Gunther Makes Shocking Statement About His WWE Retirement

Gunther talks about his retirement plans.

The Ring General kicked off his wrestling career in 2005 on the independent scene in Austria and Europe, honing his craft on the indies before joining WWE.

Therefore, he has been in the business for two decades now. He is only 38-years-old, and he still has plenty of years to dominate the squared circle.

Speaking to Host Branson Quirke of TMZ’s Inside The Ring, Gunther mentioned his retirement is still a long way off, perhaps a decade from now.

He told Branson that he has a lot of stars to beat and legends to crush before he hangs up his wrestling boots.

Gunther: So I give that to you now. In 10 years time or something, they’re going to stand there and cry over me losing in my last match. It’s what they do.

Host Branson Quirke: Are you saying that Gunther’s farewell tour is going to be bigger than John Cena’s?

Gunther: I don’t know. Maybe there isn’t even a farewell tour. We’ll see. There’s a time ahead. I still got many years ahead in my prime, pinning and submitting people. So, we figure that out when it’s time. (From 7:36 – 8:02)

This topic came up when they were discussing fans’ emotional reaction to John Cena’s retirement.

Gunther Suggests John Cena’s Fans Caused Their Own Heartbreak at WWE SNME

Speaking of which, Gunther also addressed facing the heat and backlash from fans for retiring The Never Seen 17 in the interview.

He called the fans naive for believing that Cena would never give up in his life. If they weren’t so naive, they wouldn’t have gotten their hearts broken at SNME.

Suck it up. In German, we got a saying that says, “Everything’s got an end, but a sausage got two.

So, if you’ve been naive enough to think that all of that never give up stuff is going to hold up forever, then yeah, blame yourself. You’ve been naive enough. (From 4:07)

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