
A few compared this segment to a couple of gimmicks in WWE.
Swerve has a Billy Gunn-related schism re: Keith Lee. That sure is a sentence I type. #AEW #AEWRampage
@AEW @swerveconfident Wanna be bray 😹
The wrestling world also felt that this was the best segment of the show.
@AEW @swerveconfident @TonyKhan we need more of this every week with all wrestlers it was Awesome
@AEW @swerveconfident SPOOKY SEASON HAS ARRIVED
Segment of the week!!!!!! #AEWRampage
After seeing what Swerve did, The Acclaimed ran backstage to try to save Gunn.
Next week is Gunn's birthday and fans will have to stay tuned to see in what condition Billy will be.
What was your reaction to the segment? Let us know in the comments section below.