Nick Aldis Says He Found Out About Gunther Match In Saudi Arabia

At WWE Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia, Nick Aldis and Gunther got into a backstage confrontation after Gunther failed to capture the Undisputed WWE Championship in a triple threat match against Sami Zayn and Cody Rhodes.

The angle led to the announcement that Aldis would be facing Gunther at WWE SummerSlam. It was Aldis’ official WWE in-ring debut and his first match in three years.

Speaking on WWE Now, Aldis said he was blown up four minutes into the match, saying that despite all his hard training, getting in the ring is a totally different world.

“When [Ed Koskey] told me, that was in Saudi Arabia, I went, ‘When is SummerSlam?’ ‘August 1.’ ‘Today is June [27]? That’s a month.’ I go, ‘Ed, there is a big difference between physique shape and ring shape. I am not in ring shape.’ Without having too many conversations, I had a pretty good idea of what it was going to be,” he said. “Ed did tell me, ‘Card subject to change.’ I go, ‘Ed, I’m going to work on the basis that it’s happening, because I have go get ready. I’m working on the basis that it is happening, and if isn’t, at least I’ll be in better shape.'”

Though Aldis lost to Gunther, he was reinstated as the SmackDown General Manager after the event.

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