Anthony Bowens Explains Why He Was Scared To Talk To Billy Gunn When He First Joined AEW

Billy Gunn has become the "father" to Anthony Bowens and Max Caster, being dubbed "Daddy Ass" by the Acclaimed.

Before he began scissoring with Bowens on a regular basis, Gunn was there for Bowens' tryout with WWE in 2015.

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"I used to be scared of Billy," Bowens recalled on Everything Is Pro Wrestling. "When I had my tryout at the Performance Center in 2015, I was doing a drill slightly incorrectly. It's a drill where you lay on your back and get up and square off with your opponent. I went down on my back, I went up, and I saw an angry tomato red man looking at me from up above. That sight haunted me for years. I was scared to say hello to him when I first got to AEW. Now, it's kind of funny that it went from him giving me nightmares to being my dad."

Bowens, Caster, and Gunn are former AEW Trios Champions.

Bowens & Caster will challenge for the AEW Tag Team Titles at AEW Full Gear in a four-way bout against reigning champions Private Party (Zay & Quen) and fellow challengers Kings of the Black Throne (Malak Black & Brody King) and The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum).

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