{"id":123908,"date":"2024-04-09T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123908"},"modified":"2024-04-09T01:42:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T05:42:39","slug":"wwe-wrestlemania-40-losses-paves-way-for-summer-of-mcintyre-gunther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/09\/wwe-wrestlemania-40-losses-paves-way-for-summer-of-mcintyre-gunther\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE WrestleMania 40 Losses Paves Way For Summer of McIntyre &#038; Gunther"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The main events for two of WWE&#8217;s biggest shows of the year seem to have been set when\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gunther\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Drew McIntyre<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0both lost at\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">These defeats will pave the way for Gunther and McIntyre to spend the spring\/ summer months building toward homecoming appearances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gunther\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0McIntyre\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">have become two of the biggest stars on<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and their popularity will be at an all-time high when WWE hosts multiple PLEs in Europe, this summer. They will strive for redemption at two massive shows in Scotland and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/10\/26\/wwe-bash-in-berlin-first-ever-german-ppv\/\" target=\"_self\">Germany.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Gunther &amp; McIntyre: European Homecoming<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"da\" dir=\"ltr\">MCINTYRE! MCINTYRE! MCINTYRE!!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WrestleMania<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/blzSP0PdP7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/blzSP0PdP7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1777117860516548615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Drew McIntyre Finally Gets Scottish Show\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>Clash At The Castle<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">will take place in Drew McIntyre&#8217;s homeland Scotland. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Many anticipated McIntyre would play a prominent role in the PLE but the nature of his loss at\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">has all but guaranteed the June 15, 2024 show at the OVO Hydro, Glasgow will be the setting for McIntyre&#8217;s redemption story. Or a heartbreaking goodbye.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">McIntyre won the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/07\/andnew-drew-mcintyre-defeats-seth-rollins-wwe-wrestlemania-40\/\" target=\"_self\">World Heavyweight Championship from\u00a0<\/a><\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seth Rollins\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">at\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. This completed a story arch for the Scot who had craved for years to win a championship at\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in front of fans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since January, McIntyre has carried a feud with\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM Punk\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">on his own. McIntyre also delivered some of his best heel work in the build to his match at <em>WrestleMania 40<\/em> with Rollins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">McIntyre famously last won a top WWE championship at the empty Performance Center during the COVID <strong><em>WrestleMania 36.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But his victory over Seth Rollins at the weekend was short-lived. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/07\/andnew-damian-priest-cashes-money-in-the-bank-wrestlemania-xl\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Damian Priest<\/strong> cashed in his Money in the Bank<\/a> briefcase to take the title off McIntyre. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE now has two months to build towards McIntyre earning a rematch against the World Heavyweight Champion Priest.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/event\/backlash-france\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backlash France<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>will take place first and could offer McIntyre an initial shot at the championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">McIntyre&#8217;s Contract Extended\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There have been rumors McIntyre&#8217;s time with WWE could soon be over as his contract expires this year. McIntyre <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexMcCarthy88\/status\/1776731834761502920\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed he would leave WWE if he didn&#8217;t defeat Rollins<\/a>. According to\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/blakeoestriecher\/2024\/02\/16\/wwe-reportedly-extends-drew-mcintyres-contract-past-wrestlemania-40\/?sh=c54ed433c8eb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes,<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">McIntyre&#8217;s contract has been extended for the next few months due to inactive time accrued during injury.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All this points to McIntyre finally winning gold in Glasgow, or bowing out in front of his fellow Scots. WWE&#8217;s other Scottish stars include\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alba Fyre, Isla Dawn, Piper Niven, Nikki Cross, Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, Wolfgang\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Noam Dar<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Fyre and Dawn are the most likely to join McIntrye on the card for\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Clash At The Castle<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for joining me on this journey. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WrestleMania<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottreidICW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@scottreidICW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XwxyGHEGcy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XwxyGHEGcy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew (@DMcIntyreWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMcIntyreWWE\/status\/1777008822550171747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gunther To Bash In Berlin\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We all knew when Gunther&#8217;s record-breaking Intercontinental Championship run came to an end, he would step up to challenge for a bigger WWE title. The reign ended at 666 days at the hands of <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sami Zayn<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Now, WWE has five months to prepare Gunther for an epic challenge at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/event\/bash-in-berlin\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bash In Berlin<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Germany on August 31, 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Born in Austria, Gunther moved to Germany to focus on his wrestling career for\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Westside Xtreme Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Gunther has previously admitted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TZo7qIuya5k\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feeling excited about the\u00a0<\/a><\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bash In Berlin<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0show taking place in the country he called home for a decade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He became a legend for WxW and will be greeted with a rapturous welcome in Berlin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A match with McIntyre for the World Heavyweight Championship would be a fantastic celebration of two of the greatest European stars to make it in WWE. But WWE could give Gunther an opportunity against its biggest star <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cody Rhodes<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for the Undisputed Universal Championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Either way, it is highly unlikely the main event of Bash In Berlin will not feature Gunther challenging for a major championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6\ufe0f\u20e36\ufe0f\u20e36\ufe0f\u20e3 DAYS. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gunther_AUT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Gunther_AUT<\/a> holds the record for the LONGEST Intercontinental Tile Reign in history. <\/p>\n<p>Incredible accomplishment for The Ring General. Going to be a hard record to beat. \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nbZRysuUe7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nbZRysuUe7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1776984146125947365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main events for two of WWE&#8217;s biggest shows of the year seem to have been set when\u00a0Gunther\u00a0and\u00a0Drew McIntyre\u00a0both lost at\u00a0WrestleMania 40.\u00a0 These defeats will pave the way for Gunther and McIntyre to spend the spring\/ summer months building toward homecoming appearances.\u00a0 Gunther\u00a0and\u00a0McIntyre\u00a0have become two of the biggest stars on\u00a0WWE Raw\u00a0and their popularity will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":123923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,4,3],"tags":[8693,8439,686,8238],"class_list":["post-123908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-bash-in-berlin","tag-clash-at-the-castle","tag-drew-mcintyre","tag-gunther"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}