Billy and Chuck
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| Billy & Chuck | |
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 Billy (left) and Chuck |
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| Tag team | |
| Members | Billy Gunn Chuck Palumbo Rico (manager) |
| Name(s) | Billy and Chuck Billy & Chuck |
| Disbanded | late 2002 |
| Promotions | WWF |
Billy & Chuck was a professional wrestling tag team of Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo seen in World Wrestling Entertainment.
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[edit] History
The gimmick began when Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo were teamed up in tag team action. They grew increasingly affectionate toward each other, showing evidence of a homosexual relationship. They even found a "personal stylist" in the ambiguously flamboyant Rico. They were often interrupted in thier dressing room in ambiguously gay positions. After several months of success in the ring, Chuck proposed Billy to be his partner for life and he even gave Billy a wedding ring. Their wedding ceremony was aired on SmackDown!. It was disrupted by Eric Bischoff and 3-Minute Warning from RAW in an effort to get at Stephanie McMahon, the then General Manager of SmackDown. The interruption spurred them to reveal it was merely a publicity stunt as both Billy and Chuck disavowed their on-screen homosexuality and admitted they were just friends. ("I'm not gay!" Billy proclaimed, during the ceremony. "And even if I was gay, I wouldn't marry Chuck!") Following the ceremony indicent, Rico defected to RAW and managed 3-Minute Warning.
This team was a controversial gimmick that was featured in many newspapers and magazines and broadcast news channels. The success of the duo was seen by capturing the WWE World Tag Team Championship on two occasions.
Billy & Chuck's final match together occurred at SmackDown! event in the 1st round of a tournament for the newly created WWE Tag Team Championship. They lost the match to the team of Ron Simmons and Reverend D-Von.
The team quietly split in late 2002 when Billy became injured and Chuck's appearances became rare.
[edit] Wrestling facts
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Code Red (Elevated diving bulldog)
- Fameasser (Leg drop bulldog; sometimes performed from the top rope) - Billy's Finisher
- Superkick - Chuck's Finisher
- Managers
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- PWI Tag Team of the Year (2002)
[edit] Trivia
- Although Billy and Chuck became widely known for their ambiguously homosexual gimmick, they were not the first to use this in professional wrestling. In 1999, WCW featured a tag team known as the West Hollywood Blondes that had similar characteristics.
- The idea of a wrestling tag team having a gay wedding was originally pitched to the tag team that would eventually come to be known as Too Cool. Before that gimmick came to pass, both Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor refused the idea.
