Kurt Angle appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show this week to promote Real American Freestyle’s upcoming event on Saturday night. Even so, he did get plenty of time to talk about businesses that are actually successful like WWE.
During the interview, Angle praised Triple H’s creative direction in WWE, as well as his leadership skills overall. Kurt admitted that he only checks out the product “once in a while,” but it’s clear TKO made the right call.
“He’s doing incredibly well. I’m so proud of him. He’s a
great leader. And the thing is, him being retired and out of the business, he really looks at it as, ‘I need to focus on this business, and make it the best it can be.’ And he’s done that incredibly well. So, I think TKO made the right decision on making him in charge of creative, and I think he’s doing an amazing job.”
Your Olympic hero also advocated for Chad Gable as a main event level talent.
“I think he’s great. I’m just happy that he was able to find his niche. I know it’s kind of identical to mine, but if it works for him, I’m happy for him. I think regardless, whether he did my character or anybody else’s, I think the kid’s incredibly talented. So, I think that he would’ve succeeded either way.
You know the problem with him? And I think it’s only because the office looks at him like this, but he’s a little undersized. But that’s not an excuse. Chris Benoit was 5’9″. Eddie Guerrero was 5’8″. Rey Mysterio is 5’5″. So, someone like Chad could definitely be a main eventer.”
The 39-year-old Gable was in the midst of the biggest push of his WWE career under the mask of El Grande Americano prior to his surgery in July, so who knows, maybe there really is a path for him to become a top level star in WWE when he returns.
Do you think Chad Gable has what it takes to be a main eventer? Do you think TKO made the right call on Triple H leading WWE creative? Let me know in the comments below, Cagesiders.
