Gable Steveson made his pro wrestling debut at NXT: The Great American Bash last Sunday. During Steveson’s match against Baron Corbin, fans turned on him and chanted Kurt Angle’s name.
Dutch Mantel discussed the fans chanting “You’re no Angle” at Steveson during his match on his latest podcast:
“This is all good for him because if the people are responding to him, he’s touched a nerve somewhere. Even mentioning his name with Kurt Angle, that is great because WWE will go out and say, ‘Kurt, come back and help this guy for a month, two months. Just show up at TV and just do some stuff with him and then we’ll put you on the Pay-per-views just to help get him over.’”
Mantel continued, “Kurt Angle could get him over just by being in his corner. The kid would get over just being around Kurt Angle. Corbin, by the same token, I think most of those NXT fans are super smart fans anyway and they know the trouble he’s gone through and now they are kind of respecting him for that.”
It’s unclear what Steveson will do next. He wasn’t mentioned on NXT TV this week, and it appears that he still has a lot of work to do before he can compete in the pro wrestling ring.
You can check out the complete podcast below:
(h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription)
