"There were no dogs, there was no wife, there was no nothing" - AEW star nearly lost everything to addiction

An AEW star recently opened up about his addiction which cost him everything. The star in question is none other than WWE Hall of Famer Billy Gunn.

The veteran is one of the biggest stars in professional wrestling and gained popularity in the WWF/E during the 90s as a part of the D-Generation X. Billy Gunn also worked as a singles performer in the promotion and managed to capture the Intercontinental Title. However, the Hall of Famer recently opened up about his struggles with addiction which led to some of the toughest times in his life.

Speaking on the Insights with Chris Van Vliet podcast, Billy Gunn revealed that his house was destroyed and his wife left him due to his personal problems.

"I woke up in a house. My house was destroyed. There were things everywhere. There were no dogs, there was no wife, there was no nothing. I literally just went, Yeah, this is it, I can’t do it anymore. One or two things is going to happen, it was just like a couple of days before that."

The AEW veteran further revealed that he regrets putting everybody through all that due to his addiction.

"You can’t talk to anybody, because they don’t want anything to do with you. My wife left because she knew she was getting a call one day and she ain’t sitting around waiting for that. That’s one of the worst things that you could ever put somebody through, those are my biggest regrets." [H/T:Chrisvanvliet.com]

AEW veteran Billy Gunn further explained his argument with his wife

Former AEW World Trios Champion Billy Gunn was very vocal about his addiction on the Insights with Chris Van Vliet podcast. The veteran revealed that he'd taken some pills before speaking to his wife which led to her leaving him. He explained that it made him sort out his life for good.

"The call that I’m dead because I wrecked two cars. I would take a massive load of pills before when I flew home, just so I didn’t have to deal with her and listen to her. And they would kick halfway there. I ended up in a ditch and now she’s at the hospital having to come get me you know. So, like, you don’t want to live like that. So she left, she was out. She goes, I ain’t doing this no more." [H/T:Chrisvanvliet.com]

Billy Gunn is still performing in AEW at 60 years old. It will be interesting to see which star from the Jacksonville-based promotion ends the veteran's professional wrestling career.