Gunn Club (and Lee Johnson) Joins Nightmare Family

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Cody announced on Twitter that Billy and Austin are joining his stable. This feels very New Japan, like a lower tier team joining CHAOS or something. 

[BorneAgain]

Cody will now associate heavily with Dustin/Billy and dub himself "The Man with the Golden Gunn".

[Hypnosis]

Oct 30, 2020 11:23:11 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

Cody announced on Twitter that Billy and Austin are joining his stable. This feels very New Japan, like a lower tier team joining CHAOS or something. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie96oEA8aHc

[bob]

Oct 30, 2020 11:29:30 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

Cody will now associate heavily with Dustin/Billy and dub himself "The Man with the Golden Gunn".

then they'd need this as a theme

[Zone Was Wrong]

I actually love this. Factions in NJPW are one of my favorite parts of the promotion. Creates some fun stories. Plus Austin is a good prospect and could use the rub.

[markymark]

Add also Lee Johnson

[chrom]

See Lee finally score some wins it looks like now

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Yeah, not feeling the Gunn Club but very feeling Lee Johnson. Wouldn't be surprised if we see the Natural Nightmares slowly phased out as Johnson starts getting some focus.

[toodarkmark]

I love seeing Lee Johnson get a push. Every week I want them to realize Lee and Shawn Dean should be signed guys. I also want to see Lee get some revenge on MJF in some capacity for using him during his run for World Champion.

Is this sort of a set up for a feud with Dark Order?

[chrom]

Oct 30, 2020 12:03:50 GMT -5 toodarkmark said:

I love seeing Lee Johnson get a push. Every week I want them to realize Lee and Shawn Dean should be signed guys. I also want to see Lee get some revenge on MJF in some capacity for using him during his run for World Champion.

Is this sort of a set up for a feud with Dark Order?

Looks that way, Gunn Club stood tall taking them out on Wednesday leading to the 6 man tag next week. They'll be feuding with the lower tier members it looks like

[markymark]

Oct 30, 2020 12:03:22 GMT -5 Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby said:

Yeah, not feeling the Gunn Club but very feeling Lee Johnson. Wouldn't be surprised if we see the Natural Nightmares slowly phased out as Johnson starts getting some focus.

Austin Gunn might work as a heel, for some reason he kinda gives off Miz vibes. 

[chrom]

Billy's other son and Austin's brother will probably be joining once he finishes training

[romanstylesiii]

Does Cody realize that everyone else in that stable come off as jobbers?

[Zone Was Wrong]

Oct 30, 2020 12:08:04 GMT -5 romanstylesiii said:

Does Cody realize that everyone else in that stable come off as jobbers?

Well, I mean most of them kinda are, or at least a step above. Nightmare Family to me is coming off as a prospect/training stable. Place for the underused to gain experience.

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Feels like the stable's theme is to transition jobbers into not being jobbers. That will probably work better with Austin Gunn and Lee Johnson than with QT Marshall, given that younger guys have the advantage that they are perceived as having forward momentum as long as they are a step above where they were before - with someone who just exudes older-ness like QT does (despite, as I recall, being in his 30's), it's more of a gamble to suddenly push them.

[Zone Was Wrong]

I do say, I wish they'd recruit someone like KyLynn King as well. She might be a good fit and could use the boost. She's been impressive.

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Oct 30, 2020 12:46:48 GMT -5 Zone Was Wrong said:

I do say, I wish they'd recruit someone like KyLynn King as well. She might be a good fit and could use the boost. She's been impressive.

This is making me wonder if that is the plan - add Velvet and King to the stable, given we've had tweets and commentary bits about Brandi scouting them both.

Plus, KiLynn is Billy's student, so that also makes perfect sense.

[Zone Was Wrong]

Oct 30, 2020 12:50:07 GMT -5 Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby said:

Oct 30, 2020 12:46:48 GMT -5 Zone Was Wrong said:

I do say, I wish they'd recruit someone like KyLynn King as well. She might be a good fit and could use the boost. She's been impressive.

This is making me wonder if that is the plan - add Velvet and King to the stable, given we've had tweets and commentary bits about Brandi scouting them both.

Plus, KiLynn is Billy's student, so that also makes perfect sense.

Damn, I didn't even think of Velvet but that would make sense as well.

It's funny, I saw Abadon wishing Luthor a happy birthday and I thought she'd be an interesting addition to him and Sepentico, even before these recruiting posts. More faction additions could be fun, hell Team Taz/Kington's Family/Archer promos were a blast leading up to the last ppv because of the faction nature of 2/3s of them.

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Oct 30, 2020 12:55:53 GMT -5 Zone Was Wrong said:

Oct 30, 2020 12:50:07 GMT -5 Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby said:

This is making me wonder if that is the plan - add Velvet and King to the stable, given we've had tweets and commentary bits about Brandi scouting them both.

Plus, KiLynn is Billy's student, so that also makes perfect sense.

Damn, I didn't even think of Velvet but that would make sense as well.

It's funny, I saw Abadon wishing Luthor a happy birthday and I thought she'd be an interesting addition to him and Sepentico, even before these recruiting posts. More faction additions could be fun, hell Team Taz/Kington's Family/Archer promos were a blast leading up to the last ppv because of the faction nature of 2/3s of them.

Y'know, I've been thinking that Abadon and Elayna Black would be a really logical, if green combination...but pair both of them with Luther and Serpentico, and that's a really good way to get the women more involved in the faction stuff in general while also pairing them all off with mentors who can carry promo segments if need be.

[Celgress]

I'm glad for them. The Gun Club has been tearing it up on Dark, they deserve this.