On Monday’s episode of “WWE Raw,” Gunther made his first appearance since making John Cena tap out at Saturday Night’s Most important Event, and the response was near seismic. Recapping the segment on “Busted Open Radio,” WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray indicated that he was a fan of the promo, but there was one element that he didn’t like a bit later within the show.
“I hope they write into the storyline that Gunther chokes out Adam Pearce and he’s in a coma for months,” Bully said. “What the f**k is Adam Pearce emasculating Gunther for? Because he didn’t like what Gunther said?”
Following Gunther’s promo in front of the live crowd, Pearce was seen yelling at him backstage before sending the wrestler home. Evidently Bully’s problem with the interaction was that Pearce must be more intimidated by the person who has now retired each Cena and Goldberg.
“You may have Adam Pearce throw out Gunther? This monster heel that we just created over the past 48 [hours]?” Bully continued. “And what does Gunther do? He just sits there and takes it and goes home? And that is one in every of the last things we saw? Come on, man. Turn that entire segment around.”
Bully would’ve fairly seen Pearce try to punish Gunther in a roundabout way, equivalent to by booking him right into a match, just for Gunther to shut him down by telling Pearce he’s going home. This fashion, Gunther would’ve come out of the segment looking just like the one on top of things, as Bully believes he must be.
“The one way, in my eyes, to make what they did … work, was to have it proceed to occur, where Pearce is voicing his displeasure on Gunther, after which Gunther eventually just chokes him out,” Bully stated.
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