2019 WWE Brawl For All: Sin Cara vs. Chad Gable

We now have reached our final quarterfinal matchup, and this is likely the most interesting matchup of the entire round. A backstage tough guy taking on a former Olympic Wrestler. I mean, it doesn't get much better than this.

Jonah’s #2 Sin Cara vs. Joe’s #3 Chad Gable

Jonah: Gable is a takedown machine, Sin Cara is an ass kicking machine. It’s a battle of machines. Cara just knows how to fight, Gable knows how to wrestle. How is Gable going to react when he gets popped in the face? Who knows.

Joe: Well, I highly doubt that Gable does get punched in the face cleanly. The reason MMA is difficult to get takedowns is because of kicks and knees. You really don’t want to go shooting into somebody’s legs if they are launching a knee towards your face. If somebody isn’t threatening with their legs, it’s pretty easy to go on an ankle pick party without any risk of being hit with a decent punch. Sin Cara can wing his haymakers all he wants, Gable is just doing to duck under and put him on his ass over and over again.

Jonah: Sin Cara is from the Bas Rutten school of fighting, the streets. He’s a honey badger. Gable is a wrestling stud, but again, you underestimate fighting and overestimate technical skill. Should Gable just take him down at will? Sure, but you don’t keep getting into fights and winning at his size without knowing what you’re going.

Joe: If you have no wrestling background and are facing someone with world class wrestling skills, it does not matter how badly you want to fight and how tough you are, because you are going to get dumped on your ass over and over again. For evidence, let’s check out former Cornell All-American, Dylan Palacio’s YouTube page. 

You can be big, strong, fast, tough, or all of the above, but if you haven’t put the work in on a technical level, the technician is going to whoop that ass. His name may mean without a face, but his only hope is to save face after he learns that he’s not ready, willing, or Gable for Brawl For All.

Jonah: KJ Noons vs. Krazy Horse, GSP vs, Matt Serra, a lot of other fights that I can’t think of  where the technician lost. I know you really love wrestlers and 60 year old karate guys, but Sin Cara’s a fighter. I guess Gable should win, but you really do underestimate being a fighter and overestimate being a geriatric guy in a gi.

Joe: I’m honestly not sure who you would consider the technicians in those fights. Noons was more well-trained in boxing, but Krazy Horse had way more MMA training, even if he did have a wacky personality. And although GSP was great, a lot of that was based on athleticism and wrestling. GSP was better all-around, but at least at that time, Serra was the more technically sound fighter in both boxing and jiu jitsu. 

How is Sin Cara a fighter? Like, what is his fighting background? As far as I can tell, he has none, so him beating Chad Gable would be like Kimbo Slice (even the still alive version) beating Daniel Cormier. You could give him 1,000,000 chances, and it would never happen.

Jonah: Sin Cara is a fighter just like the sky is blue, he just is. And Matt Serra knocked out GSP, the world’s greatest wrestler. GSP could outwrestle everyone and he still got caught by a punch. It happens. Gable can win, but a reckoning is coming for some of your fighters soon.

Joe: Calling a Canadian the world’s greatest wrestler is probably the most offensive thing you have ever said as Canada SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS in wrestling, but I guess we can discuss that during the semifinals which are now set. Next time, we’ll tackle the matchup of the big boys as the Authors of Pain square off to see which one can make it to the finals.

1st Round
Akam vs. Curtis Axel
Jason Jordan vs. Shelton Benjamin
Heath Slater vs. No Way Jose
Rezar vs. Luke Harper

Eric Bischoff vs. Oney Lorcan

Bo Dallas vs. Mojo Rawley

Chad Gable vs. Titus O'Neil

Sin Cara vs. Apollo Crews

Quarterfinals

Akam vs. Shelton Benjamin

Rezar vs. Heath Slater

Eric Bischoff vs. Mojo Rawley