A 38-year-old star’s ability to defeat Brock Lesnar is being questioned by a veteran. WWE has been criticized by fans and pundits as of late for some of its booking decisions, and that trend doesn’t appear to be reversing anytime soon. The veteran is Vince Russell.

In Saturday night’s main event, Gunther Putting John Cena out in the title’s retirement match. With the win, the former World Heavyweight Champion retired two icons within a matter of months and defeated Goldberg in his farewell to WWE.

Many fans believe this is a promotional way to establish Gunther as the top guy ahead of his rumored matchup with Brock Lesnar. Talking about the latest issue coach and brotherJonathan Coachman made this point to former WWE writer Vince Russo.

However, Russo dismissed the idea of ​​the 38-year-old star beating Lesnar, saying his losses to Sami Zayn and Jey Uso wouldn’t make him a credible threat.

“How do you think Gunther can beat Brock Lesnar when he lost to Sami Zayn? Honestly, this guy lost to Sami Zayn. He was going to beat Brock Lesnar? That guy lost to Jey Uso. He was going to beat Brock Lesnar? In what universe would that happen?” he said.

Russo said credible failures wouldn’t hurt him, but these “incredible” failures called Gunther’s credibility into question.

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The Austrian Outlier lost the Intercontinental Championship to Zayn at WrestleMania 40 and then the World Heavyweight Championship to Jey Uso at WrestleMania 41.

WWE may plan for Brock Lesnar to retire next year

Before retiring from the ring, John Cena said in an interview that Lesnar might retire at next year’s Summer Slam event in Minnesota.

This sparked speculation about The Beast’s future in WWE. in the latest issue of Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON)Dave Meltzer provides an update.

Meltzer wrote that while he couldn’t confirm the exact date of Lesnar’s retirement, internally His name has been discussed When it comes to retirement plans for stars like AJ Styles and Chris Jericho if he signs with WWE.

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