Chad Gable: El Grande Americano, Mask vs. Mask, Intercontinental Champ, Penta, Kurt Angle

Chad Gable (‪@ChasBettsOfficial‬) is a professional wrestler and the WWE Intercontinental Champion. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Minneapolis, MN to discuss his Intercontinental Championship win at SummerSlam, becoming El Grande Americano and the epic mask vs. mask match in AAA, now hitting the prime of his in-ring career, wrestling Kurt Angle, being Penta's first WWE opponent, the rumors that Ludwig Kaiser might be the other El Grande Americano, why he hired fitness coach Jay Ferruggia to help with his diet and workouts and more! 00:00 Intro 02:02 His YouTube Channel & personal gym, The Shakk 06:42 Appreciating how special this time is 09:21 Recent shoulder injury 14:05 Crazy MITB bump 15:52 Inventing El Grande Americano 21:48 Finding out about the new El Grande Americano 25:02 Dialing up his intensity 27:35 Mask vs Mask 35:52 Work life & family life balance 40:32 Winning the Intercontinental Title 45:25 World Championship goals 48:09 Match vs Gunther 50:01 Penta 53:28 Match vs Dragon Lee in Mexico City 55:49 Seth Rollins' post about him 01:00:44 Wrestling Kurt Angle & taking inspiration from him 01:03:33 Being an independent wrestler in 2003 01:06:48 Going all in on Amateur wrestling 01:08:43 WWE discovering him 01:10:55 Matching gear with his son 01:12:05 New entrance theme 01:14:00 Getting in the best shape of his life 01:18:18 CM Punk working with the same trainer 01:22:25 Dream opponents 01:24:45 Is he in his prime right now? 01:28:50 Time keeps moving faster/turning 40 01:32:49 3 things he's grateful for Subscribe to    / chrisvanvliet   Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://cvvmerch.com Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram:   / chrisvanvliet   Like me on Facebook:   / chrisvanvliet   Follow me on Twitter:   / chrisvanvliet   Follow on TikTok:   / chris.vanvliet   #wwe #chadgable #chrisvanvliet #elgrandeamericano #wrestling