Gunther Says He Is Doing A ‘Good Service To The Sport’ By Retiring Talent Like AJ Styles

Gunther speaks on retiring wrestlers such as AJ Styles, John Cena and Goldberg.

In the past year, Gunther has begun to knock off some legendary talent in what would be their final matches, including John Cena, Goldberg and most recently at the WWE Royal Rumble, he would defeat and retire AJ Styles by choking him out. Now, Gunther has explained that he is doing a service to the sport.

While speaking to the Rumble Recap podcast in a new interview, Gunther was asked about doing better with utter silence from the crowd.

“But the question is like, what do you get out of it? What does everybody else get out of it? It’s like, I’m doing a good service to the sport, to the business of professional wrestling, because there’s all those guys, they always think they’re welcome, they chase another moment, and nobody takes the time and invests their energy in stepping up to them and make them understand, ‘hey, get out of here.’ It’s like, you’ve done your thing. It’s time to move on and take moments away from people far greater like myself. So that’s what it is. Simple as that. You can blame me for what it is, but my career is not built on what fans think about me. My career is not built on Goldberg, John Cena, AJ Styles. My career is built on the results I deliver, the performances I deliver. That’s what it’s built on.”

Elsewhere on the WWE Royal Rumble post show, Gunther noted that he made AJ Styles ‘pass out like a little bitch’. You can read more about that here.

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