Gunther Chokes Out Pat McAfee & Michael Cole On WWE Raw

Gunther has responded to his huge WrestleMania loss by taking his anger out on Michael Cole and Pat McAfee on WWE Raw.

At WrestleMania 41, Gunther put his World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Jey Uso in the opening contest of the weekend. Uso survived the worst of The Ring General’s offence and even used it against him as Jey Uso tapped out Gunther with a sleeper hold to win the World Heavyweight Title for the first time in his career.

And Gunther was not happy in the slightest.

Jey Uso came to the ring with a huge “Yeet-a-long” entrance in Allegiant Stadium with Pat McAfee and Michael Cole joining in enthusiastically while Wade Barrett maintained some professionalism at the announce desk. And Barrett might be very glad he did.

Gunther Gets Violent On Raw

On Raw in Las Vegas, the fans chanted “you tapped out” at Gunther, which only added to his already raging anger after losing his title. Gunther confronted Michael Cole about the situation, with Cole replying that he wasn’t the one who tapped out. The former champion locked Cole into a chokehold before Pat McAfee broke it up. As officials ran out to stop the situation from escalating, Gunther locked McAfee in a chokehold and choked him out.

Adam Pearce asked Cole to take the rest of the night off but Cole demanded to continue, noting that he wasn’t going to let a bully stop him from having opinions or having fun and from doing his job. SmackDown’s Joe Tessitore replaced McAfee for the rest of the broadcast.