Bully Ray said he liked the idea of the open challenge because it’s a fun surprise. He said WWE could tease it over the next two weeks if it’s announced on Monday’s edition of the show, and he and LaGreca threw out a few names of legends who GUNTHER could retire, like fellow “Busted Open” host Tommy Dreamer or John Bradshaw Layfield. LaGreca said it had to be someone who fans think might have a shot at winning, but Bully Ray disagreed.

“You can build the chance in the match… Even AJ Styles and John Cena, you knew that they didn’t have a chance,” he said. “You knew what was going to happen. It’s just about the fun, the pop, the excitement… GUNTHER will put a match together where you think the other guy will win, but we know the outcome.”

He said there’s no one that you could put in front of him that he would think is beating GUNTHER. The Hall of Famer explained that if someone did defeat him at WrestleMania, that would be “f****** up” his push, which he said has already been slowed a little due to plans reportedly being changed due to injuries. 

“I like the open challenge idea” he said. “I’m going back to these names because you can plug these names in and it would work. You hit Bubba Ray Dudley’s music. Tommy Dreamer. Rob Van Dam. ‘Hey, Rob, we need you to come in and put GUNTHER over… but, you’ll never wrestle in the WWE again.'”

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