It's been quite a year for Gunther. He's retired WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg, John Cena, and AJ Styles, and that means expectations are high for his match at this April's WrestleMania.
Unfortunately, as of now, The Ring General doesn't have an opponent.
During Monday's RAW, Gunther unmasked Styles' former tag team partner, Dragon Lee, cementing himself as one of WWE's most despised heels. Now, WrestleVotes Radio is reporting that the company has three Superstars in mind as possible opponents for the former World Heavyweight Champion at the Show of Shows.
Apparently, those are Brock Lesnar, Rey Mysterio, and Oba Femi. The Beast has issued an open challenge, and Gunther answering it would make for an undeniably huge match. Mysterio also makes sense, as the former LWO leader could quite easily stand up for his former protege and put his career on the line. As for Femi, it would be quite something for him to end Gunther's current streak of wins.
At last year's WrestleMania, Gunther lost the World Heavyweight title to Jey Uso after tapping out to a sleeper hold (the same move he's used to retire the beloved veterans mentioned above).
Reflecting on that while speaking with Cody Rhodes, Gunther said, "With Jey, at that moment, that’s the thing, I can swallow my pride. When it’s over, it’s over. I have no issue with that. If the audience views that as a weakness, let them be. It’s alright."
He's certainly bounced back with some huge wins and admitted that the gravitas of retiring Cena was not lost on him. "That day, strangely, it felt like it almost felt like more intense than WrestleMania that day," Gunther shared. "Heavier is a good term. Everybody was very worked up. But also for my own benefit, it was great to be the guy who can pull the rug on everybody."
"I think it’s the biggest thing I’ve done in my career, like the first time I was ever part of something with that magnitude, where I could really feel like it affects everybody," he concluded. As for what he hopes to achieve moving forward, Gunther added:
"I never had that list of ‘That’s what I want to achieve, I want to win this’ or whatever. It’s more like, I don’t know, I always kind of want to grow in the responsibility I can take on, if that makes sense. I feel like that’s what kind of drives me, where it’s like, ‘Okay, I’ve mastered this very difficult situation. Okay, now I can master something even more difficult.’ I see it kind of like in that sense. And I guess in our world that automatically means like titles, big matches, and all of that."
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