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

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.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Gunther, stood tall after retaining his title over Sami Zayn in the main event of the first two-hour episode of WWE Raw in 12 years. For weeks Zayn had been angling for a match with The Ring General with the world championship on the line,

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.

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.

Gunther Defeats Sami Zayn To Retain World Heavyweight Title, Comes Face-To-Face With Cody Rhodes On WWE Raw Sami Zayn fails to pull off another miracle. On the October 7 edition of WWE Raw, Gunther defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Sami Zayn in a singles bout.

GUNTHER is set to defend his World Heavyweight Championship against old rival Sami Zayn, but not on the Bad Blood PLE.

After the match, Gunther meets Cody Rhodes. Yahoo Sports

Check out our top takeaways from WWE Raw on Oct. 7, which featured Gunther vs. Sami Zayn for the World Heavyweight Championship.

As WWE RAW kicked off following the conclusion of the PLE Bad Blood, it was the first RAW in a long time to be only 2 hours long instead of the regular three hours. Straight from Enterprise Center in St.