{"id":78238,"date":"2020-10-30T13:49:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T17:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=78238"},"modified":"2020-10-31T10:05:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T14:05:27","slug":"lee-johnson-and-the-gunn-club-join-the-nightmare-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/10\/30\/lee-johnson-and-the-gunn-club-join-the-nightmare-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Johnson and the Gunn Club Join the Nightmare Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has today been announced that up-and-coming <strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong>\u00a0talent,<strong> Lee Johnson<\/strong>, has joined the<strong> Nightmare Family<\/strong>.\u00a0 In addition to Johnson, the <strong>Gunn Club<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Billy<\/strong> and <strong>Austin Gunn<\/strong> &#8211; have also joined.\u00a0 Lee Johnson has been working matches on <strong>AEW Dark<\/strong> for a while now, working <em>twenty<\/em> matches since April.\u00a0 Though having lost all of them, Johnson&#8217;s talent is clearly undeniable and has done enough to impress <strong>Cody<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Gunn Club have also been working AEW Dark, notching up a very impressive eight wins in nine matches as a tag team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeeJohnson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LeeJohnson<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigShottyLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BigShottyLee<\/a>) joins the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NightmareFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NightmareFamily<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JngYrkhe5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/3JngYrkhe5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1322222318064717826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lee Johnson is a Homegrown Prospect<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>AEW have clearly placed emphasis on developing some of their own talent.\u00a0 Whereas signing ex-WWE talent is all well and good, there is no doubt that AEW wants to create their own talent for the future.\u00a0 Lee Johnson is just that &#8211; having graduated from AEW&#8217;s\/Cody&#8217;s <strong>Nightmare Factory<\/strong> training school.\u00a0 In honing his craft under the watchful eye of Cody, <strong>QT Marshall<\/strong> and <strong>AR Fox<\/strong>, the sky is the limit for this young man within the walls of AEW.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78241\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Lee-Johnson.jpg\" alt=\"Lee Johnson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Lee-Johnson.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Lee-Johnson-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Nightmare Family is an AEW based faction founded by Cody.\u00a0 It features <strong>The Brotherhood<\/strong> of Cody and <strong>Dustin Rhodes<\/strong>, with <strong>Brandi Rhodes <\/strong>in tow. Then there&#8217;s the added layer, featuring friends of the Family, such as <strong>DDP<\/strong>, QT Marshall and now, presumably, Lee Johnson.\u00a0 It is a separate entity from <strong>The Elite<\/strong> but one that is understandably friendly, given the mutual association with Cody.\u00a0 Lee Johnson will no doubt be an inspired addition to the group; a welcomed injection of youth into a group largely consisting of veterans.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Gunn Club Are a Fun But Serious Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc80<\/p>\n<p>the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GunnClub?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GunnClub<\/a> will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoTheWork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DoTheWork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dTT5qtIVbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dTT5qtIVbg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ass boy (@theaustingunn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theaustingunn\/status\/1322219024005144577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Father\/son tag teams are pretty rare in pro wrestling.\u00a0 Given the general shortness of pro-wrestling careers, most Dads are usually retired by the time their children lace up their boots for the first time.\u00a0 Billy and Austin Gunn are an exception to this rule.\u00a0 Much like <strong>Rey<\/strong> and <strong>Dominik Mysterio<\/strong> on <strong>SmackDown<\/strong>, the Gunn Club have been taking AEW Dark by storm and bode much promise for the future of AEW&#8217;s tag team division.\u00a0 As members of the Nightmare Family, they now have the connections to jump ship to AEW&#8217;s flagship show, <strong>AEW Dynamite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We wish Lee Johnson the very best of luck and are sure this is the beginning of a promising, lengthy career within All Elite Wrestling.\u00a0 Austin Gunn will also go on to have a lengthy career and with Billy in his corner, he will do well.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world.\u00a0 As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and AEW DARK Tuesday nights at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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