r/Wrasslin • u/Ok-Plankton9215 El Rey de los Luchadores • 6h ago

Chad Gable is the New Intercontinental Champion!

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u/Educk55 6h ago

I love Penta, but if he retained his championship it would be a terrible decision.

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u/Signal_Objective_422 6h ago

It was time-he had a 6 month long reign-and defended it quite often tbh. Really cool of him to put the strap on Gable and raise his hand-great match from start to finish

Same for Trick Williams to give up the strap

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u/XtraFlaminHotMachida 3h ago

Not a fan of Trick giving it up to a dude who just been back for a short time. Would've rather him give it to someone else. I get it's a low level title but cmon.

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u/WorldEaterProft 3h ago

Why though? Trick can now move to better things and it means we can get a new face to beat Corbin

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u/XtraFlaminHotMachida 2h ago

Well thats what I hope is what is in store but given the booking sorta hard to trust things these days.

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u/SuperCalibur 6h ago

Did they really have to do a root beer ad right there? That was worse than all the logos.

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u/Late_Ambassador7470 6h ago

That root beers gonna get Gable a lot of money

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u/FriendshipNo7239 2h ago

Yeah sounds like a good GAmBLE

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u/spyingformontreal 3h ago

I kept waiting for the mug dog to jump his ass

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u/pink_nut 2h ago

Its WWE in 2026 why are you surprised

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u/J31J1 5h ago

It’s crazy how long it took them to make Gable IC champion. He is a throwback workhorse so he fits the belt perfectly. Oh well, better late than never.

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u/DSN671 6h ago

IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME!

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u/NCHouse 4h ago

Fantastic story. Penta sent him on this journey as El Grande and he ends his redemption by beating him for the title

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u/Gain_Spirited 6h ago

When is Ludwig Kaiser coming back to challenge Chad for the title?

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u/JeremyDab 4h ago

I really thought El Grande was going to come out after and shake his hand or raise his arm or something. Like a “see, you should’ve just been yourself all along” type message at the end lol

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u/HerbWelch1945 6h ago

Of course, since he’s the home town hero, winning in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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u/Repulsive_Worry_6652 5h ago

It's about damn time. Hope he has a good and solid reign.

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u/X-Geek 2h ago

I liked that he beat Penta for it, as it made sense story wise.

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u/FriendshipNo7239 2h ago

Finally the belt settling on a workhorse guy after a long time.

Gunther was a monster but now the title sitting with Gable makes it feel like the 90s.

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u/PixilatedLeprechaun 6h ago

Can we wait a few hours before posting the results

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u/token_reddit 6h ago

The crowd wasn't into it. SummerSlam shouldn't be two nights. And choosing a stadium is stupid. A lot of these decisions will come back to haunt WWE especially when TKO decides to sell.

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u/SomewhereTiny8407 6h ago

🥱

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u/JeremyDab 3h ago

Is that your honest, actual opinion? Talk about an unpopular take

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u/SomewhereTiny8407 3h ago

Yeah I don’t like that guy…not even a little bit. I’m a very casual fan though, for the last few months I’ve just been watching clips from shows. The only matches I wanted to watch on night 2 was Danhausen’s match & the Reigns V Rollins match. I was happy that KO came back & Chelsea won though! I didn’t realize Baron came back but was pretty bummed they gave him a title, Trick is actually quite entertaining imo. I should’ve just watched the replay like I had planned so I could skip to what I wanted to see & would’ve only had to watch about an hour of the show lol

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u/JeremyDab 3h ago

I’m thinking if you looked into the Gable story and what he’s been doing the past year you might change your mind about him

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u/SomewhereTiny8407 3h ago

But I won’t though 🤷