Chad Gable Says El Grande Americano Feud Was Far From Inevitable, Credits Countless Variables Coming Together

Chad Gable is the first to admit that the path to his feud with El Grande Americano was anything but a straight line. In a recent appearance on Good Karma Wrestling, Gable opened up about how the rivalry came to be — and made clear it almost didn’t happen at all.

Gable credited the magic of professional wrestling for bringing the program to life, noting that he never would have imagined the feud unfolding the way it did. He pointed to a number of different variables that all had to fall into place for the storyline to come together, suggesting that if even one piece had shifted, the entire thing might have gone in a completely different direction.

That sentiment speaks to a broader truth about the wrestling business — creative directions change constantly, plans get scrapped, and what ends up on television is often very different from what was originally mapped out. Gable acknowledged as much, reflecting on how rarely things in wrestling go exactly according to plan.

The feud with El Grande Americano — the masked character portrayed by John Cena — became one of the more memorable recent angles in WWE, pairing Gable with one of the biggest names in company history for what turned out to be a high-profile program. That it came together at all, by Gable’s own account, was the result of a lot of moving parts aligning at just the right moment.

For Gable, it’s a testament to embracing the unpredictable nature of the business rather than fighting it.