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WWE star Gunther has addressed rumours that he was set to face Brock Lesnar at this year's WrestleMania.
Gunther has been one of the stars in the company since joining the main roster full time in April 2022, enjoying a record-breaking 666-day Intercontinental Championship reign before losing it to Sami Zayn at 'Mania this year.
Touted by many as a future world champion, he has won fans over with his hard-hitting matches and work rate, bringing the entertainment he showed on both NXT UK and NXT.
He put on one of the matches of the show with Zayn on the grandest stage of them all, put there were reports that he was set to face an entirely different opponent at the event.
Speaking exclusively to Mail Sport, Gunther addressed suggestions he was supposed to face Lesnar, and gave his opinion on potentially doing so in the future.
WWE star Gunther has addressed rumours that he was set to face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania this year
The two had a brief face off in the Royal Rumble but their 'Mania match didn't materialise
The 'Ring General' admitted he is open to stepping in the ring with Lesnar in the future if the opportunity presents itself
'Of course, I heard something about it,' he said. 'I always saw Brock as my final boss.
'I always get portrayed as that, as the NXT UK Champion, the Intercontinental Champion, I was like the final boss of that division. And Brock, for a long time, was the final boss of the whole company. So I always saw myself in my future to be in a similar position to him, and to be that you've got to get in the ring with that guy.
'We'll see if there's a chance for it to happen again. I'm more than up for it. How the situation is exactly right now, I'm really not that informed about it, to be honest. I think we had that one face off in the Royal Rumble, the reaction that was there and that was a confirmation for me.'
According to the Wall Street Journal, Lesnar has been linked to Vince McMahon's sex trafficking lawsuit.
He has not been seen in the company since, with his last WWE appearance coming at SummerSlam in August, when he faced Cody Rhodes.
McMahon, meanwhile, has stepped away from the company amid the lawsuit, resigning from the board at parent company TKO in January with Triple H taking full creative control.
The former WWE boss had initially stepped down as chairman and CEO in June 2022, two months after Gunther joined the main roster full time.
The 'Ring General' has since flourished under the leadership of Triple H, and revealed how thankful he is to be a part of the new era.
He also opened up on why the way WWE shows were run by former boss Vince McMahon (pictured) was 'never appealing' to him
The former Intercontinental Champion has thrived under now-chief Triple H (pictured)
'I think one of the reasons why I didn't want to go to the US for a long time was because Raw and SmackDown under Vince's vision at that time was something that was never appealing to me as a wrestler,' he said. 'It was just not what I was interested in.
'I'm a throwback, and I like to have my time for my matches, and I like to have to focus on what I do in the ring, and not the bells and whistles around it. And that experience back then [at Survivor Series 2019] was almost a confirmation for that.
'I'm a throwback, and I like to have my time for my matches, and I like to have to focus on what I do in the ring, and not the bells and whistles around it. And that experience back then was, like, almost a confirmation for that.
'I got really lucky, I always had a good relationship with Triple H, and a lot of things fell in place at the right time for me, and with how everything is run now. I think it's way more modern, it's more intelligent in terms of placing certain talent and showcasing their strengths. So it's a very exciting time, and I think the our fans can feel it's like a like a breath of fresh air.'
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