Billy Gunn’s AEW Abscense Update – Gunn’s Team Clarifies His Abscense Not Due to Back Injury

Billy Gunn has been absent from AEW programming for the past several months. Gunn had revealed in a recent interview with the Fuel & Flex with Charlie William Parks podcast that he is currently dealing with two stress fractures in his back.

In a recent email sent to WrestlePurists, Gunn’s PR team gave an official statement clarifying that his current abscense from AEW is not due to a back injury issue and instead is simply due to him not being booked for shows of late.

“Billy is fine, this is a very old injury that he has dealt with for years. It does not interfere with wrestling or training. It just gets sore if he trains too heavy or hard.

Attached is a video today showing everyone he Is ok. Because of the internet, our phones have been blowing up asking if his back is hurt.

His absence from AEW is due to him not being booked by creative.”

After Billy Gunn recently mentioned on ‘Fuel & Flex’ that he has stress fractures in his back, his team reached out to clarify that it’s a “very old injury”, and the reason he’s absent from TV is due to not being booked by AEW creative:

“Billy is fine, this is a very old injury… pic.twitter.com/hZhmaddIKe

— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) October 25, 2025

During his current abscense from AEW, Gunn has been wrestling for QT Marshall’s 1FW promotion in Georgia.