Kurt Angle

American professional wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist

Kurt Steven Angle ( hold December 9, 1968 ) is an american Olympic gold medalist in american freestyle writhe who competed at heavyweight, retired professional wrestler, and early collegiate folkstyle wrestler. He is well known for his time in WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] While at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Angle won numerous accolades, including being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. After graduating from college, Angle won a gold decoration in freestyle writhe at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships. He then won the freestyle wrestling aureate decoration at the 1996 Summer Olympics with a break neck. He is one of four people to complete an amateur wrestle Grand Slam ( Junior Nationals, NCAA, World Championships, and Olympics ). [ 8 ] In 2006, he was named by USA Wrestling as the greatest blast wrestler ever and one of the circus tent 15 college wrestlers of all time. [ 9 ] He was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 for his amateur accomplishments.

Angle made his foremost appearance at a pro-wrestling event in 1996, and signed with the World Wrestling Federation ( now WWE ) in 1998. Noted for his rapid comprehension of the business, he had his debut catch that August within the party ‘s developmental system after bare days of train, and participated in his first televised WWF storyline in March 1999. After months of airless matches, Angle made his telecast in-ring introduction in November and received his foremost major push in the company in February 2000, when he held the European and Intercontinental Championships simultaneously. Four months later, he won the 2000 King of the Ring tournament and soon thereafter began pursuing the WWF Championship, which he won in October. This capped off a WWF cub year which is considered by many to be the greatest in history. [ 10 ] Among other accomplishments in the WWF/E, Angle has held the WWF/WWE Championship four times, the WCW Championship once, and the World Heavyweight Championship once. He is the tenth Triple Crown Champion and the fifth Grand Slam Champion ( achieving this award twice under both the master and current format ) in WWE history. [ 11 ] On March 31, 2017, Angle was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. After leaving WWE in 2006, Angle joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA, immediately known as Impact Wrestling ) where he became the inaugural and record six-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, and the second base Triple Crown achiever in TNA history ( arsenic well as the only one to hold all ask titles at once ). Angle is besides a two-time King of the Mountain. As character of TNA, he made appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling ( NJPW ) and the Inoki Genome Federation ( IGF ), holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship once. In 2013, Angle was inducted into the TNA Hall of fame : he is the second wrestler, after Sting, to be inducted into both the WWE and TNA Halls of Fame. Between WWF/WWE, Japan and TNA, Angle has won 21 entire championships and overall is a 13-time world ace. He is the alone pro-wrestler in history to have won the WWE Championship, WWE ‘s World Heavyweight Championship, the WCW Championship, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and the IGF ‘s IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Angle is besides the entirely person to have been King of the Ring ( WWE ) and King of the Mountain ( TNA ), adenine well as to have held both the WWE and TNA Triple Crowns. He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events for WWF/WWE and TNA, including WrestleMania XIX and Bound for Glory on three occasions, the flagship events of the respective companies. In 2004, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter inducted Angle into its Hall of Fame and belated named him “ Wrestler of the Decade ” for the 2000s. [ 12 ] He is considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Former adversary and industry veteran John Cena said of Angle ‘s bequest within WWE : “ He is, without question, the most talented all-around performer we have always had step into a resound. There will never be another like him. ” [ 15 ]

early life [edit ]

Angle was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Jackie and David Angle. [ 16 ] He attended Clarion University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a degree in education in 1993. [ 17 ] Angle has four older brothers ( one of whom, Eric, is besides a wrestler ) and a sister, Le’Anne, who died in 2003. [ 18 ] His church father, a crane operator, [ 19 ] was killed in a structure accident when Angle was 16, and Angle dedicated both his career and his autobiography to his father. Angle stated in an interview that, following the death of his beget, he regarded his wrestle coach, David Schultz, as a paternal human body. While training Angle, Schultz was murdered in January 1996 by John Eleuthère du Pont, the patron of Schultz ‘s team of Olympic prospectives. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Angle ‘s mother died of cancer in 2015. [ 23 ] He is of italian, Irish, English, German, and lithuanian descent. [ 24 ]

Wrestling career [edit ]

Kurt Angle started amateur wrestle at the historic period of seven. [ 25 ] He attended Mt. Lebanon High School, [ 21 ] where he won varsity letters in football and wrestle and was an All-State linebacker. [ 21 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] He went undefeated on the newcomer writhe team at Canon-McMillan High and qualified for the country wrestle tournament his sophomore class. [ 21 ] Angle besides placed one-third in the state writhe tournament as a junior and was the 1987 Pennsylvania State Wrestling Champion as a senior. Upon graduating from high school, Angle attended Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where he continued to wrestle at an amateurish level. [ 28 ] He was a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I champion, [ 29 ] national runner-up in 1991, and a three-time NCAA Division I All-American. In accession, Angle was the 1987 USA Junior Freestyle ace, a two-time USA Senior Freestyle supporter, and the 1988 USA International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles Junior World Freestyle supporter. [ 30 ] After graduating from college, Angle continued to wrestle. In 1995, he won a gold decoration at the FILA Wrestling World Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. [ 29 ] Following this victory, Angle began preparing for the 1996 Summer Olympics ( besides in Atlanta ) under Dave Schultz at the Pennsylvanian Foxcatcher Club, [ 31 ] trail between eight and ten hours a sidereal day. [ 32 ] In January 1996, not long after Angle began training at the clubhouse, Schultz was murdered by John Eleuthère du Pont, the presenter of Schultz ‘s team of Olympic prospectives. [ 20 ] [ 33 ] [ 22 ] As a consequence, Angle leave office du Pont ‘s team, searched for raw sponsors, and joined the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club in Schultz ‘s memory. [ 34 ] Angle faced far hardships while taking part in the 1996 Olympic Trials, when he suffered a hard neck injury, fracturing two of his cervical vertebra, [ 35 ] herniating two disk, and pulling four muscles. however, Angle won the trials and then spent the subsequent five months resting and rehabilitating. By the Olympics, Angle was able to compete, albeit with several pain-reducing injections in his neck. [ 29 ] In the fall of 1996, Angle stated that he temporarily became addicted to the analgesic Vicodin after injuring his neck. [ 36 ] He won his gold decoration in the heavyweight ( 90–100 kilogram ; 198–220 pound ) weight classify despite his injury, [ 30 ] defeating the iranian Abbas Jadidi by officials ‘ decision after the competitors wrestled to an eight-minute, one-one puff. The turn saw Jadidi earn a point after two minutes and 42 seconds by turning Angle, and Angle earning a point of his own with a put-down after three minutes and four seconds. The officials ‘ decision was protested by Jadidi. [ 37 ] Angle dedicated the victory to Schultz ‘s honor. In April 2011, Angle revealed that he was planning a comeback to amateur wrestle for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In April 2012, he announced he was unable to make the trials for the US team due to a knee wound, though he held an honorary title as team coach. [ 40 ] In 2016, Angle was announced as an inductee into the International Sports Hall of Fame for his amateur wrestle accomplishments. [ 8 ]

professional wrestle career [edit ]

extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1996 ) [edit ]

On October 26, 1996, Angle was convinced by chap Pittsburgh native Shane Douglas to attend the Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) consequence high Incident. [ 30 ] He gave an in-ring interview and provided guest comment during a equal between Taz and Little Guido, but left the build after Raven “ crucified “ a bleed Sandman by attaching him to a hybridization using barb wire. [ 41 ] Angle, shocked by the controversial imagination and afraid that his career prospects were going to be damaged if he was associated with the incidental, threatened to sue ECW owner Paul Heyman if he was shown on television receiver in the lapp air as the stunt. [ 30 ]

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment ( 1998–2006 ) [edit ]

early tenure and Eurocontinental Champion ( 1998–2000 ) [edit ]

As a lionize amateur wrestler, Angle had an antipathy to professional wrestle, considering it “ below ” him. [ 42 ] He was offered a 10-year contract with the World Wrestling Federation following the 1996 Olympics, [ 43 ] but talks fell apart when he told company president Vince McMahon that he would be unwilling to lose any matches. [ 44 ] Angle ‘s public opinion of professional wrestle changed when he began watching the WWF ‘s Monday Night Raw in 1998 : he observed “ earth classify athletes doing very athletic things ”, and developed an wonder for Stone Cold Steve Austin ‘s talents as an entertainer. [ 43 ] Angle belated conceded that his negative attitude toward the industry was misguided and “ dazed ”. [ 42 ] With the WWF ‘s original 1996 offer now rescinded, Angle had a audition with the company, [ 44 ] and was signed to a five-year deal by August 1998 : [ 45 ] the contract extend came three days after his trial. [ 44 ] He trained under Dory Funk Jr., with whom the WWF had developed the Funkin ‘ Dojo aim camp in Stamford, Connecticut, and began wrestling in front of a live audience in under a workweek. [ 42 ] Angle ‘s beginning match took seat within WWF developmental territory the World Wrestling Alliance ( WWA ) on August 20, in a miss feat against his other flight simulator, Tom Prichard. [ 4 ] He wrestled multiple matches for the WWA in August and September, and solicited bookings outside of the WWF, participating in a struggle royal at the National Wrestling Alliance ‘s ( NWA ) 50th Anniversary Show on October 24, and performing for Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling ( PCW ) and the East Coast Wrestling Association ( ECWA ) in February 1999. [ 4 ] In March, Angle began wrestling regularly for the WWF ‘s Power Pro Wrestling ( PPW ) developmental league in Memphis, Tennessee. [ 4 ] His first appearance on WWF television was on the March 7 episode of Sunday Night Heat, where he took part in an angle with Tiger Ali Singh. This angle involved Singh paying Angle money to blow his nose on the american english flag. Angle alternatively blew his nose on Singh ‘s iris and fought him off. His first WWF match was a night match victory over Brian Christopher on April 11. In the pursue months, Angle wrestled on house shows and in other dark matches in preparation for his telecast debut. He besides continued to wrestle for PPW through October and on July 24 won the PPW Championship. Angle then lost the backing to Steve Bradley on August 7. He is noted for learning the art of professional wrestling agile than about anyone else ; [ 44 ] WWE executive and former adversary Triple H described Angle as “ probably the fastest ridicule I ‘ve ever seen pick this business up ”, owing to “ phenomenal ” athleticism and an “ aptitude ” for the diligence. [ 46 ] After several weeks of vignettes, Angle made his telecast WWF in-ring debut on November 14 at Survivor Series at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Shawn Stasiak. [ 47 ] He began using The Patriot ‘s subject “ Medal “ ( besides used once by Sgt. Slaughter ) for his closed chain entrance, which became associated with Angle for the lie of his career. In his initial push, he remained undefeated for respective weeks, finally losing to the debuting Tazz by passing out at the Royal Rumble. [ 48 ] Angle ‘s television character was an “ american hero ” doodad based on his gold decoration win at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In his promos, Angle presented himself as a function model and stressed the want to work difficult to realize one ‘s dream, stressing the 3 I’ second, “ Intensity, Integrity and Intelligence ”. In his promos and hoop entrances, Angle constantly wore replica of his gold medals around his neck. While he stood for many principles that are associated with faces, Angle was perceptibly booed in his introduction match and even the next night on Raw Is War in his match against The Godfather, which took place in his hometown of Pittsburgh. The fans in general did not react positively to his charge as the first gear “ substantial athlete ” in the WWF, which ultimately led to him being portrayed as a heel, talking down to the audience and behave as though he was better than the fans and companion wrestlers, normally taunting them with the question of, “ Where are your gold medals ? ” Angle won both the European Championship and the Intercontinental Championship in February 2000, [ 48 ] billing himself as the “ Eurocontinental ace ”. He dropped both of his titles without ever conceding a fall in a two falls triple Threat match with Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho at WrestleMania 2000. [ 49 ]

WWF Champion ( 2000–2001 ) [edit ]

Throughout mid-2000, after aligning himself with Edge & Christian, “ Team ECK “ ( Edge, Christian, and Kurt ) feuded with Too Cool and Rikishi, with Angle defeating Rikishi in the finals of the 2000 King of the Ring tournament. [ 50 ] He went on to feud with Triple H after a love triangulum between them and Triple H ‘s wife, Stephanie McMahon, developed. [ 51 ] As a switch to the mean storyline of Stephanie turning on her conserve and going with Angle, he lost to Triple H at Unforgiven. [ 50 ] Before the match started, however, he bumped into a returning Stone Cold Steve Austin, who was looking for the perpetrator who ran him over at the previous year ‘s Survivor Series. Angle offered him his friendship and one of his gold medals, but Austin was not pleased by telling him that he would keep it in a dainty safe place, to which Austin referred to “ right up his buttocks ” before attacking Angle and throwing his decoration to the deck. Following his feud with Triple H, Angle received another push and began pursuing the WWF Championship, defeating The Rock at No Mercy, after botched hindrance on The Rock ‘s behalf from Rikishi. [ 50 ] With his victory over The Rock, Angle became the first wrestler to have won both an Olympic gold decoration and the world championship. Angle retained the WWF Championship for the rest of the year in matches with The Undertaker at Survivor Series and in a six-man Hell in a Cell match at Armageddon. [ 52 ] After beating treble H at the Royal Rumble, [ 53 ] Angle finally lost the title to The Rock at No Way Out. [ 54 ] Angle then feuded with Chris Benoit whom he defeated at WrestleMania X-Seven, but lost to him at Backlash in an ultimate Submission equal ; Benoit defeated Angle four falls to three in sudden-death overtime. Continuing the feud, Angle again defeated Benoit in a two out of three falls match at Judgment Day. Benoit pinned Angle after an Angle Slam in a “ Pinfalls only ” fall, and then Angle made Benoit submit with the ankle lock in the “ Submissions entirely ” fall. Angle won the third fall, a run couple, with the help of Edge and Christian .

Grand Slam winner ( 2001–2002 ) [edit ]

Angle on SmackDown ! When World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and ECW were purchased by WWF, the wrestlers from both promotions joined and formed The Alliance and invaded the WWF in mid-2001 ( dubbed as “ The Invasion “ ). As a result, Angle turned face and began a storyline where he joined forces with WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin to repel them. At Invasion, Angle and Austin captained a team of five WWF superstars against five handpicked members of the Alliance. As part of the slant, Team WWF lost to Team Alliance when Austin turned on his team to join The Alliance. At the close of the match, Austin nailed Angle with a Stone Cold Stunner, causing him to get pinned by Booker T. [ 55 ] After winning and losing the WCW Championship, [ 56 ] [ 57 ] WCW United States Championship [ 58 ] [ 59 ] and the WWF Hardcore Championship in matches with Alliance members, [ 60 ] Angle defeated Austin in a SummerSlam replay to win his moment WWF Championship at Unforgiven. [ 61 ] Angle proposed Vince McMahon to win the title after the 9/11 Terrorist Attack, since he had a patriotic character and thought the fans needed a convinced message. [ 62 ] Angle dropped the entitle back to Austin on the October 8 episode of Raw when WWF Commissioner William Regal joined The Alliance and cost Angle the meet. [ 63 ] As contribution of the storyline, Angle subsequently turned heel again and joined The Alliance himself ; during a WrestleMania X-Seven replay between Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon, he interfered apparently to care Vince, but rather struck the members of team WWF with a steel chair. [ 64 ] Angle late ultimately returned to the WWF side by enabling The Rock to defeat Austin in a “ Winner Takes All ” meet between the WWF and The Alliance at Survivor Series. He remained a heel by claiming sole responsibility for the destruction of The Alliance. [ 61 ] At Vengeance, Angle lost to Stone Cold Steve Austin, who was the WWF Champion, as separate of a one-night tournament to unify the WWF and World titles besides involving Chris Jericho and The Rock. [ 65 ] On January 20, 2002, Angle entered his first always Royal Rumble catch at the Royal Rumble, where he lasted until the final two before being eliminated by eventual achiever Triple H. [ 66 ] At No Way Out, Angle defeated Triple H, with aid from particular referee Stephanie McMahon, for the right to face the Undisputed WWF Champion at WrestleMania X8, but lost the championship inject right back to him the following night on Raw. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] Angle briefly feuded with Kane, defeating him at WrestleMania X8. [ 69 ] On the March 25 episode of Raw, Angle was drafted to the SmackDown ! trade name as part of the 2002 WWF draft lottery. [ 70 ] Angle then reignited his feud with Edge, defeating him at Backlash. [ 71 ] The naturally balding Angle lost a “ hair versus haircloth “ meet to Edge at Judgment Day, and his head was shaved bald. [ 72 ] Angle once again lost to Edge in a steel cage meet on the May 30 episode of SmackDown!, concluding their feud. After the equal, Edge ‘s tag collaborator Hollywood Hulk Hogan attacked Angle and tried to strip of him of his wig, but Angle fled before he could do so. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] Angle late scored a submission victory over Hogan at King of the Ring, making him the beginning wrestler in WWE history to defeat Hogan via submission. [ 75 ] During mid-2002, Angle routinely held open challenges on SmackDown!. Accepting one of these challenges, John Cena made his WWE televised introduction on the June 27 videotape of SmackDown!, losing to Angle after a roll-up pin. [ 76 ] On the July 4 sequence of SmackDown!, Angle faced WWE Undisputed Champion [ a ] The Undertaker, which ended in controversial finish, with Angle locking Undertaker in a triangle gag, the reviewer counted Angle ‘s shoulders down as the Undertaker tapped out and the bell was surround despite the referee not having given the sign to do. This confusion caused the equal to be labeled a draw. [ 77 ] At Vengeance, Angle received his replay as he competed in a triple-threat match against Undertaker and The Rock for the championship, which he lost after being pinned by the Rock. [ 78 ] Angle picked up a win against a newly debuted Rey Mysterio at SummerSlam. [ 79 ] In September, Angle started to feud with Chris Benoit, losing to him at Unforgiven. [ 80 ] On the October 3 tap of SmackDown!, Angle and Benoit were teamed together by SmackDown ! general director Stephanie McMahon to compete in a tournament to determine the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions. [ 81 ] Angle became the fifth WWE Grand Slam Champion when he and Benoit won at No Mercy, defeating Edge and Rey Mysterio. The equal between the four men at No Mercy was named the 2002 Match of the year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter. [ 82 ] Their team was successful, but debatable as the two bickered constantly, with Benoit much fed up with Angle ‘s extraordinary antics. They made their inaugural successful style department of defense by defeating Los Guerreros ( Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero ) at Rebellion. [ 83 ] Their reign ended after they dropped the titles to Edge and Mysterio on the November 7 episode of SmackDown! in a two-out-of-three falls match. [ 84 ] Angle and Benoit would receive another tear at the Tag Team Championship in a trio threat elimination pit against Edge and Mysterio and Los Guerreros at Survivor Series, but failed after they were the first team eliminated ; Los Guerreros finally won. [ 85 ]

assorted storylines ( 2002–2004 ) [edit ]

Angle won his third base WWE Championship at Armageddon by defeating Big usher with the avail of Brock Lesnar. [ 86 ] While still in his third base reign, Angle began a newly storyline when he gained the services of coach Paul Heyman and “ Team Angle “ ( Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin ) on the December 26 episode of SmackDown!. [ 87 ] then SmackDown ! General director Stephanie McMahon announced that Big Show would face Chris Benoit that night to determine who would face Angle for the title at the Royal Rumble. Benoit pinned Big Show to win the match. After the match Angle and Big Show viciously attacked Benoit. At the Royal Rumble, Angle defeated Benoit to retain the WWE Championship by forcing him to submit the ankle lock. He then began feuding with Brock Lesnar, who had won the 2003 Royal Rumble match. [ 88 ] Angle lost the WWE Championship in the main event of WrestleMania XIX to Lesnar, due to necessitate time off to recuperate from injuries. [ 89 ] On April 11, 2003, Angle undergo neck operating room performed by Dr. Hae-Dong Jho to repair steel and spinal damage, calcium buildup, bone branch line, and intervertebral disk problems. Rather than have Dr. Jho remove the afflicted magnetic disk and fuse his vertebra together, Angle opted for a less ceremonious operation where Jho removed only the spurs and selected portions of the phonograph record. The alternate operation reduced Angle ‘s reclamation time from one year to three months. [ 90 ] [ unreliable source? ] Angle returned as a face on the June 5 episode of SmackDown!. concisely after returning, Angle defeated Lesnar and Big Show in a triple threat match at Vengeance to regain the WWE Championship for the fourth clock. [ 91 ] During this meter, Lesnar seemed to become an ally to Angle. Lesnar, however, secretly worked with Vince McMahon on a plot against Angle, turning on him during a sword batting cage equal on the August 7 episode of SmackDown! between Lesnar and McMahon in which Angle was the special node reviewer, and stated that he never tolerated losing the belt to him at Vengeance. [ 92 ] After retaining the championship against Lesnar at SummerSlam by making him submit to the ankle lock, he lost the title to Lesnar in a 60-Minute Iron Man peer on the September 18 sequence of SmackDown!. [ 93 ] [ 94 ] Angle then formed a five-man team to rival Lesnar ‘s team at Survivor Series, with Angle ‘s team coming away victorious, despite Angle being eliminated by Lesnar. [ 95 ] Angle then got involved in a feud with Eddie Guerrero. He was initially being a firm ally and ally to Eddie during the latter ‘s feud with his nephew Chavo. At No Way Out Guerrero defeated Lesnar to win the WWE Championship, while Angle defeated John Cena and Big Show in a triple threat match to become the numeral one rival for Guerrero ‘s claim at WrestleMania XX. On the February 19 sequence of SmackDown!, Angle attacked Guerrero while serving as special guest referee for his WWE Championship match with Chavo Guerrero, turning cad once again. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] After losing to Guerrero at WrestleMania, [ 98 ] Angle began to once again suffer from legitimate neck problems and went in for surgery on his neck soon after WrestleMania and was not scheduled to return to action for some prison term. On the March 25 episode of SmackDown!, Angle was made the on-screen General Manager of SmackDown !, [ 99 ] with his absence from the ring attributed to injuries suffered after Big Show chokeslammed him off a ledge on the April 15 episode of SmackDown!. [ 100 ] Angle continued his feud with Guerrero throughout 2004. He cost Guerrero the WWE Championship against John “ Bradshaw ” Layfield ( JBL ) in a Texas Bull Rope meet at The great american english Bash by participating in the work finish ; Angle came gloomy to the ring and showed a replay where JBL ‘s shoulder hit the corner slog before Guerrero ‘s bridge player. [ 101 ] Angle was late fired by Vince McMahon as General Manager on the July 22, 2004 episode of SmackDown! after McMahon discovered that he was faking his disabled status and put him in a equal against Eddie Guerrero at SummerSlam. [ 102 ] At SummerSlam, Angle defeated Guerrero by submission. [ 103 ] On the September 9 sequence of SmackDown!, Angle fought Guerrero in a lumberjack equal that ended in a no contest when a brawl broke out and Big Show then made his recurrence, attacking both Angle and Guerrero. This led to a match at No Mercy where Angle lost to Big Show. [ 104 ] On the November 4, 2004, episode of SmackDown!, during an unscripted segment of Tough Enough, Angle challenged the finalists to a squat thrust competition. [ 105 ] [ 106 ] Chris Nawrocki won the contest, and the choice Nawrocki won was a equal against Angle. [ 107 ] Angle promptly took Nawrocki down with a guillotine choke, but Nawrocki managed to make it to the ropes, forcing Angle to break the have. Angle then took Nawrocki down with a duplicate leg takedown, legitimely breaking his rib. [ 107 ] Angle then locked another guillotine choke on Nawrocki, pinning him in the summons. After Angle defeated Nawrocki, Angle challenged the other finalists. [ 107 ] Daniel Puder, an american professional assorted martial artist, accepted Angle ‘s challenge. [ 107 ] Angle and Puder wrestled for status, with Angle taking Puder down, however, in the process, Puder locked Angle in a kimura lock. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] [ 108 ] With Puder on his back and Angle ‘s arm locked in the kimura, Angle pushed Puder ‘s shoulders down, pinning him and one of two referees in the ring, Jim Korderas, promptly counted three to end the bout, [ 106 ] [ 107 ] [ 108 ] despite the fact that Puder ‘s shoulders were not in full down on the mat, bridging up at two. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] Puder by and by claimed he would have snapped Angle ‘s sleeve on national television receiver if Korderas had not ended the pit. [ 107 ] Dave Meltzer and Dave Scherer gave these surveil comments :

It was real. If you do n’t follow contend, Puder had Angle locked in the Kimura, or keylock as Tazz called it, although Tazz did n’t let on the move was fully executed. not only was Angle not getting out of the move, but most MMA fighters would have tapped already. Angle could n’t tap for obvious reasons. The referee counted a three even though Puder ‘s shoulders were n’t in full toss off, trying to end the thing, because the world was Angle would have been in surgery had it gone a few seconds longer or had Puder not given up the retain .Dave Meltzer[106][108]

As you would expect, Kurt Angle was less than happy wing at Smackdown after about being forced to tap out to Tough Enough dissenter Daniel Puder. Downright ticked off would credibly be the best way to describe his mood. The unscripted nature of the contest was the independent cause that Angle was made to look so bad since Puder just reacted to the site and could have forced Angle to submit had the referees not thought cursorily and counted a pin that was n’t there on Puder .Dave Scherer[106]

“ The Wrestling machine ” ( 2005–2006 ) [edit ]

At Royal Rumble, after failing to win a triple terror couple for the WWE Championship, involving Big Show and champion John “ Bradshaw ” Layfield ( JBL ), Angle subsequently took share in the Royal Rumble match itself, but was eliminated in quick fashion by Shawn Michaels, causing Angle to return to the surround to eliminate Michaels in retaliation. [ 109 ] After mocking Michaels by defeating his former tag team collaborator, Marty Jannetty, [ 110 ] and attacking early director, Sherri Martel, [ 111 ] Angle defeated Michaels in an interpromotional match at WrestleMania 21, which won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated ( PWI ) Match of the Year prize. [ 109 ] On the April 14 sequence of SmackDown!, Angle defeated Eddie Guerrero as function of a tournament to determine the issue one rival to the WWE Championship. In the lapp episode, Angle confronted companion tournament entrant Booker T and his wife Sharmell after Sharmell predicted that Booker would win the tournament. [ 112 ] On the April 21 episode of SmackDown!, Angle and John “ Bradshaw ” Layfield interfered in a tournament match between Booker and Big Show, rendering it a no-contest and frankincense creating a black four-way match against the remaining tournament entrants the next workweek, [ 113 ] which JBL won. [ 114 ] Over the ensuing weeks, Angle sexually harassed Sharmell, including a segment where Angle claimed that he wanted to have “ bestiality sex ” with Sharmell. [ 115 ] In another, he claimed that Sharmell had “ molested ” him and “ fondled his privates ”. [ 116 ] At Judgment Day, Booker defeated Angle. [ 117 ] On the June 2 sequence of SmackDown!, Angle defeated Booker and Sharmell in a 2-on-1-handicap match after pinning Sharmell in a sexual position. [ 118 ] Angle would again lose to Booker on the June 9 episode of SmackDown!, ending their feud. [ 119 ] Angle appeared at ECW One Night Stand as an anti-ECW “ reformer ”. At the end of ECW One Night Stand, Angle and other “ crusaders ” would engage in a brawl with ECW alumni led by Steve Austin, in which the crusaders were soundly beaten. [ 120 ] Angle resumed his feud with Michaels upon being drafted to the Raw sword in the 2005 WWE enlist lottery, [ 121 ] losing to Michaels at Vengeance. [ 122 ] On the July 25, 2005 episode of Raw, Eugene took partially in the “ Kurt Angle Invitational ” challenge. Angle was unable to make Eugene submit in the three-minute restrict, winning his cherished Olympic gold decoration ( per match stipulation ), and starting a feud between the two. [ 123 ] The feud culminated at SummerSlam, where Angle defeated Eugene to regain his decoration. [ 124 ] Angle late feuded with John Cena for the WWE Championship. He challenged Cena at Unforgiven, but won by disqualification, therefore not winning the title. On the October 3 WWE Homecoming episode of Raw, he wrestled rival Shawn Michaels to a 2–2 draw in a 30-Minute Iron Man match, after which Michaels challenged him for a sudden death overtime, but Angle refused and walked out. [ 125 ] He challenged Cena for the WWE Championship again in a triple threat equal involving Michaels at Taboo Tuesday, [ 126 ] but lost, and then again lost to Cena at Survivor Series. [ 127 ] Angle would continue his feud with Cena into 2006, defeating him in a non-title first blood match on the January 2 sequence of Raw, after interference from Daivari. [ 128 ] At New Year ‘s Revolution, Angle again challenged Cena for the title, this time in an Elimination Chamber meet, besides involving Shawn Michaels, Kane, Carlito and Chris Masters. Angle would fail to win the match, as he was eliminated by Michaels. [ 129 ]
On the January 13 sequence of SmackDown!, Angle returned to the SmackDown ! sword as a surprise entrant in a twenty-man struggle royal for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship. Angle won by last eliminating Mark Henry, turning face in the work. [ 130 ] [ 131 ] He retained the title against Henry at the Royal Rumble. [ 3 ] curtly after the equal, The Undertaker made his restitution and challenged Angle for the style. [ 3 ] At No Way Out, Angle retained the entitle against Undertaker after a controversial stopping point where Angle pinned Taker while locked in a triangulum die. [ 132 ] Their match was highly acclaimed, with it being considered by many to be one of the best of the year. [ 133 ] [ 134 ] [ 135 ] Undertaker challenged Angle to a replay on the March 3 episode of SmackDown!, where Angle lost by disqualification after Mark Henry interfered and attacked Undertaker. This ensured that Angle would enter WrestleMania 22 as champion. [ 136 ] Angle then began a tripartite feud with Royal Rumble achiever Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton ( who defeated Mysterio at No Way Out to gain entrance to the SmackDown ! chief consequence at WrestleMania ). At WrestleMania, Angle lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Mysterio in the treble menace meet after Mysterio pinned Orton. [ 137 ] On the May 29 sequence of Raw, Angle was drafted to the newly created ECW brand. [ 3 ] It was during this time that he acquired the dub “ The Wrestling Machine ”, [ 138 ] wearing a mouth guard and promptly squashing opponents. Upon coming to ECW, he issued an open challenge for ECW One Night Stand, which was accepted by Randy Orton. [ 139 ] Angle defeated Orton at ECW One Night Stand, [ 140 ] later losing to him in a replay at Vengeance. On the June 27 sequence of ECW, Angle challenged ECW World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam to a entitle match, which he lost. [ 141 ] Angle appeared sporadically on WWE television throughout mid-2006. On August 25, 2006, Angle was granted an early secrete from his WWE compress because of health reasons. [ 142 ] [ 143 ] Angle stated in the Kurt Angle: Champion objective DVD that he asked for his dismissal from WWE because he could not take time off and was working hurt, hard on some occasions. He besides stated that when he quit, WWE lost their top endowment, as he was at the very top of the payroll. [ 144 ] Angle wrestled his last match at an ECW taping on August 8, which ended in a no-contest against Sabu. [ 145 ]

total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2006–2016 ) [edit ]

The Angle Alliance ( 2006–2008 ) [edit ]

Impact! Kurt and Karen Angle watching at ringside during Angle then went on to sign a narrow with total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ). Angle made his TNA introduction on October 19 as a face, confronting Samoa Joe after Joe refused to relinquish the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt that, according to the storyline, he had stolen from Jeff Jarrett. [ 146 ] The two men ended up fighting while Jarrett took the title back. [ 146 ] Angle was then the particular hatchet man for the title vs. career match between Jarrett and Sting at Bound for Glory ; however, as part of the ferment finish up, he took out reviewer Rudy Charles and assumed the referee ‘s function for the rest of the match-up. [ 147 ] Angle ‘s first base match in TNA took position on the November 16 air of Impact!, where he was booked to defeat Abyss with the ankle lock and be attacked after the match by Samoa Joe. [ 148 ] At Genesis, Angle defeated Samoa Joe, ending Joe ‘s undefeated streak. [ 147 ] At Final Resolution, Angle was booked to defeat Samoa Joe in a thirty-minute Iron Man match 3–2 to earn a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Against All Odds, [ 149 ] which he lost to Christian Cage after noise from Tomko and Scott Steiner. [ 150 ] This led to a feud between Angle and Steiner, with Angle pinning Steiner at Destination X. [ 151 ] After Angle defeated Steiner, he was picked to lead a team of four other wrestlers against a team of Christian Cage ‘s choice in a Lethal Lockdown catch at April ‘s Lockdown. Angle chose Samoa Joe, Rhino, Sting, and Jeff Jarrett for Team Angle, while Cage chose A.J. Styles, Scott Steiner, Tomko, and Abyss. The man who gained the winning pinfall was to become the phone number one rival to Christian Cage ‘s NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Team Angle was triumphant after Jeff Jarrett hit Abyss with a gimmicked guitar entire of thumbtacks and allowed Sting to score the pin. [ 152 ] cage was set to defend the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Sting and Angle in a treble menace match at Sacrifice. [ 153 ] The day of the pay-per-view, the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ), the owners of the NWA World Heavyweight and the NWA World Tag Team Championships, stripped cage of the claim and Team 3D of the rag team title. [ 154 ] NWA Executive Director Robert K. Trobich stated the reason was that Cage refused to defend the NWA Title at NWA live events. [ 154 ] At Sacrifice, Cage, inactive holding the physical NWA Championship belt, defended what was billed as the “ World Heavyweight Championship ” against Angle and Sting. Angle was the victor of said contest by making Sting submit, who had technically equitable pinned Cage, and was announced as the newfangled “ World Heavyweight Champion ”. [ 155 ] The Impact! following the event, Angle came to the ring with a newfangled championship swath, and announced he was the new “ TNA World Heavyweight Champion “. [ 156 ] Afterward, Cage and Sting came to the closed chain and the three began to argue over who was the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Due to the controversial finish up to their match at Sacrifice, the title was declared vacant by Cornette. A tournament was held for the style which culminated in a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary on June 17, 2007. [ 156 ] At the event, Angle became the TNA World Heavyweight Champion by defeating Cage, Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, and Chris Harris. [ 157 ] He then attacked Joe after denying a request for a handshake, reigniting their feud and turning heel in the process .
At Victory Road, newly crowned X Division Champion Samoa Joe teamed with Kurt Angle to face TNA Tag Team Champions Team 3D, with the stipulation that if a wrestler pinned the early adversary, he won his backing. [ 158 ] As partially of the design result of the catch, Joe pinned Brother Ray of Team 3D to win both tag team belts, which he held by himself. [ 158 ] On the follow episode of Impact!, Joe – now holding the X Division and TNA World Tag Team Championships, challenged Angle – the reigning TNA World Heavyweight and ( IGF recognized ) IWGP Heavyweight Champion, to a Winner Take All match at Hard Justice. [ 159 ] While illustrating how he would take away everything significant in Angle ‘s life sentence, Joe brought Angle ‘s wife Karen into the fray, as she demanded a divorce. [ 160 ] During the match, however, Karen turned on Joe and aided her conserve. [ 161 ] As depart of his following push button, Angle won, gaining all the championships and becoming the second Triple Crown champion in TNA and the foremost to hold all three titles at the same time. Including the IWGP title, this made Angle a quadruple supporter ( and since Joe held the rag team titles by himself, that meant Angle ‘s victory gave him both tag team championship belts, meaning Angle was immediately in self-control of five championship belts ). [ 161 ] Angle, however, dropped both the X Division and Tag Team Championships to Jay Lethal and Team Pacman, respectively, at No Surrender. [ 162 ] At Bound for Glory, Angle lost the TNA World Championship to Sting, [ 163 ] but won it back on the October 25 episode of Impact!. [ 164 ] Angle then joined forces with A.J. Styles and Tomko as The Angle Alliance at Turning Point against Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall. Styles had planned for Christian ‘s Coalition and The Angle Alliance to team up together, but Christian Cage demanded to be the leader of The Angle Alliance after Cage denied Angle ‘s request of being his “ sycophant ”. At Final Resolution, Angle successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Cage due to interference from Styles and again at Against All Odds with help from Tomko. At Lockdown, Angle lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Samoa Joe after being pinned .

The Main Event Mafia ( 2008–2009 ) [edit ]

After suffering a neck injury, Angle was out of carry through. In the storyline, he returned to Impact! to ask his estrange wife Karen to reunite with him, but she declined his offer. late that night, after Styles suffered a exhaust at the hands of Team 3D, Booker T, and Tomko, Angle added to the mugging by hitting Styles with a steel chair. At Slammiversery, Angle lost to Styles, being pinned after interference from Karen. At Victory Road, Angle and Team 3D won a six-man tag team Full Metal Mayhem match defeating the team of christian Cage, Rhino, and Styles. At Hard Justice, Angle once again lost to Styles – this fourth dimension in a final Man Standing couple. The feud continued on the next episode of Impact!, with Styles winning Angle ‘s gold decoration in a mock amateur writhe equal. The next workweek Angle challenged Styles to a run match for the Olympic aureate decoration. As they both stood on the top of the ladder, the sphere went black and Jeff Jarrett ‘s music play. When the lights turned on, Styles had a guitar and performed an Acoustic Equalizer on Angle to win the equal. Angle began a feud with Jarrett after No Surrender when Jarrett hit Angle with his guitar, a match that involved him, Christian Cage and Samoa Joe for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the October 2 episode of Impact, Mick Foley announced that he was going to be the special hatchet man for Angle ‘s catch with Jarrett at Bound for Glory IV. Angle lost to Jarrett in this meet, being pinned after taking the lower jaw claw from Foley and a guitar dart and Stroke from Jarrett. He started attacking other superstars backstage in order to get a replay against Jarrett. On the first HD Impact!, Angle, Booker T, Kevin Nash, and Sting started a new stable of legends called The Main Event Mafia. Scott Steiner joined the group the following week. Angle then defeated Abyss at Turning Point in a Falls Count Anywhere match. After weeks of torturing Jeff Jarrett to give him a replay, Jarrett said that if Angle could defeat Rhino at the second Final settlement of 2008, with Mick Foley as the special Enforcer, he would grant it. Angle defeated Rhino to earn a replay with Jarrett at Genesis after Al Snow made a surprise appearance and distracted Foley for Angle to cheat. At Sacrifice, Angle lost his leadership of the Mafia to Sting because of their match ‘s condition. On June 21 at Slammiversary, Angle won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time in a King of the Mountain match with help oneself from Samoa Joe. On the be episode of Impact!, Angle regained leadership of the Main Event Mafia after he and the rest of the Mafia, attacked Sting while introducing Joe as their newest extremity. At No Surrender, Angle lost his championship to A.J. Styles in a five-way match which besides included Matt Morgan, Sting, and Hernandez. [ 165 ]

diverse feuds ( 2009–2011 ) [edit ]

After defeating Morgan at Bound for Glory, [ 166 ] Angle came out on the come episode of Impact! and put over the younger endowment of the company, thus leaving the Main Event Mafia and turning font once again. Afterward, he was assaulted by the debuting Desmond Wolfe, [ 167 ] who defeated him via knockout in a street fight the succeed week. [ 168 ] At Turning Point Angle defeated Wolfe in a replay. [ 169 ] The following calendar month at Final Resolution Angle faced Wolfe in a “ Three Degrees of Pain ” two out of three falls match. Wolfe managed to gain the first base fall by pinning Angle following the Tower of London, but Angle forced him to submit with the ankle lock to win the second fall. In the final examination fall, which could only be won by escaping the Six Sides of Steel, Angle managed to escape first and won the match. [ 170 ] On the January 4, 2010, live, three-hour, Monday night edition of Impact! Angle received a film at A.J. Styles ‘ World Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated in the main event of the show. [ 171 ] Two weeks late at Genesis, Angle received one last shooting at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but was once again defeated by Styles, who turned heel with the avail of Ric Flair and nailed him with the entitle belt. As a result, Angle was barred from challenging for the title adenine long as Styles is the title holder. [ 172 ] ascribable to the circumstances surrounding the loss, Hulk Hogan gave Angle another shot at Styles and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on the January 21 sequence of Impact!, but this time he lost the match after reviewer Earl Hebner, who was late revealed to have been paid off by Flair, called for the bell in an incident similar to the Montreal Screwjob. Angle responded to the incident by spitting in Hogan ‘s face, threatening to quit TNA and go back to WWE. [ 173 ] Angle apologized to Hogan, after being saved by him from Scott Hall and Syxx-Pac. [ 174 ] At Against All Odds Angle took separate in the 8 Card Stud Tournament to crown a new number one rival, but was defeated in the first round by Mr. Anderson, after Anderson used Angle ‘s dog tags to bust him candid. [ 174 ] On the adopt episode of Impact! Angle promised to make Anderson suffer for disrespecting the U.S. soldiers, but was in the end once again laid out by him, effectively starting a feud between the two. [ 175 ] At Destination X Angle defeated Anderson in a replay. [ 176 ] Angle and Anderson were booked in a rubber match inside a sword cage at Lockdown. [ 177 ] On the April 5 episode of Impact!, Anderson defeated Angle in a ladder match to win possession of the identify to the cage door. [ 178 ] At Lockdown, Angle defeated Anderson in a sword cage pit and afterwards announced that he would take some meter off from wrestling. [ 179 ] Angle returned on the May 20 episode of Impact! and was ranked act two by the Championship Committee in the inaugural address top 10 rankings for a World Heavyweight claim nip. Angle, however, decided to take his name out of the run for a style inject and vowed to fight his direction through the peak 10 and earn his smudge at the clear of the company. [ 180 ] At Slammiversary VIII Angle started his climb back to the top by defeating Kazarian, who was ranked number ten. [ 181 ] Angle continued his wax, defeating Desmond Wolfe, who was ranked number nine anterior to the match, on the June 24 sequence of Impact!, and D’Angelo Dinero, ranked number eight, at Victory Road. [ 182 ] [ 183 ] Prior to his match with Dinero, Angle announced that should he lose on his means to the top of the rankings, he would retire from professional writhe. [ 184 ] On the July 22 sequence of Impact! Angle defeated number seven ranked Hernandez and followed that up three weeks by and by by defeating number six ranked A.J. Styles. [ 185 ] [ 186 ] On the August 19 episode of Impact! the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was vacated and alternatively of continuing his climb, Angle was entered into an eight-man tournament for the claim, defeating X Division Champion Douglas Williams in his foremost round match. [ 187 ] At No Surrender Angle first wrestled Jeff Hardy to a twenty-minute time limit draw, after which Eric Bischoff ordered a five-minute extra meter. After that and a second five-minute excess meter besides ended in draw, it was ruled that, due to a stinger, Angle could not continue the meet, ending the match in a no contest. [ 188 ] After wrestling a pull back on the September 16 episode of Impact!, it was announced that both Angle and Hardy had advanced to the finals at Bound for Glory, to wrestle Mr. Anderson in a tripartite match. [ 189 ]
At Bound for Glory, Angle was defeated by Hardy, when he turned heel and pinned Anderson after an hindrance from Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, who then went on to form an alliance named Immortal, with Hardy, Abyss and Jeff Jarrett. [ 190 ] On the take after episode of Impact! Angle came out to make his retirement lecture, after his fail try to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but was interrupted by Jarrett, who announced that he had made a distribute with Hogan and Bischoff in order to end Angle ‘s career at Bound for Glory, before attacking him, when he was restrained by TNA ‘s security officers Gunner and Murphy. [ 191 ] The follow week Angle returned, trying to get his hands on Bischoff and Ric Flair, before being stopped by TNA ‘s security system officers. [ 192 ] Angle returned three weeks later on the November 11 episode of Impact!, saving Samoa Joe from Jeff Jarrett, Gunner and Murphy. [ 193 ] After not appearing again for two weeks, Angle made another return on the December 2 episode of Impact!, saving Samoa Joe from Jeff Jarrett and Abyss. [ 194 ] On the January 6, 2011 sequence of Impact! Angle interrupted Jarrett ‘s $ 100,000 Mixed Martial Arts Challenge and signed a sign to face him at Genesis in an MMA exhibition peer, since he had promised not to wrestle again. [ 195 ] The equal was thrown out in the third base round after Jarrett blinded Angle. After the match Jarrett bloodied Angle, before announcing that he was ending his interracial warlike arts career and promised that his wife, Karen Jarrett ( once Karen Angle ), would join the retirement party. [ 196 ] On the January 13 episode of Impact! Karen made her hark back and stopped Angle good as he was approximately to attack Jeff, telling him that she would not allow him to ruin their personal lives and promised to tell all about their divorce the keep up week. [ 197 ] The follow week Karen slapped Kurt, providing a distraction which allowed Jeff to beat him down. At the end of the appearance Crimson saved Angle from a beat at the hands of Immortal and Fortune. [ 198 ] The follow week Ric Flair reinstated Angle in orderliness to place him and Crimson in a seven–on–two handicap match against Jarrett, James Storm, Robert Roode, Kazarian, Rob Terry, Gunner and Murphy. The match ended with Jarrett pinning Angle for the gain. Afterwards, Angle was saved from another beatdown by the returning Scott Steiner. [ 199 ] The follow week Fortune turned on Immortal and aligned themselves with Angle, Crimson and Steiner. [ 200 ] On February 13 at Against All Odds Jarrett defeated Angle in a singles match and as a result Angle was forced to walk Karen down the aisle, when she and Jarrett renewed their wedding vows on the March 3 episode of Impact!. After the meet Angle hinted at a possible retirement by leaving his wrestling boots in the ring. [ 201 ] On March 3, Angle proceeded to destroy the wedding specify with an axe and forced wedding guest, New York Jet Bart Scott to submit with the ankle lock. [ 202 ] On April 17 at Lockdown, Jarrett defeated Angle in an “ Ultra Male Rules ” two out of three falls sword cage equal, with serve from Karen. [ 203 ] On the May 12 episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle revealed Chyna as his backup in taking care of the Jarretts. [ 204 ] At Sacrifice, Angle and Chyna defeated the Jarretts in a desegregate tag team meet. [ 205 ] Later that lapp month, Angle signed a newly three-year compress with TNA. [ 206 ] With Karen out of the picture, Angle defeated Jarrett on June 12 at Slammiversary IX in what was billed as the “ concluding struggle ” between the two to retain his Olympic gold decoration and become the number one rival for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. [ 207 ] however, on the surveil episode of Impact Wrestling, Jarrett challenged Angle to a Parking Lot Brawl and agreed to sign a contract that would force him to move to Mexico without Angle ‘s children, should he lose the match. Angle ended up winning the fight after choking Jarrett with a shirt, forcing him to say “ adiós ”. [ 208 ]

Immortal ( 2011–2012 )

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With his feud with Jarrett behind him, Angle aligned himself with Sting to feud with the rest of Immortal, including the group ‘s newest extremity, TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson. [ 209 ] On the July 14 episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle helped Sting regain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Anderson. [ 210 ] On August 7 at Hardcore Justice, Angle defeated Sting, after hitting him with a president he snatched away from Hulk Hogan, to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for the record-breaking fifth clock, thus turning heel in the process. [ 211 ] On the follow episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle explained that he did not agree with Sting, who, using the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, wanted to hand the promotion back to Dixie Carter, as he had found out that she had lied to him about not knowing of the relationship between Karen and Jeff Jarrett. When Sting confronted Angle, he was attacked by Hogan, which led to Angle revealing that Hogan had been the one who had exposed Carter ‘s lie to him. Angle besides revealed that his finish was now to ruin Carter ‘s young person apparent motion in TNA by eliminating the younger wrestlers one-by-one and started by attacking Bound for Glory Series drawing card Crimson after the main event, cementing his heel turn. [ 212 ] Angle made his first televised title defense on the September 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, defeating Sting in a replay, following hindrance from limited hatchet man Hulk Hogan and the rest of Immortal. [ 213 ] The following workweek, Angle ‘s title match with Mr. Anderson ended in a disqualification, following hindrance from Immortal, which led to a tripartite match between Angle, Anderson and Sting on September 11 at No Surrender, where Angle managed to retain the style, following interference from Hogan. [ 214 ] [ 215 ] On October 16 at Bound for Glory, Angle successfully defended the style against Bobby Roode. [ 216 ] On the follow episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Roode ‘s tag team spouse, James Storm. [ 217 ] [ 218 ] Angle returned on the November 17 episode of Impact Wrestling, attacking James Storm and revealing himself as the homo who had attacked and bloodied him besides the previous workweek, costing him his match with Bobby Roode for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. [ 219 ] On December 11 at Final Resolution, Angle was defeated by Storm in a singles match. [ 220 ] On January 8, 2012, at Genesis, Angle defeated Storm in a replay. [ 221 ] On the take after episode of Impact Wrestling, Storm defeated Angle in a number one rival ‘s peer. [ 222 ] Angle returned on the February 16 sequence of Impact Wrestling, costing Jeff Hardy his shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. [ 223 ] On March 18 at Victory Road, Angle defeated Hardy in a singles peer, pinning him while grabbing a hold of the resound ropes. [ 224 ] On April 15 at Lockdown, Hardy defeated Angle in a replay, contested inside a steel cage. [ 225 ] On the follow episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle defeated A.J. Styles, following hindrance from Styles ‘ rivals Christopher Daniels and Kazarian. [ 226 ] The postdate week, Angle warned the two Immortal associates never to interfere in one of his matches again. [ 227 ] On May 13 at Sacrifice, Angle defeated Styles in a replay, following another intervention from Daniels and Kazarian. After the peer, Angle made the save for Styles, chasing Daniels and Kazarian out of the hoop. [ 228 ] [ 229 ] On June 10 at Slammiversary, Angle and Styles defeated Daniels and Kazarian to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. [ 230 ] On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle entered the 2012 Bound for Glory Series, taking separate in the opening gauntlet match, from which he was eliminated by Daniels. [ 231 ] Two weeks former, Angle and Styles lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship back to Daniels and Kazarian. [ 232 ] Angle wrestled his concluding equal in the 2012 Bound for Glory Series on the August 30 episode of Impact Wrestling, losing to Jeff Hardy, which caused him to get eliminated from the tournament. [ 233 ] On September 9 at No Surrender, Angle and Styles unsuccessfully challenged Daniels and Kazarian for the TNA World Tag Team Championships. [ 234 ] Angle and Styles received another title shoot against Daniels and Kazarian on October 14 at Bound for Glory, in a tripartite match, which was won by Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Hernandez. [ 235 ] On the following sequence of Impact Wrestling, Angle defeated Daniels and Styles in a tripartite match to become one of four wrestlers in circumstance for a tear at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. [ 236 ]

New Main Event Mafia ( 2012–2013 ) [edit ]

The following workweek, Angle was chosen as the act one rival for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by Jeff Hardy in his title match. Afterwards, Angle was attacked by Aces & Eights. [ 237 ] At Turning Point, Angle defeated Aces & Eights penis Devon via submission, despite the rest of Aces & Eights trying to interfere. [ 238 ] Angle continued his feud with Aces & Eights on the December 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, defeating DOC via disqualification after the rest of Aces & Eights interfered. [ 239 ] Three days late at Final Resolution, Angle teamed with Garett Bischoff, Samoa Joe, and Wes Brisco to defeat Devon, DOC, and two masked members of Aces & Eights in an eight-man chase team match. [ 240 ] Angle unsuccessfully challenged Devon for the TNA Television Championship on the December 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, after hindrance from Aces & Eights, Garett Bischoff, Samoa Joe, and Wes Brisco. [ 241 ] On the January 3, 2013, episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle and Samoa Joe defeated Devon and a disguise member of Aces & Eights in a steel cage tag team catch. Afterwards, the returning Sting saved Angle and Joe from a beatdown from Aces & Eights before revealing the mystery member as the debuting Mike Knox. [ 242 ] The follow week, Angle was sidelined with a storyline injury after Knox hit him in the neck with a ball-peen forge. [ 243 ] Angle returned to in-ring action on the January 31 Impact Wrestling, defeating Aces & Eights member Mr. Anderson in a sword batting cage couple. Afterwards, Angle ‘s two allies Garett Bischoff and Wes Brisco revealed themselves as members of Aces & Eights and attacked him. [ 244 ] Angle infiltrated the Aces & Eights hideout on the February 28 Impact and managed to unmask their vice president, but was beat down by the other members before he could reveal his identity to the cameras. [ 245 ] Angle revealed the Vice President as D’Lo Brown on the come episode of Impact. [ 246 ] At Lockdown, Angle was defeated by Wes Brisco in a steel cage match, following interference from Brown. [ 247 ] Angle was defeated by Jeff Hardy in a four-way number one contenders match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, which besides included Magnus and Samoa Joe on the March 21 Impact Wrestling. [ 248 ] In the follow weeks, Angle continued to face Bischoff and Brisco in multiple tag team and hindrance matches, that all ended with the two getting the advantage over Angle. [ 249 ] [ 250 ] [ 251 ] Angle then began feuding with A.J. Styles, after Styles refused to answer Angle ‘s question on whether he is with TNA or the Aces & Eights which led to a brawl between the two on the May 9 episode of Impact Wrestling. [ 252 ] On June 2 at Slammiversary XI, Angle was announced as the second gear draftee into the TNA Hall of Fame. [ 253 ] Later that nox, Angle defeated Styles in a singles pit. [ 254 ] On the comply Impact Wrestling, Angle got into a verbal confrontation with the debuting Rampage Jackson who claimed he had to beat the best to be the best. [ 255 ] The pursue week, Angle was defeated by Styles in a replay to earn the concluding spot in the 2013 Bound for Glory Series. Afterward, Angle was assaulted by Aces & Eights until Jackson came out and made the save. [ 256 ] On June 20 Angle attacked TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray at the end of the Impact Wrestling episode, and revealed himself as the first penis of Sting ‘s New Main Event Mafia. [ 257 ] In the take after weeks, Angle and Sting recruited Samoa Joe, Magnus, and Rampage Jackson as members of the New Main Event Mafia. [ 258 ] [ 259 ] [ 260 ] Beginning on August 2, Angle took a foramen from TNA after being admitted to rehab for drug and alcohol practice. [ 261 ]

Director of Wrestling Operations ( 2013–2014 ) [edit ]

Angle returned on the October 10 episode of Impact Wrestling attacking EGO and challenged Bobby Roode to a match at Bound For Glory. The keep up week, Angle stated his discontentment with Roode mocking his hall of Fame induction and told Roode he would make him tap out. Roode responded by attacking Angle with aid from his cabal, EGO, forcing Angle to submit to the crossface defend in a precursory act anterior to their pit. At the PPV Angle was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame but he refused to accept the propose as he felt he had let himself, TNA and the fans down and did n’t deserve a Hall of Fame initiation ceremony. He besides said he would accept the offer when he feels he has earned it and he still has bang-up things to do in TNA. Later in that night, Angle was defeated by Roode, after he landed awkwardly from a running belly-to-belly suplex. [ 262 ] On the October 31 sequence of Impact Wrestling, Angle lied about gaining medical headroom as Angle suffered ( kayfabe ) convulsions during the equal against Bobby Roode after a bad landing from the same move again, which resulted in reviewer Brian Hebner rewarding a knock out/count-out victory to Roode. [ 263 ] After the match, he besides showed signs of post-concussive amnesia. [ 264 ] On November 5, Angle was reported to had tested damaging for the concussion, but his recurring stifle injuries even required monitor. [ 265 ] The follow week, Angle saw the New Main Event Mafia being disbanded, then he was attacked by Roode after he accused him to use his injuries to get out of the match. On November 14, Angle won a submission match against Austin Aries in the World deed tournament, but by using Roode ‘s closer : the arm trap crossface, with Roode watching on at the ramp. [ 266 ] however, Angle lost his following match against Magnus due to an interference from Roode. At Final Resolution, Angle was defeated by Roode in a 2-out-of 3 falls peer, but Angle beat Roode in a Steel Cage match at Genesis to end the feud. On February 6, 2014, Angle had a match against Magnus. however, he won by disqualification, when EC3 attacked him performing a leglock, which injured his knee. On February 27, 2014, Angle formally accepted his generalization into the TNA Hall of Fame, but the ceremony was interrupted by EC3, Angle attacked Ethan Carter III, on the following week, Angle was attacked by Ethan Carter III and hard damaged his knees, therefore losing his chance to fight at Lockdown. [ 267 ] Angle made his reappearance on April 17, and vowing retaliation. [ 268 ] On April 24, after Angle defeated Rockstar Spud in a equal, EC3 attacked Angle but Willow made the keep open. At Sacrifice Willow and Angle defeated Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud. In May, Angle undergo ACL rectify surgery and was sidelined. On June 20, 2014, Angle was named Executive Director of Wrestling Operations of TNA by TNA ‘s board of directors. He announced a TNA World Heavyweight Championship replay for the July 3 episode of Impact Wrestling between Lashley and Eric Young, and reinstated Bobby Roode, who had been indefinitely suspended by MVP. Angle besides retired the TNA Television Championship, which had not been seen or defended since Abyss won it at Slammiversary 2013. On September 18, 2014 ( aired on October 29 due to tape delay ), Angle refereed the TNA World Heavyweight Championship between Bobby Roode and Bobby Lashley. Angle ‘s condense with TNA was due to expire on September 14, 2014. Around this time he reached out to Vince McMahon to offer his services for a come back to the WWE. Unbeknownst to him Triple H had taken over McMahon ‘s former duties. Angle offered to return as a part-time wrestler due to concerns of his long time and health. Angle was caught off guard when WWE declined his services. It is speculated that WWE entirely offered a full-time contract which Angle did n’t accept or WWE declined his tax return due to past relationship issues with him. After he was denied by WWE, he cursorily signed a half-time contract with TNA Wrestling. On September 21, 2014, Angle ‘s contract with TNA expired, ending his eight-year tenure with the company. [ 269 ] Angle teased a hark back to WWE, however, he was offered a full-time shrink, so Angle decided to stay with TNA. [ 269 ]

Final feud, universe backing predominate and passing ( 2015–2016 ) [edit ]

Angle returned to in-ring military action on TNA ‘s debut on Destination America on January 7, 2015, when he stopped a brawl, but started a street fight against MVP. On January 31, 2015 ( aired March 20 ), Angle defeated Lashley to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for a record sixth time. He lost to Eric Young on May 1, at Hardcore Justice, in a stretcher couple with the title not on the agate line. He successfully retained his title against Lashley once and then again against both Lashley and Eric Young. On May 8, Angle defeated Young to retain his entitle with Bully Ray as the particular reviewer. On the May 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, he successfully retained his title once again against Eric Young, this time in a I Quit couple. At Destination X, Angle defeated Rockstar Spud, who gave up the X Division Championship in order to challenge for the title. later that nox, Angle again successfully defended his title, this time against Austin Aries, who cashed in his feast or Fired abridge to allow him a title peer. On the June 25, 2015 tap of Impact Wrestling ( aired July 1 ), Angle lost the championship to Ethan Carter III. On the July 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle faced Carter in a replay in a lose feat. On October 4, 2015, at Bound for Glory, Angle defeated Young via ankle lock submission. On November 19, 2015, Angle was announced for TNA ‘s live debut on Pop. On the November 25, 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle announced that he would remain with TNA until the termination of their Maximum Impact Tour of the UK on January 31, 2016, after which he would part ways with the company. Angle announced his “ Farewell Tour ” which took place on TNA ‘s enlistment of the UK. At TNA One Night lone : Live, Kurt Angle teamed with Drew Galloway in a tripartite tag team catch against Eli Drake and Jessie Godderz and The Wolves for their TNA World Tag Team Championship, in a fall back attempt. On the January 12 sequence of Impact Wrestling, he defeated Drew Galloway. On the February 2 episode of Impact Wrestling, he challenged Matt Hardy for his TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but lost the match. On the February 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, he was defeated by Drew Galloway in their replay. On the March 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, he defeated Bobby Roode. Angle ‘s final examination match was against Lashley on March 8, 2016, which ended up in a lose effort .

New Japan Pro-Wrestling ( 2007–2009 ) [edit ]

On February 18, 2007, Angle made his introduction in New Japan Pro-Wrestling ( NJPW ), teaming with early IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata to defeat fellow TNA wrestler Travis Tomko and fellow WWE alumnus Giant Bernard. [ 3 ] [ unreliable source? ] Angle was booked to face Brock Lesnar in a champion versus ace match for the Inoki Genome Federation ( IGF ) on June 29, 2007, and defeated him by submission to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. [ 270 ] Angle then challenged Lesnar to an MMA fight. [ 271 ] On December 19, 2007, Angle defended the IWGP title successfully against Kendo Kashin. [ 272 ] On January 4, 2008, Angle made his third base successful IWGP Heavyweight Championship defense when he defeated Yuji Nagata at the NJPW supershow Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome by forcing Nagata to submit to the ankle lock. [ 273 ] On February 17, 2008, Angle lost the IWGP claim to the NJPW-recognized champion Shinsuke Nakamura in a fusion peer. [ 274 ] He returned in August during the G1 Climax in two special tag matches with A.J. Styles as his main opposition. In those matches Shinsuke Nakamura and Masahiro Chono became Angle ‘s partners while Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinjiro Otani became Styles ‘ partners. Angle ‘s team won both matches. [ 275 ] He returned on January 4, 2009, at Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome in a special eight-man tag peer, where he, Kevin Nash, Chono, and Riki Choshu faced Great Bash Heel ( Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson, Takashi Iizuka and Tomohiro Ishii ), with Angle getting the gain for his team. [ 276 ] Angle then went on to defeat Bernard in a singles match at New Japan ‘s ISM enlistment on February 15. [ 277 ] After Hiroshi Tanahashi retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Nakamura in the main event, Angle challenged him for the title, which Tanahashi accepted. [ 277 ] Tanahashi defeated Angle on April 5 at New Japan ‘s Resolution ’09 to retain the entitle. [ 278 ]

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide ( 2012 ) [edit ]

Angle made his debut for mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide ( AAA ) on August 5, 2012, at Triplemanía XX, where he teamed up with Jeff Jarrett as Team Dorian Roldán in a hair vs. hair match, where they faced Team Joaquín Roldán ( Electroshock and L.A. Park ), with the Roldáns ‘ hairs on the cable. Electroshock won the couple for his team by pinning Angle, forcing dorian to have his head shaved bald. however, after the match, Angle, Jarrett and Dorian overpowered the winners and shaved Joaquín bald. [ 279 ]

Independent tour ( 2016–2017 ) [edit ]

On March 20, 2016, Angle competed for URFight, going against former equal and fellow WWE alumnus Rey Mysterio in a lose attempt in a two-falls match that saw Angle as a list by using dirty tactics. Angle wrestled for Revolution Pro Wrestling on June 12, where he defeated Zack Sabre Jr. On August 27, Angle lost to Cody Rhodes at Northeast Wrestling ‘s Wrestling Under the Stars on August 27 in Wappingers Falls, New York. [ 280 ] Angle defeated Joe Hendry at the October 6 What Culture Pro Wrestling tapings. [ 281 ] On November 20, 2016, Angle lost to Joe Coffey at Insane Championship Wrestling ‘s Fear & Loathing IX. On February 12, 2017, Angle defeated Alberto el Patrón at WCPW True Destiny in his final examination couple in the United Kingdom. On March 3, 2017, Angle appeared for Northeast Wrestling in Connecticut, where he was defeated by Cody Rhodes in a steel cage couple. This was his last match on the independent circuit. [ citation needed ]

recurrence to WWE ( 2017–2020 ) [edit ]

WWE Hall of Famer and Raw General Manager ( 2017–2018 ) [edit ]

Angle as Raw General Manager in July 2017 On January 16, 2017, WWE announced that Angle would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. [ 282 ] On March 16, WWE revealed that his long-time rival John Cena would induct Angle at the Hall of Fame ceremony. [ 283 ] On the April 3 episode of Raw after WrestleMania 33, Angle made his first gear WWE appearance in closely 11 years after Mr. McMahon appointed Angle as the fresh general coach of Raw. [ 284 ] On the May 29 sequence of Raw, observer Corey Graves informed Angle about some “ disgraceful information ” that was sent to him about Angle, with Angle telling Graves “ if this is dependable, it could ruin me ”. On the July 17 sequence of Raw, Angle revealed that he had a son with a woman he dated in college. He stated that his son finally ended up in the WWE. Angle then made the announcement that his ( on-screen ) son was Jason Jordan of American Alpha, therefore moving Jordan to the Raw sword. [ 285 ]
On October 20, WWE announced Angle ‘s in-ring render after 11 years, replacing Roman Reigns due to medical issues and teaming with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins to face The Miz, Braun Strowman, Kane, Cesaro and Sheamus in a 5-on-3 hindrance Tables, Ladders, and Chairs equal at TLC : Tables, Ladders & Chairs. [ 286 ] Angle ( dressed in The Shield ‘s surround attire ), Ambrose, and Rollins won the pit, despite Angle having initially been taken out when Braun Strowman executed a Running Powerslam through a table on Angle. [ 287 ] On the October 30 episode of Raw, while addressing the fans, commissioner Stephanie McMahon confronted Angle, announcing that Angle would be the team captain of Team Raw at Survivor Series, adding that if Team Raw would lose, Angle would be fired. At the event, Angle ‘s teammate Triple H attacked him, leading to his elimination by Shane McMahon, however, Team Raw still went on to win the match. At the Elimination Chamber, Angle, along with Stephanie McMahon and Triple H, was introduce when Ronda Rousey signed her Raw contract, where Angle brought up the confrontation that Stephanie McMahon and Triple H had with Rousey and The Rock at WrestleMania 31 and that they both want to manipulate her. This caused Rousey to put Triple H through a table and be slapped by Stephanie McMahon before signing her contract. The pursuit night on Raw, Angle claimed the allegations he made were false to keep his subcontract before being attacked by Triple H. As a result, the following week, Angle scheduled himself to team with Rousey against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a blend tag team pit at WrestleMania 34, which Angle and Rousey won. [ 288 ] Following WrestleMania, Angle found himself in a power fight over the command of Raw, when the McMahon family appointed Baron Corbin as the constable of Monday Nights on the June 4 sequence of Raw. This continued until the August 20 sequence of Raw, when Stephanie McMahon sent Angle on “ vacation ” before announcing that Baron Corbin would be acting general director in Angle ‘s absence. [ 289 ]

final examination matches and retirement ( 2018–2020 ) [edit ]

On the October 8 episode of Raw, Angle made a surprise retort, disguised under a mask as “ The Conquistador “, winning a battle royal after last eliminate Baron Corbin and qualifying for the WWE World Cup at Crown Jewel. [ 290 ] At the event, Dolph Ziggler defeated Angle in the beginning round of the WWE World Cup Tournament. [ 291 ] On November 5, Angle competed in his first couple on Raw since 2006, for a spot in the Survivor Series, losing to Drew McIntyre in dominating manner, with McIntyre using Angle ‘s own ankle lock finishing maneuver to make him submit. [ 292 ] Angle returned at TLC on December 16 to help Braun Strowman, along with Apollo Crews, Finn Bálor, Bobby Roode, Chad Gable, and referee Heath Slater, meter Baron Corbin to strip him of authoritative power. [ 293 ] The following night on Raw, Angle along with Crews, Roode and Gable, well defeated Corbin in a handicapped-no disqualification peer to prevent him from being the permanent general director of Raw. [ 294 ] At the 2019 Royal Rumble on January 27, 2019, Angle entered the match at number four but was eliminated by Shinsuke Nakamura. [ 295 ] On the March 11 episode of Raw, Angle announced he would retire at WrestleMania 35 and chose Baron Corbin as his final adversary at the event. [ 296 ] Over the adopt weeks, Angle embarked on a “ Farewell Tour ”, facing several handpicked opponents, including Apollo Crews, [ 296 ] Chad Gable, [ 297 ] Samoa Joe [ 298 ] and AJ Styles. [ 299 ] At WrestleMania 35, Angle lost to Corbin in his final examination pit. [ 300 ] On the Raw after WrestleMania, Angle attacked Corbin, and was subsequently attacked by a debut Lars Sullivan. [ 301 ] Afterwards, Angle transitioned to a backstage function as a producer. [ 302 ] On July 22, Angle appeared on Raw Reunion and raised a toast aboard Triple H, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin and respective other chap wrestlers of his era. [ 303 ] On the August 5 episode of Raw in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Angle made an appearance as the special guest referee for a match between Drew McIntyre and Cedric Alexander. however, McIntyre and Alexander took out each early before the meet began and Angle was then attacked by “ The Fiend ” Bray Wyatt. [ 304 ] On April 15, 2020, Angle was released from his WWE sign as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 305 ] [ 306 ] On May 23, the WWE announced that Angle will be the special guest referee in the steel cage couple between Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher on the NXT brand. [ 307 ] Angle returned once again on the May 29 episode of SmackDown to announce the arrival of Matt Riddle to the stigmatize. [ 308 ] [ 309 ] In an interview with CBR, Angle revealed that WWE offered him a new deal to come back under the character of Matt Riddle ‘s coach but he turned it down in rate to focus on his health and his nutriment occupation. [ 310 ]

master wrestle stylus and persona [edit ]

When Angle begun to train as a professional wrestler, he was asked to not watch old tapes, since the stylus changed during the Attitude Era and the matches were more aggressive. alternatively, he learned watching then-current wrestlers like Steve Austin, Triple H or The Rock. [ 311 ] Angle said his match against The Rock at No Way Out 2001 was the transition between the “ curious, goofy Kurt Angle to a more dangerous rival ”, including more use of nauseating. [ 312 ] Angle ‘s Olympic gold decoration has frequently been incorporated into his professional wrestling character. His personality varies depending on his alignment as a expression or heel. As a confront, Angle normally performs as a function model, but as a heel, arrogantly uses his achievements to insult other people. He mixes aspects from his amateur wrestle backdrop into his in-ring work, performing respective suplexes, including the belly-to-back, [ 3 ] German [ 169 ] or overhead belly-to-belly, [ 3 ] ampere well as submissions, such as the Rear naked choke [ 313 ] or the Triangle choke. [ 169 ] He chiefly performs two finishing maneuvers to end his matches : an Olympic slam, dubbed “ Angle Slam ” and an ankle lock. [ 2 ] During Angle ‘s entrance, it is common for fans to chant “ You Suck ! ” to the tune of his entrance music. The chants originated during Angle ‘s feud with The Rock in February 2001, but gained popularity during his feud with Edge in 2002. The chants have become a hallmark of Angle ‘s persona, regardless if he is a face or heel. [ 314 ]

other media [edit ]

Angle appeared in every WWE/F television game from 2000 ‘s WWF Royal Rumble up to WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007, released in 2006. After an eleven-year absence, Angle made his revert to WWE video games as a playable character in WWE 2K18 ( as downloadable content ), ahead subsequently appearing in WWE 2K19 and WWE 2K20. He besides appears in TNA Impact!, TNA Wrestling and TNA Wrestling Impact!. [ 315 ]

Acting career [edit ]

Angle has expressed matter to in pursuing an acting career after retiring from professional wrestling. [ 37 ] In 2008, he made his film debut as a racist prison deputy in the short-circuit film Chains. [ 316 ] In 2009, he played consecutive killer Brad Mayfield in the movie End Game. On a third-season sequence of Pros vs. Joes, he was teamed up with Jimmy Smith and Kendall Gill against the Joes. Angle appeared in the “ Car Wreck Vanish ” episode of Criss Angel Mindfreak. He played russian MMA champion Koba ( in a non-speaking function ) in the 2011 film Warrior, and starred as township sheriff Will Logan in the film River of Darkness. [ 317 ] [ 318 ] On the Right After Wrestling platform on Sirius Satellite Radio, Angle revealed he would become a part-time wrestler after his contract expired in 2011 to focus on Angle Foods and his acting career. [ 319 ] In the 2013 film Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies, he plays himself as both a human and a zombi. [ 320 ] Angle besides had a small role in the 2014 cult-film Sharknado 2: The Second One and in the 2014 romantic-comedy film Not Cool. He appeared in the film The Last Witch Hunter. He besides made a cameo appearance in the movie Pain and Gain in which he brawls against Dwayne Johnson ‘s character in a prison fight. Angle appeared on an episode of Duck Dynasty in February 2016 .

Filmography [edit ]

other endeavors [edit ]

In 1996, Angle became a market representative for Protos Foods, the manufacturers of OSTRIM, an ostrich -meat-based grocery. [ 20 ] [ 323 ] In 1997, he worked for a year as a sports announcer on Pittsburgh ‘s local Fox affiliate WPGH-TV. [ 324 ] [ 325 ] He besides did a commercial for Pittsburgh-based pizza range Pizza Outlet. Both Angle ‘s pizza commercial and his fourth dimension on WPGH-TV would be referenced on WWE television ( the latter through the WWE Network show Ride Along ), and his time with WPGH-TV would besides make him an alumnus of WPGH-TV parent Sinclair Broadcast Group without having ever appeared for Sinclair-owned wrestle promotion Ring of Honor. [ 326 ] [ 327 ] Angle is a longtime fan of MMA, and has occasionally talked about his desire to compete. UFC president of the united states Dana White stated that Angle was in talks to appear as a heavyweight contestant on the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter, but failed the medical requirements. Angle signed with Bellator MMA on October 28, 2015. He attended a fan convention on November 6, the eve of Bellator 145, then joined the comment booth the following night, during the Bobby Lashley volt. James Thompson match, where he teased possibly fighting for the promotion himself. [ 328 ] Angle ‘s book, It’s True It’s True, was released on September 18, 2001. [ 329 ] In 2008, Angle was selected to be featured on the cover for metallic element band Emmure ‘s second gear album The Respect Issue where he is depicted on the movement and back covers for the commemorate, angstrom well as in the inlay. [ 330 ] [ unreliable source? ]
Because Rose besides had a Cameo done by Jerry Springer with it being originally uploaded to YouTube and backed up on YouTube alternative Odysee with an IMDb video short credit Angle is within Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon [ 331 ] [ 332 ] In 2021, Angle announced that he and Conrad Thompson will host a podcast called The Kurt Angle Show. [ 333 ]

personal life [edit ]

Angle being helped by his then-wife Karen, with their daughter watching at ringside ( far back ) Angle married Karen Smedley [ 334 ] on December 19, 1998, [ 335 ] In September 2008, it was reported that Karen had filed for disassociate from Kurt. [ 336 ] They have two children together, a daughter born December 2, 2002, and a son born October 26, 2006. [ 337 ] In 2010, it was reported that Angle was engaged to actress Giovanna Yannotti. [ 338 ] They have four children ( one adopted ). They had their first daughter on January 22, 2011. [ 339 ] [ 340 ] Angle and Yannotti were married on July 20, 2012. [ 341 ] They had their second daughter on December 31, 2012. [ 342 ] Their one-third daughter was born on November 5, 2016. [ 343 ] It was revealed on June 10, 2019, that Angle and his wife are adopting a son from Bulgaria. [ 344 ] Angle is a christian. [ 345 ] [ 346 ] He supported Marco Rubio in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. [ 347 ] He is a athletic supporter of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins. [ 348 ] [ 349 ] In July 2015, Angle undergo emergency operation to remove fluid buildup on his spinal anesthesia cord after all of his extremities went numb. [ 350 ] A workweek before this hand brake, he had operation to remove a benign tumor from his neck. [ 351 ]

steroid hormone allegations [edit ]

On March 6, 2007, Sports Illustrated reported that Angle ‘s name was found in the node database of a Florida health center suspected of being a front for distributing performance enhancing drugs. [ 352 ] The cartridge holder alleged that Angle had received prescriptions for trenbolone ( which is not approved for human use by the FDA ) and nandrolone, both anabolic steroids. Angle responded on his official web site : “ I did not improperly receive prescriptions. It is well documented that in my career I have broken vertebra in my neck on five occasions and each time the course of treatment was under the worry and supervision of my doctors. Any attempt to link me to the athletes in the current newsworthiness accounts who may have improperly sought performance-enhancing drugs is without foundation ”. [ 353 ] Angle never failed a drug examination for pain pills, but he did fail a steroid hormone quiz under WWE ‘s health policy because his prescription drug for nandrolone had expired. [ 354 ]

Legal issues [edit ]

In September 2007, Angle was arrested by the Moon Township Police Department in Moon Township, PA on a DUI charge after police received a report of an erratic driver leaving a local measure. Angle was charged with driving under the influence and careless driving after patrol traced the description of the car to his home. Angle was late found not guilty on those charges when the complain spectator was unable to corroborate her floor. [ 355 ] [ 356 ] On August 15, 2009, Angle was again arrested by the Moon Township Police Department in Moon Township, PA that is share of Greater Pittsburgh sphere. [ 357 ] His girlfriend stated that she had filed a protection from mistreat ( PFA ) order and that he was stalking her in the Robinson area. Angle was charged with “ driving while operating prerogative is suspended, prohibited acts-possession, harassment and banned acts ”. Hygetropin, a human growth hormone, was found in his car ; Angle maintained that he had a prescription drug for the drug. [ 358 ] On September 15, a District Court evaluate dropped the harassment, suspended license, and drug charges against Angle. On November 9, 2009, the PFA charges were dropped after he and early girlfriend Trenesha Biggers reached an agreement to avoid contact with each other. [ 359 ] On March 25, 2011, Angle was arrested by North Dakota Highway Patrol officers in Thompson, North Dakota, and charged with “ being in command of a drive vehicle while intoxicated “ after failing a field soberness quiz. [ 360 ] [ 361 ] [ 362 ] [ 363 ] Angle by and by pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced on April 20 to one year of unsupervised probation, a chemical dependence evaluation, a $ 250 fine, $ 225 in woo fees, and a ten-day suspend sentence. [ 364 ] [ 365 ] Angle was arrested on September 4, 2011, by Virginia State Troopers for allegedly driving under the determine. Angle was placed in Warren County Jail, before posting $ 2,000 bail and being released in the early morning. [ 366 ] [ 367 ] State police revealed that Angle ‘s initial breath trial at the view, where he was stopped by police, showed a blood-alcohol assiduity of 0.091 percentage, which was above the legal terminus ad quem of 0.08 percentage. [ 368 ] The screen was late ruled not admissible and when a second test, taken at the police station, showed a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.06, the DUI tear was dropped. Angle was placid charged with foolhardy driving. [ 369 ] On November 8, 2011, Angle entered a plea of no contest and was fined $ 1,500. [ 370 ] On August 2, 2013, Angle was arrested by Texas Highway Patrol officers and again charged with driving while intoxicated in Decatur, Texas. [ 371 ] [ 372 ] Later that lapp day, Angle announced he was immediately entering a rehabilitation concentrate. [ 261 ]

Championships and accomplishments [edit ]

Folkstyle/freestyle wrestling [edit ]

professional wrestling [edit ]

World Championships/Olympic Games matches [edit ]

Luchas de Apuestas record [edit ]

Winner (wager)

Loser (wager)

Location

Event

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Notes

Edge (hair)
Kurt Angle (hair)
Nashville, Tennessee
Judgment Day
May 19, 2002
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Notes [edit ]

1. ^ In May 2002, the WWF was rebranded to the WWE, after a lawsuit from World Wildlife Fund
2. ^ Angle in the first place won both chase team championship belts from solo championship holder Samoa Joe. Sting won a four-way pit to win the early share of the title, and joined Angle in his reign halfway through .
3. a b Won during the Invasion storyline .

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