10 New Directions For WWE After Backlash 2024

6. GUNTHER = King Of The Ring

Drew McIntyre Damian Priest
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Is anybody on the men's side better placed to become King Of The Ring than record-breaking ex-Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER? WWE decided to streamline his Imperium group by moving Giovanni Vinci to SmackDown in the Draft, and GUNTHER is still hopeful Ludwig Kaiser will prove his worth over time.

Kaiser could do exactly that by helping his leader become King. Hooray!

Most expect the winner of the tourney to bag a World Title crack at SummerSlam. GUNTHER challenging Cody Rhodes for the WWE Title sounds fantastic - it'd be some main event for the August PLE. People have been salivating at the thought since Cody and GUNTHER locked horns in the Rumble ages ago.

Like with Tiffany Stratton, the promotion should avoid turning GUNTHER into this generation's 'King' Sheamus by dressing him in some garish outfit and having him do his best King Booker impression. Nobody's topping "Bookah", so why even try? GUNTHER can be King without all the cartoony stuff.

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