One-half of the former NXT Tag-Team Champions American Alpha, Chad Gable, recently gave an interview to Men's Journal following their debut on this week's episode of SmackDown Live. Despite being one of the most popular faces in NXT, Gable revealed that the duo was quite nervous about how the audience would react to their debut. He said:“It’s kind of funny, we were really nervous about that, being exposed to this new audience. You hope you don’t come out through the curtain and hope you don’t hear crickets. We were standing back there and we heard the response and we were just so happy.”The former champion continued by saying that the build up by the new SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan prior to their debut helped them and they felt comfortable after their first match on the main roster:“The other thing is, when we got drafted, Daniel Bryan built us up and kind of made us sound like a big deal, which was really helpful. The response that night was so positive — it made us feel comfortable as opposed to the nervousness that was there before. I would like to think that more and more people are watching NXT and people have the WWE Network, so there’s more exposure there.”Along with this Gable also talked about his participation in 2012 London Olympics, the difference between real wrestling and sports entertainment and more.
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