Current: Chad Gable
Ever since his days starting out in American Alpha in NXT, Chad Gable has proved his technical acumen, signaling potential still to be fully tapped into.
A great technician, Gable had a successful NXT tag team with Jason Jordan in NXT, going on to win the NXT and Raw Tag Team titles, having great matches with the likes of The Revival and The Usos. Gable formed subsequent teams with Bobby Roode and Shelton Benjamin. Although both dynamic duos failed to reach the success of American Alpha.
At just 5’8, Gable’s height was exploited in the role of Shorty G in which he wore ironic basketball costumes. He played this to the best of his ability, getting the crowd’s backing and continuing his strong work rate.
As of now, Gable has recently turned heel in the WWE for the first time. Alongside monster partner Otis, Gable plays a strong role as a pompous, oblivious educated heel. Coming off like an arrogant sportsman who is clearly very talented but does it in such a smug way. A great worker and a greatly-suited character.
Past: Taz
Taz’s rise in ECW is unlike anyone else’s.
Originally The Tazmaniac, Taz went from an indigenous slave of Kevin Sullivan’s to become the main eventing “Human Suplex Machine”.
A dominant and imposing face, Taz was a badass anti-hero who specialized in brutality, doing so with a combination of martial arts, most notably the Kata ha jime (renamed the Tazmission). Taz’s range of suplexes always looked gnarly and stiff, rag dolling people around the ring with careless abandon, making him a fan favorite.
Although 5’9, Taz was booked strongly, so heavily protected that he often won matches in just a matter of minutes after dumping his unfortunate opponent through some tables. Dressed in orange and black, Taz had big-time feuds with Shane Douglas, Sabu, and Bam Bam Bigelow amongst others.
One of few triple crown champions, he was the only person to hold all titles on multiple occasions as a two-time ECW champion, three-time World Tag Team champion (only acknowledged as twice), and two-time Television champion. Annoyed at a lack of competition, he created his own FTW title. He now manages his own AEW faction, with current FTW champion Ricky Starks, Powerhouse Hobbs, and son, Hook.
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