Chad Gable Wants To Be ‘The Guy,’ Aiming To Become WWE Champion
Chad Gable wants to be at the top of the food chain.
Now that Chad Gable’s run as the Original El Grande Americano in AAA has wrapped, he is now back solely on the main roster. Gable has apologized to the luchadores that he wronged during his time as El Grande Americano, and he is now trying to mend fences with Alpha Academy (Otis, Maxxine Dupri & Akira Tozawa).
Gable guest appeared on The Hot Tag Wrestling Podcast and was asked what’s next for him. He stated that he wants to be the guy and is aiming to become WWE Champion. He feels it’s on him to keep the momentum up and to get to where he wants to be.
“So, I think it’s fairly clear to everybody that I’ve been this successful tag team wrestler and almost categorized as that. I have Tag Team Championships on every level. I’ve made it very clear in the past that I’m capable of more than that and I think what the Mask versus Mask match did was show the world those weren’t just words. That I’m now backing it up and my intention going forward is to continue to do that and prove that I’m not just gonna want to hold singles championships going forward. That’s a goal, but, to be the guy. To hold the World Championship, to hold the WWE Championship. I’m capable of that. I know it, and I think people now know it and the right people now know it. But, it’s also on me to continue this momentum to carry it forward… I think we got a great thing going on with me kind of making amends with these characters and demons from my past and my own demons that I’ve gotta rectify and I think people are engaged in this story again. It’s emotional and the stuff with Otis, like whether or not I’m gonna be able to get an apology across to him. It’s resonating, and it’s on me to continue it and keep it going because all too common is you have this one great moment and this great Mask versus Mask match that everybody was critically acclaimed, commercially acclaimed but, I’ve never been about the achievement and the end goal. For me, it’s always, like, process-driven, which is great because right now, we are very specifically in a process of me being able to either bridge that gap and become the next-level performer that I’ve always said I wanna be, or I can rest on my laurels and say, hey man, I had this awesome match. Let’s chill out for a little bit but, no thank you.”
Fightful Select has a report about WWE’s earmarked plans for Gable at the SummerSlam Premium Live Event in Gable’s home state of Minnesota.
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