Gable Steveson Wins Second Consecutive WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy
Gable Steveson makes history.
For the second time in his career, WWE Raw draft pick, Gable Steveson is the recipient of the WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy. This makes him the first heavyweight to receive this award for two consecutive years and this year, he is the sole recipient of the award whereas last year, he was the winner alongside Spencer Lee of Iowa.
With the award win, Steveson becomes just the sixth multiple-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner, joining the likes of Cael Sanderson, Ben Askren, David Taylor, Zain Retherford, and Spencer Lee. He also becomes the only heavyweight to win the award multiple times, surpassing former heavyweights Kerry McCoy, Stephen Neal, and Steve Mocco, who were all single-time winners.
The Apple Valley, Minn., native is also the first wrestler in Golden Gopher history to become a two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner. Jayson Ness remains the only other Gopher to achieve the award, doing so in 2010 when he went a perfect 31-0 en route to 133-pound NCAA title, pinning 19 of his opponents throughout the year.
WWE also took the time to congratulate Gable on this accomplishment.
Congratulations to @GableSteveson on back-to-back Dan Hodge Trophy wins becoming the first heavyweight to win the award multiple times! pic.twitter.com/dyM70fAZQW
— WWE (@WWE) March 28, 2022
Gable Steveson is headed to this year’s WrestleMania event and says that shortly thereafter, his WWE career will begin. Learn more here.
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