Austin and Colten Gunn met several larger-than-life characters during their childhood, but perhaps none bigger than the Big Show.
During an interview for Insight with Chris Van Vliet, the Gunn Club talked about how little they actually saw their father Billy Gunn and Road Dogg during their run as the New Age Outlaws.
Colten: “They [The New Age Outlaws] traveled so much, but we would travel with dad sometimes in the summer when we didn’t have school, so we knew all the guys. But they traveled so much that when you are home for like 2 days, no one is going to come over.”
The brothers shared that Big Show (aka Paul Wight) was like an uncle figure to them growing up. One time on a cruise, the then-Big Show threatened to toss the boat captain overboard when the captain caught Austin and Colten in a private pool.
Austin: “We didn’t see Road Dogg as much unless we went to the shows. We maybe saw Big Show more, he gave us our first Playstation and Xbox at Christmas, at the same time. He was like ‘I have a little present for you, it’s in my trunk.’ He opened it and it was an XBox with 5 games, PS2 with 5 games and he goes Merry Christmas.
“I think he was the closest one to an uncle. We were on a wrestling cruise one time for Disney, and me and Colten were getting too crowded in the adults pool. There was like a captain’s pool, very private. Big Show took us over there so we could have some privacy. The boat captain comes out and starts yelling ‘Those kids, you need to get the hell out of this pool!’ Big Show was in the water and have you ever seen those workout videos where the guy jumps out of the water and onto the thing? That’s exactly what he did, as heavy as he was and he grabbed the captain by the collar and says ‘If you ever talk to them like that again, I will throw you over this boat and I will drive us home.’ The fear in that man’s eyes, dude I can’t even imagine! I would poop my pants.”
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