WALTER has a new name! The former NXT UK Champion revealed that his new name was Gunther following the main event of this week's NXT 2.0.

It all went down at the WWE Performance Center on Tuesday, January 18. In what was his first singles match on NXT 2.0, "Der Ring General" went one-on-one with Diamond Mine's Roderick Strong in a thrilling main event. It was a hard-hitting bout, and Strong put up a good fight, but ultimately, WALTER was too powerful a foe to overcome. With his brute strength and wily in-ring skills, the gargantuan Austrian eventually overpowered the former NXT Cruiserweight Champion and finished him off with a brutal powerbomb for the 1-2-3.

After the bell, WALTER got on the mic to make a declaration. "The winner of the match ... is GUNTHER!" the artist formerly known as WALTER revealed, as his Imperium colleagues Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner appeared and proceeded to deliver a beat down to the still-reeling Roderick Strong. Strong's Diamond Mine underlings Brutus and Julius Creed ran to the ring to make the save and a three-on-three brawl ensued as the show went off the air.

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Changing WALTER's name to Gunther seems pointless -- and it is definitely pointless -- but it could mean that WWE has some big plans for him. Right?

As you might recall, Imperium was defeated by MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) and Riddle at NXT 2.0's New Year's Evil on January 4. Considering Aichner and Barthel are the NXT Tag Tea Champions, and Riddle isn't even a member of the NXT roster, the result of that match doesn't make much sense in hindsight.

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"It is tough to bet against Walter," Triple H said of Gunther (back when was Gunther was still called WALTER) during an appearance on The Bump back in January 2021. "Anyone who has watched him over the last few years, anyone who has recently watched him against Ilja [Dragunov], one of the most physically imposing, physically dominating performers out there. There's no wasted movement, he's not flashy, he doesn't care about how it looks, he's just effective."

Auf Wiedersehen, WALTER. Guten Tag, Gunther.