Damian Priest will defend the World Heavyweight Championship at WWE SummerSlam 2024 against King of the Ring Gunther next month. The Ring General has been one of the most successful stars in the Triple H era, so he may walk out of The Biggest Party of the Summer with championship gold.If Gunther wins the title, he can have his first defense against an old rival. The name in question is Ilja Dragunov, who has not been pinned by anyone in over a month. Dragunov's last loss in a singles match came at the hands of Bron Breakker on the June 10 episode of WWE RAW.On the latest episode of RAW, The Mad Dragon's match against Sami Zayn for the Intercontinental Championship ended in no contest due to Breakker's interference. This angle led fans to speculate that Triple H may book a Triple Threat bout for Zayn's title at SummerSlam, but that is not going to happen, as per the latest reports.There is a possibility that Triple H books Dragunov to challenge Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship at Bash in Berlin instead. It would be a logical decision due to Dragunov's recent run on the red brand. Moreover, the 30-year-old is one of the few WWE stars who have defeated The Ring General in the past.Dragunov ended Gunther's record 870-day-long NXT UK Championship reign by submitting him at NXT TakeOver: 36 in the summer of 2021. Therefore, he can use this as a reason to demand a title match from his long-time rival.When the former NXT Champion was picked by RAW in this year's Draft, he said that he and Gunther being on the same brand was "destiny." Their clash on the main roster is inevitable, so The Ring General defeating Dragunov at Bash in Berlin to avenge his loss from three years ago would be the perfect start to his potential reign as the World Heavyweight Champion.Ilja Dragunov and Gunther will likely collide in a tag team match before WWE Bash in BerlinWWE Bash in Berlin will take place on Saturday, August 31. The Stamford-based promotion will hold an episode of SmackDown in Berlin a night before the premium live event.According to Bild, Gunther will team up with Ludwig Kaiser to take on Ilja Dragunov and Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn on the SmackDown before Bash in Berlin.This can be a hint that Gunther and Dragunov will face off for the World Heavyweight Championship in Germany. WWE often books top wrestlers in tag team matches ahead of their singles bouts, so this may be another scenario where the champion and the challenger cross paths in a tag team contest before their big encounter.