When it comes to wrestlers from the late 1990’s, there are few bigger stars that emerged than Kurt Angle. The olympic gold medal wrestler took to professional wrestling with the greatest of ease, quickly winning many championships in his rookie year. He’d go on to be one of the greatest to ever enter WWE, making it to their Hall Of Fame in 2019. The day after, he had his final match at Wrestlemania, losing to Baron Corbin in the process.
After that, he’d remain with WWE until earlier this year, when they released a huge crop of talent during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. His final appearance was hyping up Matt Riddle ahead of his Smackdown debut. This could have been much more, as managing Riddle was just one of the many ideas pitched to Angle by WWE.
Kurt Angle And WWE Are On Good Terms
While speaking on the WrestleInc daily podcast, Angle would detail a few of the roles WWE wanted for him, which he turned down. “Managing my Riddle, that was a few months ago. They offered me another job coaching. They also offered me a Legends deal. We weren’t able to get a contract done, but I’m cool with WWE. We’re in good terms. There’s no bad blood. Every once in a while, they call me to use me for something. I did a couple appearances on TV in the last few months. Today, they have me do an ad for one of their sponsors, so I did the ad for them. So they still reach out to me. I’m just not under contract, and I kind of like that.”
Him remaining on good terms with WWE, means that him showing up in AEW is unlikely. He’s just been enjoying life, and has no need to step into the ring anymore, even if his body could still go like it used to.
More On His Coaching Offer
Given that Angle is much more beat down than the usual people chosen to be trainers at the WWE Performance Center, he got a more unique offer. He was going to offer advice via video call services like Zoom to the students.
“Yeah, I talked to Triple H about not so much going down there a lot but being on the phone or on a Zoom call with the wrestlers and talking to them, going over film, going over there technique [and] talking to them about promos. So it was a pretty easy schedule for me. Nothing came to fruition, but that’s OK. They brought up the idea a few months ago, and it kind of got lost, but it’s OK. I’m good where I am, and if they want to continue to use me here and there, that’s fine.”
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