WWE: Randy Orton im Interview über Gunther und das Match beim „Bash in Berlin“ am 31.08.2024

Randy Orton bekundete Anfang der Woche in einem Interview mit Daily Mail was er von seinem Gegner beim ersten Premium Live Event in Deutschland, dem „Bash in Berlin„, hält. Der amtierende World Heavyweight Champion Gunther sei ein großartiges Talent und herausragender Heel.

Die 44-jährige „Viper“ ist der Meinung, das Match der Beiden sollte definitiv der Main Event des Abends sein. Dies würde für Orton der erste Main Event bei einem Premium Live Event seit vier Jahren darstellen (das letzte Singles Match im Main Events eines PLE war in einem Firefly Inferno Match gegen Bray Wyatt bei TLC 2020). Da diese Veranstaltung ganz besonders für ihn sein wird und er die Chance hat, dem Österreicher den Titel abzunehmen und damit 15-facher World Champion zu werden, wird er gemeinsam mit seiner Ehefrau anreisen.

Gunther und Orton bestritten zu letzten ein Match im Finale des „King of the Ring“ Tournaments gegeneinander. Gunther gewann, wenngleich die Schulter von Orton bei Roll-Up nicht gänzlich die Matte berührte.

Yeah, good Gunther. He’s a special talent. There’s no one else like him. He’s as unique as they get. And he was very seasoned. He’s, not a young pup, he’s 36 but, but that’s not a bad thing. 

I think that he’s right smack dab in the middle of his prime. He’s been able to wrestle so many different places, different styles, different talent. And if you look, you talk about his body at work, but look at his physical body. He’s also really busted his ass to get into good shape. 

He moved so well in there for a big man, but at the same time he might as well be 300 pounds and six foot 10, because he the way he moves, the way he is able to work in there with with another human being, he can really torture them and punish them and get that crowd to feel sorry for that other person. He’s an amazing bad guy. 

But I think what’s going to be really interesting about this match Berlin is the crowd is probably going to be a little bit on his side. I think there’s going to be some Randy Orton fans in the crowd, but I think it might be split. You know, he’s a big Austrian boy. Austria is right next to Germany, man, and those German fans are going to love them some counter. So I’m actually bringing my wife over because I don’t want her to miss the atmosphere that’s going to take place at that show on the 31st. It’s going to be insane. 

[…] The fact that we’ve been able to touch already in Saudi at the King of the Ring in the finals there, it just makes me even more confident that we’ll really have great chemistry, like I already know that we’re going to have great chemistry. So knowing that going in, and knowing how important this match is, not only for him, but for me too. 

I’m always out there feeling like I have something to prove. I haven’t had a Main Event PLE match at almost four years. I didn’t realize it had been that long, plenty of PLE since then, but not one of this caliber. So yeah, the crowd is going to be hot and this is going to be a big night. I would love to see us main event this show. 

But I know Cody and Kevin, that’s a big, big match too, but you’ve got a couple good guys in there beating the sh** out of each other. I think me and Gunther should close the night. And I think that it’s going to go down in history is, whether or not I win or lose. People will be talking about this match for a long time, and I know that, because Gunther is such an amazing talent. 

(Quelle: f4wonline/daily mail)