The biggest problem with Gable is thry didn't capitalise on him after his match with Corbin. Fans chanting "You're not Angle". They should of used that and give him a mouthpiece or he should of gone with it and said " I'm not Kurt Angle. I'm Gable Stevenson. Deal with it. Kurt only injured his neck whilst wrestling at the olympics. I didn't injure myself and I won. I'm better than Kurt."

@intello8953

27 күн бұрын

Personally I don’t think Gable doesn’t have the personality or charisma to do that 😂

@thegameking3931

27 күн бұрын

​@@intello8953i always taught WWE will present him as Brock Lesnar rather than Kurt angle. Kurt angle atleast get beat down and had losses but Brock was presented as beast from his debut destroying top guys

@rexgamewell

20 күн бұрын

They need to stop giving people the freaking ankle lock. It's like every Olympic wrestler is given usa flag gear and an ankle lock. I feel like WWE needs to develope those type of wrestlers a bit more. Could've gave him a manager with a mouth piece like lesnar.

@Lance-wn9dc

6 күн бұрын

The problem is that he sucked. Mouth piece can't hide that.

wwe shouldn’t (overly) hype athlete signings until they prove themselves on NXT

@JMAC____

Ай бұрын

He’s a Olympic gold medalist they never over hyped his WWE career just his professional career lol

@RomaroBrandon

Ай бұрын

@@JMAC____ how do you miss the point and but also understand it at the same time? All he said was they shouldn't overhype their career until they prove themselves on NXT and somehow you took that as WWE overhyped what he has done in WWE.

@JMAC____

Ай бұрын

@@RomaroBrandon what are you talking about NXT and WWE are the same thing. My point is still valid he was not overhyped at all he didn’t even get a chance to showcase anything the man appeared less than 5 times they simply celebrated his achievements which should be looked as a positive but you marks only care about fake wrestling. How is celebrating someone for winning a gold medal and giving him a contract overhyping someone ? Weird nice try downplaying someone’s real achievements over fake wrestling mark . I wasn’t responding to YOU anyway.

@RomaroBrandon

Ай бұрын

@@JMAC____ you just pointed out he had less than 5 matches so please explain what WWE career are they supposed to hype up? You sound stupid AF! Also WWE and NXT are not the same. One is a company the other is a product of that company. And I never asked "how is celebrating someone for winning a gold medal and giving him a contract over hyping some" those are your exact words not mine but nice try at putting words in my mouth, if only you were smart enough to do it right.

@eroccha

Ай бұрын

@@RomaroBrandon Overhyped an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling by saying he is an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling? LOL. That's not overhyping. The one thing they should have done was not give him any TV time beyond the celebrating his achievement and signing. We should have only seen him twice on TV until he was ready. He definitely shouldn't have been drafted.

This is the main problem with WWE. They always try to find the next wrestlers that could fit the shoes such as Rey Mysterio/Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar, etc. Like, don't present them like they are the next wrestlers as them.

@Joecbg100

Ай бұрын

How many Rey Mysterio clones have they hoarded from Sin Cara 1 to Kallisto/Samuray del Sol to Dragon Lee to even Del Rio?

@mariobros68

Ай бұрын

@@Joecbg100 7 (If we count Ultimo Dragon, Humberto and Andrade)

@brennanmason1973

Ай бұрын

@@Joecbg100I liked Sin Cara 1 just as much as Rey as a kid so they kinda succeeded there

@Ronald-hk6fk

Ай бұрын

Too busy pushing the DemoRAT rocks family to the F'n moon

@davidrichards6059

Ай бұрын

Ultimo Dragon? He doesn't belong on that list.​@@mariobros68

I wasn’t feeling him at all when they tried to push him. To me..he came off with zero personality. I didn’t like the fact that they were using the Kurt Angle rub to push him…We already have a Gable on the show and it’s Chad..Chad is more like Kurt and they never really used him to his fullest. So that already had me feeling a way and now you are going to push this guy as the next in line, when Chad Gable has been putting in work for years…nope…I’m good on Gable Stevenson

@hotshot8135

Ай бұрын

I’ve seen them both wrestling in the high school state wrestling championships in Minnesota. Betts was solid! His little brother Parker was a beast too! But Gable is a whole nother level talent wise. If anyone was gonna be like “the next Brock, the next Shamrock, next Angle, etc.” My money would’ve been on Gable. Maybe AEW will pick him up and figure it out

@meekgoc

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@DADON99

Ай бұрын

Most of the people in AEW and WWE have zero personality and y’all hype them up😂. Plus Chad is another jobber on the roster…stop comparing him to the Olympic Gold Medalist😂😂

@DADON99

Ай бұрын

@@hotshot8135if AEW was ran by someone like Eric Bischoff or Vince Russo instead of a mark like Tony Khan…they would’ve 100% tried to grab Gable and push him like a beast

@itsnotjayboi

Ай бұрын

@@DADON99 that's your opinion bc i think wwe has never had this many personalities on their roster in a while

The reason why it DIDN'T work was because 1. He didn't really RELY on anything other than the fact that he's a gold medalist . 2. People tried to compare him to Kurt angle. But angle was a different animal. Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a "Broken Freakin Neck ". That's a different level of Warrior.💪 3. He DIDN'T really have that INTENSITY like other amateur wrestlers or mma fighters who crossed over. Bobby Lashley moves look WAY more impactful than anything Gable Steveson does. 3. He WASN'T really the best on the mic either. 4. I hope he can find That "IT " factor and return eventually.

@bashamd96

Ай бұрын

I honestly find it funny how Chad Gable is everything they wanted Gable Stevenson to be. He's only missing the medal to be him, but better

@SS-tg8lf

Ай бұрын

@@bashamd96 I guess that's part of why they won't push him .🤷‍♂️ Having a gold medal attached to your name is Legendary. Everyone in sports Respects that.

@blazerprime5388

Ай бұрын

It is the character work that people forget most about Kurt. That's why Kurt was so good because from day 1 he had the 3I, and was also able to take a joke.

@fupalover

Ай бұрын

No accountability for the company at all. You're such a WWE kiss ass

@master-of-mind5881

Ай бұрын

If you ain’t got that “IT” factor then you ain’t got it. He won’t be returning. He’s more likely to enter the UFC and find success over there. I doubt AEW would sign him then again TK is sleazy like that…

It's gotta be rough when the one everyone compares to Kurt _also_ has Gable in their name.

@drnoobsauce

Ай бұрын

Sports skeeeetaaaaa a bunch of haters

And they tried gaslighting us into believing he would be the next PERC ANGLE....lmao.... Edit: I didn't expect so many likes on my comment. Thanks everyone!

@RkoVenom

Ай бұрын

Lamooooooo

@cadendicky1855

Ай бұрын

​@@RkoVenomI think that title would be better deserved by Chad Gable.

@Dewaynesite1

Ай бұрын

He was never going to be a Kurt Angle.

@itsnicorobiigaming334

Ай бұрын

@@cadendicky1855 yep. we now have PERC GABLE

Because he belongs in the world of MMA.

Sometimes you don’t need to have a duplicate of someone else. They tried to make him the next Kurt Angle, but it didn’t work. Chad gable is everything that gable Stevenson could have been. If he wanted to continue the route of a wrestler, he should go to the indies and find himself before coming back to WWE

This guy isn’t even the next jack swagger let alone Kurt angle

@JMAC____

Ай бұрын

Says who? Jack swagger never win a gold medal for his country so you’re talking with zero logic. Just because a random in a comment section said so I guess what a joke stay out of the wrestling business you have no clue

after the SA allegations his momentum was killed. That was the elephant in the room of every twitter conversation against him.

@holocaustguy1007

2 күн бұрын

Allegations is putting it lightly, he did it, the only reason he got away with it was because of a legal loophole that was closed instantly after his case.

He had all the charisma of an uninvited party guest

Just a lack of commitment. WWE clearly wanted Gable to do big things, but he just didn't seem to care. I know that he still had to do stuff at Minnesota, but he could have at least tried to appear more often, and make more appearances. And he also just wasn't great on the mic, or the ring.

He is one of many stars that bombed in WWE. Just ask EC3, Eric Young, Eva Marie, Lacey Evans, No Way Jose, etc.

@jacksonperry8283

Ай бұрын

Eric Young wasn’t given much of a chance on the main roster.

@stevejamieson8468

12 күн бұрын

​@@jacksonperry8283EC3 wasn't either and I think it had to do with a couple of things. The EC3 character was not Vince's creation. The 2nd part has to do with the fact he had been WWE before as Derrick Bateman and WWE did nothing with him. So in a way it was pettiness on WWE's part because he got over away from WWE and it made them look bad for not using him properly the 1st time.

The allegations had nothing to do with it. Dude just has less charisma than a pile of dirt.

WWE failed Gable Stevenson by not giving him a proper chance. The guy had only one match in NXT and instead of having him defeat Baron Corbin they opted for him to win/lose via double countout. Then they have him compete on live events instead of live episodes of NXT. Gable Stevenson should have been treated him the same way he was presented and that includes having him appear regularly on NXT, letting him interact with other WWE Superstars backstage, and have him win matches.

@rootpower8664

Ай бұрын

That or Gable Steveson just wasn't committed to having a career in WWE. Sometimes people just don't have the passion for certain things.

@CollegeBallYouknow

Ай бұрын

WWE went above and beyond to accomodate Stevenson with the Kurt Angle treatment but it was clear that the man himself just wasn’t dedicated to learning the business. How many times has he postponed his planned arrival due to Uni, amateur wrestling, and other commitments?

@RomaroBrandon

Ай бұрын

@@CollegeBallYouknow you're really blaming him for choosing school over WWE? They signed him when he was a freshman, but they weren't paying for him to go there or paying him NOT to go there. It's on them for signing someone still in college and not giving him enough money to quit or switch to online class.

@CollegeBallYouknow

Ай бұрын

@@RomaroBrandon I find it hard to believe that he wasn’t paid even prior to his official call up since the key feature of the NIL contract was that college athletes could now profit off of WWE using their image and when said athletes appeared for promotional reasons (which Gable did a few times) all while still on school. To add to that, WWE went as far as to set up a remote training facility near his campus for his exclusive use. They went farther with him than any other prospect in history thus far. WWE gave him the option to continue his external pursuits but the fact that he chose everything else but improve on his in-ring acumen should tell you everything about his priority list. Don’t forget that while WWE offered the contract, and were extremely generous, Gable agreed to it by signing. He should at least take half the blame.

@RomaroBrandon

Ай бұрын

@@CollegeBallYouknow I can't agree because they only gave him one televised match on NXT and thought that was okay. They could have tried putting him in the Royal Rumble or had him in backstage segments, doesn't matter so long as he's on TV but instead they put him on live events. They didn't care enough about Gable Stevenson and should have cut their losses sooner if he wasn't taking it seriously.

And now he’s a Buffalo Bill 🤯

Arguably the biggest flop of all time. Shame I wanted him to succeed on all fronts. It just wasn’t meant to be.

The guy screams uncharismatic.

@DahrthDaddy

Ай бұрын

Yeah the bald egg headed man they wanted him to be looked much more charismatic

@RainTraumatosis

Ай бұрын

Shut up🤦‍♂️

@23bitchris60

Ай бұрын

He's just not a pro wrestler. I feel like he would be a solid mma fighter tho.

@loganwolverine1863

Ай бұрын

@@RainTraumatosis comment with ur real id Gable

@stevejamieson8468

12 күн бұрын

​He would be celebrated for being a NCAA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist in the UFC cage.

Never seen this man fight once

Always felt like he was Paul’s corny effort to prove that he could create his own Angle or Brock.

I don`t really get it. OK, they failed to present him as babyface, so what? He could be a superheel. I think that being heel suits him even better. That`s really weird.

There was never much of a chance for him to get over with those allegations looming in his past. Whether you believe he did it or not, a significant portion of the fanbase never would of got behind him due to the nature of his case.

@otisjenkinsjr.3556

Ай бұрын

STFU. People supported Vince for decades

@JMAC____

Ай бұрын

That’s not true at all .. you people pick and choose to believe certain “allegations” and ignore others

@SuperSohSo

Ай бұрын

What are the alligations

@JMAC____

Ай бұрын

@@SuperSohSo fake news nobody even knows about the allegations I’ve never heard anything . You see all the fans still love Brock Lesnar or stone cold or hulk hogan or Tiffany you see the difference. But when it’s comes to some unknown “allegations” excuses not to “get behind” this guy when we know the real reason.. He’s black.

@astockimage6282

Ай бұрын

@@JMAC____ Well thats not what I said so no.

WWE tried on Gable Stevenson but didn't realize that they have the next Wrestling Machine on their hands all the while... Chad Gable.

He needs character in his matches and on the mic. He has a decent look. Or give him a mouthpiece. He’s young and it’s not over for him

He didn't have the mentality or drive to do it and it showed when he faced Corbin.

Can we please stop it with these Olympic athlete wrestlers because that gimmick is getting old as hell

@shaquilleray3795

19 күн бұрын

Second gimmick ever of the Olympic gold medalist lol

He hasn't done ANYTHING 😂

*4:21**-**4:49* *GABLE STEVESON* *DRAFTED TO RAW*

First mistake. Nobody could ever fill Kurt's boots. He's one of the best to ever do it. He was probably the most underrated guy to ever wrestle in wwe and that is honest to God truth

@attiepollard7847

29 күн бұрын

And that's the issue with Vince during this time he also trys to turn amateur athlete to come to the WWE into the next kurt angle. This gimmick needs to stop

WWE could have atleast use His Brother as a Semi-Coach.

I think it would’ve been amazing for his character if when the crowd was chanting “you’re not angle” he would’ve gone off script gotten out the ring went and grabbed a microphone and said “ you’re goddamn right I’m not angle, I’m Better then that bald clown” and went back in and destroyed baron. Oh man the pop would’ve been wild 🤣🤣🤣👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

He isn’t a flop! We will see if he a flop or not once he ends his career. I met him at mall of America couple months ago and he seemed a good guy. My god bless him

@bishoptruth8182

28 күн бұрын

Agreed.

"The most anticipated" to who, exactly?

They honesty should have just made him like Taz instead of Angle. Come out with the towel over the head get in the ring tap out his foes and get out. Give him a manager until he’s ready to talk. Could’ve been MVP.

Chad gable is the next kurt angle

@LouDawg2175

Ай бұрын

Or maybe he’s tha next Chad gable

@Cw1047

Ай бұрын

We gotta stop comparing people to Kurt angle it’s too much expectation

@DADON99

Ай бұрын

He’s a jobber😂😂😂

I hope Gable continues with pro wrestling. He's young and has load of potential and the release could be the best thing for him as he can work the indies, and overseas building his brand up, learn in depth about the business, and of course improve his in ring skills with many different styles.

Kurt angle and perc angle are legends

He’s not a bad wrestler, they just didn’t know what to do with him. But, hear me out. What if he would have joined chad gable during his heel turn and changed the alpha academy into a place where you can turn heel and learn under chad?

Could've just booked him like '02 Lesnar until his mic skills/charisma developed THEN build him up like Angle

He is a good wrestler after all he is gold medalist... but the problem is no good gimmick and couldn't connect with audience

He’s gonna be Ngannou’s first fight in PFL 😆

Being good on the mic makes 50% of the star.

Gable is legit but in professional wrestling u need more than just the wrestling to make it

*7:14* *Gable Steveson vs. Baron Corbin* *NXT THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH 2023* 🇺🇸

Now hes on the buffalo bills

I remember being their live at the Great America Bash. I felt so bad for Gable, but ngl I also joined the chanting.

It’s so stupid that they tried to make him the next Kurt angle when we literally have Chad gable

Only the current perc Gtable is the next perc angle now hopefully they push him to the top but i could also see gable coming back. He would've been perfect to team with gable, crew brothers and ivy. Wish they didn't give up on him and let him learn from those more like him

Here after he signed with the Bills🤣🤣

He looks lk a default create a wrestle

He's a NFL player now

They will be trying to get him back after he wins the UFC championship!

Steveson ✅ SteveNson ❌

Funny enough he just signed with the bills

Wasted… the biggest red flag with WWE is if you have “any” wrestling pedigree or background they immediately throw you in a singlet and it’s Kurt Angle 2/3/4.0… they did it w/ Shelton and Hass. Look at Chad Gable now and it gets old. We’ve seen it! The biggest way to kill off a career is to immediately have someone pigeonholed off jump. The only one they didn’t necessarily do that with was Brock. He came in as a destroyer w/ a wrestling background. I know his in ring performance needed work but more than anything he needed character development so atleast the fans would get behind him. It’s no secret he has the ability. Hope he makes his way back.. 💯💯

WWE during the later Vince McMahon years just didn't plan out anything particularly well. They had so much talent they wasted. With Gable Steveson, they should have let him cut his teeth in NXT for a year or two. Get some hype behind him with a Royal Rumble appearance where he cleans house and gets eliminated but makes an impression. When he finally gets to WWE you make him the Anti Kurt Angle. You turn him into a Brock Lesnar esque destroyer who roughs people up. You then get him in a tag team with someone like Bron Breakker and you have these two guys make a big push for some tag team titles. That should eat up another year, in that 3 years, Steveson should have developed enough skills in that time to start being involved in singles matches on the main roster. From there he can do anything he wants. When you are a destroyer, your mic skill don't need to be great.

It's simply people hating or disliking him just to hate or dislike him no real good reason no one is perfect no one I saw no problem with him all though I will say instead of being the next Kurt angle(even though I have no problem with that either) he could've just have his own gimick

I’ll be honest, I was at the Charlotte taping, I was aware of Gable Steveson and who he was suppose to be, I just wasn’t wowed by him at all.

Raw really wasted a draft pick on that guy. Just goes to show that you can't duplicate Kurt Angle.

@JMAC____

Ай бұрын

You do understand the draft is pointless? You must of missed this years draft. The picks don’t matter. You don’t have to duplicate Kurt angle you can create a new gimmick obviously what is wrong with you people

As an amateur wrestler dude is a beast, can't deny that. Don't know what the actual disconnect was with him, but wish it had worked out.

My opinion is that his downfall happened bcuz of poor booking.He would have been perfect for some storylines.For example , a heel Street Profits faction , with Steveson in it, a US title run, a Melo rivalry and many more, but it is what it is

I'm still waiting on the debut...😅 They always hype up the legit performers. Wrestlers, mixed martial artists, football players, even 2nd generation pro wrestlers. Some sink and some swim. Kurt, Mark, Brock, Shamrock was even solid, so I understand why they hype the legit athletes.

I share a locker room with him in the gym one time and I gotta say he’s packing quite a hog i was like holy moly and then I went home and cried because I had a chub in my pants, and I was very confused about my feelings on my sexuality

@nzuzovilakazi901

Ай бұрын

Bro 💀...

@ashenone5

Ай бұрын

😐🤨

@tomiv9850

Ай бұрын

We found his burner account

@Cw1047

Ай бұрын

Flaming maggot

@paballomolata8844

Ай бұрын

Pause

I remember them hyping up that indian dude only for him to be jinders henchmen then bounced from wwe. But every week was a 10 sec clip of him coming soon like he was actually going to be a force to deal lol

He can do MMA for sure, and as long as they don't rush him into the top spot, he can get a lot out of it. That being said, I think it's just a matter of him having some time off and NOT being shoved down out throats as the next big thing for a while, and he can make a return... As Jim Cornette says, how can we ever miss you if you won't go away?

I don't think wwe was really for bro after seeing his match against cobin the crowd destroy him i think he need it more work and build up and more training in the ring and outside

This video should of been titled "How WWE failed Gable Steveson".Cuz WWE is also partly to blame for him being a flop.

@Morganj27

Ай бұрын

A lot of people won't admit that, though

@marktheshark7588

Ай бұрын

@@Morganj27 True.

@Y2JHHHDX

15 күн бұрын

How? WWE gave him a lot of chances to improve

they gave him Perc Angle move set and people just don't want non of it

And they drafted him so high in the draft , like seriously? Come on.

I think black wrestlers need deeper charecter development. They dont really get behind black wrestlers like that unless theynon some new day stuff. If you do your history most wrestling fans are white. Most wrestling fans are racist and the black wrestlers have to truly win them over big time. I believe at times its tough to gain that audience so more times than nought they mentally check out. Not only the facts i shared but upper management have to show some belief in black talent. This is not a shot at anyone white just my personal observation from years of watching wrestling. I mean no disrespect to anyone, So please dont get offended.

Obviously his heart wasn't in it and he had other priorities, yet the E still wanted to sign him in hopes he would be the next Kurt Angle. Pro wrestling isn't for everyone.

He should of came out as hired enforcer fighter heel. Didn't have to always say he's a collegiate wrestling background. That put too much pressure on him. There's only one Kurt Freaking Angle. Hope he either comes back or goes into mma

Thumbnail:🤡 Me: Yeah and why is that?

They tried to make Gable look and act like Angles son....problem is he early didnt look like Kurt so it was just weird And Gable had no charisma and just sucked

@6:00 I didn’t know this happened to him. No one else reported this. At least from no one else that I have listened to.

I think he may come back later on once he’s made his name in the NFL or UFC, will cost WWE more later on but he may be a bit more mature and dedicate himself to it as well.

Its simple some people can do it, and some can't, but i think there are other aspects involved too, i think it also has to do with how he was presented, but also i think it was because of himself too, i don't think he was really dedicated, and he didn't put his all into it

No need to be the next Kurt/Brock. He can now be the next Stephen Neal/Carlton Heslrig and play in the NFL

He’s a bootleg version of Kurt angle basically and dollar store version of Kurt Angle.

@ItsAssFace

Ай бұрын

Nah that's more of Chad Gable, Steveson didn't really get the chance to show what he can do

@lucasgoncalves7774

Ай бұрын

​@@ItsAssFace Chad is actually good on the mic lmao.

@ItsAssFace

Ай бұрын

@@lucasgoncalves7774 idk bout good but he's ok, and for Steveson I don't know if he ever done a televised promo, correct me if I'm wrong but I never heard him talk.

To be fair he might’ve not worked out as a good sports entertainer but he was a good wrestler Can’t take the away from him he’ll be just fine

Rewatching WM38 and came here looking for this exact discussion lol

It's always the case with hyping someone as a copy of someone else, him as the next Angle, that guy they said he's the next Brock Lesnar and so on

The man had one match. This title is extremely misleading.

Go to UFC man. There hasn't been a wrestler of his caliber at heavyweight since Daniel cormier. He could probably run through a lot of people over there if he was to get some legitimate striking. I don't know if he's a better fighter, but he's a better wrestler than DC was and DC's in the top 10 for MMA of all time. That would be a good alternative route

I really hope Steveson keeps working and tries out again. Not even a fan of the dude, but I can tell he loves pro wrestling

There’s also other wrestling promotion like AEW TNA the NWA major league wrestling. There’s a lot of places he can go.

WWE already has their next Kurt Angle in Chad Gable 🤼‍♂️ ‼️‼️

They should have just made him a heel like they did with Angle. Take advantage of him being legit hated instead of trying to pass him off as a babyface. The "your not Angle" chants. They could have done something with that.

They failed this guy. WWE should've just gave him a character instead of an Olympian. NXT was the right place to have him start and work his gimmick to get over. He has more of a heel personality. He could have been with Baron Corbin Bron Breaker and formed a trio tag team. Missed Opportunity.

Wwe needs to stop putting money in without any work in the ring

Damon Kemp > Gable Steveson

Hold on. Dolph was NOT a stand out wrestler at Kent State. Not remotely.

Blame Triple H

WWE came with the wrong approaches to Gable Steveson first I believe when Wwe brought Gable Steveson to NXT where he had his first match on NXT Great American Bash the crowd rejected Gable Steveson Steveson that was the first step for them making Gable Steveson a heel in the early stages of his Wwe career Gable Steveson would have many success in WWE in most part of his career as a heel and that is how professional wrestling fans would accept him if they wanted to make Gable Steveson's career similar to Kurt Angle but Wwe also has failed him this guy going to be something big outside Wwe and Wwe will want him back

Becoming curt angle is curse

Probably the SA allegations are what really killed his career that’s why the fans turned on him against Corbin

They thought they had the next Kurt Angle with him

Not everyone makes it. Simple as that. Sometimes you get an Angle or a Brock but sometimes you get a Gable or a Sylvester Terkay

The issue is they had Brock Lesnar and other superstars endorsing him. Then WWE has the audacity to say he's the next Lesnar. Nobody is the next Lesnar. Nobody is the next Kurt Angle. They just need to find footings. Gabel had no charisma and he was boring on top of living up to such high expectations.