Former WWE Champion teases return after 7 months

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He wondered who was going to be hit with the iconic 10 Beats of the Bodhran upon his return to the ring, and you can check it out in his Instagram post below.

“Who’s getting THE 10 beats? #LFG,” he wrote.

The former leader of The Brawling Brutes had to pull out of The Last Time Is Now Tournament last year due to injury. Gunther went on to win the tournament and defeated John Cena at Saturday Night’s Main Event in December 2025 to end the legend’s in-ring career. The Cenation Leader served as the host of WrestleMania 42 in April, and WWE will be holding the inaugural John Cena Classic Tournament later this year.

Female WWE star discusses when she slapped Sheamus in the face

WWE backstage interviewer Jackie Redmond detailed a time when Sheamus asked her to slap him in the face.

Speaking with Chris Van Vliet on the INSIGHT podcast, Redmond shared that The Irish Curse was struggling with a backstage interview and wasn’t feeling it. She revealed that he asked her to slap him, and she was frightened by the request.

“One time I was doing a backstage (interview) with Sheamus and he wasn’t feeling it. We had done a couple and he wasn’t happy with them, and he was like, ‘Jackie, slap me.’ I actually got really nervous, I was like, ‘No I can’t actually slap Sheamus, like I can’t do this.’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, slap me.’ I slapped him. It was a b*tcha** slap, it wasn’t a good slap, I got scared,” she said.

The 48-year-old has never won the Intercontinental Championship during his time as a WWE Superstar. It will be fascinating to see when the legend finally makes his return to the ring.