One week after GUNTHER destroyed SmackDown GM Nick Aldis, the Ring General kicked off tonight’s (July 17) episode to address his actions. As you might expect, GUNTHER blamed Aldis for everything that happened, all because the GM prevented him from winning the WWE championship over the last few months.
Acting GM Adam Pearce interrupted at that point to read him the riot act and say GUNTHER would be fired if he pulled that same stunt on Raw. He should actually thank Aldis, because he’s the one who insisted that GUNTHER’s tag team match (with Sami Zayn) against WWE Champion CM Punk and Cody Rhodes goes on as planned this weekend (July 18) at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Madison Square Garden.
More importantly, GUNTHER should have waited to fully hear what Nick had to say before he attacked. He would have learned that the SNME tag match actually has high stakes; if GUNTHER and Zayn win, they will be added to the SummerSlam main event match of Punk vs. Rhodes on the weekend of August 1 & 2, and it will become a 4-way match for the WWE championship.
GUNTHER laughed upon hearing the big news, probably because he was just rewarded for taking out Aldis.
Rhodes then came out and challenged GUNTHER to a singles match later tonight, so there may be more developments coming. But for now, WWE just added some much-needed stakes to Saturday Night’s Main Event.
What’s your reaction to GUNTHER’s reward for beating the shit out of Nick Aldis? Do you think he and Sami Zayn will be added to the SummerSlam main event by beating Punk and Rhodes at SNME? Let me know in the comments below, Cagesiders.
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