Billy Gunn doesn't like HHH

[Guest hhheld_down]

hhh reminds me of a guy i work with, who is not any good at what he does, but because he has such a close relationship with the boss he gets away with literally anything. Everyone at works hates the mother f'er with a passion but none want to show it for fear of job loss. i guess theres alot of little hhhs out there but i just wanted to share.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

hhh reminds me of a guy i work with, who is not any good at what he does,

Come on, HHH is "not any good at what he does?" Please. He's a master at what he does.

[iliketurtles 0]

hhh reminds me of a guy i work with, who is not any good at what he does , but because he has such a close relationship with the boss he gets away with literally anything. Everyone at works hates the mother f'er with a passion but none want to show it for fear of job loss. i guess theres alot of little hhhs out there but i just wanted to share.

I don't say this much, but you're an idiot.

[Some Guy 0]

Is he aiming for the Tom Zenk "Boring as shit worker who becomes a smark darling by insulting everybody" schtick?

I think a Honky Tonk Man comparison would be a better one for Billy Gunn. Zenk was at least a good jobber, Billy Gunn was good at mooning people and that was about it.

 

Lets look at Billy's WWF career:

 

Was in a shitty team with "brother" Bart. They were pushed because other than the New Rockers, Bodydonnas, and Godwins they were the only teams in WWF. The second Bulldog and Owen were paired and LOD the Headbanger showed up the SMoking Gunns disapeared.

 

Billy turned on Bart in late 96 and was unover as a heel before becoming even more unover as Rockabilly.

 

Road Dogg then saved Billy's career by being able to talk like a motherfucker. Billy was given the first gimmick with a curse word in it and was named "Bad Ass" Bill Gunn, before having it changed to teh far less heterosexual "Mr. Ass." Billy did his best to mimick HBK, but failed at every turn, although he did play a cocky heel reasonably well. The NAO were born in late 97, quickly given the tag titles by beating LOD, then being put over every team in WWF.

 

NAO lost the titles to Foley and Funk at WM 14 only to gain them back the next night as they joined DX (a group of kliq hangers on, that HBK made popular).

 

NAO was way over with the crowd and a big ratings draw. Then they turned Billy heel, unfortuanately for Billy, a certain former DX stablemate also turned heel at the same time and all the company's attention was focused on getting HHHim over instead.

 

Billy failed to get over and was then put back in the NAO and once again became HHH's lackey.

 

Billy hurt his shoulder and then returns in late 2000 as "The One" Billy Gunn. He quickly wins the IC title, but after nearly killing Benoit twice in one match he tapped to the crossface.

 

Billy then went on to do a whole lot of nothing other than helping to make sure that the WCW guys didn't get over throughout 2001.

 

In 2002 he was paired with Chuck Palumbo in a gay team. They won the tag titles a few times before revealing the gay thing was a work. When Goldust did that it pretty much killed his gimmick and it did the same for Billy.

 

After this point, I can't remember a single thing he did, although I think he went back to being Mr. Ass before getting fired last year sometime.

 

I can see why he would be pissed at HHH for the 99 heel push, being forced into a lackey role, and for HHH not protecting his job, but Billy never would have been able to hold his own in the ring with the big boys. He had bad matches with Chris Benoit for Christ's sake.

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

The problem more than anything with Billy Gunn is that he had no interesting offence. The famasser? Fuck, I wouldn't ever lay down for that horseshit, even if I were Dwayne Gill. He COULD bump like a motherfucker when he wanted to. "It's really too bad he sucks" I think kinda sums it up for him.

[Jingus 0]

Gunn is yet another one of those guys who really does have some talent, but while the WWF pushed him to the moon over and over again, they always did it in really dumbfuck fashion. Mr. Ass? Billy & Chuck? How could ANYONE get those gimmicks over?

 

He was kinda clumsy, true. And his offense never made it past the 80s. But he could talk, he could bump, he had a great body, and he's supposedly a hell of a nice guy. In short, Billy Gunn is the world's best Lex Luger.

[Betty Houle 0]

The problem more than anything with Billy Gunn is that he had no interesting offence. The famasser? Fuck, I wouldn't ever lay down for that horseshit, even if I were Dwayne Gill.

You would if the WWE was signing your paychecks.

[iggymcfly 0]

Actually, not only did I love the Mr. Ass gimmick, I also thought that Billy and Chuck were the last great tag team in the WWE. I'm kind of surprised that they never got a real push for Billy Gunn when he came back the last time, as he obviously could get over pretty well in the midcard.

 

If anything, Billy Gunn kind of reminds me of Christian if things had gone a little differently. He doesn't have the offense to do well as a singles wrestler unless he's really protected, but he can play a good charcter and he always does well as a tag team wrestler. What ended up killing Billy Gunn is that he came back when Smackdown was in its absolute in-ring prime, and they just threw him out there for random matches with no build. You can't just call someone a face and expect them to get over with no character when their in-ring work is their weakest attribute.

[iliketurtles 0]

They could of made Billy & Chuck really popular if they wanted too.

 

I remember when they showed up on Raw with Stephanie shortly before Unforgiven 2002 and attacked Bischoff. That was probably the peak of it. And this was around the time with the whole Rico turning on them, which I don't recall them ever getting revenge back.

 

WWE dropped it on that one.

[Guest LooneyTune]

The problem more than anything with Billy Gunn is that he had no interesting offence. The famasser? Fuck, I wouldn't ever lay down for that horseshit, even if I were Dwayne Gill.

You would if the WWE was signing your paychecks.

If WWE were signing my paycheck, I'd job to the Fingerpoke of Doom or the Worm.

[Use Your Illusion 0]

I'd job to one of Hunter's evil glares.

[Guest hhheld_down]

hhh reminds me of a guy i work with, who is not any good at what he does,

Come on, HHH is "not any good at what he does?" Please. He's a master at what he does.

fine, hes a master at holding people back, but now is only a somewhat decent wrestler and one of the most boring guys on the mic. he sucks and forever will

[Guest DeputyHawk]

Well ... (...) ... That's my Mamma!

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

The fameasser he hit on Rock during SummerSlam 99 was a fantastic finish...well if it he pinned him. He nailed it.