– The official WWE website caught up with former Tag Team Champion Bart Gunn for its latest edition of “Where Are They Now?”

Gunn, who now serves as an electrician in Florida, recalled his participation in the Brawl for All in 1998, a tournament where WWE Superstars legitimate fought each other with boxing and wrestling techniques. Gunn reveals that he initially wanted nothing to do with concept, but changed his mind in an effort to rekindle his stagnating career.

After ripping through “Dr. Death” Steve Williams, Bob Holly, The Godfather and Bradshaw to win the Brawl for All crown and legitimize himself as one of the toughest Superstars in WWE, Gunn challenged notable heavyweight boxer Eric “Butterbean” Esch to a similar-styled contest at WrestleMania XV. However, just seconds into the match, Butterbean knocked out Gunn with a devastating right punch. Gunn knows his inexperience cost him the match.

“He had 60 or 70 fights. That was my first as a boxer,” said Gunn. “I was very green. Looking back on it now, I should have done things a little bit differently.”

Following his loss to Butterbean, Gunn parted ways with WWE and headed to Japan. His surprising knockout of Williams made him a respected name in Japan since “Dr. Death” is regarded as one of the most successful foreign wrestlers in Japanese wrestling history.

“When I knocked him out, that basically opened the door for me,” Gunn said. “They’d already seen a lot of the footage. The Japanese follow American wrestling, especially now, because of the Internet. They knew exactly who I was.”

Gunn also discussed his introduction to the professional wrestling industry, partnering with Billy Gunn, what led to his retirement, and his current whereabouts. To read the full article, click here.

– WWE Studios’ DVD and Blu-ray release of The Marine 3 featuring The Miz is one of the company’s most successful video releases in quite a while. Four weeks after its release in March, it had sold 153,226 units for $2,292,261. These figures are more than any regular WWE will do this year with the possible exception of WrestleMania 29.

– Currently airing on WWE Classics On Demand is the August 28, 1998 episode of ECW Hardcore TV featuring Rob Van Dam and Sabu defending the Tag Team Championship against two teams in The Dudley Boys and Chris Candido and Bam Bam Bigelow. The official YouTube account of WWE has released a teaser clip of the bout.

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(source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)