The new World Heavyweight Champion is GUNTHER.
Headlining the post-Money in the Bank edition of Monday Night Raw was Jey Uso defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against GUNTHER.
In what was a 22-minute bout, it was GUNTHER choking Uso out to become a two-time World Heavyweight Champion. After his title win, GUNTHER joined Sam Roberts and Megan Morant on the Raw Recap podcast.
He addressed the perception of his match against Jey and some thinking it would be a 'nothing match' or just another WrestleMania rematch. He then mocked those who thought Goldberg would show up or Seth Rollins was going to cash-in his Money in the Bank contract.
“Thank you (for congratulating me on becoming WWE World Heavyweight Champion). Of course I am. You said it caught everybody by surprise. I don’t know what’s surprising about that. I guess going in, it got perceived as a little bit, like, of a nothing match, just a ‘Mania rematch and everybody was speculating like, Seth Rollins is gonna do something with his briefcase, Goldberg is gonna show up to finally kick my ass. The reality is when I was World Heavyweight Champion the first time, all those big names, they stayed away from me, and for a very good reason. Because ever since I arrived in this company, I’ve been the most dominant guy around here, and yes, I lost at WrestleMania and yes, I lost to Jey Uso and you know what? Give him credit for that. But this is a marathon, not a sprint and in that case, nobody matches me. Nobody’s got the mental ability, nobody’s got the confidence, nobody’s got the stamina to last that long. It’s only me. I’m competing in my own class.”
Jey Uso's title reign clocked out at 52 days. After his loss, he spoke to the live crowd in Phoenix, Arizona and to read his comments, click here.
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