Chad Gable says Luke Harper sent him ‘encouraging text’ during Shorty G era
Chad Gable looked back on a challenging period from his WWE career, when he took on the highly criticised ‘Shorty G’ persona.
The gimmick was introduced in 2019 during his rivalry with Baron Corbin who mocked his height. On What Do You Wanna Talk About? Gable expressed how he felt ‘boxed in’ with the character. He stated that Luke Harper reached out to him after his first Shorty G promo.
“I felt boxed in. Yeah, yeah. And I, I think I put on the face of this could work. We can make this work. And I tried. I don’t want to pretend like I didn’t. I think deep down I knew, man, this might be a killer. This had to be the nail in the coffin. I had a very encouraging text from one Luke Harper after the first promo I did when I essentially named myself Shorty G. That was super encouraging from a guy like that because that was a low point for sure, referring to myself as that. But he made me feel as good as I could have about it, and I will never forget that. I think it was immediate afterwards. Took a lot of the stress off of me.”
He also recalled Eric Bischoff informing him about the gimmick.
“To my knowledge, I’d have to whittle it down to Eric Bischoff. Eric, maybe. I don’t. I can’t say that firmly, but he was the one that delivered me the news. So yeah, let’s all leave it with that. I liked working with Eric by the way,” said Gable.
Barely a year later he reinvented himself as ‘Chad Gable’. And united with Otis to form The Alpha Academy until it added new members and eventually disbanded in 2024.
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