Ludwig Kaiser revealed that he decided to split from former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Gunther.
Their friendship goes back to their days on the independent wrestling scene. When they joined WWE, they became part of the faction Imperium, alongside Giovanni Vinci. Together, the group dominated NXT UK and NXT.
After moving to the main roster, Giovanni Vinci was kicked out from the Imperium, leaving Gunther and Kaiser to continue as a duo. Even so, they have not worked closely together in recent times.
On the Kennt Jeder podcast with Hamad Firdousi, Kaiser explained je wanted to take his career further and realized he needed to step out on his own. “Imperium originated in wXw as Ringkampf, even though it was set up differently. We were all on the same level, but with different characters. Timothy Thatcher was the roughneck for the dirty work. I was the arrogant young boy. WALTER (Gunther) was the slaughterer to kill everyone.”
“Imperium was a different dynamic. Gunther was the main guy and I was part of the tag team. Gunther is insane, he unlocks something in people that only few can. You need to know your place. My job was to make his act better and not take anything away. But at some point you want more and you get to a point where you want more.”
“But if you keep walking behind Gunther, I remain the tag team guy. We realized something needs to change, so we did. Of course there is a risk, but in America you need to bank on yourself and on your skills. You need to have the balls to do that. You will get that chance, you need to use it. I would say for myself I did just that.” [H/T: WrestlePurists]
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