On his Something to Wrestle With podcast, WWE Hall of Famer JBL gave his thoughts on GUNTHER defeating Jey Uso for the World Heavyweight Championship.
JBL praised the move, explaining why he likes to see the company vary the length of its championship reigns to add more intrigue to the show. He also noted that Jey Uso remains a main event star with or without the title and that reuniting with his brother would give him a longer shelf life.
“I like what they did. I don’t know where they’re headed with this, but I kind of like the fact that they changed things up. You know, you go in different spurts. I remember around 2000, at the turn of the decade, you were changing titles all the time. Then all of a sudden, you have guys who hold a title for a very long time. You had Roman, you had Cody; you had guys holding titles a long time. It’s good to switch stuff up. You never know what might happen. We used to always say we should switch some titles on the house shows, just so people know that something could happen.
I think it adds to the intrigue of the show when you don’t just have a champion that you know is not going to lose. Look, Jey’s still in the main event picture. He’s still Jey Uso. I don’t care if he has a title or not; he’s still in the main event picture. The Usos back together? I think that’s fantastic, and it gives Jey a longer shelf life. You know, Jey, fortunately, is part of one of the greatest tag teams of all time, and you can argue that they may end up being the greatest tag team of all time. He can go from being this great singles main event guy to being in this great tag team and back and forth. Man, that is a long shelf life for a guy because now you’re not just limited to one thing you could do.”
JBL also discussed the rumored match between GUNTHER and Goldberg at Saturday Night’s Main Event
I think it’s fantastic. I don’t know what they’re doing with Goldberg, but obviously Goldberg against GUNTHER… you know, you need a big heel like GUNTHER, a big, tough guy. It’s, I think, the perfect matchup for Goldberg, if that’s where they go.”
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