Je’Von Evans opens up about opportunity to face Gunther
21-year-old Je’Von Evans has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the wrestling business since signing with WWE in late 2023.
Evans has challenged for the United States Championship on SmackDown, wrestled Randy Orton on NXT TV, competed for the NXT Championship on numerous occasions, been heavily featured in the cross-brand partnership between WWE and TNA, and won the Rookie of the Year award from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter readers in 2024.
On this Monday’s WWE Raw, Evans will have perhaps his most high-profile match to date in taking on Gunther in The Last Time is Now tournament to determine John Cena’s final opponent in his debut match on the Raw brand.
Appearing on The Ringer Wrestling Show/The Masked Man Show with Kaz, Evans addressed his upcoming match with Gunther and what it means to him at this point in his career.
“I’m excited. I’m nervous, of course. And when I get there bro, I’m gonna have so many butterflies and all. I’ve literally watched Gunther for a very long time. I was watching Gunther on the indies, you know what I mean? Because I wanted to learn how to work against bigger people. And he was a great example of that.”
Evans continued:
“I know it’s gonna be a hard fight, bro. We’re gonna be scrapping. I’m not gonna back down either. You chop me? I’m gonna chop you back, OG. This is a great opportunity to showcase what I can do.”
The full episode is embedded below.
An F4WOnline Editor since 2019, Ethan has been covering wrestling and MMA since 2011. He has hosted The Wrestling Life Podcast since 2014, and is a former Baltimore Sun TV/Tribune Media contributor. He is also a Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles fan.