Billy Gunn

Billy Gunn, born Monty Sopp in Orlando in 1963, is a 191cm slab of a man with a powerlifting and Sam Houston State background, and a 2019 WWE Hall of Fame induction to show for decades in the ring. What I admire is that he didn't coast on his early stardom: today he wrestles in AEW as Daddy Ass, coaches younger talent, and still occasionally steps between the ropes himself. Remaining genuinely useful in a brutal, youth-obsessed business well into your later years isn't luck. People who last this long in wrestling almost always have a real reason, and Gunn clearly does.

Name (English)

Billy Gunn

Name (Japanese)

モンティ・ソップ

Reading

もんてぃ・そっぷ

Born

November 1, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

Origin

Orlando, Florida, United States

Height

191 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler / powerlifter

High school

Oviedo High School

University

Sam Houston State University

Awards & achievements

• 2019 WWE Hall of Fame

• Xhttps://x.com/RealBillyGunn
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Gunn
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708144

Tags

• Florida
• professional wrestler
• powerlifter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.