If you’re not familiar with Karl (his last NJPW match was in 2022), he was one of the original LA Dojo/Shibata trainees along with Clark Connors and Alex Coughlin. Gabe was added to the mix a couple years later, and The Big Four all became and remain very close friends.
Karl and Gabe have only ever been in one match together; a RevPro tag in 2019 where they were on opposite sides (which in kayfabe is the match where Shibata scouted and signed Gabe from).
by EffingKENTA