Austin Sopp (born August 26, 1994), better known by the

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Austin Gunn, is an American

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and

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personality, signed to

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(AEW) and

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(ROH) where he is in a tag team with his brother

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as The Gunns, and is a member of the Bang Bang Gang

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. Gunn is a former one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion and a one-time AEW World Trios Champions and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions (collectively held as the Unified World Trios Championship). Sopp is a second-generation professional wrestler, as he is the son of professional wrestler Monty Sopp, better known as

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Early life and education

Sopp was born on August 26, 1994, in Orlando, Florida. He is a son of professional wrestler

and Tina Tinnell Sopp and the brother of professional wrestler Colten Gunn. Sopp was nominated Computer Science King in 2010 at Lake Brantley High School. Sopp attended

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, from 2013 to 2017. He was a member of the lacrosse team and graduated with a degree in elementary education.

Professional wrestling career

Ring of Honor (2019)

In June 2019, Gunn confirmed that he had signed a contract with

(ROH). He made his ROH debut on August 26, 2019, in a dark match as part of the ROH Top Prospect Tournament, defeating Brian Johnson in the quarterfinals and Dante Caballero in the semifinals. On September 28, 2019, Gunn was defeated by Dak Draper in the finals of the Top Prospect Tournament.

All Elite Wrestling / Return to ROH (2020–present)

On January 9, 2020, it was announced that Gunn had officially signed with

. On January 14, Gunn made his AEW debut in a tag team match on ''

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'' teaming with his father

as The Gunn Club defeating the team of Peter Avalon and

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. Gunn suffered a torn PCL injury during the match. On November 4, 2020, Gunn (who had previously been involved with his father in tag team matches on ''Dark'') officially made his debut on ''

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'', teaming with his father and

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to defeat Dark Order members 10, John Silver and Colt Cabana. On the November 17, 2020 episode of ''Dark'', Austin's brother

, now wrestling as a fellow Gunn Club member, would team with Austin and their father in a match which saw the Gunn Club defeat BSHP King, Joey O’Riley and Sean Maluta by pinfall in a six-man tag team match. The three man Gunn Club would then defeat Cezar Bononi, KTB, and Seth Gargis in another six man tag team match on the November 24, 2020 episode of ''Dark''. On the December 8, 2020 episode of ''Dark'' The three man Gunn Club-which entered the ring on a golf cart with the words "Taz Taxi" on the side, defeated Shawn Dean, Sean Maluta & RYZIN. On February 9, 2022 (during a match that aired two days later on ''

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''), Austin and Colten Gunn wrestled for the AEW Tag Championship, losing to reigning champions Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus). On the April 15, 2022 episode of ''

'', the Gunn Club lost a six-man tag team match to

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. Somewhat outside of AEW, in November 2021 Ring of Honor wrestler Danhausen began a

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feud with the Gunn Club, referring to Colten and Austin as "Ass Boys", in reference to Billy Gunn's infamous "Mr. Ass" gimmick in the

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. While Billy Gunn himself initially had no comment, the rest of Gunn Club despised the nickname after fans began chanting "Ass Boys" during their matches. Billy Gunn finally commented when he surprised his sons by wearing an "Ass Boys" shirt, encouraging them to "embrace the assness" and even started teasing

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the crowd again. In May 2022, the Gunn Club formed an alliance with the Acclaimed which lasted until July 2022 when the Gunn Club turned on the Acclaimed; on the August 3, 2022 episode of ''Dynamite'', the Acclaimed defeated the Gunn Club in a dumpster match. On the August 17, 2022 episode of ''Dynamite'', Colten and Austin turned on their father, aligning themselves with Stokely Hathaway. In September 2022, the Gunns formed a new stable, "the Firm", with Hathaway, MJF,

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, Lee Moriarty, and W. Morrissey. The following month, the Firm attacked MJF after he fired Hathaway. On the February 8, 2023 episode of ''Dynamite'', the Gunns defeated the Acclaimed to win their first

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. At Revolution in March 2023, the Gunns successfully defended their titles in a four way match against the Acclaimed, Danhausen and Orange Cassidy, and Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett. On the April 5, 2023 episode of Dynamite, the Gunns lost the AEW World Tag Team Championship to FTR in a title versus career match. This would effectively disband The Firm, with the Gunns allying with

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and

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of Bullet Club Gold. On January 17, 2024, The Gunns and White defeated

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(

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Joseph ButtonKaun and Toa Liona) for the

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. On the January 20 episode of ''

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'', The Gunns, White, The Acclaimed, and Billy Gunn joined forces to form a stable known as the Bang Bang Scissor Gang, reuniting Austin and Colten with their father Billy. On March 13 at

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, Bullet Club Gold turned on The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn, disbanding the Bang Bang Scissor Gang. On April 5 at Supercard of Honor, Austin returned to ROH, teaming with Colten and White to retain their ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships against Monstersauce (

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and

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) and

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. At

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: Zero Hour on April 21, 2024, Bullet Club Gold defeated The Acclaimed for the

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in a winner takes all

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match to unify the titles as the Unified World Trios Championship. During this time, Bullet Club Gold would be renamed to the Bang Bang Gang. On the June 5 ''Rampage'' tapings, a returning Robinson wrestled his first match since his return, teaming with The Gunns to win a trios match. After the match, White announced that he was giving Robinson a share of the Unified Trios Championship held by White and the Gunns, thus invoking the

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. However, on the July 13 episode of ''Collision'', interim AEW Executive Vice President

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overruled Bang Bang Gang's attempt to invoke the Freebird Rule and stripped them of the Unified World Trios Championship. On the following week, The Gunns and Robinson failed to win the vacant AEW World Trios Championship, which was won by The Patriarchy (

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, Killswitch and Nick Wayne) after interference from Mother Wayne. On the February 5, 2025 episode of ''Dynamite'', The Gunns returned after a brief hiatus and challenged The Hurt Syndicate (

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and

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) to a match for the AEW World Tag Championships, which they accepted. On the February 12 episode of ''Dynamite'', The Gunns were defeated by The Hurt Syndicate.

Other media

On December 6, 2021, it was announced that Gunn would appear on the E! reality television series '' Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules'', which aired in early 2022.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) – with Colten Gunn **

( 1 time) – with Colten Gunn and

*New South Wrestling **New South Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Colten Gunn *

( 1 time) – with Colten Gunn and Jay White

References

External links

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