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Billy Gunn Shares His Feelings On Billy & Chuck Tag Team
WWE Hall Of Famer Billy Gunn has opened up on his time as part of a controversial tag team with Chuck Palumbo.
Gunn had already enjoyed a number of successful years in WWE by the occasion the pair came together having won tag team gold as part of The Smoking Gunns and the New Age Outlaws.
The Orlando-born Superstar would move on to be crowned the 1999 WWE King Of The Ring as well as lifting both the Intercontinental and Hardcore Championship as a singles competitor but Vince McMahon decided to pair him with former WCW Tag Team Champion after the ill-fated Invasion angle came to an abrupt halt in late 2001.
Gunn and Palumbo, who won the WWE Tag Team Championship on two occasions, were depicted on screen as a same sex couple, even enlisting the services of flamboyant stylist Rico before Chuck proposed to Billy on the 5th September 2002 edition of SmackDown.
The pair were establish to tie the knot a week later but stopped proceedings during the ceremony to deny they were lovers, claiming the whole plans had been for publicity only. The angle received significant media coverage at the moment and was heavily criticised by many in
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Monty "Kip" Sopp (born November 1, 1963) is an American professional wrestler born in Orlando, Florida and residing in Austin, Texas who is best established for his labor in WWE as Billy Gunn. After four years in the indies, Gunn debuted in the then-WWF as part of the Tag Team, The Smoking Gunns along with his "brother" Bart Gunn. The Gunns held the WWF World Tag Team Titles 3 times. After Billy and Bart broke up, Billy briefly aligned himself with the Honky Tonk Gentleman under the specify Rockabilly. Rockabilly had a brief feud with "The Authentic Double J" Jesse James, which led both to understand that they should team up, and Rockabilly dropped Honky Tonk Man (by nailing him with an acoustic guitar). Both men renamed themselves, James becoming "Road Dogg" Jesse James and Rockabilly the "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn, together they were The New Age Outlaws. Together, the Outlaws won the WWF World Tag Team Titles 5 times, aligning themselves with and eventually joining D-Generation X. Gunn eventually left DX and broke up with the Highway Dogg, renaming himself Mr. Ass, a wrestler who mooned opponents and briefly wore see-through tights. For a short time he renamed himself "The
“It Was So Uncomfortable” – Billy Gunn Discusses Billy & Chuck Segment
In the midst of one of the most controversial angles that WWE ever produced, Billy Gunn has revealed that there was one particular segment that made him uncomfortable.
Towards the end of 2001 Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo began teaming together on WWE television. With the invasion angle now a thing of the past, the recent team appeared to represent a brand-new start for both men.
As the weeks passed the team began to turn into increasingly affectionate towards each other, and were given a “personal stylist” in the shape of the flamboyant Rico.
The subtle hints that Billy and Chuck were a male lover couple quickly became less and subtle and a “commitment ceremony” between the two was put for September 2002. However, on SmackDown it was revealed that the whole thing had been a publicity stunt that got out of hand, and both men were straight.
The angle received significant media coverage at the period and was heavily criticised by many in the LBGTQ community upon it’s conclusion.
Speaking on a recent episode of The Sessions with Renee Paquette, Billy Gunn discussed the ori
Billy & Chuck’s Wedding
Have you heard of the Be A Celebrity campaign? If so, you already know that WWE and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) have been teaming up for a few years now to combat bullying. (If you haven’t heard of Be A Star, I can only assume that you’ve never watched WWE. Perhaps you are a fan of the obscure aquatic sport of carp-wrestling and simply typed the wrong URL into your browser. This is Wrestlecrap.com)
This campaign might seem hypocritical for WWE, given that it consistently presents bullying going unpunished week after week by Ryback and even Be A Star agent Stephanie McMahon. However, baffling and insincere cooperation between WWE and GLAAD is nothing new, having started with an ill-fated association in 2002.
That was the year that WWE’s own Billy & Chuck, an ambiguously gay tag team in the vein of Too Much and The West Hollywood Blondes, ditched the “ambiguously” part, with Chuck dropping down to one knee and proposing to Billy. This, of course, forever destroyed the appeal of the “Are they or aren’t they?” gimmick, since once someone officially comes out of