Gable Steveson with Dan Gable (Twitter)
Gable Steveson has been the talk of the town from the time he has signed for WWE. Do you know that he is named after famous US freestyle wrestler Dan Gable?
Gable won the gold medal at the 125kg men’s freestyle event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He has signed a contract with WWE as well. Let us know more about the reason for him being named after Dan Gable.
United States’ Steveson created history at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and is one of the youngest Olympic wrestling Champions. Steveson’s mother named him Gable after US freestyle wrestler Dan Gable won gold in the 68 kg category at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Gable himself told the reporters that his name is after Dan Gable, and now we know how it worked for him at Olympics. (olympics.com)
It was also reported by Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t Ringside News) that WWE announced Steveson as “Gable Dan Steveson”, which was his real name.
“Steveson was introduced using the name Gable Dan Steveson, his real name, but as a college wrestler and athlete, his middle name was never focused on. It would appear WWE felt that the name, referring to 1972 gold medalist Dan Gable, would be part of his billing. Chas Betts, who competed in the Olympics as a Greco-Roman wrestler, currently is on the roster as Chad Gable, with his wrestling name also from Dan Gable.”
Gable Steveson made his senior-level freestyle debut on April 24th, 2018, against Dominic Balmer at the 2018 US Open Championships.
Steveson’s next tourney was the 2018 US World Team Trials. He made it until the finals before losing to Tony Nelson.
Then, at Medved International in Belarus, Steveson won the silver medal. He followed it up with a gold at 2019 Bill Farrell Memorial beating Bradley, this time in the final.
Steveson won the 2020 US World Team Trials, beating Gwiazdowski in the final.
He ran through his opponents at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, including victories over Taha Akgul and Aiaal Lazarev.
He was a bit shaky in the finals, but Steveson still managed to win the Gold medal at the 125kg men’s freestyle event.
Steveson officially signed a deal with the WWE on September 9th, and as it currently stands, he will be allowed to go to the University of Minnesota for his senior year.
WWE is now planning for a Gable Steveson debut at WrestleMania 38. The company has also intended to set up a new remote facility for Steveson in Minnesota near his college campus.
More WWE news
Follow our dedicated WWE page for instant WWE news and updates.
