Chad Gable believes he has shown he is ready to compete at the very top of WWE and now has his sights set on the company’s biggest prize.
Following widespread praise for his Mask vs. Mask match against El Grande Americano, Chad Gable says he has proven he is capable of much more than tag-team success and that he wants to become WWE Champion.
Speaking with Brady Jones on The Hot Tag, Chad Gable reflected on his career and explained why he feels the recent match has changed how fans and WWE view him as a singles competitor.
“So, I think it’s fairly clear to everybody that I’ve been a successful tag team wrestler and almost categorized as that. I have Tag Team Championships on every level. I’ve made it very clear in the past that I’m capable of more than that, and I think what the mask vs. mask match did was show the world those weren’t just words.
That I’m now backing it up, and my intention going forward is to continue to do that and prove that I’m not just gonna want to hold singles championships going forward. That’s a goal, but to be the guy, to hold the World Championship, to hold the WWE Championship. I’m capable of that. I know it, and I think people now know it, and the right people now know it.”
Chad Gable Says He Is Focusing On Continuing His Forward Momentum In WWE
Chad Gable added that his focus is now on maintaining the momentum generated by the match rather than looking back on what he has already achieved.
“It’s also on me to continue this momentum to carry it forward. I think we got a great thing going on with me kind of making amends with these characters and demons from my past and my own demons that I’ve gotta rectify, and I think people are engaged in this story again. It’s emotional, and the stuff with Otis, like whether or not I’m gonna be able to get an apology across to him.
It’s resonating, and it’s on me to continue it and keep it going because all too common is you have this one great moment and this great mask vs. mask match that everybody was critically acclaimed, commercially acclaimed, but I’ve never been about the achievement and the end goal.”
The former Alpha Academy member explained that he has always been driven by the process of improvement rather than by individual accomplishments, saying he has no interest in resting on the success of a single match.
“For me, it’s always, like, process-driven, which is great because right now, we are very specifically in a process of me being able to either bridge that gap and become the next-level performer that I’ve always said I wanna be, or I can rest on my laurels and say, ‘Hey man, I had this awesome match. Let’s chill out for a little bit, but no thank you.’”
Chad Gable also credited the El Grande Americano storyline with helping elevate his standing as an all-around performer, adding that the character’s success during his absence further strengthened his belief that he is ready to take the next step as a singles star.
