Jey Uso chooses Gunther as WrestleMania 41 opponent with world heavyweight championship on the line

Jey Uso won the Royal Rumble and made a determination Monday nighttime astir which WWE title helium would contend for astatine WrestleMania 41 successful much than 2 months.

WWE fans greeted Uso with cheers arsenic they allowed him to determination and groove with them for respective minutes earlier Gunther emerged and enactment a damper connected things. 

"The Ring General" attacked Uso arsenic helium was vibing with fans, trying to marque a statement.

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Jey Uso celebrates aft winning a men’s Royal Rumble lucifer during the WWE Royal Rumble astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis Feb. 1, 2025. (Joe Camporeale/Imagn Images)

As officials broke up the melee, Uso took the mic and announced who helium was going for. 

"Maybe I shouldn’t accidental this," Uso began portion trying to get backmost up from the beatdown. "Me and you astatine WrestleMania!"

The assemblage roared. Gunther came backmost down the ramp and tried to get a fewer much shots in, but Uso met him with a forearm of his own. Gunther was knocked disconnected the apron, and Uso bounced disconnected the ropes and flew implicit them to deed Gunther connected the floor.

In a abstracted video, Gunther promised Uso "10 weeks of hell."

"What you saw retired determination — the selfish effort from Jey Uso to ruin my bequest due to the fact that I’m forced to measurement into the ringing astatine WrestleMania," Gunther said. "He calls himself ‘Main Event.’ In reality, he’s midcard. He’s a clown. He’s determination for the amusement of everybody retired there. He’s decidedly not successful my league."

Gunther has held the satellite heavyweight rubric since August, erstwhile helium defeated Damian Priest astatine SummerSlam. His rivalry with Uso goes backmost a fewer weeks.

Gunther during a WWE media junket astatine Hilton Carillion Park successful St. Petersburg, Fla., Jan. 26, 2024. (Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports)

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Uso challenged Gunther for the rubric astatine Saturday Night’s Main Event successful January but came up short.

Uso has ne'er beaten Gunther connected unrecorded TV successful a singles match. Uso was a portion of a six-man tag-team lucifer with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods past twelvemonth erstwhile they defeated Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci. 

Since then, Kingston and Woods separated from Big E and Gunther and Kaiser divided from Vinci.

With 1 rubric lucifer set, the Elimination Chamber successful March volition find who faces Cody Rhodes for the undisputed WWE championship.

Jey Uso points to the WrestleMania 41 sign. (WWE)

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Elimination Chamber is acceptable for March 1. WrestleMania 41 is scheduled for April 19-20.

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