{"id":342131,"date":"2026-05-28T21:11:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=342131"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:41:57","slug":"italian-soccer-legend-backs-gunther-ahead-of-wwe-clash-in-italy-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/italian-soccer-legend-backs-gunther-ahead-of-wwe-clash-in-italy-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Soccer Legend Backs GUNTHER Ahead Of WWE Clash In Italy 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_91\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>A soccer legend who performed at multiple World Cup tournaments has thrown their weight behind GUNTHER ahead of WWE Clash In Italy 2026.<\/p>\n<p>At this weekend\u2019s pay-per-view event, GUNTHER will challenge Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, in GUNTHER\u2019s first singles match for the title.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Netflix Italia, GUNTHER was asked about his favorite Italian soccer player and named Roberto Baggio.<\/p>\n<p>GUNTHER recalled watching Baggio in the course of the 1994 World Cup tournament because the time when he became a football fan.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix Italia then shared that Baggia had a message for GUNTHER. He said,<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cHi GUNTHER, it\u2019s Roby. I saw the images of you wearing my jersey during training. Thanks a lot, I actually appreciate it. I hope all of this brings you good luck for Clash in Italy, and naturally, your life typically. Big hug, see you soon, ciao!\u201d<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>GUNTHER is a two-time World Heavyweight Champion, in addition to the longest-reigning WWE Intercontinental and WWE NXT UK Champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ROBERTO BAGGIO entra in live da DARIO MOCCIA! I retroscena della WWE con Maurizio Merluzzo e Gunther\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CB2EGIUAa0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A soccer legend who performed at multiple World Cup tournaments has thrown their weight behind GUNTHER ahead of WWE Clash In Italy 2026. At this weekend\u2019s pay-per-view event, GUNTHER will challenge Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, in GUNTHER\u2019s first singles match for the title. In an interview with Netflix Italia, GUNTHER was asked about his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[1127,761,1128,21940,4844,9059,3638,16987,6221],"class_list":["post-342131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ahead","tag-backs","tag-clash","tag-gunther","tag-italian","tag-italy","tag-legend","tag-soccer","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342134,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342131\/revisions\/342134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}