Brock Lesnar vs. Gunther isn’t in WWE’s SummerSlam plans

A dream match between Brock Lesnar and Gunther isn’t in WWE’s immediate plans.

In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that Lesnar vs. Gunther isn’t being planned for SummerSlam or “any time soon.”

“Right now there are no plans for Lesnar vs. Gunther at SummerSlam or Lesnar vs. Gunther any time soon,” Meltzer wrote. “Of course that can change because it is a viable match. But if Lesnar is scheduled on SummerSlam there is already a direction that isn’t Gunther.”

Lesnar and Gunther got to share the ring together for an interaction in this year’s men’s Royal Rumble match. In an interview on The Rob Brown Show after the Royal Rumble, Gunther said he hopes a singles match between him and Lesnar happens at some point:

Brock is a one-in-a-million guy or one in 10 million or something like that. I always liked those guys that just stood out from the pack. I stopped watching wrestling for a while when I was a teenager and then I got back into it again when I started training. There was a time when Brock was young but he was wrestling Eddie [Guerrero] and Big Show and Kurt Angle and stuff, and the guy was fantastic. A beast. I always loved his matches and was always very impressed with that. And also with the recent years in WWE, I always thought it would be a thing for a wrestler and my style and stuff, that’s my end boss, if that makes sense. I get portrayed as the end boss in wrestling for a lot of guys, but I think Brock could be my end boss. I really hope that match goes down at some point.

Lesnar is currently feuding with Cody Rhodes in WWE. A Lesnar vs. Rhodes match will take place at Backlash on Saturday, May 6.

Gunther has been WWE’s Intercontinental Champion since June 2022. He retained the title against Drew McIntyre and Sheamus in a triple threat match at WrestleMania 39.

SummerSlam is being held at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday, August 5.