While six years removed from his in-ring retirement, WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker is still quite in tune with today’s pro wrestling landscape thanks to his creative work in AAA and coaching for “WWE LFG.” During an interview with “Nightcap,” The Undertaker revealed which modern-era wrestler has particularly impressed him.

“Oh man, I tell you because he’s such an old school guy, probably won’t be received real well, but I love GUNTHER. I do. I absolutely do,” Undertaker said. “There’s no flash. There’s no flash. What you get is somebody going in there and he’s going to stomp your guts out. He’s going to chop you up. He’s going to beat you up. He ain’t flying around, doing a bunch of silly stuff. He’s in there and he’s just a serious character. He’s a throwback. He’s a throwback to a different generation. It just lets you know that what is old can be new again.”

Throughout his WWE career, GUNTHER has prided himself on presenting himself in an “old-school” manner, with his in-ring aggressiveness and seriousness as nods to the mentality of previous wrestling eras, such as The Undertaker’s. Interestingly, GUNTHER has even tangled up with some of the figures from The Undertaker’s past, such as Goldberg and John Cena. 

Most recently, “The Ring General” defeated Seth Rollins, a fellow former World Heavyweight Champion, on night one of WWE WrestleMania 42. The Undertaker last competed in a Boneyard Match against AJ Styles — whom GUNTHER retired earlier this year — at WrestleMania 36.

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Former WWE Women’s United States Champion Zelina Vega was amongst the pro wrestlers who parted ways with the promotion yesterday, along with her husband, Aleister Black. The highest point of her career with WWE was arguably while she held the title, but according to Vega during a Twitch livestream, it wasn’t something she enjoyed.

“I didn’t like it,” she stated after reading a fan’s question about how WWE handled her run with the title. “Because I wanted to do so much more with that. I asked, and begged, and pleaded, and screamed; I wanted that title to be the workhorse title.” 

Vega further added that she even wanted to defend the title in Japan and Mexico as well as defend it more on WWE in order to build the legitimacy of the championship, but met too much resistance from management.

Vega’s Women’s US Championship run notably coincided with Aleister Black’s return to the promotion, and in an interview with “Busted Open Radio” the night after his return, Vega still gleefully looked toward the future. At the time, she described feeling like she had just experienced a “fairytale ending,” and that things had finally become more stable for the two of them, as they could focus on the chapter ahead instead.

Unfortunately for the couple, the dream didn’t go as planned. Now that they’re both released from WWE, they have an opportunity to go elsewhere and reestablish themselves, especially for Vega, who has been with WWE since 2017, outside of a brief release in 2020.

Sol Ruca, Ethan Page, Jacy Jayne, and Joe Hendry. Three out of these four former “WWE NXT” stars are already on the main roster, as Ruca and Page made their debuts on the “WWE Raw” after WrestleMania 42 this past Monday. And Hendry will make his this upcoming Monday. With the aftermath that comes following the traditional WrestleMania showcases, former WWE standout Baron Corbin (now performing under Bishop Dyer) finds the past few call-ups odd, as its strategy is a lot different than when he was in WWE, according to him. His biggest concern for these upcoming stars is the lack of mid-card buildups the Stamford-based promotion has currently on “Raw” and “WWE SmackDown,” which he hopes will be fixed immediately after “The Showcase of the Immortals” subsides.

“I think all four of them are insanely talented, and will all have a lot of success on the main roster, if it’s done right, you know. They’re really working to get some new guys over right now that are up there,” the former WWE Men’s United States Champion said on “Busted Open Radio.” “So, is the timing right for the call-ups to get on a successful path right away? The TV time on ‘SmackDown’ being three hours helps, and the need for fresh faces helps. But also, they’ve kind of abandoned that mid-card area for a minute, and that’s where a lot of those guys are going to go in to start their path on the main roster. So, they kind of have to rebuild that, as well.”

Dyer believes Ruca and Jayne are already at that main level spot. However, with Page and Hendry, he thinks they need to be built up more on the main roster before entering top contingency. Ruca staked her claim by competing against the newly crowned/three-time WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan this past Monday. As for Page, he faced another recent newcomer on the main roster, Je’Von Evans, and successfully took a win home on his debut match for the red brand.  As for Jayne, she and her Fatal Influence cohorts brought the mayhem to “SmackDown” this past Friday, attacking Paige, Brie Bella, and Rhea Ripley. 

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Today marks one week since Brock Lesnar took a massive loss against the imposing megastar in Oba Femi. After the pin, “The Beast Incarnate” left everything behind in the ring at WrestleMania 42, and waved the Las Vegas crowd goodbye. With Lesnar potentially out of the squared circle for good, and The Vision in good hands with each other, where does that leave everyone’s favorite mouthpiece, Paul Heyman? WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray spent some time on “Busted Open Radio” conjuring up predictions (and not spoilers) on which direction “The Oracle” might fly toward next.

“Could you ever see a world in which Paul would lure Brock out of retirement just to plunge the final knife into him, and be aligned with GUNTHER?” Ray asked fellow co-host Tommy Dreamer.

Ray added that part of him would like to see how Heyman continues his alliance within The Vision, more so, with Bron Breakker. Although, he acknowledges that Breakker has no problem fending for himself.

Replying to these ideas, Dreamer noted that Heyman is always after the newest and hottest act. That said, who fits that bill more than GUNTHER, who despite not having gold around his waist at the moment, is already living a golden success story after becoming the final nail in the coffin of Goldberg, John Cena, and AJ Styles’ in-ring careers. In Dreamer’s defense, he mentioned that Heyman and GUNTHER’s partnership is only transactional, as “The Ring General” destroyed Seth Rollins, per Heyman’s request last Saturday at WrestleMania.

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