Gunther talks his duty as WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
At SummerSlam 2024, Gunther would capture the WWE World Heavyweight Champioship, defeating Damian Priest to capture the title. Since then, Gunther has defended against the likes of Priest, Sami Zayn and Jey Uso, who 'The Ring General' will face off with at WrestleMania 41.
While speaking to Sam Roberts on The RAW Recap, Gunther was asked if he feels the pressure of heading into a big title match.
"I never had an issue with fitting in those situations. I always knew what I'm capable of. I always knew where I belonged, so it was never a question for me that I would end up in those positions. Even though this year it's not the scenario I wanted to be in, I have an opponent that's overreaching by a mile, that is not on my level, and that's what I'm carrying around with me right now, and going into that, if you ask me, am I excited? I don't know. I don't think there's much excitement to that. I think there's mostly... I'm a professional. I'm a professional wrestler. I'm the World Heavyweight Champion. There's a duty to fulfill, and I'm going to do that."
Gunther was then asked about measuring excitement heading into a WrestleMania match, with Gunther once again noting it is part of his duty as World Heavyweight Champion.
"I think my personal feelings, it's too intimate of a question to answer, I think. I'm here to fulfill my duties as World Heavyweight Champion. That's what I'm doing right now."
On April 7th's edition of WWE Monday Night RAW, Gunther came face to face with Jey Uso after bloodying his brother Jimmy on last week's RAW. You can read more about that here.
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