Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson made an unexpected appearance on WWE NXT this week. Eddie Thorpe approached Steveson and asked him to train him for his upcoming “RAW Underground” match against Steveson’s brother Damon Kemp.
During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com explained why, despite his appearance, Steveson might not be wrestling in WWE anytime soon.
“He’s got stuff he wants to do and now it’s a question of WWE clearing him. Last year he wanted to come back to University of Minnesota, he’s got one year of [NCAA] eligibility left because he wanted to be a three-time heavyweight champion because there’s nobody ever in the United States that’s a three-time heavyweight champion and a gold medalist, and he’s already got his gold medal.”
You can check out a clip from his appearance below:
Woah!
Olympic Gold Medalist @GableSteveson just offered to train @eddythorpe_wwe for his match against @damonkempwwe ?#NXTGoldRush pic.twitter.com/xLs3p9B7vc
— WWE (@WWE) June 21, 2023
