Rising WWE star breaks silence on reason for Gunther split

For years, the WWE's “Ring General” Gunther was tied to the hip with his Imperium stablemate, Ludwig Kaiser, but the two have since split.

During an interview with Kennt jeder – Der Podcast mit Hamad Firdousi (translated by Daniel Schachtmeier, via WrestleTalk), Kaiser revealed he and Gunther came up with the idea . Imperium began with all of the members being “on the same level” despite being “different characters.” That did not appear to be the case in WWE.

“You see, Imperium originated in wXw as Ringkampf, even though it was set up differently,” Kaiser recalled. “We were all on the same level, but with different characters. Timothy Thatcher was the toughneck for the dirty work. I was the arrogant young boy. Walter (aka Gunther) was the slaughterer to kill everyone. Imperium was