10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Billy Gunn

1. His Extramarital Affairs Made Headlines In Canada

Many a relationship has been ruined due to the ills of the business. With wrestlers on the road and away from their families so much, the temptation is there to cheat and some give in go that temptation. Lita famously cheated on her longterm boyfriend Matt Hardy with Edge in 2004/5 because Matt was at home with knee surgery and couldn't do anything about it. Other wrestlers, such as Bret Hart, have admitted to cheating on their significant others. Billy Gunn's name can be added to the list of wrestlers that have cheated on their partners while on the road. Unfortunately for Billy boy, his affair became public and actually made headlines in Canada. In September 2010, Gunn's mistress Deborah 'Pinky' Simovitch (from Winnipeg, Canada) published many photos of her and Gunn looking cosy together, along with some damning recorded phone conversations between the two. In them, Gunn can be heard launching a torrent of abuse at Simovitch, whom he blames for breaking up his marriage. Simovitch also claimed to have received death threats from Gunn's wife, Paula, who denied it but did say that she had sent Simovitch a text saying that she wished 'she would die in a fiery car crash'. Wowsers. Eventually, the whole situation died down and the videos were made private and then removed. Still, it was scandalous at the time and the current NXT trainer didn't paint himself in a positive light with his choice of words when speaking to the would-be home wrecker.