Seth Rollins explains why Gunther has an advantage at WWE Night of Champions
Seth Rollins shared his pick to walk out of Night of Champions with the WWE Championship.
While promoting his steel cage match against Bron Breakker on ESPN Get Up, he gave insight on the participants of the triple threat bout for the WWE Title. He expressed Gunther as his favored pick to gain victory noting how Rhodes and Zayn are interlocked in a personal rivalry. In his view, that dynamic works in Gunther’s favor whose sole focus is on winning gold.
“I think the most to lose is the champion. That’s always the case. I think Cody Rhodes is someone who is a fighting champion, who’s not afraid to pick a fight. As a matter of fact, he asked for this match, he asked to be put in a triple threat match with both these guys who are extremely dangerous competitors.”
“Gunther, someone that I was in the ring with at WrestleMania, actually beat me at WrestleMania thanks to Bron Breakker.”
“And Sami Zayn, someone who I’ve known for over 20 years, is one of the best in the game.”
“So, I think Cody’s got the most to lose because he’s the champion, and the odds are a little bit against him, because he does not have to be pinned or submitted to lose his title.”
“I think the person with the best advantage, if I’m being honest, currently, is Gunther. He’s got the size advantage, and also, he’s not really locked into the personal issue that seems to be going on between Cody and Sami Zayn, right? Sami and Cody, they’ve been friends, and now they’re enemies, but not quite, there’s a lot of emotion that’s involved there.”
“Gunther, he’s able to isolate from that. He takes the emotion and puts it aside. He’s there to do a job, and that’s (to) win the title, and that makes him an extremely dangerous participant in this triple threat.”
WWE Night of Champions will take place on June 27. It will feature the King and Queen of the Ring tournament finals with Jey Uso colliding with Oba Femi, and IYO SKY against Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan. Trick Williams will defend the United States Championship against Ricky Saints while Tiffany Stratton puts her title on the line against Jade Cargill.
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