Gunther Was BIG Mad on Smackdown
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hey guys, this is Denise Salcedo with the world's strongest man, Mark Henry, and welcome to the Busted Open Podcast. To kick off the show, Mark and I discuss the dynamic between Cody Rhodes, Gunther, and Sami Zayn on SmackDown.
This is the Busted Open Podcast. Cody Rhodes came out last night cool as a cucumber. And you and I talked about him being really... un-babyface-like, un-good guy-like, him having this confusing feel to him.
What dynamics exist between Cody Rhodes, Gunther, and Sami Zayn on Smackdown?
And we said it on this show the last time you and I were on, I think it was before you left, that Cody was kind of confusing. He was not confusing last night. He shook hands and fist bumped people, signed autographs on the way to the ring, touched heads together, grabbed the kid's shoulders, like stood on the steps and stood up and acknowledged the crowd. And he did all those things that we've been accustomed to seeing Cody do over the last four years or so. And I'm wondering, what was the difference, Denise? What made him, was it the fact that we finally reached him? Are they listening? Or was it the fact that Gunther was big mad? He was mad, Denise. I don't know what the hell. It was beyond the fact that he felt like he got robbed.
He said that he was cheated.
You mad. I was like, what the hell is that? You mad. You big mad.
And Cody made reference to him being big mad. And I laugh because it's so Cody. There you go. Take that with you. But Gunther, he stood on the table and stomped like a child. Like, I was very impressed with all the wrestling that was on SmackDown. But the interaction between Cody and Gunther that ended up leading to the Sami Zayn coming out, which also kind of parlayed into Sami talking to Nick Aldis that led to us getting a reveal of Chad Gable returning. And with respect for the Lucha culture and the Spanish culture and It's hard for a man or woman to say, listen, I was wrong. But it's even harder to say, I'm sorry. I apologize. I honestly, truly feel like I did a disservice to to the Spanish culture and the lucha history.
I got emotionally involved and invested in Chad Gable doing that. He became bigger than he was before in this return, which is what... Did you hear the crowd? Well, you were there, right?
For Raw, yes, for Raw.
For Raw. Like, they... Man, anytime his face appeared, the crowd went nuts. And last night, it was an elite pop. It wasn't good Chad Gable. It was, wow. We choose him, pops.
well there's a lot to break down based off of what you just said we can talk about that we can talk about gunther and cody so you know what let's start off with gunther and cody though because there was a lot in there that kind of went down so you mentioned how gunther was absolutely pissed and here's the thing i think he should be i think everyone should be that was kind of bs that that finish that they did in clash in Italy I did not like that finish I thought to myself what are we doing and what's worse because when you're there in the live audience Mark a lot of people kind of miss that Gunther had his foot underneath the ropes so a lot of people were like huh what happened what's going on let's wait for the replay and finally the replay happens and you're like oh oh that's what
happened damn so you kind of have like that reaction and I remember thinking bro no way I was just really getting into the matchup by the way right before Gunther lost I was in a moment of I'm sitting up I'm sitting up on my chair I'm very excited to see what's gonna happen here and a lot of people including myself I know Dave lagreca like we were all here talking about how oh Maybe Gunther is actually going to walk away as champion. Maybe they're actually going to do it. There was people in Italy that had signs that said, if Gunther loses, we riot. And you know what? Unfortunately, there was no riots. There was no nothing. We were all sad and depressed that Gunther lost. But thankfully, we did have a fun show.
So we were able to move on after that. The depression lasted only a very short period of time, but still. So I 100% loved Gunther's reaction because he should be reacting like that.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:41
2
What dynamics exist between Cody Rhodes, Gunther, and Sami Zayn on Smackdown?
0:41–7:42
3
How did Cody Rhodes' behavior contrast with his previous persona?
7:42–9:06
4
Why was Gunther described as 'big mad' during the episode?
9:06–13:18
5
What was the audience's reaction to Gunther's performance?
13:18–22:32
6
How did Gunther's match finish affect the storyline?
22:32–35:05