11 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (24 Sept)

6. Talk Sh*t, Eat Sh*t

Chad Gable Mike Kanellis
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Speaking of squashes, here's Chad Gable battering Mike Kanellis in less than thirty seconds.

The sequence of events that culminated with Kanellis tapping out to the ankle lock began with Gable hitting the ring for promo time. He spoke about Baron Corbin and the constant barrage of "lol you're short" jokes, claiming that he'd proven his credibility in the ring, where it matters, and that the new King of the Ring knew this. Out came Kanellis with a few barbs of his own and the bold claim that he was there to show his wife that size does, indeed, matter. Cool.

Mike's destruction came quickly, with a suplex and Chaos Theory preceding the submission. Chad looked great, Kanellis looked like a dope, and the world keeps on spinning.

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