39 Facts About Gable Steveson

In freestyle wrestling, Steveson was a 2020 Summer Olympic gold medalist, and was a three-time age-group world champion.

In folkstyle wrestling, Gable Steveson was a two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner, a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a four-time Big Ten Conference champion, and five-time All-American out of the University of Minnesota.

Gable Steveson signed with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League in May 2024, but was released in August before the start of the regular season.

Gable Steveson was born in Portage, Indiana to a White father and an African American mother, where he started wrestling as soon as he could walk, following his two older brothers' footsteps.

Gable Steveson has an older brother, Bobby, who performed in WWE as Damon Kemp until his contract expired in July 2024.

Gable Steveson started his collegiate wrestling freshman season using a redshirt, winning titles at the Daktronics and Bison Open tournaments.

Gable Steveson lost to Cassar by one point, marking his first defeat in folkstyle since eighth grade.

Gable Steveson then won two more matches to claim third place and All-American status.

Gable Steveson then made his international senior debut at the Alexander Medved Prizes in August 2019, where he placed second to Khasanboy Rakhimov.

Gable Steveson was then scheduled to compete at the NCAA championships as the top-seed, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gable Steveson was slated to compete at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials in early April 2020.

In October 2020, the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to winter athletes due to the last season being cut short, this led to Gable Steveson getting an extra year of eligibility.

Gable Steveson represented the Gopher WC at 125 kilograms in the FloWrestling: RTC Cup from December 4 to 5,2020, alongside graduated Gopher Tony Nelson.

Gable Steveson edged the two-time Pan American champion with a score of 4 to 1 points.

At the NCAAs, Gable Steveson compiled two bonus points victories en route to the quarterfinals, where he faced '17 Cadet World Champion from Penn State Greg Kerkvliet, whom he was able to shut down but fell short of bonus points.

The newly crowned NCAA champion and Dan Hodge Trophy winner, Gable Steveson went back to freestyle and competed at the rescheduled US Olympic Team Trials from April 2 to 3 as the second seed, in an attempt to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Gable Steveson made his way to the best-of-three with dominant technical falls over two-time US Junior World Team Member Tanner Hall and Cadet World Champion Greg Kerkvliet, before facing 2019 Pan American Games Gold medalist and top-seed Nick Gwiazdowski.

In September 2021, it was announced that despite Gable Steveson signing with WWE, he would return to college wrestling under an NIL deal.

Gable Steveson was named the Big Ten Athlete of the Year for 2022.

At the 2022 NCAA Division I National Championships, Gable Steveson started off with two technical falls, before defeating Northwestern's Lucas Davison and Penn State's Greg Kerkvliet by decision to cruise to the finals.

Gable Steveson went out as one of the greatest and most dominant collegiate wrestlers in the history of the sport, as a Dan Hodge Trophy winner, two-time NCAA Division I National champion and three-time Big Ten Conference champion.

Gable Steveson is the first and only heavyweight wrestler to win the Dan Hodge Trophy multiple times.

Gable Steveson returned to freestyle competition at the 2023 US Open Wrestling Championships, since last wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics.

Gable Steveson was named the outstanding wrestler of the tournament.

Gable Steveson won the 2023 Final X, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships.

Gable Steveson later decided not to compete in the competition.

Gable Steveson returned to wrestling for University of Minnesota in 2024.

Gable Steveson was named the most outstanding wrestler of the tournament.

Gable Steveson later became the first five-time All-American in University of Minnesota history, despite losing to Oklahoma State heavyweight Wyatt Hendrickson in the national championship match.

In late 2020, Gable Steveson said pursuing a career in WWE as a professional wrestler in order to become a superstar is "a dream I've had since I was a kid".

Gable Steveson then made a brief appearance at WWE's SummerSlam event on August 21,2021, and then on September 4, it was announced that Gable Steveson had reportedly signed a contract with WWE.

Gable Steveson was only the second Olympic gold medalist to be signed by the company after Kurt Angle.

Gable Steveson made his first appearance in April 2022 at WrestleMania 38 Night 1, being introduced by Stephanie McMahon and, during the second night of the event, he confronted and performed a suplex on Chad Gable.

Gable Steveson later appeared on the December 9,2022, episode of SmackDown for Kurt Angle's birthday celebration.

The match ended in a no contest after Corbin and Gable Steveson threw each other over the announcers' desk.

The match and its finish received heavy criticism from fans, who booed Gable Steveson while cheering for Corbin, the heel.

Gable Steveson made his return on January 5,2024, defeating Cedric Alexander in a dark match at SmackDown: New Year's Revolution.

Gable Steveson is set to make his submission grappling debut against Craig Jones in a superfight at the Craig Jones Invitational 2 on August 31st, 2025.

On May 31,2024, it was reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter that Gable Steveson had signed a three-year deal with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League and will play defensive line despite never playing football before.