Gunther: “I don’t consider myself a sports entertainer, I consider myself a professional wrestler”

Gunther will face John Cena in Cena’s retirement match at Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 13th 2025. Ahead of the show, Gunther commented on the match in an interview with People.com…

“I don’t consider myself a sports entertainer. I consider myself a professional wrestler. Maybe that’s where the distinction is in this whole thing. It’s undeniable: He’s the greatest of all time. He’s the greatest sports entertainer of all time. And that’s how I always saw myself as different.”

“Obviously it’s a big deal and I am proud to be in that situation. I came up in Europe and took a different route to WWE than everybody else and I represent a little bit of the new wave of wrestlers to have come into WWE recently. I guess if you compare it like that, it really is a passing of the torch match because it’s two different styles and two completely different generations. It makes me proud to be the guy that got picked for that.”