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Chad Gable

American professional and amateur wrestler

Born
March 8, 1986
Age in 2026
40
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1986

About Chad Gable

Charles Edward Betts (born March 8, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. As of November 2013, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Chad Gable, and is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion in his first reign. A prolific amateur wrestler who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Betts signed with WWE in November 2013 and tested training before he was deployed to WWE's developmental branch, NXT. Working as a tag team wrestler, he won the NXT Tag Team Championship with his partner Jason Jordan as American Alpha, before being called up to the main roster in July 2016, where they won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship before disbanding in July 2017. He formed a tag team with Shelton Benjamin before being traded to Raw in the 2018 Superstar Shake-up and then forming a team with Bobby Roode, winning the Raw Tag Team Championship with him in December 2018. With this win, he became the second man (after Jordan) to have won the NXT, SmackDown, and Raw Tag Team Championships. In January 2022, Gable won the Raw Tag Team Championship for a second time with Alpha Academy tag partner, Otis. In early 2025, he began simultaneously portraying the masked luchador El Grande Americano. Under this persona, he won his first singles championship, the WWE Speed Championship. Due to injury, Ludwig Kaiser took over the role of Americano in June 2025; Gable returned as Americano in 2026 before reverting to Chad Gable at Noche de Los Grandes. On September 2, Jordan and Gable competed in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, beating the team of Neville and Solomon Crowe. He has been signed to WWE since 2013 where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Chad Gable. He also portrays the original incarnation of the masked luchador El Grande Americano.

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Chad Gable timeline

  1. He has been signed to WWE since 2013 where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Chad Gable.
  2. In January 2022, Gable won the Raw Tag Team Championship for a second time with Alpha Academy tag partner, Otis.

The world when Chad Gable was born

Chad Gable was born in 1986. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1986

  • #1 song"That's What Friends Are For" – Dionne Warwick & Friends
  • Top moviePlatoon
  • Top TV showThe Cosby Show
  • Best-selling bookIt – Stephen King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMaradona's "Hand of God" goal at the World Cup
  • Top headlineSpace Shuttle Challenger disaster
  • Technology milestoneChernobyl nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine
  • Defining fadTop Gun aviator sunglasses
  • Notable inventionDisposable camera
  • World population4.94 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRonald Reagan
  • Sports championNew York Mets (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population240.1M

1986 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Chad Gable's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19862026
Gas$0.93$3.45/gal
Average home$80,300$435,000
Average income$29,458$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$3.71$11.95
Postage stamp$0.22$0.73
Population240.1M341 million

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