Even if only a small % of males manage to reproduce after mating arm removal; over time, would that not lead to the gene for surving reproduction to be selected

Even if only a small % of males manage to reproduce after mating arm removal; over time, would that not lead to the gene for surving reproduction to be selected and become more common? Great article, and indeed confusing questions. Wish we can learn more about octopuses, specially the social octopuses. Also interesting were recent mdma experiments on octopuses.