6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (31 July - Review)

3. Gable Delivers Again

GUNTHER Chad Gable
WWE

Here’s a pro tip: Let Chad Gable and Gunther wrestle. Don’t do a bait-and-switch deal or anything like that. Just ring the damn bell.

But even with the silliness involving the five-minute “victory” being set aside by Gunther, what followed was just pure class between the two. Gable showcased exactly why he’s still considered underrated by many despite being so far into his wrestling career. He absorbed Gunther’s punishment, timed the perfect opportunity to hit his signature spots – especially the deadlift German suplex – and had the fans firmly in his corner.

If you weren’t a believer in Chad Gable before this match, you have to be after this. If only WWE brass were believers for more than five minutes.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.