Gunther (wrestler)

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Gunther
Hahn as Walter in 2020
Birth nameWalter Hahn
Born (1987-08-20) 20 August 1987 (age 36)
Vienna, Austria
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2023)​
Children1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Big Van Walter[1]
Gha-cha-ping[2]
Gunther[1]
Man Mountain Walter[2]
Pater Walter[2]
Walter[1]
Walter Hahn[1]
Billed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[3]
Billed weight297 lb (135 kg)[3]
Billed fromVienna, Austria[1]
Trained byMichael Kovac[1]
Tatsuhito Takaiwa[1]
Tomohiro Ishii[1]
Debut19 November 2005[1]

Walter Hahn (born 20 August 1987) is an Austrian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Gunther. He is the leader of the Imperium faction and is a former one-time and the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time.

Hahn has appeared in a number of independent promotions around the world, predominantly wrestling as Big Van Walter, Big Daddy Walter, and mononymously as Walter. For most of his career, he wrestled in Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), becoming a three-time Unified World Wrestling Champion and the head trainer of the wXw Wrestling Academy upon its opening in 2015. Among the promotions he has wrestled in, he notably wrestled in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he is a former one-time PWG World Champion, Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), and Progress Wrestling, where he is a former Progress World Champion. Overall, he is a six-time world champion in wrestling and the first Austrian to compete and win a championship in WWE.

After signing with WWE in early 2019, he debuted on the NXT UK brand and became a one-time NXT United Kingdom Champion; his 870-day reign is the longest for the now-defunct title. He moved over to the primary NXT brand in January 2022, where his ring name was changed to Gunther, before being promoted to the main roster on SmackDown in April that year, where he won the Intercontinental Championship in June. His historic reign of 666 days has set the title's record for both the longest singular reign and the most cumulative days as champion.

Professional wrestling career

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2007–2020)

Hahn as "Big Van Walter" at a BJW show in May 2012, delivering a backhand chop to Yoshihito Sasaki

Walter made his Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) debut on 4 May 2007, in a match that also involved Atsushi Aoki, Adam Polak, and Tengkwa on the pre-show at the 16 Carat Gold Tournament.[4] He defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to win the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship on 2 October 2010 in Oberhausen, Germany.[5] He lost the title to Daisuke Sekimoto on 15 January 2011,[6] but won it back later that year on 2 May 2011, during a Big Japan Pro Wrestling card in Tokyo, Japan. He would then hold the title for 383 days, before losing it to El Generico on 19 May 2012.[7] In early May 2012, Walter was defeated by Yoshihito Sasaki in a match to crown the inaugural BJW World Strong Heavyweight champion in Yokohama, Japan.[8][9] He won the title for a third time on 27 July 2014, defeating Tommy End at Fans Appreciation Night, then lost it to Karsten Beck on 17 January 2015.[10]

Walter and partner Robert Dreissker defeated RockSkillet (Jay Skillet and Jonathan Gresham) to win the wXw World Tag Team Championship at day three of 16 Carat Gold on 3 March 2013. They would later lose the titles in Hamburg, Germany to Hot and Spicy (Axel Dieter Jr. and Da Mack).[11] He partnered with Zack Sabre Jr. to win the vacant wXw World Tag Team Championship on 4 October 2015 in the finals of the 2015 World Tag Team Tournament, but relinquished the title at the wXw Fifteenth Anniversary Show on 12 December 2015, losing to Cerebrus (Ilja Dragunov and Robert Dreissker). Walter and Ringkampf stablemate Timothy Thatcher defeated Massive Product (David Starr and Jurn Simmons) to win the wXw World Tag Team Championship in the finals of the 2017 wXw World Tag Team League on 8 October 2017.[12] On 11 March, WALTER and Thatcher lost the wXw Tag Titles to Da Mack and John Klinger.[13] He was the head trainer at the wXw Wrestling Academy until early 2020.[14]

Progress Wrestling (2015–2019)

On 24 May 2015, Walter debuted as Big Daddy Walter in Progress Wrestling at the 2015 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament at the Electric Ballroom in London, losing to Rampage Brown in the first round.[15] The two met again later in 2015 at Chapter 23: What A Time To Be Alive! in a match notable for the ring breaking after Brown was whipped into the corner.[16] He entered the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament again in 2016, reaching the quarter-finals before being eliminated by Chris Hero.[17]

Walter participated in the tournament to determine the inaugural Progress Atlas champion in 2016 but he finished the tournament with 2 points.[18] At Chapter 47, Ringkampf (Walter, Axel Dieter Jr. and Timothy Thatcher) challenged British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) for all of their championships, in a six-man tag team match, unsuccessfully challenging all of them.[19][20] He defeated Matt Riddle to win the Progress Atlas Championship at Chapter 51: Screaming For Progress at the O2 Academy Birmingham.[21] He lost the title to Riddle a little over a month later on a Progress card in New York City,[22] but recaptured it at Chapter 55: Chase The Sun at Alexandra Palace in a three-way match that also involved Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher.[23] At Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2018, Walter vacated the Atlas title in order to chase the Progress world title, held by Travis Banks. At Chapter 74: Mid Week Matters, he defeated Banks to win the title.

During the 2019's edition of Super Strong Style 16, Walter defeated Trent Seven in a title vs title match, winning Seven's Progress Atlas Championship.[24] At Chapter 95: Still Chasing, Walter lost the Progress Unified World Championship when Eddie Denis successfully cashed in his title opportunity gained by defeating Mark Andrews at Chapter 76. This was a triple threat match also involving David Starr.

Evolve (2017–2019)

Walter debuted in Evolve at Evolve 90 on 11 August 2017 in Joppa, Maryland, defending the Progress Atlas Championship against Fred Yehi.[25] Walter unsuccessfully challenged for the WWN Championship the next night at Evolve 91 in New York City in a four-way match that also involved Matt Riddle, Keith Lee, and Tracy Williams.[26] He again made an unsuccessful challenge for the WWN Championship on 9 December 2017 when he was defeated by Lee at Evolve 96 in New York City.[27]

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2017–2018)

Hahn as "WALTER" at the 2017 Battle of Los Angeles event in September 2017

Walter made his Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) debut by entering the 2017 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, where he was eliminated by eventual finalist Keith Lee in the opening round.[28] He was then defeated by Ricochet at All Star Weekend 13 – Night One.[29] The next day, he got his first PWG victory by defeating Zack Sabre Jr. in a match that was awarded a five-star rating by Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.[30]

In January 2018, Walter unsuccessfully challenged for the PWG World Tag Team Championship with Ringkampf partner Timothy Thatcher, losing to the defending Chosen Bros (Jeff Cobb and Matt Riddle). On 21 April 2018, Walter defeated champion Keith Lee and Jonah Rock in a three-way match to win the PWG World Championship.[31] Walter later lost the title to Jeff Cobb on 19 October.

Defiant Wrestling (2018)

It was announced that Walter was going to be added to the Defiant Internet Championship match of David Starr against Travis Banks at Lights Out. However, Banks did not compete due to a foot injury. Instead, Walter would later defeat Starr to become the #1 Contender for Banks' title,[32][33] which would end in a draw at No Regrets.[34] On 2 June, Walter defeated Banks and Zack Sabre Jr. to win the Defiant Internet Championship. On 30 December 2018, Walter lost the title to Martin Kirby.

WWE (2019–present)

Longest-reigning NXT UK Champion (2019–2022)

Main article: Imperium

On 12 January 2019 at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, Walter made his WWE debut for the NXT UK brand by confronting WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne after Dunne's successful title defense.[35] The following week, Walter confronted Dunne and Joe Coffey, making his intentions clear for Dunne's championship.[36] On the 30 January 2019 episode of NXT UK, Walter made his WWE in-ring debut against Jack Starz. He beat Starz in under four minutes.[37] At NXT TakeOver: New York, Walter defeated Dunne to win the WWE United Kingdom Championship, ending Dunne's record-setting reign at 685 days.[38]

On the 22 May episode of NXT UK, Walter retained the United Kingdom Championship against Dunne in a rematch, after interference by the European Union (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel), thus establishing himself as a heel[39] and reuniting Ringkampf under the new name Imperium.[40] The faction would later be joined by Alexander Wolfe, after he interfered in a match pitting Imperium against British Strong Style (the team of Dunne, Tyler Bate, and Trent Seven). On the 26 June episode of NXT UK, Walter retained his title against Travis Banks. On the 3 July episode, Imperium interfered in Moustache Mountain's title match against Grizzled Young Veterans, therefore making Grizzled Young Veterans retain their titles. After the match, they injured Tyler Bate. On 31 August at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, Walter retained his title against Tyler Bate.

In the build-up for the NXT UK and NXT co-branded event, Worlds Collide, Imperium began feuding with The Undisputed Era (NXT Champion Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and NXT Tag Team Champions Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly), which was further intensified during the closing moments of NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II on 12 January 2020, when the group attacked Imperium following Walter's successful title defense against Joe Coffey.[41][42] During his reign the following week, the WWE United Kingdom Championship was renamed to NXT United Kingdom Championship and he was presented with a slightly updated belt design, which replaced the WWE logo at the center with the NXT UK logo.[43] On the 29 October episode of NXT UK, Walter retained the championship in a match against Ilja Dragunov in another highly acclaimed match. On 19 February 2021, Walter became the longest-reigning NXT United Kingdom Champion, breaking Pete Dunne's record of 685 days.[44] On the 17 March episode of NXT, Walter would return to the NXT brand and decimated Tommaso Ciampa. On 5 April, his championship reign surpassed the two-year mark. Two days later at Stand & Deliver, Walter retained his title against Ciampa.[45] The next day on NXT UK Prelude, Walter successfully defended his title against Rampage Brown. At NXT TakeOver 36, Walter dropped the title to Dragunov in a rematch, ending his historic reign at 870 days (this would be the longest reign in WWE history since 1988 until Roman Reigns surpassed this number with the WWE Universal Championship in January 2023).[46]

At the New Year's Evil special episode of NXT on 4 January 2022, Walter teamed up with Imperium stablemates Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel to face Riddle and MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) in a six-man tag team match, which they lost.[47] After having his final match on NXT UK on 13 January where he defeated Nathan Frazer,[48] Walter was transferred to the NXT brand.[49] On 18 January episode of NXT, Walter defeated Roderick Strong in the main event, after which, he announced his new ring name as Gunther.[50][51] In mid-March, Gunther started a brief feud with LA Knight when he took offense at the latter getting an NXT Championship match by calling out Dolph Ziggler. The next week, after Gunther defeated Duke Hudson, Knight challenged him to a match at NXT Stand & Deliver,[52] which Gunther won.[53] On 5 April episode of NXT, he faced NXT Champion Bron Breakker in a losing effort, which turned out to be his final appearance for the brand.[54]

Longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion (2022–2024)

Imperium (from left to right: Giovanni Vinci, Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser) at the Clash at the Castle event in September 2022

On the 8 April episode of SmackDown, Gunther and Marcel Barthel (now known as Ludwig Kaiser) made their main roster debut, where Gunther defeated Joe Alonzo in a squash match.[55] On 27 May episode of SmackDown, Gunther and Kaiser made their debut as a tag team, defeating Drew Gulak and Intercontinental Champion Ricochet.[56] On 10 June episode of SmackDown, Gunther defeated Ricochet to win the Intercontinental Championship, making him the first Austrian to win the title.[57] He would successfully defend the title against Ricochet in a rematch[58] and Shinsuke Nakamura.[59] Prior to Gunther's title defense at Clash at the Castle on 3 September, Ludwig Kaiser announced the reformation of Imperium by reintroducing Fabian Aichner, now known as Giovanni Vinci. Gunther subsequently defeated Sheamus to retain the title in a critically acclaimed match, with many deeming it the best match of the event.[60][61] Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter rated the match five stars, marking Gunther's fifth match to receive five stars, and his first main roster match to receive this rating.[62] He would beat Sheamus in a rematch on 7 October episode of SmackDown.[63] Gunther spent the remainder of 2022 and the early months of 2023 retaining the Intercontinental Championship against Rey Mysterio, Ricochet, Braun Strowman, and Madcap Moss in respective singles matches on various Smackdown episodes.[64][65][66]

At the Royal Rumble on 28 January, Gunther was the first entrant and the last person eliminated from the titular match; he was eliminated by the match's winner Cody Rhodes, who entered as the thirtieth and final participant. His 71 minute and 25 second performance was the longest in the history of the annually-held event.[67] On 9 February, Gunther reached 245 days as champion, surpassing Shelton Benjamin's reign of 244 days, becoming the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in the 21st century. On 17 February, Gunther reached 281 days as Intercontinental Champion, surpassing WWE Hall of Famer Mr. Perfect's reign of 280 days, giving him the longest reign as Intercontinental Champion in 34 years.[68] On Night 2 of WrestleMania 39 on 2 April, Gunther retained the title against Sheamus and Drew McIntyre in a critically acclaimed triple threat match.[69] Before Gunther and Imperium moved to Raw, he successfully retained the Intercontinental Championship against Xavier Woods on 21 April edition of Smackdown.[70]

As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, Gunther, along with his Imperium stablemates Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci, was drafted to the Raw brand.[71][72] In the coming months, Gunther successfully defended the Intercontinental Championship against Mustafa Ali at Night of Champions on 27 May, Matt Riddle at Money In The Bank on 1 July, and Drew McIntyre at SummerSlam on 5 August.[73] On 21 August episode of Raw, Gunther defended the title against Chad Gable but lost the match by countout, ending his undefeated singles streak on the main roster;[74] however, as championships do not change hands by countout or disqualification unless otherwise stipulated, Gunther remained champion.[75] After defeating Gable in a rematch on 4 September episode of Raw, Gunther guaranteed that he would become the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion later that week, which he did, breaking The Honky Tonk Man's record of 454 days.[76] Gunther went on to retain his title against Tommaso Ciampa on the 2 October episode of Raw, and Bronson Reed on the 16 October episode of Raw. On 25 November at Survivor Series: WarGames, Gunther successfully defended the Intercontinental Championship against The Miz.[77] The next night on the 27 November episode of Raw, after earning the respect of Gunther, the Miz asked for a rematch for the title. Gunther went on to defeat The Miz in their rematch on the 18 December episode of Raw, which was his last chance at an Intercontinental Championship match as long as Gunther is the champion.

On 27 January at Royal Rumble, Gunther entered the Royal Rumble match at number 18, eliminating Jey Uso, Kofi Kingston and The Miz before being eliminated by the winner, Cody Rhodes.[78] The following Raw, Gunther successfully defended the Intercontinental Championship against Kofi Kingston.[79] Gunther defeated Jey Uso on 19 February episode of Raw to retain his title after interference from Jimmy Uso.[80] On 20 February, Gunther's Intercontinental Championship reign set another record for the title, this time for most cumulative days as champion, surpassing Pedro Morales, who held the title for 619 days across two reigns. Morales had held this record for 41 years.[81] At Night 1 of WrestleMania XL, Gunther was defeated by Sami Zayn for the Intercontinental Championship, ending his historic reign at 666 days. [82]

Championship pursuit (2024–present)

Gunther made his first WWE appearance since WrestleMania XL on the April 22 episode of Raw, when he announced he would partake in the King of the Ring tournament.[83]

Other media

Gunther is a playable character in the video games WWE 2K22, WWE 2K23 and WWE 2K24.[84][85][86]

Personal life

Hahn met English professional wrestler Jinny Sandhu during their time on the independent circuit. They married in 2023,[87][88][89][90] and on 27 December 2023, they had their first child, a boy.[91]

Born and raised in Vienna, Hahn grew up supporting his local football club, SK Rapid Wien. He also follows the Bundesliga, and is a fan of FC Schalke 04.[92]

Championships and accomplishments

Notes
  1. ^ He originally won the title as the WWE United Kingdom Championship, but during his reign in January 2020, it was renamed as the NXT United Kingdom Championship.

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Achievements
Preceded by wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament winner
2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion
2 October 2010 – 15 January 2011
2 May 2011 – 19 May 2012
27 July 2014 – 17 January 2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Progress Atlas Champion
9 July 2017 – 12 August 2017
10 September 2017 – 7 May 2018
5 May 2019 – 21 July 2019 		Succeeded by
Matt Riddle
Vacant
Deactivated
Preceded by PWG World Champion
21 April 2018 – 19 October 2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by NXT United Kingdom Champion
5 April 2019 – 22 August 2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by WWE Intercontinental Champion
10 June 2022 – 6 April 2024 		Succeeded by
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