But in a video on Instagram yesterday where he took on the milk challenge — a very apt challenge for Angle — you can see that the WWE Hall of Famer looks as shredded as many other elite athletes do in their 50s. After several broken necks and a myriad of other issues down the years, he is lucky he wrestled as close to 50 as he did.
When he first returned to WWE it was in a non-wrestling role and Angle has said that was ultimately his demise in the ring. A post shared by Kurt Angle therealkurtangle. Eventually he had me wrestle, but by then my body was arthritic. Styles and Roman Reigns. Milk challenge accepted MFers!!! The two men ended up fighting while Jarrett took the title back. Angle was then the special enforcer for the Title vs. Career match between Jarrett and Sting at Bound for Glory , but, as part of the worked finish, he took out referee Rudy Charles and assumed the referee's role for the rest of the match-up.
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 match at April's Lockdown. Styles , Scott Steiner, Tomko, and Abyss. Team Angle was victorious after Jeff Jarrett hit Abyss with a gimmicked guitar full of thumbtacks and allowed Sting to score the pin. Angle was the victor of said contest by making Sting submit, who had technically just pinned Cage, and was announced as the new "World Heavyweight Champion".
The Impact! Due to the controversial finish to their match at Sacrifice, the title was declared vacant by Cornette. A tournament was held for the title which culminated in a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary on June 17, Styles, and Chris Harris. He then attacked Joe after denying a request for a handshake, reigniting their feud. This would also cause Angle to fully turn heel in the process. As part of the planned outcome of the match, Joe pinned Brother Ray of Team 3D to win both tag team belts, which he held by himself.
On the following episode of Impact! While illustrating how he would take away everything important in Angle's life, Joe brought Angle's wife Karen into the fray, as she demanded a divorce. During the match, however, Karen turned on Joe and aided her husband.
As part of his next push, Angle won, gaining all the championships and becoming the second Triple Crown champion in TNA and the first to hold all three titles at the same time.
Angle then joined forces with A. After suffering a neck injury, Angle was out of action. In the storyline, he returned to Impact!
Later that night, after Styles suffered a beating at the hands of Team 3D, Booker T , and Tomko, Angle added to the mugging by hitting Styles with a steel chair. At Slammiversary , Angle lost to Styles, being pinned after interference from Karen.
The feud continued on the next edition of Impact! As they both stood on the top of the ladder, the arena went dark and Jeff Jarrett's music played. When the lights turned on, Styles had a guitar and performed an Acoustic Equalizer on Angle to win the match.
Angle lost to Jarrett in this match, being pinned after taking the mandible claw from Foley and a guitar shot and Stroke from Jarrett.
He started attacking other superstars backstage in order to get a rematch against Jarrett. On the first HD Impact! Scott Steiner joined the group the following week. After weeks of torturing Jeff Jarrett to give him a rematch, Jarrett said that if Angle could defeat Rhino at the second Final Resolution of , with Mick Foley as the Special Enforcer, he would grant it. Angle defeated Rhino to earn a rematch 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 stipulation. On the following edition of Impact! At No Surrender Angle lost his championship to A.
Afterward, he was assaulted by the debuting Desmond Wolfe , who defeated him via knockout in a street fight the following week. At Turning Point Angle defeated Wolfe in a rematch. Wolfe managed to gain the first fall by pinning Angle following the Tower of London , but Angle forced him to tap out with the ankle lock to win the second fall.
In the final fall, which could only be won by escaping the Six Sides of Steel , Angle managed to escape first and won the match. On the January 4 , , live, three hour, Monday night edition of Impact! Angle received a shot at A.
Styles' World Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated in the main event of the show. Two weeks later at Genesis Angle received one last shot at the World Heavyweight Title, but was once again defeated by Styles, who turned heel with the help of Ric Flair and nailed him with the title belt. As a result, Angle was barred from challenging for the belt as long as Styles is the title holder. Anderson , after Anderson used Angle's dog tags to bust him open. Angle promised to make Anderson suffer for disrespecting the U.
At Destination X Angle defeated Anderson in a rematch. Angle and Anderson were booked in a rubber match inside a steel cage at Lockdown. On the April 5 edition of Impact! Anderson defeated Angle in a ladder match to win possession of the key to the cage door.
At Lockdown, Angle defeated Anderson in a steel cage match and afterwards announced that he would now be taking some time off from wrestling. Angle returned on the May 20 edition of Impact! Angle, however, decided to take his name out of the running for a title shot and vowed to fight his way through the top 10 and earn his spot at the top of the company. Angle continued his climb, defeating Desmond Wolfe, who was ranked number nine prior to the match, on the June 24 edition of Impact!
On the July 22 edition of Impact! Angle defeated number seven ranked Hernandez and followed that up three weeks later by defeating number six ranked A. On the August 19 edition of Impact! At No Surrender Angle first wrestled Jeff Hardy to a twenty-minute time limit draw, after which Eric Bischoff ordered a five-minute extra time. After that and a second five-minute extra time also ended in draws, it was ruled that, due to a cut, Angle wouldn't be allowed to continue the match, ending the match in a no contest.
Angle came out to make his retirement speech, after his failed attempt to win the World Heavyweight Champion, but was interrupted by Jarrett, who announced that he had made a deal 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.
Angle returned three weeks later on the November 11 edition of Impact! After not appearing again for two weeks, Angle made another return on the December 2 edition of Impact! On the January 6, , edition of Impact! The match was thrown out in the third round after Jarrett blinded Angle.
After the match Jarrett bloodied Angle, before announcing that he was ending his mixed martial arts career and promised that his wife, Karen Jarrett formerly Karen Angle , would be joining the retirement party.
On the January 13 edition of Impact! Karen made her return and stopped Angle just as he was about 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 following week. The following week Karen slapped Kurt, providing a distraction which allowed Jeff to beat him down. At the end of the show Crimson saved Angle from a beating at the hands of Immortal and Fortune.
The match ended with Jarrett pinning Angle for the win. Afterwards, Angle was saved from another beatdown by the returning Scott Steiner. The following week Fortune turned on Immortal and aligned themselves with Angle, Crimson and Steiner. 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 edition of Impact!.
After the match Angle hinted at a possible retirement by leaving his wrestling boots in the ring. On March 3 Angle proceeded to destroy the wedding set with an axe and forced wedding guest, New York Jet Bart Scott to tap out with the ankle lock. On the May 12 edition of Impact! At Sacrifice, Angle and Chyna defeated the Jarretts in a mixed tag team match.
Later that same month, Angle signed a new three-year contract with TNA. With Karen out of the picture, Angle defeated Jarrett on June 12 at Slammiversary IX in what was billed as the "final battle" between the two to retain his Olympic gold medal and become the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
However, on the following edition 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.
This cemented another face turn. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle entered the Bound for Glory Series, taking part in the opening gauntlet match, from which he was eliminated by Daniels. Angle wrestled his final match in the 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.
On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Angle defeated Daniels and Styles in a three-way match to become one of four wrestlers in consideration for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
The following week, Angle was sidelined with a storyline injury after Knox hit him in the neck with a ball-peen hammer. Anderson in a steel cage match. At Lockdown , Angle was defeated by Wes Brisco in a steel cage match, following interference from Brown. In the following weeks, Angle would continue to face Bischoff and Brisco in multiple tag team and handicap matches, that all ended with the two getting the advantage over Angle.
Angle then began feuding with A. Later that night, Angle defeated Styles in a singles match. On the following 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.
The following week, Angle was defeated by Styles in a rematch to earn the final spot in the Bound for Glory Series. Beginning on August 2, Angle took a hiatus from TNA after being admitted to rehab for drug and alcohol use.
The following 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 help from his faction, EGO, forcing Angle to submit to the crossface hold in a precursory act prior to their match. He also said he would accept the offer when he feels he has earned it and he still has great 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. After the match, he also showed signs of post-concussive amnesia. On November 5, Angle was reported to had tested negative for concussion, but his recurring knee injuries still required monitoring.
The following 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. However, Angle lost his next match against Magnus due to an interference from Roode. Angle made his return on April 17, and vowed revenge. Angle would also retire the TNA Television Championship , which had not been seen or defended since Abyss won it at Slammiversary On September 21, , Angle's contract with TNA expired, ending his eight-year tenure with the company.
He lost the title to Eric Young on May 1, , after defending the title against Lashley once and then again against both Lashley and Eric Young. Later that night, Angle again successfully defended his title, this time against Austin Aries, who cashed in his Feast or Fired contract to allow him a title match. Angle's final match was against Lashley on March 8, which ended up in a losing effort.
Electroshock won the match for his team by pinning Angle, forcing Dorian to have his head shaved bald. This was his last match on the independent circuit. McMahon appointed Angle as the new general manager of Raw. On the May 29 episode of Raw , Angle was informed by Raw commentator Corey Graves about some "scandalous information" that was sent to him about Angle, with Angle telling Graves "if this is true, it could ruin me".
On the July 17 episode of Raw , Angle revealed that he had a son with a woman he dated in college. He stated that his son eventually ended up in the WWE.
Angle then made the announcement that his on-screen son was Jason Jordan of American Alpha , thus moving Jordan to the Raw brand. Angle dressed in The Shield's ring attire , Ambrose, and Rollins won the match, despite Angle having initially been taken out when Braun Strowman executed a Running Powerslam through a table on Angle. At the event, Angle would be attacked by teammate Triple H , leading to his elimination by Shane McMahon , however, Team Raw would still go on and win the match, resulting in Angle keeping his job.
This would cause Rousey to put Triple H through a table and be slapped by Stephanie before signing her contract. The following night on Raw , Angle would claim the allegations he made were false to keep his job before being attacked by Triple H. As a result, the following week, Angle scheduled himself to team with Rousey against Triple H and Stephanie in a mixed tag team match at WrestleMania They finally emerge victorious in WrestleMania 34 where Rousey took a vicious submission towards Stephanie after both her and Triple H failed to land a final blow on both of them with a Pedigree as Stephanie ended up getting some medical attention and was hospitalized.
He was also the one who gave Ronda Rousey a day suspension after she made a powerful assault against Alexa Bliss and himself as well as the 1 week extension after she violated her suspension by attacking both Bliss and Mickie James. On July 30, Kurt Angle gives Ronda Rousey her first match against Alicia Fox next week after Natalya loses to Fox due to the cheap shot made by Alexa Bliss and to inform Roman Reigns to leave the building as Stephanie McMahon's direct order before Reigns knocks Baron Corbin out before leaving the building with the security send by Corbin and also terminates Paul Heyman at the same night after Heyman did his best to convince Brock Lesnar to show up in the ring which he refused until Lesnar shows up to confront them in the ring and knocks him down with an F-5 before glaring on both Corbin and Heyman.
Angle attended Clarion University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a degree in education in In his later life, Angle got a Clarion University Golden Eagle, wearing a singlet, tattooed on his upper back. Angle has four older brothers one of whom, Eric , is also a wrestler and a sister, Le'Anne, who died of a drug overdose.
His father was killed in a construction accident when Angle was sixteen, and Angle dedicated both his career and his autobiography It's True, It's True to him as a result. Angle claimed in an interview that, following the death of his father, he regarded his wrestling coach, David Schultz , as a paternal figure.
He married Karen Angle on December 19, , and the couple have a daughter, Kyra, who was born on December 2,
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