Gunther was called up to the main roster in April 2022 after a successful run in NXT UK and NXT.
Within two months, Gunther won the WWE Intercontinental Championship from Ricochet. Gunther's reign began with Vince McMahon in charge of creative, but Vince retired in June 2022 after allegations of sexual misconduct and hush money.
When Triple H took over creative, Gunther continued to thrive, becoming the longest-reigning WWE IC Champion of all time and eventually winning the WWE World Heavyweight Title.
Speaking to Ariel Helwani on the Ariel Helwani Show, Gunther was asked if he thought he would have the same success under Vince.
"I was under Vince for four months and it was a strange work experience. The direction was very confusing. It was hard to figure out what was expected of me. Usually, there is not an issue with that. At the end of the day, everything came around for me. It was lucky in my career in terms of timing. Right place at the right time. (I've always been) a Hunter guy. That's been my whole career in WWE. My directions came from Hunter," said Gunther.
Asked if he was happy under Vince, Gunther replied, "As a person, I struggle to go along with things if I can't logically get them. If there's no objective reason for things then I struggle. I give up quickly. 'Okay, I don't want to bother with this.' Overall, I don't think it had gotten that far yet. It was just a little bit of a confusing time. I had two conversations with Vince, very brief. It was very hard to get to anything with him. It was a strange work experience. It also might be a background thing, culturally because NXT is run differently with instructions. All the jobs I had, the regular jobs in Germany, it's as straight forward as it gets. You get told to do all the time and if it's not done to the highest grade then you get told right away. It's very different work culture."
Vince would return to the WWE board in January 2023 before resigning in January 2024 after a lawsuit was filed by former employee Janel Grant accusing Vince of sexual assault and sex trafficking.
Elsewhere during the interview, Gunther commented on re-signing with WWE. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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