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When WWE returns to Chicago, Illinois, the hometown of CM Punk, the Voice of the Voiceless will face Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship. Photos of WWE’s announcement have popped up on social media. Punk and Gunther will reportedly face in a steel cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship. The match will occur during […]

While making an appearance at the WWE RAW on Netflix Kickoff event, Logan Paul made a bold declaration: he wants a shot at Gunther’s World Heavyweight Championship. On paper, it makes sense, right? Paul is a member of the RAW roster, as he noted at the event under WWE’s new rules, and Gunther is the […]

Finally, after 16 years, WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event is returning with a stacked card. Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens headlines the show in a match for the Undisputed WWE Championship. Additionally, they will name the inaugural Women’s United States Champion. WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event full match card Below is the full match card […]

At the upcoming WWE Survivor Series: WarGames PLE, Gunther will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Damian Priest. However, according to a new poster, he is defending the Intercontinental Championship, which Bron Breakker currently holds. A new graphic for Gunther and Priest’s match at Survivor Series: WarGames has surfaced. Unfortunately, a WWE employee made a […]

When WWE announced that they would have champion versus champion matches at Crown Jewel to decide on the best of the best, the creme de la creme, the first-ever Crown Jewel Champions, it felt like a perfect opportunity to take two wrestlers and elevate them into a new echelon; “make” them, if you will. Now […]

While serving as a special guest on SEC Nation preshow festivities, Bill Goldberg made a pretty massive declaration that could impact the professional wrestling world in a major way next year: WWE is officially giving Goldberg a retirement match in 2025. That’s right, after Vince McMahon famously offered then ignored a chance to send the […]

The upcoming 2024 WWE Crown Jewel PLE is here, and the match card features the reunion of the OG Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, and Jimmy Uso) and two champion vs. champion bouts. But will there be any big returns? Read on to see our full predictions for how each match will turn out. The […]

With the WWE Universe rapidly approaching Crown Jewel on Saturday, November 2nd, in Saudi Arabia, SmackDown fans watching along on the USA Network were afforded a chance to watch Gunther and Cody Rhodes square up face-to-face in the ring in what might go down as their final interaction before next Saturday’s main event. And needless […]

During the latest weekend of WWE live events, Ilja Dragunov suffered a leg injury in matches against the World Heavyweight Champion, Gunther. The company announced that he would be out for a lengthy period. As Gunther made his way to the ring on the September 30, 2024, episode of Monday Night RAW, the WWE showed […]

After putting the “Legend Killer” to sleep in the main event of Bash in Berlin, it seemed like Gunther had his next challenger on lock in the form of CM Punk, who called the “Ring General” out both after the PLE and during a segment on RAW. … but then a returning Drew McIntyre beat […]

After landing his first one-on-one loss to Gunther at King and Queen of the Ring since his return at Survivor Series 2023 in Chicago, Illinois, Randy Orton has been keeping a close eye on the “Ring General,” looking for his chance to strike one of the heaviest hitters in the WWE on his home turf […]

The first ever Bash in Berlin WWE PLE has a stacked match card, including Gunther taking on Randy Orton, Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley vs. Dominik Mysterio and Liv Mordan, and CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre in a strap match. Unlike most B-level WWE PLEs, Bash in Berlin has high stakes and hot feuds. The […]

For the vast majority of his WWE career, Randy Orton has been a heel and darn good at it. Now sure, every once in a while Orton would put on a smile and do the right thing for a time, but even the most optimistic fan had to know that such moments were only fleeting, […]

Before he won King of the Ring, the Intercontinental Champion, or even started going by Gunther, the “Ringer General” was known as Walter and was the arguably most prolific performer in the history of NXT UK. Originally signed by WWE in 2019 after a fantastic indie run all over the world, Gunther formed Imperium in […]

When it comes to professional wrestling on Monday Night RAW, you would be hard-pressed to find a more respected man than the “King General” Gunther. Dubbed the best wrestler in the world by Finn Balor in a recent interview, Gunther routinely garners some of the best match ratings of any member of the WWE Universe, […]

When it comes to professional wrestlers in WWE right now, few active performers have the resume of Finn Balor. One-half of the RAW Tag Team Champions alongside his protege, JD McDonagh, Balor has wrestled all over the world, founded Bullet Club in New Japan, and holds the distinction of being the first-ever WWE Universal Champion, […]

When Sami Zayn took the ring against Gunther at WrestleMania 40, he knew he needed to pull everything out of his bag of tricks to end the longest Intercontinental Championship reign of all time. With Chad Gable in his corner, Kevin Owens still supporting him from afar, and seemingly the entire WWE Universe pushing for […]

At King and Queen of the Ring in Saudi Arabia, the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time, Gunther, added another huge anecdote to his career: King of the Ring. A prominent international performer who went from dominating the indies to dominating NXT UK and now the USA Network weekly on RAW, Gunther carried himself like […]

After becoming the new King of the Ring in a mildly contested finish at the end of King and Queen of the Ring, Gunther was afforded his first chance to address the WWE Universe since winning the crown in Saudi Arabia, and needless to say, he had plenty to address in front of a crowd […]

When news broke that Ilja Dragunov was going to wrestle Jey Uso in the main event of Monday Night RAW for a chance to challenge Gunther in the semi-finals of the King of the Ring Tournament, it got fans hyped. One of the true stalwarts of NXT UK who actually ended Walter-now-Gunther’s title reign at […]

In a move that shouldn’t have been too surprising, considering how his run with the NXT Championship came to an end at Spring Breakin’ 2024, Ilja Dragunov officially heard his name called on Day 2 of the 2024 WWE Draft, joining fellow former NXT standouts Kiana James and Lyra Valkyria on the RAW starting next […]

After spending years yucking it up with Otis as a babyface mid-carder under the Alpha Academy banner, Chad Gable has officially turned to the dark side once more, transforming himself into a domineering taskmaster who decided to leave all of the goofiness on the Road to WrestleMania in favor of becoming a straight up killer […]

After finally breaking the glass ceiling set by The Honky Tonk Man to become the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time, WWE had one last question to answer regarding the “Ring General” Gunther: Who would end his reign with the title? As Cody Rhodes said on the penultimate edition of Smackdown before Backlash, winning a […]

After spending weeks getting their gameplan together for an Intercontinental Championship match for the ages with Gunther at WrestleMania 40, Chad Gable and Sami Zayn will soon find themselves on opposite sides of the versus symbol on RAW, with the former challenging the latter for his newly won strap in his first official title defense […]

With WrestleMania 40 officially in the rearview mirror, with the fallout edition of Monday Night RAW effectively serving as the first page of a new WWE book, one has to wonder what the future will hold for the protagonist of the promotion, Cody Rhodes, who now not only finds himself the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion […]

After being the ultimate underdog heading into WrestleMania 40, Sami Zayn was able to do what 20 men before him couldn’t: unseat the “Ring General” Gunther on his 666th day as the Intercontinental Champion. Fans celebrated the moment online; the crowd in South Philadelphia went absolutely bananas, and no one was more excited about the […]

Heading into WrestleMania 40, the narrative pushed by WWE and present online was one and the same: is Sami Zayn a good enough wrestler to end Gunther’s 666-day reigns as the Intercontinental Champion? Sure, Zayn has accomplished a lot during his professional wrestling career, and just ended The Usos’ record-breaking reign alongside Kevin Owens last […]

After bearly wrestling any matches on the indies under his former moniker Stevie McFly on the indies – though, unrelated, another high-flying redhead, El Generico, had a very successful indie career – Sami Zayn has been a massive history maker as a member of the WWE Universe, establishing the NXT style during his tenure with […]

With WrestleMania 40 rapidly approaching, fans of the sport have been keying in on which matches they are most excited about at the “Showcase of the Immortals,” from Sami Zayn’s match against Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship to the Damage CTRL Civil War between IYO SKY and Bayley, and the two matches featuring Cody Rhodes […]

When Booker T broke the news on his Hall of Fame podcast that Sami Zayn was disappointed by the response he received to his match with Chad Gable on RAW, it came as a bit of a surprise. Sure, the conditions by which the reporting happened were totally cool, as Booker and Zayn ended up […]

After securing the decisive win over five other Superstars in a Gauntlet match to decide on the next challenger for Gunther’s Intercontinental Championship, Sami Zayn was riding high. Suddenly, after weeks and weeks of hoping for his chance to land a spot on the “Showcase of the Immortals,” Zayn had punched his ticket to the […]

When it comes to professional wrestling, few performers do it the way AEW’s Malakai Black does it. A road-tested performer who has worked for dozens of promotions around the world over the past two-plus decades, Black has forged a unique relationship with fans around the world with his unique brand of storytelling, going so far […]

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, Chad Gable finally earned his chance to punch his ticket to WrestleMania 40 and, more importantly, his chance at revenge against Gunther, the “Ring General,” Intercontinental Champion, and the man who made his daughter cry during their fantastic championship match last fall on RAW. On paper, the rules were […]

When news broke that Sami Zayn was going to be one of the competitors in a six-way Gauntlet match to decide on Gunther’s Intercontinental Championship challenger at WrestleMania 40, it felt like a perfect chance for the “Underdog from the Underground” to finally secure his spot at the “Showcase of the Immortals.” Sure, Zayn has […]

After weeks of feeling sullen about his future within the WWE Universe, Sami Zayn was finally afforded a light at the end of the tunnel on the first RAW of March, when Adam Pearce, perplexed as to who should challenge Gunther at WrestleMania 40, announced a Six-Way Gauntlet match to decide on the next Intercontinental […]

For a time in 2023, it looked like Chad Gable was going to be the man who unseated Gunther as the Intercontinental Champion. Initially entering into a program with Imperium as part of an Alpha Academy comedy schtick, Gable rapidly proved he was a legitimate worker capable of lasting five minutes and eventually even longer […]

When news broke that Gunther was going to address the WWE Universe about the future of his run as the Intercontinental Champion, it caused more than a few fans to lean forward in their seats. With Brock Lesnar officially off the table for a match at WrestleMania 40, with the “Beast Incarnate” likely out of […]

The Ring General and leader of IMPERIUM Gunther continues to be a dominant figure in WWE TV, and his latest WWE 2K24 ratings reflect this. Imperium’s Gunther is dominating in the WWE, setting a new record for the most days with the WWE Intercontinental Championship in a single reign, and becoming one of WWE’s longest-reigning […]

When it comes to main roster dominance, few WWE Superstars have as dominant a resume as Brock Lesnar. A mountain of a man with a borderline unmatched physique, Lesnar has pretty much accomplished everything one can in the world of combat sports, becoming the only man in history to hold the NCAA Heavyweight Champion, the […]