Gable Steveson is returning to the College of Minnesota for a fifth season.
Minnesota Coach Brandon Eggum introduced that Steveson would return for the 2024-2025 season. He’ll purpose to win his third heavyweight championship as a heavyweight wrestler within the NCAA.
Per Randy Johnson of the Minnesota Star Tribune, Gable Steveson will make his debut on November 24. It will mark his first time competing since he retired in 2022. Steveson beforehand gained the gold medal in freestyle wrestling on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Gable Steveson commented on the information in a comeback video.
“First, I wish to thank the College of Minnesota for his or her time, their effort and their persistence with me to push me to the person I’m at the moment,” Steveson mentioned. “Minnesota has given me every little thing, and now it’s my flip to provide it proper again to them: to place my toes again on the wrestling mat, to be the champ, yet one more time.”
Steveson is a two-time Hodge Trophy winner. He gained his second nationwide title in 2022, and he’s a three-time Massive Ten Convention Champion.
Steveson signed the first-ever WWE NIL deal in 2022. He appeared at WWE SummerSlam and WrestleMania 38. Steveson additionally appeared on the December 9, 2022, episode of WWE SmackDown. He had a quick run in NXT in 2023 and made his in-ring debut at NXT The Nice American Bash 2023. WWE launched him in Might 2024. Steveson tried to transition to the NFL, however the Buffalo Payments minimize him in August after he spent the preseason with the group.
