Gunther has been on a dominant path in WWE, however the Ring Normal has his sights set on an even bigger problem, and that’s shutting down John Cena‘s hopes of a record-setting seventeenth world title earlier than the legend retires. Since profitable the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam by defeating Damian Priest, Gunther has been looking for the proper competitors to raise his reign. Whereas Jey Uso has stepped up as his WrestleMania 41 challenger, the Austrian powerhouse isn’t precisely thrilled with the match-up, or with Jey’s ‘Yeeting’ fanbase. In a current interview with Mail Sport, Gunther revealed he had hoped to face somebody who was already a step forward of him in WWE.

“I am not concerned with wrestling Jey at WrestleMania. I was on the lookout for anyone who is likely one of the previous few remaining guys on the roster that I’d say are possibly one step forward of me. It could have been good to be in there with certainly one of them, to deliver them down one inch and make a step up.”

Regardless of his reluctance, Gunther acknowledged that Uso’s underdog story is placing a chord with followers, evaluating it to Daniel Bryan’s Sure Motion again in 2014, when the followers basically willed Bryan into the primary occasion scene of WrestleMania when artistic plans by no means meant for it. “There’s all these dream matches on the market,” stated Gunther. “However however, I believe when you have anyone like Jey that has such a motion behind him and such assist from the viewers, you’ve got to do one thing with that.”

Gunther Needs To Beat John Cena

With Cena within the remaining stretch of his WWE profession, many anticipated him to win the Royal Rumble and arrange a WrestleMania showdown for his historic seventeenth world title. As a substitute, Uso booted him out of the ring and shocked the world, however that doesn’t imply Gunther is letting Cena off the hook simply but. “It is the final probability to get within the ring with him, so if that ever turns into a risk, I’d positively take that,” Gunther stated of a possible match with Cena.

“John Cena is clearly one of many wrestlers you possibly can put onto Mount Rushmore. If I get the prospect, I’d positively like to try this. Perhaps I can find yourself as his final probability to win a championship sooner or later in that yr, and I could be the one which crushes all these goals. That will be very satisfying.”

Gunther takes on Jey Uso for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 41 on April 19 and 20, streaming on Peacock. Keep tuned to Collider for extra on WWE.