Gunther drop-kicked Rollins as soon as Rollins entered and hit him with a big Powerbomb. The match couldn’t even get going properly, as Rollins went for Gunther’s eyes outside the ring, leading to a brawl around the arena. Rollins even resorted to grabbing and tossing chairs at Gunther before they entered the ring to officially start the match — not before Rollins also flashed Gunther the double birds, though, of course.
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After the match’s hot start, the two former champions moved at a bit of a snail’s pace, trading some slow chops and strike exchanges. Gunther countered when Rollins leapt over him to set up a Bucklebomb, then nailed a big clothesline afterward, halting the pace again before the two traded shots on their knees. Rollins rattled off machine gun-like chops that backed Gunther into the corner, however “The Ring General” simply ate them all and planted Rollins with another big powerbomb.
Gunther gained steam late in the match with a trio of clotheslines, until the third failed and nearly resulted in a Rollins Pedigree.Advertisement
Gunther escaped, but still got hit with it after a bridge suplex failed. A stomp from Rollins followed, yet still Gunther kicked out. Gunther lunged for a sleeper choke after Rollins missed with another stomp from the top rope, but Rollins fought out, biting the arm of Gunther and landing rolling forearms.
Rollins dug deep into his bag of tricks by finding the Superplex-Falcon Arrow combo and locking on Gunther’s sleeper. Had it not been for connecting his foot to the rope, Gunther may have went out.A pair of suicide dives then landed for Rollins, with the third resulting in his downfall, as he got caught, Bucklebombed onto the apron, then Powerbombed onto the announce desk.
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Gunther wanted another, but was countered and took a Pedigree on the table. Rollins wasn’t done, adding a stomp to finish it off. But then Breakker appeared and speared Rollins out of his shoes.
The referee seemingly missed Breakker’s attack while he checked on Gunther, which allowed for “The Ring General” to re-enter and lock the choke onto Rollins for the win.
Breakker wasn’t done with Rollins after the match, though. One more spear came at “breakneck speed” after Breakker sprinted down the long WrestleMania ramp to drill his former Vision stablemate.
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