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#1 Kurt Angle thinks Gable Steveson will be "a big player" in WWE

Gable Steveson has a long road ahead of him in WWE, and Kurt Angle believes the 21-year-old Olympic gold medalist could become a major superstar in the world of sports entertainment.

Angle, who also won a freestyle wrestling Olympic gold medal many years ago, recently appeared on Dr. Chris Featherstone's Pancakes & Powerslams podcast for a Q&A session. He stated that the sky is the limit for Steveson if the latter catches on to the business from a character/charisma standpoint.

"I think Gable Steveson is going to be a big player in the game. I really think he is going to catch on, especially if he catches on from a; what would I call that? A charisma perspective, you know, a personality/character perspective. If he gets that, the sky is the limit with this guy," said Angle.

During the Q&A, Kurt Angle also expressed that he would love to manage Gable Steveson in professional wrestling. Given the similarities in both of their pre-WWE backgrounds, wouldn't this be the perfect development?

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