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Santi Zap

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123 total appearances

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Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

Thank you, Denise, for allowing me to finally eat off the plate.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

Of course, of course, the money, number one.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

But I remember I had a job at a gym.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

I was a general manager.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

And my assistant general manager and I shared almost like a common space where there was a door in between us.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

And we would keep that door open.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

His name was Steve Teska.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

And he was the only other pro wrestling fan that I knew.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

And him and I would just, through that door, like 10 feet away,

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

just argue about pro wrestling every monday every tuesday every saturday morning about what we just saw in wwe then the pandemic hit then i had all this time in the world and i i decided to kind of like throw a message in a bottle out there started making wrestling content and it picked up quickly

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

And I think it's just the nature of people being at home and people wanting to have an outlet to be able to talk about professional wrestling because as popular as it's gotten now, there was a time where like me, as big of a wrestling fan as I was, I struggled to find someone in my social circle to talk about wrestling with.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

And that's why I think people flock to the Internet as fast as they do.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

Try to find those water cooler hubs to have those morning after conversations.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

Right.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

And I think that's where my channel has really picked up.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

It's kind of become the water cooler, you know, post Monday Night Raw, post Friday Night Smackdown, where people come in and have their conversations, say their piece and hear mine.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

And it's just blown up.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

I've.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

Right place, right time, because I jumped in as specifically WWE started really picking up in popularity, telling some great stories with the bloodline, some stuff going into WrestleMania 39.

Busted Open
Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown

I remember the hype of Bad Bunny backlash in that year, and I just kind of kept riding that wave of popularity to where things are now.