5 children who work with their fathers in AEW

Dustin Rhodes and Arn Anderson with their children
Dustin Rhodes and Arn Anderson with their children

#4. AEW Star Billy Gunn – Austin Gunn

Like his brother Colten, Austin Gunn is also a member of the Gunn Club, founded by their father, Billy Gunn. The 27-year-old AEW Star started his wrestling training after graduating from college. Although he earned a degree in elementary education, Austin knew he wanted to pursue a wrestling career.

"Our deal was if you graduate college you can do whatever you want. My youngest, Austin, came to me the day before graduation (Rollins College) and said I want to give this a shot. I went 'oh I thought I dodged it,'" Billy Gunn told Spectrum News. "The bad part is, he is really good," he added.

Austin Gunn was the first of Billy Gunn's sons to compete inside the squared circle. He joined AEW in January 2020 after spending a few months wrestling in other promotions. The 27-year-old directly became his father's tag team partner. Colten later joined them to complete the Gunn Club.

Before joining AEW, Austin thought about joining WWE's performance center. In an interview with Talk is Jericho, Austin revealed what his father thought of the idea.

"So obviously the relationship with WWE and my dad has been rocky, I guess, up and down, up and down, up and down. Obviously, this came up, and I was like, 'What do you think about the Performance Center?' He goes, 'I don’t want you to lose your love for wrestling that you have right now by going there and then them having you turn into that Performance Center, follow directions. You need to be this instead of me being just free spoken and just express myself naturally.' So it was a discussion that we had, but we tried everything to not go there," Austin said.

Austin recently teamed up with his father and brother to defeat Anthony Bennett, Leon St. Giovanni, and Ray Jaz on AEW Dark.

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