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At WWE Backlash, Pat McAfee faced GUNTHER in a singles match. This added another notch in the former NFL punters belt as he took on the Ring General.
The conflict started on the Raw after WrestleMania 41 during a segment with the commentary team. This also had quite a violent beginning.
GUNTHER appeared at ringside and confronted Michael Cole and Pat McAfee. He was claiming they had shown him disrespect after his WrestleMania loss. The situation escalated when GUNTHER attacked Cole. McAfee stepped in to defend Cole, but GUNTHER overpowered him and choked him out.
Following the attack, Raw General Manager Adam Pearce fined and suspended GUNTHER. The next week, McAfee asked SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis, who was filling in for Pearce, to lift the suspension so he could fight the former WWE World Champion.
This match went down after the IC Title match, where El Grande Americano helped Dirty Dominik Mysterio retain his title. McAfee received a good response from the Saint Louis crowd, but none of those cheers could save him from GUNTHER. Michael Cole previously stated that he would be biased during this match as well, and he meant it as he lambasted GUNTHER.
Fans chanted you tapped out at GUNTHER as the match got started. Then, the moment they locked up, GUNTHER slung McAfee across the ring. Over 17,000 fans chanted for Pat McAfee as he got a headlock on GUNTHER. Then GUNTHER let Pat go to mock him after he switched things up.
Eventually, GUNTHER chopped McAfee down to slow things to his pace. McAfee nailed a few punches and a chop, but GUNTHER just wanted more, so Pat gave him a few more, but then GUNTHER fired back with a stiff chop to take Pat down. That was followed by a few brutal chops that took the former NFL punter down.
Michael Cole told GUNTHER to pin McAfee and get the match over with, but he didnt. Instead, GUNTHER whipped McAfee back into the ropes for a shoulder tackle. McAfee tried to come back with a kick to the spine, but GUNTHER no-sold it to turn things around for a kick of his own. This was followed by another chopping exchange that GUNTHER won.
GUNTHER got on a sleeper hold, but Pat McAfee got out of it. So, GUNTHER nailed another German Suplex. Michael Cole wasnt happy at all as the brutality continued.
Pat McAfee landed on his feet after German Suplex, and he kicked GUNTHER to phase him. Then he nailed a slam for a one-count pinfall attempt. GUNTHER invited McAfee to chop him more, but every time GUNTHER returned fire. McAfee landed two kicks to the head, but then GUNTHER nailed a powerbomb as Michael Cole screamed to end the match!
Finally, GUNTHER locked on a Boston Crab onto Pat McAfee. Michael Cole got up and went to ringside, but McAfee couldnt get to the ropes. Then GUNTHER dragged Pat back in and applied a few elbows to the side of his head before he pulled Michael Cole into the ring.
Cole fought GUNTHER off until McAfee kicked him just as GUNTHER was about to powerbomb Cole. Pat got a two count roll-up pin on GUNTHER as he went to the apron to take a suplex back in, and Cole held GUNTHERs legs to help him not kick out, but GUNTHER did kick out. He wasnt happy at all. Pat tried to get a sleeper on GUNTHER after that, but he just kicked his head off and locked on a sleeper hold until the referee called for the bell. After the match was over, Pat McAfee got to his feet and had a stare-down with GUNTHER. Then GUNTHER tipped his proverbial hat at McAfee before he left to show respect.
This was quite a display from Pat McAfee and GUNTHER. He took an incredible beating, after all. Only time will tell what is next for him in WWE, and the same goes for GUNTHER.
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