For weeks, Sami Zayn had called out Gunther for a shot at the world heavyweight championship. Zayn got his show in the Raw main event on Monday night but he was unable to find the

This week's Raw was the first two-hour show since the tv changes and it moved quickly. The main event match was the show-stealer.

By retaining his title against Sami Zayn on WWE RAW, Gunther seemingly punched his ticket to WWE Crown Jewel. In the main event of the October 7 episode of WWE RAW, Gunther defeated Sami Zayn via submission to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.