Gunther wants to be the new end boss.
Gunther appeared on the 2023 Busted Open Holiday Party and was asked whether he had an opponent in mind that he wanted to face at WrestleMania 40.
The Ring General said that he doesn’t need to target anyone, but feels like Brock Lesnar might be someone he needs to test himself against.
“I’m always in the position of, I don’t have to seek out anyone,” Gunther said. “I’m the one with the target on his back. Whatever comes, comes. But ideally, I feel like, I don’t know if WrestleMania 40 is the time for that, we’ll see. But I feel like in the long run, the one name I always bring up is Brock because I feel like I’m the end boss to a lot of people, but I feel like Brock is somebody that perfected being an end boss, and I gotta prove myself with him in the ring.”
A man’s man matchup
Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Booker T seems to agree with that. He is convinced that Gunther and Lesnar should face each other and recently spoke about the situation on his Hall Of Fame podcast.
“Brock [vs.] GUNTHER, that’s a man’s man matchup right there. Anybody that loves this business and loves wrestling, they should want to see that matchup right there. That one right there is a main event anywhere in the world. It’s got to be close to the main event on night one [of WrestleMania] maybe … This is a big match, GUNTHER and Brock. That’s like two heavyweight boxers. You cannot undermine that match thinking that it’s not going to be the biggest thing on the card. It’s going to be the biggest thing people want to see. It’s not gonna be like any match on the card. There’s not gonna be [any] playing, no jumping, no diving. Oh my God, I can only imagine how that thing is going to turn out,” Booker T said.
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