When The Wyatt Sicks debuted on RAW earlier this year, they laid waste to several Superstars and backstage personnel. Chad Gable was among them and, thanks to the placement of blood on his forehead, fans soon started sharing their belief that the American Made leader had been killed!
The whole thing took on a life of its own on social media and may have played a big role in Gable being Bo Dallas/Unclo Howdy's first target.
Talking to Chris Van Vliet, the former Olympian shared his thoughts on the speculation. "Yeah, that was that was quite a night. Out of everything I’ve done over the past couple of years, the response to that was so out of this world insane," Gable admits. "People thought [I was dead], I can’t tell you the amount of people that thought something actually happened to me."
"I went to church that Sunday and ran into a little kid who was watching. I was kind of hiding my head from him and he was like making his way around me to get a look at my head," he continued. "And he’s like ‘Where did it [the wound] go?’ I’m like, ‘Well, I mean, I fixed it bud, I went to the hospital and stuff, it was bad.’ And he’s like ‘What did they do to you?’ I’m like, ‘You’ll have to tune in tomorrow night.’ They were into it, it was really interesting."
Since Triple H took charge of WWE, Gable has been booked seriously and his star is on the rise. He came close to winning the Intercontinental Championship earlier this year and, elsewhere in the interview, he reiterated his desire to win a first singles title.
"I hope so. I feel like I also am disappointed in the fact that I didn’t grab one during that whole run [against Sami Zayn]. Because I also don’t want to give the fans the impression that like, well he’s great, but he’s also just the guy that can’t win the big one, where I know I am and I know I can. But what this is doing is I think for me building that first one to mean almost as much as maybe it’s ever meant for anybody."
"I’ve come so close so many times, the Gunther stuff, what it did for my career, what Gunther did for my career can’t be overstated. I have him to thank so much for the way he elevated me. Then moving on to the stuff with Sami, from a storytelling perspective alongside the in-ring perspective, we got so much accomplished in such a short amount of time. I feel like for both of us that it left just the right amount on the table for me as a singles guy to be like he did so much there, he got so much done, but he didn’t win the championship."
"So we’ve got one piece of the puzzle left to fill in, and I’m almost happy it didn’t happen then, because of what we got done there. It didn’t need it. I didn’t need it. But now I do and so now it’s still on the table."
WWE is seemingly setting the stage for American Made to be a Team Angle-like heel faction and, providing they remain on this upward trajectory, chances are that a championship win will come Gable's way sooner rather than later.
You can watch the full interview with Gable in the player below.