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Avengers: Doomsday’s latest teaser features a meeting between The Wakandans and The Fantastic Four’s Ben Grimm, aka The Thing. The Thing’s shot features considerable negative space to his left and the camera’s right. Amid some viewers arguing that positioning features a blur, rumors and theories have sparked about a digitally removed figure next to Thing. The most popular candidate is the movie’s villain, Victor Von Doom.

The two schools of thought will almost always defy each other, it is duality personified. Hence why seeing them reconcile and greet each other like old friends in the new teaser is a bit shocking, and heartwarming.

Gunther is called The Ring General, but his understanding of crowd psychology and character work extends beyond just the ring. His in-ring character would be nowhere near as effective if he didn’t perform actions like this. The underdog story he crafts for his opponents — like Goldberg, Cena, and CM Punk — would not resonate as well emotionally without this towering wrestler wanting us to hate him.