Eric Bischoff has been impressed by the work of WWE World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER, though he believes the Austrian is relatively new.
At WWE Bash In Berlin, GUNTHER retained his title against Randy Orton in his first title defense since winning the gold at SummerSlam 2024.
On a recent edition of his “83 Weeks” podcast, Bischoff discussed the feud and compared GUNTHER to SmackDown’s Jade Cargill. He said,
“GUNTHER, I haven’t followed him a lot, I haven’t seen a lot of his work. Randy elevated him not only with the finish, that’s wrestling 101, but what GUNTHER learned by working with Randy, even though it was awkward and even though Randy was leaning into the crowd, that’s what GUNTHER needs.
“He needs to be in more of those situations because much like Jade Cargill, I’m not comparing where they are in their careers necessarily, but they’re both relatively young and they’re both relatively new. Jade, much more so. But to be in that big show scenario and that big show vibe with the one of the biggest stars in the industry of the last 25 years really and have to learn from him and keep up with him; those are the types of things that will make him better.”
For context, GUNTHER has competed in 853 matches (according to ProFight) and began his wrestling career in 2007 by wrestling in Europe.
Cargill recently hit 100 matches in her wrestling career and began competing in 2021 as part of AEW, where she was the first TBS Champion.
The Storm also saw success in Berlin as she and Bianca Belair regained the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships from the Unholy Union.
