Gabe is the guy, except where they must/need to put the best team on the mat (without killing Angelo's RS). Meaning Angelo might be winning the room. I think Word gets around, I say Starocci wasn't just guessing. I'm guessing Gabe would have weighed in and might have got to wrestle since the match over if he wasn't being disciplined for stoking a fire. I think the Brands really wanted to see how far Star was above Gabe/Angelo and not killing Gabes seed.
As an aside, the first week in January, Terry told me if Gabe wasn't dinged they would've let them wrestle the SS final.