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He is signed to WWE, where he works on the Raw brand with the ring name Gunther (alternatively stylized in all caps), and is the reigning World Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He is one-half of Imperium , the incumbent King of the Ring , and a former one-time and longest-reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion.
The WWF contributed to the explosion of gimmicks by becoming the most colorful and well-known wrestling brand because of its child-oriented characters, soap opera dramatics and cartoon-like personas. Most notable was the muscular Hulk Hogan, who marked the 1980s with his "Real-American" gimmick and made his main events into excellent ratings ...
On the 27 May episode of SmackDown, Gunther and Kaiser made their debut as a tag team against Drew Gulak and Ricochet, with Kaiser pinning Gulak for the win. [20] On the 10 June episode of SmackDown, Gunther defeated Ricochet to win the Intercontinental Championship, making him the first Austrian to win the title. [21]
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On the April 8 episode of SmackDown, Barthel, under the new ring name Ludwig Kaiser, debuted with Walter, now known as Gunther, accompanying him in a squash match against Joe Alonzo. [40] The Kaiser part of his ring name is a reference to Gustl Kaiser, an important wrestling promoter during the time when his father was active as a professional ...
This list brings together authority figures—people who hold on-screen power—in professional wrestling promotions or brands within North America. The North American wrestling industry portrays authority figures as responsible for making matches, providing rules and generally keeping law and order both in and outside the ring.
This category lists professional wrestlers who were not individual people, but a gimmick and fictional characters played by many people in professional wrestling; and categories of individual wrestlers with a false national or ethnic origin.