As he began his professional wrestling career, WWE Intercontinental Champion Chad Gable has often compared to WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angleboth for their amateur wrestling backgrounds and similar wrestling styles. And while their careers only overlapped briefly until Angle retired in 2019, it allowed the two to have singles match against each other on the March 18, 2019 episode of WWE Raw in Chicago, Illinois. Appearing “Insight with Chris Van Vliet” Gable called the match full circle, both because of the comparison between him and Angle, but also because he had met Angle at an autograph signing years ago and announced that they would one day wrestle in WWE.
In addition to the match being a dream come true for Gable, he revealed that he and Angle benefited from a rarity that wasn’t often seen during Vince McMahon’s Raw days. That, combined with the match being a dream come true and taking place in the Midwest near Gable’s home state of Minnesota, made for a great night for Gable. Alas, something happened after that that marred it just a little.
“The cool thing that I remember about it is that we actually got more airtime on Monday Night Raw than we should at this point. So we just have to wrestle. And to be able to just go in there and just wrestle on the fly, winging it with Kurt Angle like everybody else. And this is in Chicago, which is great, the crowds are always great. It was a great night man, except I got a speeding ticket on the way home.”
If you use any of the quotes from this article, please credit “Insight with Chris Van Vliet” and provide a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
