Chad Gable has spent recent weeks on an apology tour, making amends with the luchadors he disrespected during his time as El Grande Americano. Now, he is saying sorry for a different chapter of his career: Shorty G.
Speaking with Good Karma Wrestling, Gable jokingly extended his contrition to one of the most maligned gimmicks of his career, the “Shorty G” persona he was saddled with in 2019 and 2020.
“I’ll apologize to you guys personally and the entire audience for Shorty G. How about that? I apologize,” Gable said. “Will you at least accept? I know Maxxine and them didn’t, but you have to accept that one. It was my fault. That’s on me.”
The Shorty G character was a repackaging of Gable that leaned heavily into his stature, and it was widely panned by fans who felt it undercut one of the most gifted in-ring performers on the roster. The 2012 Olympian eventually reverted to the Chad Gable name, and in the years since has continually proven his worth despite a number of stop-start pushes.
Gable’s latest reinvention came by way of El Grande Americano, a masked character he originally used to mock lucha libre. After a shoulder injury sidelined him, Ludwig Kaiser took over the gimmick, setting up a clash between the two upon Gable’s return. Gable ultimately lost a Mask vs. Mask match to Kaiser’s version at AAA’s Noche de Los Grandes, forcing him to unmask.
That turn led to Gable’s ongoing redemption tour, during which he has personally apologized to the likes of Rey Fenix, Penta, Rey Mysterio, and Dragon Lee, all of whom accepted. Not everyone has been so forgiving, however. When Gable attempted to reconcile with his former Alpha Academy stablemates, Maxxine Dupri stepped in to firmly reject him, telling Gable that the group did not need him before and does not need him now.
