Gunther defeated Jey Uso on Saturday Evening’s Predominant Occasion to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
In a battle of brawn versus high-flying agility, Uso absorbed loads of heavy blows whereas dishing them again at Gunther.
Nevertheless, the 6’4″ powerhouse proved an excessive amount of for Uso, who succumbed to 2 consecutive powerbombs earlier than falling through pinfall.
Uso and Gunther did battle as soon as final yr over the Intercontinental Championship, and Gunther got here out on high, however the stakes had been even increased for his or her conflict on Saturday.
A number of weeks in the past, Gunther lower a promo and expressed his perception that nothing anybody did on Uncooked’s debut episode on Netflix actually mattered since everybody’s focus ought to solely be on making an attempt to beat him for the world title.
That introduced Uso to the ring, and he instantly made it clear that he wished to take the world title from the Ring Normal.
Uso famous that since he had moved previous household enterprise, which included the unique Bloodline beating the brand new Bloodline in WarGames and Roman Reigns beating Solo Sikoa to regain his title as Tribal Chief, he was prepared to maneuver on to the subsequent stage of his profession.
Whereas Jey had a short, month-long reign as intercontinental champion final yr, he entered Saturday in the hunt for his first-ever world title, and he expressed his perception that he was able to get to that stage.
Nevertheless, as Gunther so typically does, he dismissed Jey’s possibilities of beating him and steered that he was not lower out for world championship rivalry.
Gunther vowed to show that Jey is nothing greater than a superb tag group wrestler, and he left it as much as Jey if he wished to threat the embarrassment of shedding on the massive stage.
By no means one to again down from a problem, Jey accepted, which arrange arguably the most important match of his profession at Saturday Evening’s Predominant Occasion.
Whereas Jey fought valiantly, he in the end fell brief in opposition to Gunther, leaving his path to WrestleMania 41 in a state of uncertainty.
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