10 WWE Stars Who Need To Follow Neville Out Of The Exit Door

4. Chad Gable

Chad Gable
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Chad Gable was the smaller component of American Alpha, which naturally saw him abandoned at the altar of the inevitable bigger-man-gets-the-push WWE tag team split - despite the fact that he was the man with the talent and currency with which to enliven Jason Jordan's Dead On Arrival storyline arc. More depressingly still, American Alpha II, despite a recent mini-push, are already following the main roster formula of the original tandem: anonymous introduction, absence from TV, sudden thrust into title contention, inevitable fade from relevance.

Gable is a stupidly talented, amiable and hard-working talent. Though exclusively trained within the WWE system, he wrestles with a personality all of his own. He transposed his amateur gifts to the professional arena to retain a sense of credibility, and soon developed a winning strand of professional showmanship. None of this matters; Gable is short and slight physically, and therefore doomed to follow a certain path. If he gets over to a needle-moving extent, it will be through sheer will - or accident - more so than carefully calibrated design.

Gable is a Kickoff-level act with no DVD royalties forthcoming, and no items bearing his name currently available on WWE Shop.

He is doomed to both mediocrity and what is likely a low downside guarantee - beneath, surely, a man who is Ready, Willing and Gable to print merch money and wrestle the great matches expected of the increasingly lucrative Indy scene.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!