Chad Gable Set for WWE Raw Return Before Royal Rumble

Chad Gable, a prominent WWE Raw roster member, is expected to make his in-ring return soon after sidelining himself with a shoulder injury last summer, according to multiple reports from within the company.

Gable has been absent from WWE programming since June, when he suffered a rotator cuff injury during a backstage segment on the June 23 episode of Raw. The injury led to surgery shortly afterward, and he was written off television as a result. His most recent match as himself came on June 9, when he lost to AJ Styles on Raw. Just days earlier, on June 17, Gable defended the WWE Speed title in a match taped at the WWE Performance Center, portraying his masked character, El Grande Americano.

In Gable's absence, WWE reassigned the El Grande Americano persona to Ludwig Kaiser. Kaiser has since embraced the role, forming alliances on Raw and even competing internationally. On December 20, Kaiser, as El Grande Americano, teamed with Dominik Mysterio under the guise of Los Gringos Locos 2.0 at AAA's Guerra de Titanes event in Guadalajara, Mexico, where they lost to Rey Fenix and Rey Mysterio in the main event. The character has also expanded into a faction called Los Americanos,...