Gunther Says Wrestling Achievements Don’t Matter—Even Main Eventing WrestleMania

Gunther may be one of the most dominant champions in WWE history, but don’t expect him to brag about it — because he says the accolades don’t really matter when you step outside of wrestling’s bubble.

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion opened up during his appearance on Six Feet Under with The Undertaker and Michelle McCool, reflecting on his long list of accomplishments and explaining why he’s not chasing titles or concerned with legacy the way some might expect.

Gunther held the NXT UK Championship for a staggering 870 days before dropping it to Ilja Dragunov. He later went on to set a record-setting 666-day reign with the Intercontinental Title, won the King of the Ring tournament this year, and even retired Goldberg. But none of that, he says, really defines who he is.

“I really enjoying working for the company right now, the people I work with I enjoy working with them. Yeah, fulfill my contract that I have right now and kind of like ride along. I try to get better every time I step in the ring. Its like the small things, they just carry on all the time. It’s not really like, ‘I gotta win this now’ or ‘I gotta achieve this’.”

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When talk turned to big WrestleMania moments, Gunther admitted that even headlining the biggest show of the year wasn’t something he’d let consume his thoughts — not when he has a family to think about.

“For me personally, wrestling accolades — in our bubble, they are good achievements but when I’m outside of that, it’s not really — I don’t know, I don’t want to put stress on my life for that. Before WrestleMania, there was this whole deal where like, is it gonna be the main with Jey and stuff like that. You catch yourself a little bit where you’re like, oh yeah, it should be, it’s for the title. But then, you kick out of it and go, at the end of the day, if I look my son in the face and tell him, ‘Son, I main evented WrestleMania’, he’s not going to give a [fuck] about that. You’ve got to put things in perspective a little bit sometimes.”

Despite his massive success in WWE, Gunther seems content just focusing on the present, doing the work, and keeping his life in perspective. While fans might obsess over titles and stats, The Ring General is making it clear — he’s not letting any of that define his happiness.

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