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.

GUNTHER finally gave Sami Zayn a World Heavyweight title shot on "WWE Raw," but while Zayn again put up a strong fight, this time GUNTHER was able to retain.

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 victory over the champion as he had when the pair met earlier this year at WrestleMania.