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With a New Home and New Look, Gunther Is an Emerging WWE Star

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Gunther on the intercontinental title: “I want to take this title and make it the greatest prize to conquer”

SummerSlam marked a rebirth of sorts for WWE.

While Vince McMahon likely remains heavily involved in certain areas of the company, the one publicly in charge of WWE creative is now Paul “Triple H” Levesque. That was apparent at SummerSlam, and again two nights later on Raw, particularly in the way women’s wrestling was presented, and by a renewed interest in Ciampa.