The WWE Is Ruining... Chad Gable

As a pro wrestling fan, it is a part of our identity to always know how to utilize wrestlers better than the WWE. If WWE would just give me, random WWE fan, a job a the company, ratings would immediately rise to the levels of the Monday Night Wars, despite how television ratings have changed as a whole over the last 20 years. But until that happens, WWE will continue ruining our favorite wrestlers, and that is why it is time to point out the error in their ways. Because of WWE's incompetence, I am literally going to pick a wrestler at random and point out how they could be better utilized, because WWE is ruining everyone in one way or another.

This is probably one of the five guys that I am most passionate about WWE ruining, former Olympian and all-around badass, Chad Gable.

Simply put, Chad Gable is Little Kurt Angle. Hot take warning, Kurt Angle was the greatest professional wrestler in the world in his prime, and I don't think it's particularly close. He could do absolutely everything in the ring, and Chad Gable is right along that same mold. They come from incredible wrestling backgrounds, and their body control is so amazing that they can do things that other guys can only dream about. Yet the WWE can only see an undersized wrestler in Gable, so they refuse to give him the push he so richly deserves.

Things didn't start out bad. He made his debut as part of the tag team American Alpha with Jason Jordan. American Alpha OWNED as a tag team. They were a new era Steiner Brothers, and just typing those words gets me excited in ways that are not safe for this blog. But the WWE has not done well with hot tag teams getting promoted to the main roster. The Ascension was the most dominant tag team in NXT history, and they were quickly buried. American Alpha was the hottest tag team that has ever gotten promoted, and they got a half push. The same thing happened with the best wrestling (The Revival) and most physically impressive (Authors of Pain) tag teams as the WWE just won't seem to commit.

Even though the WWE didn't give American Alpha the push they deserved while they were together, they did give Jason Jordan a big push as Kurt Angle's illegitimate son. Yes, they gave the big push to lesser of American Alpha, but they loved the tag team so much that they made a cheap imitation with Gable and Shelton Benjamin. Surprisingly, that also went nowhere.

After that fizzled, Gable went on to start an undistinguished singles career before teaming with Bobby Roode, because...reasons?

And if you think that tag team is stupid, the way they won the titles is even dumber. They took the titles from Authors of Pain by pinning AOP's manager, Drake Maverick because...reasons?

And if that isn't stupid enough for you, the way they "earned" their title shot is by making fun of Drake Maverick for peeing his pants, because, you guessed it, reasons?

So, yes, Chad Gable's big push has come with a tag team partner who makes no sense where Gable appears to be cosplaying as him now, winning the titles by pinning a manager, in a feud started when they made fun of said manager for peeing his pants. I know I just said all that, but I really felt like I needed to repeat it, because it is just so fucking stupid.

Chad Gable is an incredible talent. If I really wanted to build him perfectly, I would integrate the 205 Live matches into Raw and Smackdown and move Gable to that division. I only see 205 Live on the pay per views, and those matches are awesome. But putting Gable in a feud with Buddy Murphy could produce the best matches of 2019. And since it seems likely that the WWE is signing Kushida, a match with him and Gable could set the damn world on fire. I've preached this before, but if WWE integrated the 205 Live division, they could use it more like WCW where guys can naturally elevate themselves and go for the "heavyweight" titles. Just let Chad Gable be a standout wrestler in the smaller division before elevating him into the tiny suplex and grappling machine that he was born to be. The guy has incredible charisma and wrestling abilities - THIS ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE.

Please utilize the super fun, super awesome wrestling machine on the roster, WWE. There's no reason not to be ready, all you have to do is be willing, because you've already got Chad Gable.

Other Wrestlers WWE Is Ruining
Alicia Fox
Andrade "Cien" Almas
Apollo Crews
Bayley
Big E
Bobby Lashley
Bobby Roode
Charlotte Flair
Curt Hawkins
Dana Brooke
Dash Wilder
Ember Moon
Goldust
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Jinder Mahal
Kane
Karl Anderson
Killian Dain
Kofi Kingston
Luke Gallows
Mickie James
Mojo Rawley
Nia Jax
Peyton Royce
Randy Orton
Scott Dawson
Shane McMahon
Shinsuke Nakamura
Tyler Breeze
Zack Ryder