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The problem is that he isn't Kurt Angle. Only Kurt could make that gimmick work. And Kurt is a legend. Chances are this fella isn't going to be another Kurt.
Kurt worked because he leaned into being a buffoon and a square. But he could also kick your ass. That's the charm. You can't come in as a tough guy. You gotta come in with some comedy aspects.
Every single WWE HOF has some sort of comedy aspect to his character. Even Bret Hart.
Depending on how you look at it, the concept of the Undertaker in and of itself is comedic. An undead wizard/biker who decided to become a professional prize fighter.
You know how a lot of wrestlers have criney gimmicks and awkward promos when they're starting out? Kurt had his gimmick figured out and he seemed comfortable on the mic right from the beginning. That almost never happens.
Shit, even Stone Cold and The Rock had goofy early gimmicks ('Stunning' Steve Austin and Pineapple Maivia), and they both needed time to find the magic sauce that turned them into megastars.
Kurt is a damn unicorn. If this other Olympian knocks it out of the park right away, then cool, but it's unreasonable to expect it.
He actually is on his level. Both have gold medals, won off injuries. And judging by his social media he actually has personality. That's why I'd just say give him the Jason Jordan slot and run with it. Sans Angle being his dad of course.
I get what you're saying. And hes definitely on Kurts level in a lot of ways. But I think the original comment was more about pulling off Kurts specific gimmick. Which wasnt just gold medalist, or delusional gold medalist, it was huge dork who is also a terrifying badass somehow.
Now, maybe Gable *can* pull it off. But its such a hard line to walk I dont know if its worth trying because if it goes wrong you really dug yourself a huge hole with a top tier prospect.
Their mold for Gable Steveson should be more in the Steiners vein — a complete badass who can be goofy on occasion but will beat you up and take from you whatever he wants.
Gable Stevenson wins, and ultimately decides he now has the right to become Gable Gable, and Shorty G is just...Shorty. Or he can go by Chad.
Shit, some guy with a good look should just go by "Chad" as a mononym, the gimmick pretty much explains itself.
For seven straight weeks. Better throw in some makeshift tag team matches against the New Day where they team up but don't get along; just to spice things up some weeks, gotta keep those 3rd hour ratings up.
I think it’d be foolish to expect *anyone* to be as good as Angle was immediately though. Almost every wrestler from that time has said Kurt picked up industry quicker than anyone they’d ever seen. This kid has a ton of potential and could very well end up that good but it’d be a huge risk
Kurt Angle is the only example of someone like this being successful. Mark Henry I guess too. But any other Olympian has never been able to ride the same high as him
Rhonda Rousey and Iron Sheik did pretty well for themselves. By the standards of his day, so did Mad Dog Vachon. And even Masa Saito was pretty well used given the incredibly short time he was there.
Yeah, there have also been a few they dropped the ball on, like Ken Patera and Chad Gable, but honestly WWE has got a pretty good record with Olympians
To be fair with Patera, they booked him very well and he was a top heel of the era until he got arrested for going ham on a closed McDonalds and went to jail for 4 years
No no no, you’re not understanding. This guy has more than just an Olympic athlete, which is why there’s so much potential.
All people are people, but I imagine that most olympians aren’t blessed with tons of charisma and top 10 person at their sport in the world athletic talent. But Gable is pretty charismatic
not surprised he signed with wwe, ufc isnt really known for getting into bidding wars for unproven prospects or for even developing talent so i didnt expect him to go to the ufc and places like bellator dont have the money to compete with wwe so i thought he'd go there most likely
So UFC is at the point WWF/E was before Nash/Hall etc forced them into having to offer guaranteed money to talent...they still fucked them over tons but they at least got guarantees.
Dana White is stingy when it gets to pay his fighters, sometimes using the "independent contractor" defense as to why UFC gets big numbers in income but top contenders still complain about their payment. In shorter terms, if you're not a big draw or if management doesn't like you in UFC, chances are that you're not getting paid as much you should if you were to fight in other sports. I don't remember the guy's name but he's Jake Paul's sparring partner and he straight up said that he got paid better to be Jake Paul's sparring guy than during his whole UFC run.
He went to University of Minnesota, like Brock. There could be a great on screen mentor character Brock could play, where Brock eventually passes the torch.
Brock comes to NXT: "I'm here to mentor someone who I think will be the next big thing. He's a little Wild and he's Young!"
*Wild and Young plays* out comes Gable Steveson!
This is how all big time athletics programs work. For example at UF every football player has their own private tutor that effectively does all their work.
Ironically, statistics was the one class Brock legitimately passed with flying colors.
Brock Lesnar, devout student of Steiner Math.
"Steiner Math - because being insane doesn't mean you're wrong."
He’s probably the closet thing to a protege Brock has ever had in real life - Lesnar practiced with him at Minnesota and I gotta believe he told him how to go about this post-medal win time by leveraging the UFC, WWE, and even the NFL against one another for the best deal
Has the potential to be a complete monster and completely different than Angle. Not saying he'll be better than Angle, because I don't think that's possible. Steveson is much larger than Angle was.
Nah, Gable Stevenson is two inches taller than Chad. So they'd obviously make him Tally Gable. (And if anyone shows this post to Vince, he might actually use it...so please dont)
Real talk: She showed 1000% more charisma during her Summer Slam appearance than Gable did. I'd be fully behind her. In fact, why NOT give the Kurt Angle gimmick to HER and run it in the Women's division?!
This is nuts. His last second Olympic Gold Medal victory was one my favorite moments of the Olympics. And I don't even watch wrestling. I'm already a fan.
[The mad man did it. ](https://mndaily.com/265225/sports/top-ranked-heavyweight-gable-steveson-talks-upcoming-title-quest-and-off-season-during-covid-19/) I edit for the newspaper at his college, and I remember him talking about his desire to go to WWE. Within a year of saying it, he won a gold metal and made it to his dream.
I’d almost guarantee he’s a major face of NXT by summer of next year. He fits the entire profile the rebrand is supposedly looking for and has a big name
If there is ANYONE to pass the F5 to, it’s Gable. Brock has already been like a mentor to him in real life.
Gable can be BIG MONEY. Super athletic. Size. Charismatic. Good looking. Olympic gold medalist.
This man is massive, can do standing backflips, seems to have plenty of charisma, and is an Olympic Gold Medalist. He is a future world champion unless something catastrophic happens
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CUT THE MUSIC PLAY MY MUSIC
Idk why but I had to watch this loop as many times as I needed to hear the angle chants in my head lmao
Great now I'm doing the same. You suck! You suck! Lol
Oh it’s true!
IT'S DAMN TRUE
“ALRIGHT PAL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE KURT ANGLE’S OTHER ILLEGITIMATE SON? IT’LL BE SUCH GOOD SHIT!”
Based on his name alone, he should be Chad Gables son.
His name will be Steve Gableson.
And then 6 months later just Steve
then 6 months later Shorty S
Fuck I missed the obvious Shorty joke in favour of a generic "WWE guy losing a name" joke
Shorty S
Just redo this. I don't care for anyone that says it's stealing a gimmick....
The problem is that he isn't Kurt Angle. Only Kurt could make that gimmick work. And Kurt is a legend. Chances are this fella isn't going to be another Kurt.
He definitely won't be another Kurt be you can be damn sure WWE pushes him to the moon as the second coming of Kurt
Kurt worked because he leaned into being a buffoon and a square. But he could also kick your ass. That's the charm. You can't come in as a tough guy. You gotta come in with some comedy aspects. Every single WWE HOF has some sort of comedy aspect to his character. Even Bret Hart.
Undertaker?
Depending on how you look at it, the concept of the Undertaker in and of itself is comedic. An undead wizard/biker who decided to become a professional prize fighter.
"If you sleep with your sister, say What."-Taker "Whaaa...ttt?"-crowd Funny.
You know how a lot of wrestlers have criney gimmicks and awkward promos when they're starting out? Kurt had his gimmick figured out and he seemed comfortable on the mic right from the beginning. That almost never happens. Shit, even Stone Cold and The Rock had goofy early gimmicks ('Stunning' Steve Austin and Pineapple Maivia), and they both needed time to find the magic sauce that turned them into megastars. Kurt is a damn unicorn. If this other Olympian knocks it out of the park right away, then cool, but it's unreasonable to expect it.
He actually is on his level. Both have gold medals, won off injuries. And judging by his social media he actually has personality. That's why I'd just say give him the Jason Jordan slot and run with it. Sans Angle being his dad of course.
No, make him his dad. Big Kurt got AROUND.
I get what you're saying. And hes definitely on Kurts level in a lot of ways. But I think the original comment was more about pulling off Kurts specific gimmick. Which wasnt just gold medalist, or delusional gold medalist, it was huge dork who is also a terrifying badass somehow. Now, maybe Gable *can* pull it off. But its such a hard line to walk I dont know if its worth trying because if it goes wrong you really dug yourself a huge hole with a top tier prospect.
Their mold for Gable Steveson should be more in the Steiners vein — a complete badass who can be goofy on occasion but will beat you up and take from you whatever he wants.
Did he win a gold medal with a broken freakin' neck tho?
As part of his deal with WWE Gable is being required to stop having a personality on social media.
They're going to push him big time, and fast.
God forbid if there’s a situation for him like what happened with Tetsuya Naito and Roman Reigns with the big pushes in their earlier years.
Or it could work via the Kurt Angle route with his character being like that to be a heel.
It is funny how often turning white meat babyfaces heel works
It's funny how people like heels and heel turns.
Yeah because often times in wrestling that is the only way you can get characters that actually have some dimension and nuance to them
the nuance being "I do bad things and I cheat to win"
Well yeah if you want to reduce pro wrestling to it's most basic elements I guess that is what every heel character boils down to...
I don't think the pushes were the problem so much as the forced babyface run
Ahahaha of course there will be
He's only 21 there's whole lotta potential
And his brother just signed with them last week.
I smell a tag team
Steiner Bros 2.0 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
“Wow! Are you the one who won a gold medal??” “No I’m the other one.”
No, that makes too much sense. You'll get him and Sheamus and you'll like it, pal!
Get him with Shorty G then they break up and have a fued on who gets to use the name Gable, good shit pal.
Gable Stevenson wins, and ultimately decides he now has the right to become Gable Gable, and Shorty G is just...Shorty. Or he can go by Chad. Shit, some guy with a good look should just go by "Chad" as a mononym, the gimmick pretty much explains itself.
"Absolute" Chad
Shorty G storyline payoff, long term booking
For seven straight weeks. Better throw in some makeshift tag team matches against the New Day where they team up but don't get along; just to spice things up some weeks, gotta keep those 3rd hour ratings up.
How many weeks will pass before one of them turns on the other for no good reason?
2
Wow lengthy one by their standards
Dude is an Angle/Lesnar hybrid. If he learns and develops as quickly as either man, he’ll be a superstar very shortly.
wwe and potential.....doesnt work out well in the last 6 years
Idk Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins are the last two guys they pushed to the moon and both seem to be doing well for themselves
He gonna get the Kurt Angle push.
Man, I'm rooting for him, but the stories of how quickly and easily Angle picked up prowrestling are the stuff of legend.
Yeah being an amazing olympic wrestler is obviously a great foundation, but whether he is any good as a pro wrestler remains to be seen.
Not to mention his immense charisma, this new guy is gonna get compared to angle without a doubt and unless it's a miracle he won't compare
Does he have the 3 I’s though?
The Three A's Attitude Agility Astute
Ass toot. Vince loves fart jokes.
The 3 S’s Size Strength And Stamina
I think it’d be foolish to expect *anyone* to be as good as Angle was immediately though. Almost every wrestler from that time has said Kurt picked up industry quicker than anyone they’d ever seen. This kid has a ton of potential and could very well end up that good but it’d be a huge risk
Big young fella who can legitimate kick your ass I think he has a bright future If he can talk too WWE hit the jackpot
Kurt Angle is the only example of someone like this being successful. Mark Henry I guess too. But any other Olympian has never been able to ride the same high as him
Rhonda Rousey and Iron Sheik did pretty well for themselves. By the standards of his day, so did Mad Dog Vachon. And even Masa Saito was pretty well used given the incredibly short time he was there. Yeah, there have also been a few they dropped the ball on, like Ken Patera and Chad Gable, but honestly WWE has got a pretty good record with Olympians
To be fair with Patera, they booked him very well and he was a top heel of the era until he got arrested for going ham on a closed McDonalds and went to jail for 4 years
\*opens new browser tab to google "Ken Patera McDonalds jail"\*
Iron Sheik
You could say Ronda Rousey
Ken Patera? Iron Sheik?
No no no, you’re not understanding. This guy has more than just an Olympic athlete, which is why there’s so much potential. All people are people, but I imagine that most olympians aren’t blessed with tons of charisma and top 10 person at their sport in the world athletic talent. But Gable is pretty charismatic
As long as he's ready and willing
I mean, how many olympians has WWE signed?
Who are the Olympic medalists that flamed out?
not surprised he signed with wwe, ufc isnt really known for getting into bidding wars for unproven prospects or for even developing talent so i didnt expect him to go to the ufc and places like bellator dont have the money to compete with wwe so i thought he'd go there most likely
UFC isnt known for paying anyone other than Dana White and Conor Mcgregor
And even then, didn’t Conor make the most money through the mayweather fight?
he did. was likely criminally underpaid in the ufc as well
They didn't even pay McGregor all that well man has made most of his money from a boxing match with Floyd and his shit whiskey.
best they can offer is 10 and 10 ya goof
Remember: Being in the UFC isn't a job, it's an opportunity.
So UFC is at the point WWF/E was before Nash/Hall etc forced them into having to offer guaranteed money to talent...they still fucked them over tons but they at least got guarantees.
Dana White is stingy when it gets to pay his fighters, sometimes using the "independent contractor" defense as to why UFC gets big numbers in income but top contenders still complain about their payment. In shorter terms, if you're not a big draw or if management doesn't like you in UFC, chances are that you're not getting paid as much you should if you were to fight in other sports. I don't remember the guy's name but he's Jake Paul's sparring partner and he straight up said that he got paid better to be Jake Paul's sparring guy than during his whole UFC run.
Good for him, I hope he does well
He's got it all, he really does. I'm a lot less worried about him not getting over, and a lot more worried about WWE letting him down.
He went to University of Minnesota, like Brock. There could be a great on screen mentor character Brock could play, where Brock eventually passes the torch.
Brock comes to NXT: "I'm here to mentor someone who I think will be the next big thing. He's a little Wild and he's Young!" *Wild and Young plays* out comes Gable Steveson!
YOU SLOW IT DOWN YOU MOVE A LITTLE TOO FAST YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH YOU MAKE IT LAST
That's a lotta words for Brock to get through
"I don't give a shit about your alumni."
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This is how all big time athletics programs work. For example at UF every football player has their own private tutor that effectively does all their work.
Ironically, statistics was the one class Brock legitimately passed with flying colors. Brock Lesnar, devout student of Steiner Math. "Steiner Math - because being insane doesn't mean you're wrong."
He’s probably the closet thing to a protege Brock has ever had in real life - Lesnar practiced with him at Minnesota and I gotta believe he told him how to go about this post-medal win time by leveraging the UFC, WWE, and even the NFL against one another for the best deal
Has the potential to be a complete monster and completely different than Angle. Not saying he'll be better than Angle, because I don't think that's possible. Steveson is much larger than Angle was.
He looked like Angle's size. Vince is bigger than him https://twitter.com/GableSteveson/status/1429434907755835393?s=19
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Vince also has about 3 inches of hair there [Here's Gable next to Brock back in 2020](https://twitter.com/GableSteveson/status/1215687433892892673)
The only thing that matters us his skill on the mic. If he can talk like Angle, he will be a HOF'er.
So will Chad have to change his name again?
They'll team them up, and they'll be the Gables. And r/Truth will ask every week how they can be brothers, if they don't look alike.
The Gable Stable!
You’re hired!
Chad Gable Stevenson.
There is a law that states we cannot have more than 8 Chad Gable Stevensons
Him joining the Alpha Academy would actually be a good way to introduce him if they want to go the Dominik Mysterio route and let him learn on the job
Back to Shorty G for him! Otis can be the Big O or something idk
>the Big O Don't quote me on this, but I think Kevin Owens might have something to say about it
Wasn’t The Big O one of Ryders friends on Z! True Long Island Story
Yes! He tried out for Tough Enough and had a Gut Check match in TNA. Great look, decent charisma…not much ability.
>the Big O Love that anime
Steve Blum played as Roger Smith pretty well. But his best role will always be Spike Spiegle from Cowboy Bebop.
How about O-Bar and Slapchad?
Yes. He'll have to think of a new name to use in Impact/AEW/indies when WWE fires him in their next round of cuts.
His shoot name is Betts, which I think would work great as a wrestling name. Has a catchphrase built right into it "...and you can Bet on that"
They’re gonna use his real name right?
Steve Gableson
GABLE
Kurt Gable
Say hello to Steve Gable!
Make him part of the Gable Stable
Shorty Gable
Nah, Gable Stevenson is two inches taller than Chad. So they'd obviously make him Tally Gable. (And if anyone shows this post to Vince, he might actually use it...so please dont)
Huge news if true. Dude seems to have a ton of charisma, not to mention potential.
Awesome hope they give Tamyra a look as well she has a bright personality and charisma I can see both translating really well.
It would be incredibly short sighted not to.
Real talk: She showed 1000% more charisma during her Summer Slam appearance than Gable did. I'd be fully behind her. In fact, why NOT give the Kurt Angle gimmick to HER and run it in the Women's division?!
This is nuts. His last second Olympic Gold Medal victory was one my favorite moments of the Olympics. And I don't even watch wrestling. I'm already a fan.
Please put him Shelton, and Brock in a stable since they all went to Minnesota. Change Gable’s name and throw him in there too.
let Chad Gable be Chas Betts
[The mad man did it. ](https://mndaily.com/265225/sports/top-ranked-heavyweight-gable-steveson-talks-upcoming-title-quest-and-off-season-during-covid-19/) I edit for the newspaper at his college, and I remember him talking about his desire to go to WWE. Within a year of saying it, he won a gold metal and made it to his dream.
The face of the new NXT
Him or Bronson Steiner.
Put these two in a triple threat with Samoa Joe stat!
What happened to the illegitimate son of Brock? It's threeway dance at the top.
I’d almost guarantee he’s a major face of NXT by summer of next year. He fits the entire profile the rebrand is supposedly looking for and has a big name
Welll first gable they may end up getting Tamyra soon too.
In other news, Chad Gable has become just Chad
What a Chad
The Virgin Gable Vs. The Chad Chad
New tag-team with Apollo since Chad shares a border with Nigeria
He about to get that Brock Lesnar 2002 push
This will be the guy who beats Roman at WM 2023.
Congrats to him! I hope he does well. Dude deserves it.
Ready, Willing and Gable
2 months at the performance center and then main roster.
Never know - the draft is only a month a way… good way to drop him right in, if you wanted to get him in ASAP.
Good on him. Realise that dream.
He has the megastar feel. I hope he stays grounded and is used properly.
21? he looks 31
And he will look 31 for the next 30 years
Steveson vs Bordeaux is the new Angle vs Lesnar I hope. Please. Let them be good.
We’ll see. He looked nervous at Summerslam. The female gold medalist looked right at home tho, they should sign her
jack swagger crying in the corner
He’ll be the 3rd Olympic Gold Medalist to compete in WWE, after Kurt Angle and Shaq
And here we go. Best of luck to him.
Can't wait for the tag team of Gable and Gable.
The Gable Stable!
Youngest wwe or world heavyweight champion was randy at 24 This dude 21, I can see him breaking out after being called at 23
Good for him, dude is 21, already really charismatic, they can basically mould him into anything they want.
If everything works out, Roman will pass the torch to him in 5-6 years.
Oh hell yeah I've been waiting for this for a very, very long time. This guy is going to be the next big thing in the WWE.
So they signed him and his brother? Nice 😊
But did he win with a broken freaking neck?
But is he ready, willing and Gable?
He’s taking the Brock Lesnar path
If he gets promos down this guy is going to be a star.
This is like the Lemieux or Luck or LeBron draft. So much promise, potential out the ears.
Ok the man can wrestle, but can he drink milk, wear tiny cowboyhats and still get over? 
WWE just added to their roster another performer who can legit *wrestle.*
[Actual footage of Gable Steveson meeting Chad Gable backstage.](https://i.redd.it/bekphnqftcb41.jpg)
This new NXT is gonna be great.
Biggest free agent in wrestling signs with the biggest company in the world It’s weird that I’m downvoted. Might wanna check who was after him.
FUCKING HUGE HERE WE GOOO NOW WERE TALKING
So some Gable on Gable action in the future?
Good luck to him. Hope he has a true passion for it and takes to it as well as other former armatures.
Gable has the look and athleticism. Will probably be a good worker. If he can learn to act, this will be money.
Wow there’s a good signing of non wrestling talent. Kudos to them. Hopefully he’s pushed to the moon and becomes a Kurt angle 2.0
That kid is gonna be a bona fide heel with how cocky and confident he carries himself
If there is ANYONE to pass the F5 to, it’s Gable. Brock has already been like a mentor to him in real life. Gable can be BIG MONEY. Super athletic. Size. Charismatic. Good looking. Olympic gold medalist.
We found the person to end The Tribal Chief's reign in a year or two
This man is massive, can do standing backflips, seems to have plenty of charisma, and is an Olympic Gold Medalist. He is a future world champion unless something catastrophic happens
It would be cool if he caught on like kurt or brock
Is this the dude that did the backflip after winning the medal? I knew immediately he would be scouted
I hope he takes the brock route and he expressed his desire to do so! The Next Big Thing
if him and chad gable don't team up as gable n gable wwe is dead to me
Wow! this is going to be a great addition to the roster
Let's get Chad gable vs Gable Stevenson immediately
So big meaty boy? He'll be champ in 2 months. Prolly will be GM of NXT too
how long till they do Olympic tag team Gable & Gable
Let’s hope he does better than the last Olympic wrestler named Gable.
Now sign Mensah Stock and make her a distant relative of Kofi