Gunther has been pushed as a top star since his arrival in WWE when he signed with the company in 2019 and made the NXT UK Champion. He held the NXT UK title for over 800 days before dropping it and moving to NXT.
Gunther was called up to the main roster earlier this year on SmackDown and is now the Intercontinental Champion.
While speaking on the Out of Character podcast, he discussed the difference between NXT and the main roster.
“I think at the end of the day, when it comes to what happens in the ring, wrestling is wrestling. For me, at least it doesn’t matter if it’s in front of 50 people or if it’s in front of a bunch of thousands of people. Obviously, the difference is all the happenings around it,” Gunther stated. “There are way more people involved. A lot more stuff has to happen in a shorter amount of time.”
Gunther continued, “It’s not too different, but it’s obviously just NXT is a little bit [more] strict and organized. Because the people involved are less experienced, I will say, like the talent and stuff. While it’s a little bit more relaxed I would call it on SmackDown in my experience because everybody’s way more experienced and can get all the stuff done. Like tick, tick, tick, tick, one after the other. Everything has its little routine. It’s a little bit more relaxed in terms of nobody’s really tense or freaked out about what they have to do. “
In this interview, Gunther also talked about his weight loss and WWE changing his ring name.
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