Chad Gable Possibly To Receive New Ring Name

This week on Smackdown, we saw Shelton Benjamin play a joke on his former tag-team partner, Chad Gable. Benjamin put a sign on the door to Gable’s change room that said he must be “this tall” to wrestle in the King of the Ring tournament.

According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Gable could receive the new nickname of “Shorty G” soon.

“WWE just trademarked the term Shorty G as a wrestling name and rumor had it Gable was going to get that name,” wrote Dave Meltzer.

Real name Charles Betts, Gable competed for Team USA as an amateur wrestler at the 2012 Olympics in London. His height is currently listed at 5ft 8 inches.

Gable has won tag team gold three times in WWE, on 3 different brands and with 2 different partners. Along with Jason Jordan, Gable won both the NXT and the Smackdown tag team championships. Gable and Bobby Roode are also former RAW tag team champions.

In 2015, Gable was voted “Rookie of the Year” by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Last year, he was ranked at #93 in the PWI Top-500 rankings.