When The Shield first debuted they quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with, and they took out a number of legends who tried to stand in their path. At WrestleMania 30, The Shield destroyed Kane and the New Age Outlaws in a match that lasted less than three minutes, but Billy Gunn explained during a virtual signing for Captain’s Corner that it was supposed to be longer.
Well, it was supposed to be longer but it was unfortunately too short so, I think we only had eight minutes and that kind of was horrible [time for the match against The Shield at WrestleMania 30].
Billy Gunn also discussed his infamous Rockabilly gimmick, and he noted that it was so bad he thought that WWE might have been trying to get him to quit.
“This is not even close to — I don’t even know what this was [Rockabilly character]. I think they were testing me to see if I’d quit or not. I think they were trying to make me quit but yeah, that’s Rockabilly. If anybody wants [a photo of] this, you might want to check yourself into a mental ward [Gunn laughed].
This was never talked about. No. This was supposed to be something totally, totally, totally, totally different. Not that… That’s a bedazzler jacket [that I was wearing that] they put together in like an hour. It’s so bad. Legitimately think they were trying to get rid of me. Think that’s what I thought. I said, you don’t have to do this to me as much as just to say I’m fired. I’ll be okay with that [Gunn laughed].”
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