During a recent appearance on the “Something To Wrestle With” podcast, JBL discussed WWE Backlash: St. Louis, highlighting the intensity of GUNTHER’s signature chops to Pat McAfee and the main event featuring John Cena and Randy Orton.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On comparing GUNTHER to Haku: “The rite of passage back in the day was to have Haku chop you. And as soon as you did, everybody regretted it once they did. I had to have Haku chop me once, And all of a sudden he broke my sternum. I was like, ‘I’m dead. I’m actually seriously hurt. I may never wrestle again.’
“That’s Gunther. Gunther’s safe, by the way. So was Haku by the way, but man does Gunther hit you hard. I was sitting out there doing commentary one time, and he chopped somebody, and we’re in commercial. And when he did, I said, ‘Oh my God.’ And Kevin Dunn was in my ear, he goes, ‘You want to come back?’ I said, ‘Hell no! Not coming back, not against him. He’ll hurt me.’”
On Randy Orton vs. John Cena at Backlash: “I caught up with a lot of it on social media. And I saw all the RKO extravaganza at the end and of course saw Randy Orton who — good Lord, looked like he ate the younger Randy Orton. He looks fantastic. Bob Orton is a dear friend of mine. He tells me, all Randy does is train. He just trains. Everybody goes over there. He’s got a gym in his garage. He just trains all the time. And he looks fantastic.
“What a rebirth to a career — not that Randy needed it, but all of a sudden you change, become this — he’s huge. And you’ve got this whole new iteration of yourself. I really applaud right now. I’ve always been a fan of Randy Orton.”
