Gunther is proud of what he’s accomplished.
At WrestleMania 40, history was made all weekend from ticket sales to larger-than-life main events, but one of the important things that happened was when the reigning Intercontinental champion Gunther had his gold snatched from his hands by the underdog, Sami Zayn.
During a conversation with Gorilla Position, this is what Gunther had to say about losing the gold to Zayn and if he felt that was the right choice to do it.
“I don’t think there was one right person. I think there would have been a few options. Chad is the other one that would have made a lot of sense. Sami is definitely one of those where it was ‘he’s the right guy to do it.’ He’s absolutely a fantastic professional wrestler. He has the natural connection with the audience. He’s really the underdog that people can connect with and understand the struggle. It’s naturally the personality he is. He doesn’t look like the perfect athlete. That’s not who he is or ever was. That also adds to the people having a connection because basically nobody in our audience is a perfect person. It’s a very human thing to not be perfect. It’s very easy to connect with it and to go through those struggles with that person. On top of that, he’s fantastic in the ring and has been for years. To do the match with him at the biggest stage possible and go out in the biggest way possible, I was very happy with that. It was a very successful ending to that reign,” said Gunther.
Zayn would make his first successful defense against Chad Gable in the main event of Monday Night Raw in Montreal, Canada before Gable turned heel by hitting multiple suplexes on Zayn in front of his wife.
h/t from Fightful.
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