Assessing The Futures Of 10 WWE Stars Who Didn't Make The Royal Rumble 2021 Cut

2. Chad Gable

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Did anyone expect to see Chad Gable in the Royal Rumble? There is always something magical about watching the former Olympian single-leg dudes in a ring full of humanity, but it might become something of a unicorn in the future of WWE.

Saying that, has Gable ever been in a Royal Rumble? That depends on whether you count the Greatest Royal Rumble or not. Gable has never taken part in the 30-man extravaganza that heralds the beginning of the Road to WrestleMania, not during the glory days of American Alpha, the tag runs with Shelton Benjamin and Robert Roode, not even as Shorty G. Don't expect that to change as the prime of Gable's career passes us by.

There must a parallel world out there, an opposites land of professional wrestling where Charlie Betts is throwing fools around an NJPW ring, having classic battles with Kota Ibushi, Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada and the rest while Japanese audiences respond with joy and respect. How good would Gable vs. Shingo Takagi be? Lusting after Chad Gable dream matches will do the soul no good, as the former tag champion will be a staple of WWE nothingness for a long while yet.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.