GUNTHER is not drawing up a hit list, but he is not ruling out Brock Lesnar either. In a new interview with Complex Graps The Podcast, the wrestler who has sent Goldberg, John Cena and AJ Styles into retirement over the last year said he could handle Lesnar if the opportunity comes his way.
“No, I can do it,” GUNTHER said when Lesnar came up as a possible next target. “But first thing’s first. Let’s see. I don’t know where Brock is…he’s [not] around that much. And you don’t really hear or see much, so, I got to do my intel.”
The exchange matters because it puts one of wrestling’s most protected names back in the frame for a career-ending angle, and it does so at a time when the booking logic around GUNTHER is already loaded. He has spent the last year turning retirement finishes into a calling card, and the interview leans into the idea that Lesnar could be next, with SummerSlam Minnesota later in the year floated as the most obvious stage if the company wants to turn the speculation into a match.
GUNTHER also made clear he does not operate with a fixed list. He said he is “very good at observing the landscape and taking advantage of opportunities,” which is a neat way of saying he waits for openings rather than forcing them. Complex pushed the point further, saying, “They’re saying Brock is close to the end,” and GUNTHER answered, “To be honest, let’s see. I think he’s got his hands full right now.”
That answer leaves room for the other piece of the story: Paul Heyman. The long-time advocate for Lesnar also owes GUNTHER a favor after he solved Seth Rollins on the WrestleMania 42 weekend, and that connection gives the tease a practical route instead of just a hot interview line. If Heyman has a debt to pay, then the path to Lesnar becomes less about raw challenge and more about who can open the door.
That is the friction inside the angle. GUNTHER says he does not know where Lesnar is and admits the wrestler is not around much. He is talking like a man who expects the landscape to move before he does, while the story around Lesnar suggests a performer whose career may already be nearing its end. Those two ideas do not fully match, which is why the interview lands with some force: the threat is real enough to talk about, but not concrete enough to call a done deal.
For now, GUNTHER has done what he has done all year — turn retirement talk into a weapon. If Lesnar is the next name on that list, SummerSlam Minnesota would be the place to watch.
