Watch the rivalry between World Heavyweight Champion Gunther and Randy Orton ahead of their title match — Gunther’s first defense — at WWE Bash in Berlin 2024.
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00:00RKO out of nowhere, Gunther just screwed up.
00:09Orton versus Gunther for King of the Ring.
00:18Big fight feel, big fight atmosphere here tonight in Jeddah.
00:25Randy up to the apron, Gunther with a dropkick to the bad knee.
00:30And now look at Gunther just wearing Orton down.
00:35RKO! Randy to the cover! Gunther went to the bad knee!
00:41Here's the cover! Gunther, King of the Ring!
00:47Well you can officially call him the King General.
00:53I'm joined by the Chief Content Officer of WWE, Paul Triple H.
00:57I know it's been a long night for you, so I do appreciate your time.
01:01I want to address some controversy at the conclusion of the King of the Ring tournament final
01:05between Gunther and Randy Orton. Now as we all know, Gunther defeated Orton
01:09to become King of the Ring, but in reviewing the video footage,
01:13it appeared that Orton's shoulder might have been up.
01:17Do you have a comment on the situation?
01:20So, live, I was out there. From my vantage point, it was very difficult to see.
01:26You know, I was in the ring, handed the crown to Gunther.
01:30Very happy for him. Incredible night.
01:34What a performance they both put on.
01:36Coming back here and seeing it back, look, I saw exactly what you saw.
01:39I saw what everybody saw. I saw what everybody is talking about.
01:43Didn't really even seem controversial to me.
01:46It just seemed like Randy Orton's shoulder wasn't down.
01:49But, I'm going to say this. The referee's decision is final.
01:53Gunther is your King of the Ring.
01:55That being said, especially after what I saw tonight,
01:59I certainly want to see that again.
02:02I think Randy Orton deserves to have another shot at that.
02:06And I think if I know anything about Gunther,
02:10he will want to have another shot at that,
02:13to take the controversy out, to take the asterisk off of the page
02:17where it says King of the Ring for him.
02:19I think he will want to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
02:22that he is better than Randy Orton.
02:24So, I think having seen Randy back here, he's pretty banged up,
02:29both his knee and his back.
02:31I think it's going to be a moment or two
02:33before he is ready to step back into the ring with Gunther.
02:36But when he is, let's go.
02:39Thank you for your time, Triple H.
02:42Damian Priest says bring it.
02:51Gunther with a kick right to the face.
02:57No, no, no, no says El Capia.
03:02Gunther with a chop, drops down.
03:05Gonna need more than that.
03:10Gunther with a chop drops the champion.
03:12And Gunther now barking at the WWE fans.
03:22Breeze the defiant champion.
03:29And Gunther's well aware of how the Judgment Day operates.
03:52And Breeze now with a stomp by Heaven to Gunther.
04:02Breeze looking to capitalize, claws toward the cover.
04:07Hook to the leg, shoulders down, what the hell?
04:12What are you doing, Finn?
04:15Come on, Finn, what are you doing?
04:18Gunther continuing to clutch,
04:23trying to put the champion down.
04:28Balor looking on as Breeze tries to fight back.
04:37Breeze trying to fight back out of this.
04:39And Gunther now- Shoulders down.
04:41Shoulders are down.
04:42Gunther ready to kick it too.
04:44Breeze has got life.
04:46And again, going after Balor.
04:50Here is your winner and new World Heavyweight Champion,
05:00Donnie Jenner.
05:03Gunther.
05:08Gunther wins his first World Heavyweight Championship.
05:15Arguably the best pro wrestler on God's green earth
05:19in the year 2024.
05:21Gunther finally has the hardware to prove it again.
05:25But SummerSlam 2024 will be forever known
05:30as the implosion of the Judgment Day as we know it.
05:37So if you think what I've done
05:40with the Intercontinental Championship is historic,
05:45just watch and see what I'm going to do
05:48as the World Heavyweight Champion.
05:58Because in this ring, I am above everybody here.
06:05I am ready and prepared for everyone and everything.
06:11Now you got your title shot at SummerSlam
06:13because you beat me at King of the Ring.
06:16But did you really beat me at King of the Ring?
06:25The people know it.
06:27I know it.
06:28Hell, even Triple H knows it now.
06:31My shoulders weren't flat down on the mat for the one, two, three.
06:34It's the referee's decision that's final and I get that.
06:38I've been here long enough to know that I need to respect that fact.
06:42But Triple H saw the footage
06:45and Triple H knows that there needs to be a Gunther Orton sequel.
06:54Triple H told the world that there would be a Gunther Orton part two.
07:05And that's exactly why I am here tonight.
07:08I am calling that in.
07:11Now you call yourself a living legend and that's just fine.
07:15You consider yourself a living legend
07:18and that is perfect because, my brother,
07:21I made a career out of killing legends.
07:29And at Bash in Berlin, I'm going to do it again
07:33and I'm going to walk out of Germany.
07:35I'm going to walk out of your home country,
07:37the new World Heavyweight Champion.
07:40Not beating you clean at the King of the Ring
07:44left a little stain on my record.
07:49So if those voices in your head tell you
07:52that you can beat me in Berlin,
07:55I have to tell you, your voices are wrong.
08:02I accept.
08:08Just to let you know, Randy,
08:10nothing, absolutely nothing catches me out of nowhere.
08:17That's good to know, but I've heard that before.
08:20As a matter of fact, it doesn't need to be out of nowhere.
08:24I want you to see it coming.
08:37USA! USA! USA!
08:43Hell yeah.
08:52Randy, that's all good for you,
08:54but I got stuck when you said you're unpredictable.
08:57I think it's the opposite.
08:59I think you are very predictable.
09:01So let me predict a few things for you.
09:05Prediction number one,
09:07I'm going to give you the beating of your lifetime
09:10when we meet in Berlin.
09:16Prediction number two,
09:19because of that, Randy,
09:21you will never be World Heavyweight Champion again.
09:30If anybody wonders why I'm so sure about that,
09:34Randy, let's be honest,
09:36when it really, really matters,
09:39you always screw it up.
09:46Listen to me.
09:48I don't want to throw this at you like an insult
09:51because it just comes naturally to you, I feel like.
09:56Because your grandfather
10:02was a screw-up.
10:08Your father
10:13was a screw-up.
10:17And you, Randy Orton,
10:19you are the biggest screw-up of them all.
10:33It's Guthrie.
10:42McIntyre.
10:45Some incredibly disrespectful things
10:47from Guthrie to Randy Orton,
10:49and now we got Drew McIntyre coming out.
11:02lord, I want to hear this.
11:15Sit down.
11:16Sit down.
11:18Sit down.
11:21Sit down.
11:25RKO, out of nowhere.
11:28Oh, you lowlifes yelling USA made me, huh?
11:34What is that, huh?
11:37That's all you get, but you have three brain cells available,
11:42huh, to verbalize some sort of support for this man, huh?
11:47But ever since everybody seems to be very hyped to see you,
11:53hit another RKO on me.
11:56I came here to let you know that it's never going to happen again.
12:05And since everybody, including me,
12:11is aware how dangerous of a maneuver the RKO is.
12:16You leave me no option, because after I'm done with you in Berlin,
12:23I'm going to leave you a bloody mess.
12:26And I'm going to leave you exposed, Randy,
12:33for what you really are, a very successful,
12:39yet very underachieving, one trick pony.
12:53Man, Gunther, you keep running your mouth and running your mouth.
12:59It's going to make it just that much more of an uncomfortable flight for you
13:02over to Berlin.
13:03That's going to be eight hours, eight whole hours, up in the air,
13:0835,000 feet altitude, with a size 15 boot shoved directly up your ass.
13:16It's a long flight.
13:18And it gets better.
13:19That's a size 15 boot, double extra wide.
13:25You know what they say, Cole.
13:32Gunther trying to, wait a minute.
13:34Oh, no.
13:35Ludwig Kaiser from Imperium trying to attack Orton from behind.
13:39And Randy felt it coming.
13:41You don't think Randy Orton knew that was coming, you dummy?
13:44And Gunther went for a chop, and Orton able to turn things around again.
13:49And now Kaiser from behind, chop block to the back of the knee of Orton.
13:54Randy was setting up Gunther, and Ludwig Kaiser somehow finds a way to-
13:59And now suddenly Orton's vulnerable.
14:01These two bums.
14:05Well, Imperium proving tonight that we're
14:12in New York is not the only one that can strike out of nowhere.
14:25Fourteen time world champion.
14:27Ooh, Kaiser.
14:28And Randy better get used to that.
14:32And he's been in the ring with Gunther.
14:33He knows what's coming his way a week from Saturday.
14:38And Randy Orton showing off his power with a fall away slam.
14:46It's going to trip around the ring.
14:48And try to again take out the bad knee of Orton.
14:51Here comes Kaiser.
14:52Randy Orton going to meet him with a clothesline, however.
14:56That's 14 time world champion Randy Orton.
15:01Randy Orton staring a hole through the world champion Gunther.
15:05Orton showing us all about the resilience
15:07that has made him one of the greatest of all time.
15:10Randy Orton sends Kaiser high and down, planting him in the announce table.
15:15Guten tag, Ludwig Kaiser.
15:17And I don't think he's done yet.
15:19Kaiser, another tie.
15:21Gunther Schon, Ludwig Kaiser.
15:24Bearing back at the world champ.
15:27Randy Orton's not done yet.
15:29The Viper strikes again.
15:33Three piece backdrop.
15:39Wait a minute.
15:40Why do three when you can do four?
15:43Randy Orton, Ludwig Kaiser.
15:47Another one.
15:49This one sends Kaiser over the table.
15:54Now this is what I coined, vintage Randy Orton.
16:00Randy's going to that place where he hears the voices in his head.
16:07With the RKO, Kaiser.
16:09Scoop roll up.
16:10Shoulders down almost had him.
16:13RKO out of nowhere.
16:20Cover.
16:21One, two, three.
16:23One, two, three.
16:29Here is your winner,
16:32the Viper,
16:35Randy Orton.
16:40The Viper sends a message.
16:42The line has been drawn in the sand.
16:45Gunther and Orton aren't done yet.
16:47And here we go.
16:48Crawl, underway.
16:49Orton with the right hand to Gunther.
16:51The fight's underway.
16:52For the win over Kaiser.
16:53These two men meet in Berlin a week from Saturday.
16:55And the fight is on here tonight.
16:59Gunther and Orton going at it.
17:02It's going to be a battle at Bash in Berlin
17:05for the World Heavyweight Championship.
17:08And a tap.
17:21Now a year ago,
17:23the new World Heavyweight Championship was reborn.
17:27But I wasn't here.
17:29Ladies and gentlemen, I was at home on my couch
17:32recovering from spinal fusion surgery.
17:35And I didn't know if I would ever make it back to this ring.
17:38And I knew, though, however,
17:40if God was going to, by the grace of God,
17:42allow me to compete, to perform,
17:45one day again for each and every one of you,
17:47that I was going to do everything in my power
17:49to one day make sure that my name was engraved
17:53on the World Heavyweight Championship.
17:56And this Saturday in Berlin, I get my opportunity.
18:00New World Heavyweight Championship.
18:07New title.
18:11New legacy.
18:19I will be facing a man
18:22whose head is shoved
18:25whose head is shoved
18:28so far up his own ass
18:31that he has no idea, he doesn't even realize,
18:34that he'll be facing the most dangerous,
18:36decorated, controversial, yet successful
18:40wrestler that this industry has seen
18:43in almost 20 years.
18:50The difference between Gunther and I
18:52is, as I said before, I was humbled.
18:55I was humbled.
18:57Gunther has never been put in his place,
18:59but this Saturday at the Bash in Berlin,
19:01that's exactly what I intend to do.
19:07All this match ever had to be about
19:09was the World Heavyweight Championship.
19:11That's all it ever had to be about,
19:13but Gunther wanted to make it personal.
19:16Gunther talked about my family.
19:19Gunther talked about all the demons
19:21that I've had to face, and Gunther, you're right.
19:23I've faced my share of demons in the past,
19:27and each one of those demons was tougher
19:29of an opponent than you will ever be.
19:32And I beat those demons,
19:34just like I'm gonna beat you this Saturday
19:36and become a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion.
19:42And if you're curious at all
19:44exactly how I intend on doing that,
19:46well, I'll let you in on a little secret.
19:48I'm gonna do it by using the three most dangerous letters
19:52in sports entertainment.
19:54R. K.
20:01Creepy closer to history,
20:03looking to move into second place all by himself
20:06in the number of world title reigns in his career.
20:09Randy Orton with a chance to do that Saturday
20:12versus Gunther at Bash in Berlin.