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Chad Gable
Gable in April 2016
Birth nameCharles Betts
Born (1986-03-08) March 8, 1986 (age 38)
Saint Michael, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma materNorthern Michigan University
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Chad Gable
Chas Betts
Billed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Billed weight202 lb (92 kg)[1]
Billed fromMinneapolis, Minnesota[1]
Trained byDan Chandler[2]
Gregg Greeno[3]
WWE Performance Center
Arik Cannon[4]
DebutSeptember 5, 2014[5]

Charles Betts (born March 8, 1986)[6] is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Chad Gable.

Early life

Betts was born in Saint Michael, Minnesota.[6] He is a graduate of Northern Michigan University.[7]

Amateur wrestling career

Betts was a Minnesota high school state champion. He defeated Jordan Holm 2 to 0 in the final of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 84 kg category.[8] He progressed to the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he defeated Keitani Graham from the Federated States of Micronesia in the qualification round. He was eliminated from the competition in the next round by Pablo Shorey of Cuba, losing 3–0.

Professional wrestling career

WWE

Developmental territories (2013–2015)

In November 2013, Betts signed a contract with the professional wrestling promotion WWE. He was assigned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and adopted the ring name Chad Gable (a nod to Olympian Dan Gable).[9] He made his in-ring debut at a NXT house show in Cocoa Beach, Florida on September 5, 2014, defeating Troy McClain.[10] He made his television debut on the January 8, 2015 episode of NXT, losing to Tyler Breeze.

American Alpha (2015–2017)

Main article: American Alpha

In May, Gable began a storyline with Jason Jordan, in which he attempted to convince Jordan to form a new partnership following the dissolution of Jordan's team with Tye Dillinger. After nearly two months, Jordan finally agreed to a tag match with Gable as his teammate. On the July 15 episode of NXT, Gable and Jordan were successful in their official debut together, defeating the team of Elias Samson and Steve Cutler.[11] On September 2, Gable and Jordan competed in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, defeating the team of Neville and Solomon Crowe. After defeating The Hype Bros, they were eliminated from the tournament by Rhyno and Baron Corbin in the semi-finals at NXT TakeOver: Respect. Gable and Jordan defeated two teams of former NXT Tag Team Champions, The Ascension and The Vaudevillains on the November 18 and December 2 episodes of NXT, respectively. On the January 27 episode of NXT, Gable and Jordan adopted the name American Alpha and defeated Blake and Murphy. At NXT TakeOver: Dallas, American Alpha defeated The Revival to win the NXT Tag Team Championship, but lost the titles back to The Revival at NXT TakeOver: The End, leading to speculation that the team would be called up to the main roster.

In the 2016 WWE draft, Gable was drafted along with Jordan to SmackDown.[12] On the August 2 episode of SmackDown, Jordan and Gable made their debuts, defeating The Vaudevillains. On the SummerSlam pre-show, American Alpha teamed with The Hype Bros and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey) to defeat The Vaudevillains, The Ascension and Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) in a 12-man tag team match.

American Alpha then entered an eight-tag team tournament to determine the inaugural holders of the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship, defeating Breezango in the first round to advance to the semi-finals where they faced The Usos. Despite defeating The Usos quickly on the September 6 episode of SmackDown, Gable's knee was kayfabe injured during a post-match assault when The Usos attacked them, rendering American Alpha unable to compete at Backlash.

On the November 1 episode of SmackDown, American Alpha defeated The Spirit Squad to join Team SmackDown in the 10–on–10 traditional Survivor Series tag team elimination match. At Survivor Series, Team SmackDown were defeated by Team Raw. They defeated The Wyatt Family to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship in a four corners elimination match also featuring The Usos and Heath Slater and Rhyno on the December 27, 2016, edition of SmackDown.[13] They had a successful title defense at Elimination Chamber in a tag team turmoil match. After losing the Smackdown Tag Team Championships to the Usos, they made their WrestleMania debut on the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

Teaming with Shelton Benjamin (2017–present)

On the June 20 episode of SmackDown, Gable answered Kevin Owens' United States Championship open challenge, but lost the match.[14] After the disbandment of American Alpha with the revelation that Jason Jordan was the illegitimate son of Raw General Manager Kurt Angle, Gable would later move on to singles competition. On the August 1 episode of SmackDown, he was defeated by Rusev.

On the August 22 episode of SmackDown, General Manager Daniel Bryan announced that he had signed a returning Shelton Benjamin to team up with Gable, therefore creating a tag-team between the two. The following week on SmackDown, Gable and Benjamin picked up a win over The Ascension in their first match as a team. On the October 10 edition of SmackDown, they won a fatal-four way match to become the number one contenders for The Usos' SmackDown Tag Team Championships. The following week, Gable and Benjamin showed signs of a heel turn after interrupting The Usos' backstage interview. They would go on to controversially defeat The New Day the next week with The Usos watching from the commentary desk, cementing their heel turn. Gable and Benjamin received their title opportunity on the November 7 episode of SmackDown and won the match by countout, however the Usos retained their championships. On the October 23 edition of Raw, Gable was a part of the SmackDown wrestlers that invaded Raw in the wake of Survivor Series, where he attacked his former partner, Jason Jordan. After trading victories with the Usos the following weeks, they competed in a fatal-four way match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships against defending champions The Usos, The New Day, and Rusev and Aiden English at Clash of Champions, but failed to win the titles. Two days later on SmackDown, Gable and Benjamin beat the Usos in a non-title match. On the January 2, 2018 episode of SmackDown, they defeated the New Day and Rusev and English in a triple threat match to earn another shot at the SmackDown Tag Team titles, which they lost the following week after the wrong man pinned the wrong twin for the apparent victory and then losing the impromptu rematch.

Other media

Video games

Gable appeared in WWE 2K17 and WWE 2K18 as a member of the American Alpha.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Gable is a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion

Amateur wrestling

  • High School
    • Minnesota State Wrestling Champion (2004)
  • International Medals
    • World University Games silver medal (2006)
    • Pan-American Championships Gold medal (2012)
    • Gedza International silver medal (2012)
    • Pan-American Olympic Qualifier silver medal (2012)
    • Granma Cup Bronze medal (2012)
    • Dave Schultz Memorial International Gold medal (2012)
  • Olympic Games

Professional wrestling

References

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  3. ^ Minnesota's Chas Betts Ready to Live Out One Olympic-Sized Dream
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  6. ^ a b "Chad Gable: Profile & Match Listing". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  7. ^ http://www.themat.com/usawrestling.org/nationalteams.php?page=showbio&ContactID=137
  8. ^ http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=4&page=results
  9. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (November 4, 2013). "Olympic wrestler Chas Betts joins WWE". NBC Sports. NBCUniversal. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  10. ^ "Chad Gable match results at WrestlingData.com". Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  11. ^ Trionfo, Richard (July 15, 2015). "WWE NXT REPORT: SASHA VERSUS CHARLOTTE, ZAYN UPDATE, MAIN EVENT FOR TAKEOVER ANNOUNCED, HAS JASON JORDAN FINALLY FOUND A TAG TEAM PARTNER HE CAN TRUST, AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
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  13. ^ Parks, Greg. "12/27 WWE Smackdown LIVE – Parks's Ongoing, Real-Time Report, including three title matches, John Cena's return". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  14. ^ Keller, Wade. "KELLER'S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 6/20: Fallout from Money in the Bank with Baron Corbin and the controversial Carmella win, Daniel Bryan returns". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
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