Vince McMahon Was Planning To ‘Bury’ Gunther On The WWE Main Roster

Gunther had an amazing run in NXT UK as he became the longest-reigning champion in modern WWE by holding the NXT UK Title for a record 870 days. He dropped the title to Ilja Dragunov at NXT TakeOver 36. Vince McMahon was also planning on burying Gunther.

Gunther finally made his way to the US as part of the NXT roster as well. Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser made their main roster debut on Friday Night Smackdown earlier this year.

Gunther also won the Intercontinental Championship back in June. According to Wrestle Votes on Twitter, Vince McMahon planned on burying Gunther on the main roster.

Following his appearance on RAW on 7/4, those in power at the time really soured on Gunther for whatever ridiculous reason. To the point where a burial on TV was coming. Just a month later and quite the difference…

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Gunther also defended his title against Shinsuke Nakamura in a solid match on Smackdown. We’ll have to see what is next in store for him.

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