Gunther has now made history, becoming the longest-reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion of all time.
By defeating Chad Gable on Monday’s Raw, Gunther is now set to break The Honky Tonk Man’s 35 year record. Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer discussed the development on Wrestling Observer Radio Tuesday morning.
“I was surprised it lasted this long,” Meltzer said regarding the Honky Tonk Man's reign. “It was inevitable that they’d find somebody. Gunther’s done a great job.”
Both had praise for the main event, which Meltzer called “a super match” and Alvarez saying that it was “awesome”. Despite a valiant fight, Gable came up short, losing after being laid out with a sleeper suplex, a powerbomb, and a clothesline. A young member of Gable’s family at ringside was shown visibly upset over Gable’s loss.
“I wasn’t a fan of focusing on her,” Meltzer said. “She was there for that reason. She was pretty young. If you’re older and a really good actress you can pull that off, that’s awesome. She had that traumatized thing...I wasn’t comfortable with that at all.”
With Gable’s loss, one has to wonder where he’ll go from here.
“Usually, historically, it’s not a good pattern,” Meltzer said.
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