In a recent interview with Shakiel Mahjouri of CBS Sports, WWE superstar GUNTHER discussed several topics, including how close he came to calling it quits on his wrestling career over a decade ago.

“I had a day job working only night shifts for nearly three years and wrestling on the weekends, that took a toll, that was hard to sustain. My goal was always to make a living off professional wrestling, that was not in sight, so I thought I should call it quits and focus on a career in my real job.

I spoke with Westside Xtreme Wrestling and said, either I run a wrestling school for you, and that’s my job, or I think I call it quits. They were happy to do that, they wanted to have a wrestling school, they employed me and since then, professional wrestling has been my main profession.”

The full interview is available at this link.