At some point, GUNTHER will face ‘The Demon’ Finn Balor, with limited opportunities to do it on a big WWE stage this year.
‘The Demon’ was unleashed on GUNTHER after The Ring General unleashed an attack on Danhausen during the Halloween episode of WWE SmackDown.
A rarely seen entity on WWE programming, it now looks like ‘The Demon’ will face GUNTHER:
Scrapped WWE Crown Jewel match
It would have been unsurprising had GUNTHER vs The Demon been added to WWE Crown Jewel, yet reporting after the event revealed that, despite seemingly being planned for Riyadh, it was felt that “people within the company felt the match would be better suited with a further build.”
The GUNTHER issue
GUNTHER’s feud with Danhausen has been met with mixed reception across social media, particularly after a run of retiring WWE legends, and faced Nick Aldis in yet another victory at SummerSlam back in August.
For a star who has built a career on the sacred nature of professional wrestling, there’s an argument to be made that putting him against an act such as Danhausen is a waste of GUNTHER’s talents, yet the star excelled without taking away from his more serious approach.
Seeing him react to the appearance of ‘The Demon’ further strengthened the authenticity of the challenge that Balor presents in his alter-ego, with GUNTHER responding as if a genuine threat was approaching.
The trials and tribulations of ‘The Demon’
In 2024, Balor opened up about the way that ‘The Demon’ had been used in WWE, stating:
“I feel like The Demon’s kind of something that we haven’t executed very well the last couple of years.”
To date, ‘The Demon’ has experienced thirteen wins and just three losses, with Extreme Rules in 2021 against Roman Reigns and WrestleMania 39 against Edge in a Hell in a Cell match among them.
With ‘The Demon’ as the dangerous alter ego of Balor, the star would suggest there were more stories that could be told without the ‘supernatural’ character.
If not now, when?
Assuming that WWE wants to save ‘The Demon’ for a bigger stage than WWE Raw, it’s likely the match will feature on an upcoming PLE. It’s also likely that fans won’t have to wait long to see it take place.
There are, however, limited opportunities for the match this year, with Survivor Series: WarGames being the next WWE PLE on November 28, with time to build up to the match ahead of that PLE.
After Survivor Series: WarGames, WWE heads to Australia, for Wrestlepalooza, with the possibility of ‘The Demon’ vs. GUNTHER being a pleaser for the Perth audience on December 12.
Just three days later, Worlds Collide: Doomsday takes place in conjunction with Disney-owned Marvel Studios, and such a show may be the ideal opportunity to deliver a highly stylized supernatural character taking on a relentless foe.
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