13 Ups & 0 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown

4. Chad Gable Levels Up

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It shouldn't have taken Chad Gable, professional combat sports athlete and former Olympian, this long to stand up to his bullies. The man stood around sulking like a child for far too long. Regardless, it was good to see him finally make somebody eat sh*t for all those short jokes last night, as he ruined Baron Corbin's King of the Ring coronation in beautifully destructive fashion.

Corbin called Gable out purely to throw a bunch of height jokes at him. This flipped a switch in the former American Alpha man, who went mental, tackling Baron through his throne before tearing his robe off and nailing Corbin with the scepter. Outside, the 'Throne Wolf' (h/t Michael Hamflett) threw a Zack Sabre Jr.-esque strop as Big Bad Chad wrecked everything, including the crown, which he stomped to a pancake.

The journey to get to this excellent angle was rancid, but there'll be no backpedalling re: the "Chad Gable is short" segments of previous weeks. An awesome entree doesn't completely excuse an inedible appetiser. Nonetheless, it's good to see this feud continuing after Raw's fantastic KOTR final.

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