A month after turning into the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE historical past, GUNTHER has achieved one other exceptional milestone by holding onto the Intercontinental title for a staggering 500 days, turning into the primary wrestler to perform such a powerful feat.

Making this much more distinctive is that GUNTHER now stands alongside Bruno Sammartino* and Roman Reigns** as certainly one of solely three performers in WWE historical past with two separate championship reigns lasting 500 days or extra. As WALTER, The Ring Basic held the NXT United Kingdom Championship for a whopping 870 days, the longest reign within the historical past of that title.

To additional put his accomplishment into perspective, GUNTHER, who arrived in WWE on January 12, 2019, at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, has spent 1,370 of his 1,745 days within the firm as a champion as of this press date.

Alongside the way in which, GUNTHER has picked up victories over former world champions resembling Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, and Drew McIntyre. He’s had celebrated classics with Chad Gable and Tommaso Ciampa that portrayed every man as a reputable contender whereas leaving crowds breathless. And simply final week, he defeated “Large” Bronson Reed in certainly one of Uncooked’s higher hoss fights.

Most significantly, GUNTHER’s 500-day loss of life grip on the IC crown has supplied stability and status that the championship by no means had earlier than and has arguably made him Uncooked’s premier champion, forward of World titleholder Seth Rollins.

At this level, there may be little debate relating to who’s the best Intercontinental Champion of all time. And sooner somewhat than later, WWE may have no alternative however to raise GUNTHER to the world title image, the place both Seth Rollins or WWE’s different longstanding kingpin, Roman Reigns, must acknowledge The Ring Basic.

*Bruno Sammartino held the WWE Championship on two events. His first title reign, which stands because the document in WWE, lasted 2,803 days. His second WWE Championship marketing campaign lasted 1,237 days.

**Roman Reigns, as of this press date, has held the Common title for 1,149 days. His concurrent run with the WWE Championship stands at 568 days.