Austin and Colten Gunn at Blizzard Brawl 2021

Blizzard Brawl returns Saturday, December 2. Great Lake Championship Wrestling's biggest event of the year is not one to miss.

The day starts at 4:30 with a big meet and greet featuring 20+ wrestling legends, stars and up-and-comers. It continues with a full night of wrestling matches.

While it's cool meeting the legends and current stars, it is also a great opportunity to meet youngsters before they hit it big. Such was the case when I met Austin and Colten Gunn a couple years back.

Sons of Billy, the second generation Gunns are now on the bigger stage at All Elite Wrestling. They have been part of big angles and are doing very well there. It's a good bet if they are at a convention now, their line would be much longer and their price price much higher.

The Gunn brothers aren't the only stars on the rise I met at Blizzard Brawl. Over the years, I have met quite a few young wrestlers who have gone on to bigger things. That list includes HollyHood Haley J and Leila Gray, both of whom have appeared in AEW.

This year, the legends include John "The Berzerker" Nord, who I will be happy to finally meet. It will also include some youngins, who one day might be on the bigger stage elsewhere. That is the beauty of Blizzard Brawl.

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Austin and Colten Gunn and me in Waukesha, WI-December 2021.

Austin and Billy Gunn at Wizard World Chicago 2018

Wizard World is coming to the Chicago area August 22-25. I'll be "On the Beat" there, but for now, I am recalling some of my memories from past Wizard World events.

Billy Gunn has had an interesting career in the wrestling ring. He started out as part of the Smoking Gunns, a cowboy tag team who won the WWF tag titles. He briefly tagged with Greg Valentine as Rhythm and Blues, but found his real success as part of DX.

As the Bad A$$, Gunn tagged with The Road Dog Jesse James as the New Age Outlaws, 5x WWF tag team champs and later another tag title in the WWE. D-Generation X was such a huge part of the highly successful Attitude Era in the WWF.

At the recent Wizard World, I met Gunn again, but I also met the second generation Gunn, Austin (Sopp). A bit smaller than his famous father, Austin has the look and is in training to learn more. I'm sure proud papa Billy is helping with all aspects of his game.

I had to get a pic with both generations. I think Austin will go far and meeting him might be more challenging in the future.

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Austin Gunn, Billy Gunn and me in Rosemont, IL-August 2018.