Gunther (wrestler)

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Gunther
Walter 16 Carat Gold 2020 N3 (cropped).jpg
Hahn in March 2020
Birth nameWalter Hahn
Born (1987-08-20) 20 August 1987 (age 35)
Vienna, Austria
Spouse(s)
Jinny
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(m. 2022)​
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Big Daddy Walter
Big Van Walter
Gha-cha-ping
Gunther
Walter
Walter Hahn
Billed height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[1]
Billed weight265 lb (120 kg)[1]
Billed fromVienna, Austria[1]
Trained byFahad Al Shammari
Debut19 November 2005

Walter Hahn (born 20 August 1987) is an Austrian professional wrestler and trainer. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Gunther and is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion in his first reign.

Hahn has appeared in a number of independent promotions around the world, predominantly wrestling mononymously as Walter (stylized in all capital letters), most notably Westside Xtreme Wrestling, becoming a three-time wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he is a former one-time PWG World Champion, and Progress Wrestling, where he is a former Progress Unified World Champion. Overall, Walter is a five-time world champion in wrestling and the first Austrian to compete in WWE. After signing with WWE in early 2019, he debuted on the NXT UK brand before moving over to the primary NXT brand in 2022, where his ring name was changed to Gunther. He is a former NXT United Kingdom Champion for which he holds the record for the longest reign at 870 days, which is the longest championship reign in WWE history since 1988.

Professional wrestling career[]

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2007–2020)[]

Walter made his Westside Xtreme Wrestling 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.[2]

He defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to win the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship on 2 October 2010 in Oberhausen, Germany.[3] He lost the title to Daisuke Sekimoto on 15 January 2011,[4] 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.[5]

Walter in May 2012

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.[6][7] 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.[8]

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).[9] 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.[10] On 11 March Walter and Thatcher lost the wXw Tag Titles to Da Mack and John Klinger.[11]

He was head trainer at the wXw Wrestling Academy until early 2020.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14] He entered the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament again in 2016, reaching the quarter-finals before being eliminated by Chris Hero.[15]

Walter participated in the tournament to determine the inaugural Progress Atlas champion in 2016 but he finished the tournament with 2 points.[16] 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.[17][18] He defeated Matt Riddle to win the Progress Atlas Championship at Chapter 51: Screaming For Progress at the O2 Academy Birmingham.[19] He lost the title to Riddle a little over a month later on a Progress card in New York City,[20] 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.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23]

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.[24] 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.[25]

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2017–2018)[]

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.[26] He was then defeated by Ricochet at All Star Weekend 13 – Night One.[27] 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.[28]

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.[29] 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,[30][31] which would end in a draw at No Regrets.[32] 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[]

Longest-reigning NXT UK Champion (2019–2022)[]

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.[33] The following week, Walter confronted Dunne and Joe Coffey, making his intentions clear for Dunne's championship.[34] 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.[35] At NXT TakeOver: New York, Walter defeated Dunne to win the WWE United Kingdom Championship, ending Dunne's record-setting reign at 685 days.[36]

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[37] and reuniting Ringkampf under the new name Imperium.[38] 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. The match was highly acclaimed.[39]

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.[40][41] 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.[42] On the 29 October episode of NXT UK, Walter retained the championship in a match against Ilja Dragunov in another highly acclaimed match. On the 14 January episode, Walter would face A-Kid for his United Kingdom Title and retained.[43] On 19 February 2021, Walter became the longest-reigning NXT United Kingdom Champion, breaking Pete Dunne's record of 685 days, making Walter the longest-reigning champion in WWE history since 1988.[44] On the 17 March episode of NXT, Walter would return to the NXT brand and decimated Tommaso Ciampa. It was then announced that at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1, Walter would defend his NXT UK Title against Ciampa.[45][46] On the 24 March episode of NXT, Walter defeated Drake Maverick.[47] On April 5, his championship reign surpassed the two-year mark. Two days later at Stand & Deliver, Walter retained his title against Ciampa. 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.[48]

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.[49] After having his final match on NXT UK on 13 January where he defeated Nathan Frazer,[50] Walter was transferred to the NXT brand.[51] On the 18 January episode of NXT, Walter defeated Roderick Strong in the main event, after which, he announced his new ring name as Gunther.[52][53] In mid-March, Gunther started a brief feud with L. A. Knight when he took offense at the latter getting an NXT Championship match by calling out Dolph Ziggler.[54] The next week, after Gunther defeated Duke Hudson, Knight challenged him to a match at NXT Stand & Deliver, which Gunther won.[55] On the 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.[56]

Intercontinental Champion (2022–present)[]

On the 8 April episode of SmackDown, Gunther and Marcel Barthel (now known as Ludwig Kaiser) made their main roster debut. In his debut match, Gunther defeated Joe Alonzo in under 3 minutes.[57] On the 27 May episode of SmackDown, Gunther and Kaiser made their debut as a tag team, defeating Drew Gulak and Intercontinental Champion Ricochet.[58] On the 10 June episode of SmackDown, Gunther defeated Ricochet to win the Intercontinental Championship, making him the first Austrian to win the title.[59] He would successfully defend the title against Ricochet in a rematch and Shinsuke Nakamura.[60][61] 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.[62][63] Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter rated the match five stars, marking Gunther’s fifth match to receive five stars, and the first received for a main roster match.[64]

Personal life[]

Hahn is married to fellow pro wrestler Jinny Sandhu, better known as Jinny, in WWE NXT.[65][better source needed]

Championships and accomplishments[]

  • CBS Sports
  • Defiant Wrestling
  • European Wrestling Promotion
    • EWP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Michael Kovac[70][71][72]
  • Fight Club: PRO
    • Infinity Trophy (2018)[73]
  • German Stampede Wrestling
    • GSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Robert Dreissker[74][75]
  • Over the Top Wrestling
    • OTT Championship (1 time)[76]
  • Progress Wrestling
    • Progress Atlas Championship (3 times)[77]
    • Progress Unified World Championship (1 time)[78]
  • Pro Wrestling Fighters
    • PWF Nordeuropäische Wrestling Meisterschaft Championship (1 time)[79]
  • Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • Ranked No. 14 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019[81]
  • Rings of Europe
    • 20 man Halloween Rumble (2006)[82]
    • RoE King of Europe No. 1 Contenders Championship Tournament (2007)[83]
  • TNT Extreme Wrestling
    • TNT World Championship (1 time)[84]
  • Westside Xtreme Wrestling
    • wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship (3 times)[85]
    • wXw World Tag Team Championship (4 times)[86] – with Ilja Dragunov (1), Robert Dreissker (1), Timothy Thatcher (1), and Zack Sabre Jr. (1)
    • wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament (2010)[87]
    • wXw World Tag Team Tournament (2015) – with Zack Sabre Jr.[88]
    • World Tag Team League (2017) – with Timothy Thatcher[89]
    • Ambition 11 Tournament (2019)[90]
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • WWE

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Achievements
Preceded by
Shingo Takagi
 wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament winner
2010 		Succeeded by
Sami Callihan
Preceded by
Zack Sabre Jr.
Daisuke Sekimoto
Tommy End
 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
Daisuke Sekimoto
El Generico
Karsten Beck
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
Pete Dunne
 NXT United Kingdom Champion
5 April 2019 – 22 August 2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ricochet
 WWE Intercontinental Champion
10 June 2022 – present 		Current holder
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