WWE: WarGames Return Announced for Survivor Series 2023, Gunther In Process of Establishing US Residency, John Cena

Nov 5, 2023

WWE Announces Return of WarGames for Survivor Series 2023

WWE recently announced that this year’s Survivor Series event on November 25th at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois will feature the return of the WarGames match.

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— WWE (@WWE) November 4, 2023

This will be the second year in a row that WWE will be holding a WarGames match as part of Survivor Series following last year’s main roster debut of the iconic match type.

Gunther Not Allowed to Leave U.S. for Next 6 Months Due to Residency Process

Austrian-based newspaper Krone held a recent interview with Gunther.

In the article it was stated that Gunther is currently not allowed to leave the United States for the next six months due to him being in the process of establishing an official residency. It was also stated that Gunther will only be allowed to work for WWE in the U.S. during this period.

For the next six months, Gunther (his stage name), who lives in Orlando, is not allowed to leave the USA due to strict residency regulations. During this time, he is only allowed to perform within the United States – there is more time for his wife, an ex-professional wrestler, who had to end her career due to a severe concussion.
“I only saw her for six days in October!”

John Cena Received Legal Approval from Screen Actors Guild for Current WWE Run

A recent episode of the WWE After The Bell with Corey Graves podcast featured John Cena as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Cena revealing that he received legal and written approval from the Screen Actors Guild to work in WWE during the on-going SAG-AFTRA strike.

“Well, that’s certainly a happening that’s beyond my control (Cena said in response to the question of how his recent WWE return came to be). So, I’m fortunate enough to have a lot of things on the movie and television side lined up, and none of which I can’t talk about. We’re in the middle of a labor dispute. Then, the labor dispute happens and Screen Actors Guild decides as an entirety to go on strike which either leaves me idle or asking questions of well, what can I do? What is within my control? And I wanted to see if it was okay to come back to tour so, we called the proper people at SAG, we got written, legal okay that it would be okay to come back to WWE and once I had that, then I could ask the question of, ‘Hey, WWE, do you guys want me to come back and hang out for a little bit?’ So, here we are.”

Cena also gave his thoughts about what is left for him to do for his WWE career.

“Dude, the great thing about WWE is there’s always another show and there’s always something to accomplish. I think individuals tend to look at it selfishly. Can I win a 17th championship? I haven’t won the Intercontinental Championship. I wanna win another Money in the Bank, I wanna win another Royal Rumble. It could be like, I’d like to help Roman Reigns become a larger, global phenomenon. I would like to be Austin Theory’s mentor, I would like to do as many live events as I possibly can because physically, I’m able to do them and just give the yield of trying to give whatever I have left to an audience that cares while they care. I don’t look at accomplishments in a perspective of, I need to win another championship, I need to do this. I just need a chance to get out there in any capacity and then I wanna be able to take that, okay, what’s the hand I’ve been dealt? Alright. I’m gonna try to play this the best I can. I don’t think I’ll ever run out of things to possibly accomplish. The sad struggle that I have every day is I’m 46, I’ll be 47 in April and everyone is so skilled (and) I can’t do the things I used to do anymore and I don’t know if you’ve been watching my stuff but I don’t do that much. So, I also wanna be able to contribute to the WWE and then walk away from it and I mean walk away from it. Not all hunched over and not broken and beaten but appreciative and healthy and with a perspective of this is a great chapter in the story of my life and one that has made me who I am.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com