7 New Directions For WWE After Saturday Night's Main Event (13 Dec)
1. Gunther Preparing For His Dream Match
Wrestling machine Gunther retired Goldberg and John Cena in 2025. Now, the 'Ring General's' attentions will turn to Brock Lesnar. That’s a match he’s been very vocal about wanting for a long time. WWE have wanted to book it too, but circumstances meant they couldn’t. There's nothing stopping them in 2026.
Brock vs. Gunther has WrestleMania 42 written all over it. It'd be presented as terminator vs. terminator. It's Arnie vs. Robert Patrick, bah gawd! Smell the buyrate, and all that. Lesnar is definitely in the T-800 role compared to Gunther's liquid T-1000. Bonus points if Brock rolls in on a Harley and Gunther says: 'Nice bike'.
Cena might've given the game away on Lesnar's own retirement plans during a chat with Chris Van Vliet. If that's the case and Brock is going to retire at SummerSlam in Minneapolis next August, then he simply can't do so without putting Gunther over at least once. Screw it, have Gunther beat Brock at 'Mania and again at SummerSlam.
Cue arguments about the Austrian 'not really needing' these moments. Whether he needs them or not, WWE seem intent on giving Gunther everything their universe has to offer. When you see the high quality of his performances (the latest example coming against Cena on Saturday night), then it's impossible to be mad at that for long.
'Machine vs. Beast' incoming.
Where else can you see WWE booking going after John Cena's last match at Saturday Night's Main Event? For more wrestling, check out 25 Things You Didn't Know About John Cena and 4 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (12 Dec - Results & Review)!