Chad Gable has been sidelined for most of 2025 due to a shoulder injury. It came at a terrible time for the former Alpha Academy leader; he'd just had his first singles match at WrestleMania as El Grande Americano, and was getting a singles push in both WWE and AAA.
Before being injured, the mystery of whether Gable was under El Grande Americano was a focal point on RAW. Rather than abandon that, Ludwig Kaiser has since taken over the role, which should be very interesting when the Olympian returns to WWE.
Today, we have a positive update from PWInsiderElite.com, which reports that Gable should be back in action "fairly soon." In fact, "We are told there are some who expect Gable back as soon as next week’s Raw in Brooklyn, NY," the report states.
The site added that Gable "has been to the WWE Performance Center several times in recent months," which definitely bodes well for an in-ring return happening as soon as next Monday.
Earlier this year, Gable addressed his rotator cuff surgery when he said, "I’m looking at the silver lining here. I got a little injury to my rotator cuff, but what it did do was buy me some time off the road to be home with my family and do stuff like this. Come to a baseball game on a Sunday, which I never get to do. So, find the bright side, right?"
Gable has been missed from WWE, and in a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, Ivy Nile opened up on the impact he's had on her career:
"Chad has been in this business for so, so long. When I first started with the company, I kind of started unlike anyone else. I started three months before COVID hit, and then I was in the COVID era as one of those people in the audience behind the hockey windows, or whatever. So I was one of those people always there cheering and whatever."
"And at the time, you know, he was Shorty G at the time. It was crazy to see his growth from there, because I’ve always admired him since then, because it’s crazy no matter what you give him, he kills it. So I think once you get to that level of whatever they throw at you, they know that you can kill it and run with it. It’s such an amazing skill to have that. I aspire to be that."
Keep checking back here for updates on Gable's status as we have them.