The July 4th edition of WWE Raw was the final straw for Vince McMahon regarding his opinion of Intercontinental Champion Gunther as WrestleVotes reported at the time that McMahon soured on him for some reason and there were plans to bury him on TV following this show.
On the episode, Gunther did an Independence Day segment with R-Truth, leading to a match where Gunther was victorious. Nothing obvious was wrong with Gunther’s performance, but McMahon was upset with Gunther.
While speaking with GiveMeSport, WrestleVotes provided more details on the situation and how Triple H, who took over the main roster creative for McMahon two weeks after this episode of Raw, views Gunther.
“I know that Vince McMahon just didn’t like what he saw on Raw and was over him, like legitimately wanted to bury him, go back to NXT, that type of stuff.”
Per the report, Triple H sees Gunther as someone that can main event major WWE shows. It was said that Gunther’s match with Sheamus at Clash at the Castle helped a lot with the perception of the Intercontinental Champion.
