Surprising reason behind backstage resentment toward former WWE Superstar – REPORT

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Gable wrestled 16 more matches for the global juggernaut in the next five months, and all of them were either at NXT house shows or Dark matches on SmackDown. He was released from his contract with the company in May 2024.

On the most recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer stated that people hate Gable Steveson. The veteran journalist noted that there was also backstage resentment toward the latter because WWE was paying him more than everyone else while his progress wasn’t as fast as the other talents.

“People hate him, and for good reason. I mean, I can’t argue it… Gable Steveson, it’s like, ‘Oh, we got this guy, and we pay him all this money.’ And you could see it. He didn’t progress as fast as the other people. And he doesn’t have a lot of natural charisma anyway. And the thing is, there was going to be the resentment because he was getting paid way more than everybody else. I don’t know what he was paid, but because he was, they signed him when he was very young, and they offered him a ridiculous amount,” Meltzer said. [H/T: Inside the Ropes]

WWE reportedly viewed Gable Steveson as the next Brock Lesnar

In the same edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer claimed that WWE’s original idea was to book Gable Steveson like former world champion Brock Lesnar.

Meltzer further clarified that Steveson did not progress enough for WWE to trust him with it. He added that Gable wasn’t good on the mic and lacked charisma.

“You gotta remember that the original idea for [Gable] Stevenson was to frickin’ Brock Lesnar him right away. Yeah. You know, like, he was gonna go in there. Wasn’t it Chad Gable? It was gonna be at Mania right away, and everything, but he just didn’t progress enough to where they trusted putting him out there. Like, they could have gotten him through a match with Chad Gable, probably, and a short match or everything like that. But I think that they didn’t trust the spotlight on him when he couldn’t talk, when he didn’t have a lot of charisma,” Meltzer said. [H/T: Inside the Ropes]

Gable Steveson signed to UFC earlier this year and defeated Elisha Ellison via knockout in the first round on debut at UFC 329. However, on September 19, he lost to Sean Sharaf via knockout twelve seconds into the first round of his second UFC bout.