Gable Steveson’s future with WWE NXT is up in the air as he recently withdrew from this month’s Senior World Championships and was removed from the internal NXT roster, only to be used at two NXT house shows this weekend.
Earlier this summer, the Olympic Gold Medalist beat Baron Corbin in his in-ring debut at the WWE NXT Great American Bash premium live event from the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in Austin, Texas.
Last week, it was revealed that Steveson is no longer competing at the tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, as heavyweight wrestler Mason Parris will replace Steveson. Steveson has to get approval from WWE to do these amateur wrestling tournaments.
On Friday and Saturday at NXT live events, he went over Dante Chin. While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Steveson’s situation is not only weird right now, but his overall future depends on Vince McMahon, who has taken a step back from WWE while he heals up from spinal surgery.
“He worked two shows this weekend. That was coming off from Wednesday when he pulled out of the World Championships. It’s weird because originally, they had him pegged as the next Brock Lesnar. Obviously, that has to be re-evaluated. He got a great deal coming off of winning the Gold Medal, as he was expected to be the next Brock Lesnar. But, you know, he was gonna debut on the main roster in a big way, and now he’s wrestling Dante Chin in Sebring, Florida, in front of 200 people to get ready. His trajectory has changed greatly, but he is there and not trying for Belgrade,” Meltzer stated. “I don’t know if he’s going to be back on TV soon. I know a week ago, they had no plans for him. A lot depends on….his situation will depend on Vince [McMahon]. Until Vince comes back, I don’t know if we’re gonna know a lot that’s going to happen with him because his situation is going to be a Vince decision, and if Vince isn’t back, then Triple H is in charge and everything like that, but it’s the big picture. He’s got an uphill climb right now.”
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