Gable Steveson Gets Physical At WrestleMania, Suplexes His Namesake

Publish date: 2024-05-13

The WWE Universe got a sneak peek at the sports entertainment chops of Olympic hero-turned-WWE Superstar Gable Steveson following the opening match of WrestleMania Sunday.

It all went down at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Sunday, April 3. In the opening match, RKBro (Randy Orton & Riddle) retained their Raw Tag Team Championship in a thrilling Triple Threat match that also featured The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins), and Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis). After the bell, The Street Profits paid respect to RKBro and offered a drink in the ring ... but they invited a special guest to the party too.

Gold Medalist Gable Steveson, who had been watching the action from the front row, entered the ring to celebrate with his four colleagues. The celebrations were short-lived, however, as the recently defeated Chad Gable gatecrashed the gathering and set his sights on the new guy. Chad G told G Steveson to SHOOOOSH ... but it didn't well. Steveson grabbed Gable and launched him across the ring with a devastating suplex.

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Steveson, who recently repeated as NCAA wrestling champion, won an Olympic gold medal in the Men's Freestyle 125 kilograms competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Friday, August 6. As we previously reported, Steveson has caught the attention of both Brock Lesnar and Triple H. Steveson was photographed backstage with Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman at last year's WrestleMania. As you might recall, Steveson also appeared as a special guest at SummerSlam 2021 alongside his fellow Olympic wrestling champion Tamyra Mensah-Stock

As we previously reported, Steveson officially signed with WWE in September after months of speculation surrounding his future. He was drafted to the Raw brand during the 2021 WWE Draft last October.

Whether skipping NXT is a good idea remains to be seen, but we're looking forward to seeing Steveson's career unfold.

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