Gable Steveson released, David Finlay wins the Global Championship
– The Wrestling Observer reports Gable Steveson has been released from WWE.
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) May 4, 2024
Stevenson was the 2nd Olympic Gold medalist in amateur wrestling after Kurt Angle to sign for WWE.
He signed with WWE in 2020, was drafted to RAW in 2021 but never made his debut, appearing once in a cameo at WrestleMania 38
– David Finlay is once again the IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion after defeating Nic Nemeth.
David Finlay regained IWGP Global Championship gold at Dontaku as he defeated Nemeth in a wild encounter!#njdontaku report:https://t.co/vfiPNkSv8W
Watch the replay now!https://t.co/ArGK7axQe8#njpw pic.twitter.com/OSRn7K2Z8W
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) May 4, 2024
Initially I assumed this was because he was going for the Olympics again, but it looks like that’s not happening either. Is this just another case of WWE being over-cautious about accusations (even if they’re years old at this point; they were already out there when WWE signed him) in the light of the McMahon case?