by Gunther defended his WWE IC Title against Sami Zayn at WWE WrestleMania 40. Both took each other to their absolute extent but at the end, Sami Zayn defeated Gunther to become the new WWE IC Champion.
Gunther recently was on Gorilla Position podcast, where he talked about Sami Zayn dethroning him. Gunther feels Sami was one of the right wrestler to dethrone him.
“I don’t think there was one right person. I think there would have been a few options. Chad is the other one that would have made a lot of sense. Sami is definitely one of those where it was ‘he’s the right guy to do it.’ He’s absolutely a fantastic professional wrestler. He has the natural connection with the audience. He’s really the underdog that people can connect with and understand the struggle.”
“It’s naturally the personality he is. He doesn’t look like the perfect athlete. That’s not who he is or ever was. That also adds to the people having a connection because basically nobody in our audience is a perfect person. It’s a very human thing to not be perfect. It’s very easy to connect with it and to go through those struggles with that person. On top of that, he’s fantastic in the ring and has been for years. To do the match with him at the biggest stage possible and go out in the biggest way possible, I was very happy with that. It was a very successful ending to that reign,” (H/T: Fightful)
