Chad Gable is coming off an excellent match against El Hijo del Vikingo.
The former WWE Tag Team Champion had a huge weekend as Gable competed for the AAA Mega Championship for the first time of his career. Gable has plenty of highlights on his resume: winning the NXT Tag Team titles at NXT TakeOver: Dallas, his 2019 King of the Ring performance, Gable’s 2023 match with Gunther are some of the stand outs.
Speaking to Sam Roberts and Megan Morant on the Raw Recap podcast, Gable reflected on World’s Collide and feels that it’s probably the most special day of his career.
“Well, that’s very kind of you to say that. First of all, to acknowledge the weekend I had. Looking back on it now, I hardly had time to reflect on it but, it was probably the most special day of my entire career now that I reflect on it. Just such a whirlwind. Going down to AAA and doing something new that felt really fresh and just something I’ve never done before, totally new experience, was really new to me and wrestling a guy I’ve never wrestled before, in front of a crowd that really felt different for those that maybe were even in the building or watching on YouTube.
It even felt like a different crowd so it was such a unique day for me overall and it just -- come out on the other side, why not have one more awesome match with one more incredible, freak athlete (A.J. Styles), you know?”
Gable went on to describe the pressure that he felt competing on a different stage and feels that it was an honor to compete in the main event.
“The AAA thing, above almost maybe anyone I’ve ever almost gotten was an opportunity and pressure like I’ve never felt because it’s this new relationship that we’ve started with this company and this thing that we’re trying to build. So, to me, it’s like a special thing. We’re building this together from the ground up now -- this new version of it, right? Or, the new take on it and so, that falls on my shoulders as being part of the first main event and so, hey man, if you think pressure’s a privilege, this is like pressure like never before because you better deliver and show that you did and I think we did that by the numbers we produced. People obviously enjoyed the show. I thought it was -- knocked it out of the park.
Everybody, every other guy in that locker room that night, you could tell they came to make an impact, to show the world, a new audience that maybe had never seen any of them before, this is who I am, this is what I do and this is lucha, this is AAA and they did, just, above and beyond what I could have even expected to deliver that and now, the buzz is out there, right? So it’s cool. The thing was created, we did it. But now there’s buzz on top of that. You see that first one? Wait till the next one and it’s just gonna get bigger and bigger.”
Check out the full interview where Chad Gable also talks about his match against AJ Styles, and so much more!