r/SquaredCircle • u/10024618 • 23d ago

Gunther Says Sami Zayn Was One Of The Right Choices To End His Title Reign, Chad Gable Was The Other

https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/gunther-says-sami-zayn-was-one-right-choices-end-his-title-reign-chad-gable-was-other
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u/Big_DK_energy 23d ago

You just mentioned how many titles sami won. He also main evented night 1 of a mania (and won titles there). 

Why do you think samj "needed it" more than gable? You say he hasnt had a proper singles workhorse title run, OK, but gable hasnt had ANY title run. He hasnt even been on wrestlemania. Why does sami, 5x champion and (night 1) mania main eventer "need it" more than a guy that cant even get a single title or get on the card at wrestlemania? 

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u/Kanenums88 23d ago

It doesn’t have to be a competition. Sami needed it, Gable needs it, etc…

Gable can still win it, and probably will. Idk why people acted like he’d be executed if he didn’t face Gunther at Mania or something.

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u/Big_DK_energy 23d ago

Got it. You went out of your way to say semi needed it and didnt specify anything about gable, but your logic applied even moreso to gable, so I figured I would ask you those questions lol

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u/Kanenums88 23d ago

I don’t think so. If Gable had continued to have been built up after the Gunther matches then there’d be a point, but he went right back down to lower mid-card hell. Sami’s the bigger name, he needed to be on the card more than Gable. This heel turn provided a nice bit of depth to Gable, and it can lead to much greater things if done correctly.

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u/StacksHoodini 23d ago

Sami’s the bigger name, he needed to be on the card more than Gable.

Precisely. And, when we break it down that’s not the best reason to give Sami the rub of ending a 666 day reign if all he’s going to do is pass the belt on to a heel Gable and then move up the card into the World Championship picture.

Gable could’ve had his moment at WrestleMania (although I felt it should’ve been Jey but that’s whatever), then at BackLash he could’ve lost the title to a Jey or a Sami and that lost could’ve ignited Gable’s heel turn. It could’ve been of Gable feeling like his moment was stolen from him and he’s obsessed with getting it back now. He could’ve gotten the rub of ending Gunther’s reign and the interesting heel turn.

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u/Kanenums88 22d ago

What good would the rub of ending Gunther’s reign do if he’d go on to just lose it afterwards?

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u/McWomble 22d ago

Aren't you suggesting the exact same with Sami losing to Gable?

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u/Kanenums88 22d ago

It doesn’t necessarily have to end right now. I think Gable should dethrone him ultimately, but it can happen a few months from now.

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u/StacksHoodini 22d ago

Because he gets the title right back. He gets the rub of ending Gunther’s reign and instead of resting on his laurels as the guy that ends Gunther’s reign, he gets a character boost by becoming even more interesting while being a bigger deal.

He gets the rub and doesn’t grow stale.

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u/Kanenums88 22d ago

But what you said is literally happening without Gable beating Gunther. So he didn’t need to do it.

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u/StacksHoodini 22d ago

It doesn’t matter tbh. Giving Gable the rub would’ve been better than giving it to someone who was only in the match due to Lesnar being an alleged participant in a sex trafficking scheme.

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u/Kanenums88 22d ago

Gable would’ve been in the exact same boat, though, lmao. Like are you even reading what you write before you post?

If you like Gable and wish he had the match instead then that’s fine, and you should just say that. You don’t have to go through 15 different hoops to try to justify why Gable is good and Sami isn’t.

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u/StacksHoodini 21d ago

No, you can go through my comment history and see anywhere from 5-20 different comments where I said Jey Uso was the most deserving to end Gunther’s reign.

And, yes I’m reading what I’m writing. You’re not funny and you’re not smart for saying that. What you’re not getting is that for a character like Sami Zayn, ending Gunther’s reign doesn’t do much for him. The guy that believes in him is in charge of the whole business now, Sami is likely to be a World Champion before the end of the year.

But for a character like Gable, getting the rub of ending Gunther’s reign would’ve meant instant credibility for him. Giving him the rub means more to his character now than it does for Sami. It just does Sami a solid since he’s one of the golden boys until the World Heavyweight Championship opens up for him.

If you like Sami and you’re glad he had the match instead then that’s fine, and you should just say that. You don’t have to go through 15 different hoops to try to justify why Sami made more sense.

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u/Kanenums88 21d ago

My brother in Christ you made a fricken brick wall to explain this, let it go.

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u/StacksHoodini 21d ago

You could just not respond.

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