Joel Torres from Contralona recently did an interview with WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER. Here are some of the highlights:
How does he feel carrying the Intercontinental Championship legacy?
“It is very important obviously. I take great pride in doing it. It might be to the title legacy but also building my own legacy. It’s been a big responsibility so far but also a great experience, I am really enjoying it and I put all my effort into that, all the energy that I have. So far, like I said It’s been a great ride, let’s see how far we can go with it”.
What message does he want to send as IC Champion?
“I don’t specific as the Intercontinental Champion, just in general, I want to be they guy that raises the bar of how serious our sports gets taken to a highest possible level and I think that with Intercontinental Championship I will be able to raise the bar again, as it was down for a while, but I’ve always done that with title runs outside WWE or even in NXT UK. I care about this sport a lot, I think I care about it more than most of the colleagues out there and that’s what I want to deliver in the ring. I would say that I am almost a very selfless guy because all my energy goes into keeping the standards of this sports up and everybody benefits from them”.
On the impact of his match at WrestleMania 39 with Sheamus and Drew McIntyre
“It was very well received. I think in general a good heavyweight fight with guys of certain heights and weight when that gets mixed with a lot of agility and a lot of physicality and high heights in the match… I think that’s one of the most exciting scenarios you can have for any match at any sports. Obviously, I benefited at the end when Drew and Sheamus got really stuck in the personal issue that they have, which I didn’t mind; I think it exposed them a little bit but my mind was focus on the gold as it was supposed to be. I was able to take the win and in general, WrestleMania for myself was a big happening in my career and definitely wasn’t the last one I’ve ever competed in so… I am already focus on what’s next for me, more or less, when it comes to that almost those big milestones in my career, also at the Royal Rumble… I’m focused on doing the best I can on that day and when it’s done my focused is already on the next challenge so I think once my career is over I can look back on all those things and re-enjoy them, if that make sense, but right now I am more in the tunnel, don’t look back, not left, not right… I’m focused in one direction and that is where my efforts goes to”.
Who is the next European wrestler that deserves the gold?
“Besides from me!? At the moment I think the European continent has done it fresher when it come to producing really good wrestlers. Right now obviously ‘Kaiser’ is doing pretty well in the last months, I really think he found the way to stand out even, I would say, without getting the big big chances so really go out there and got a lot of time and show what he can do. He is capable of a lot and a very charismatic guy, even with the limited amount of time that he has he found the way to stand out and I think he would really deserve a chance to get more time and more matches”.
