Gunther Share How did success in WWE Without fashion, betting on a realistic style and faithful to his identity as a fighter. In his most recent fight, “The General of the Ring” lost the World Full Weight Championship at the hands of CM Punk in Summerslam 2025.
► In Gunther's words
“I never pursue this place”
«Never, it may sound a bit arrogant, but I never pursued this place. I never pursued the WWE, it was never like: 'I have to train because I want to get there.'You know?
My only approach was: 'That is what I want to be, and try to be the best possible in that'. And I was firm in that.
For a long time I didn't see me succeed here or never … but I feel that the fact that I did not chase him really helped me. And when I was here, I just went, and that was what they wanted.»
Go in the other direction
«The competition began as something like: 'Oh, I saw that clip in Pwg. Everyone does that. I should do it too '. And it was like: how can I do more? How can I squeeze as much as possible in my fight? And then sell t -shirts and things like that.
And I always thought: 'Did you know? All go in that direction. I'm going to go in the opposite direction. If you want to highlight, just see in the other direction '.
We especially had a group called Ringkampf, which was basically like the original imperium, right? … They were all colorful, a lot of action. We didn't do any of that, we just dressed in black. We talked about sport, we talked about art. That is what matters. Be the etching of that organization, wherever we were.
And yes, that worked very well, because I feel that many times being a good villain also requires a commitment. Because you miss some things, such as more money in the merchandising of the Babyface, and all that. So it is a commitment. But I also feel that, if you are good at that, you can have a very long race.»
