Gunther: Why was the Intercontinental champion not booked for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament?

Gunther: A new World Heavyweight champion will be crowned by WWE at the 2023 Night of Champions. The PPV Event is scheduled to take place on May 27, 2023, at the Jeddah Super Dome in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Previously, 12 names were revealed who were the participants of the World Heavyweight championship tournament. However, Gunther’s name was missing from the list. Read along to know, why the Intercontinental Champion was not booked for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament. Follow the latest WWE News Updates with InsideSport.IN

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Why was Gunther not booked for the WWE Heavyweight Championship Tournament?

The 12 names of participants of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament include Seth Rollins, Shinsuke Nakamura, Sheamus, The Miz, Damian Priest, Edge, Rey Mysterio, Finn Balor, Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles, Austin Theory, and Cody Rhodes.

Besides others, Austin Theory who is the United States Champion is a participant in the World Heavyweight championship tournament. Thus, the WWE Universe was wondering why the Intercontinental Champion wasn’t booked for the tournament.

However, there is a special reason for it. Intercontinental champion Gunther is currently busy and is enjoying his honeymoon with his wife, Jinny Sandhu. Jinny is a former WWE NXT UK Wrestler.

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— Jinny (@JinnyCouture) May 3, 2023

Owing to this reason Gunther was absent from this week’s Monday Night Raw episode, where the Raw’s side of the World Heavyweight Championship took place. However, the Intercontinental Champion is all set to return to Monday Night Raw next week.

Check Out the details on the World Heavyweight Championship Tournament

Among all the participants who took part in the World Heavyweight Championship Tournament on Monday Night Raw, Seth Rollins became the First Finalist for the World Heavyweight championship title.

Gunther: Why was the Intercontinental champion not booked for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament?

Also, two Triple Threat Matches featuring AJ Styles vs Edge vs Rey Mysterio and Austin Theory vs Bobby Lashley vs Sheamus are also scheduled to take place on Friday Night SmackDown this week. The winner of the respective Matches will square off against each other in the main event. Also, the winner of the main event will be regarded as the second finalist and the opponent of Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight championship.

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