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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Sept 10, 2014 17:00:56 GMT -5
If he does come back to the WWE, I hope it's a Sting deal where he does one more match (w/someone like D. Bryan) and calls it a career.
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Post by Instant Classic on Sept 10, 2014 17:01:09 GMT -5
Screw you all, I can't wait to see Angle back in WWE.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 10, 2014 17:01:43 GMT -5
He's probably signing on with TNA for another 3 years and part ownership He'll make more money owning a Subway franchise.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2014 17:04:16 GMT -5
September 21: Kurt Angle leaves TNA Wrestling September 23: Kurt Angle attempts to buy Spike TV September 24: Kurt Angle wakes up hungover and realizes what he did The Lost Weekend, starring Kurt Angle and Dixie Carter.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 10, 2014 17:18:00 GMT -5
I don't think it's fair to immediately jump to "Kurt wouldn't pass a WWE physical" because no one here actually knows what a WWE physical consists of. Yeah Kurt has had a lot of surgeries but so has Rey Mysterio and that didn't stop WWE from wanting to keep him on. He's younger than Hogan so no comparison there and he can go more than a few months without getting injured which is more than you can say for guys like Christian. Going by what former and current WWE performers have said in interviews, it's a lot more intensive than the normal physical. Tons of blood work done along with doctors going over every part of your body and mental tests. If you got a concussion in the 12th grade, WWE will check to see if that will be a problem in the future. If your blood come back with elevated chemical levels, your contract is pulled until it's within normal levels (Bryan, Hero) With Kurt's history of injuries and addiction issues, it's going to be a war getting him approved for in ring action. Rey is on his last legs literally and that is why WWE benched him and why Rey wants out. Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero's deaths changed how WWE does business when it comes to in ring talent. No more riding the horse until its heart pops.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2014 17:22:16 GMT -5
He's probably signing on with TNA for another 3 years and part ownership He'll make more money owning a Subway franchise. If a footlong Angle sub contains as much protein as those $40 Angle pizzas then he'll be the owner of the leading international fitness-meets-junk food outlet.
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Sept 10, 2014 17:55:18 GMT -5
I don't think it's fair to immediately jump to "Kurt wouldn't pass a WWE physical" because no one here actually knows what a WWE physical consists of. Yeah Kurt has had a lot of surgeries but so has Rey Mysterio and that didn't stop WWE from wanting to keep him on. He's younger than Hogan so no comparison there and he can go more than a few months without getting injured which is more than you can say for guys like Christian. Going by what former and current WWE performers have said in interviews, it's a lot more intensive than the normal physical. Tons of blood work done along with doctors going over every part of your body and mental tests. If you got a concussion in the 12th grade, WWE will check to see if that will be a problem in the future. If your blood come back with elevated chemical levels, your contract is pulled until it's within normal levels (Bryan, Hero) With Kurt's history of injuries and addiction issues, it's going to be a war getting him approved for in ring action. Rey is on his last legs literally and that is why WWE benched him and why Rey wants out. Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero's deaths changed how WWE does business when it comes to in ring talent. No more riding the horse until its heart pops. Kurt's neck is the only thing really letting him down now that he seems to be clean and sober.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 10, 2014 18:11:24 GMT -5
Going by what former and current WWE performers have said in interviews, it's a lot more intensive than the normal physical. Tons of blood work done along with doctors going over every part of your body and mental tests. If you got a concussion in the 12th grade, WWE will check to see if that will be a problem in the future. If your blood come back with elevated chemical levels, your contract is pulled until it's within normal levels (Bryan, Hero) With Kurt's history of injuries and addiction issues, it's going to be a war getting him approved for in ring action. Rey is on his last legs literally and that is why WWE benched him and why Rey wants out. Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero's deaths changed how WWE does business when it comes to in ring talent. No more riding the horse until its heart pops. Kurt's neck is the only thing really letting him down now that he seems to be clean and sober. His knees are at Kenta Kobashi levels. Plus Kurt by his own admission only been sober for several months. That story of him being passed out on a plane a couple months ago doesn't help his cause. And WWE doesn't allow people to use their personal doctors to approve medications anymore. All prescriptions got to get cleared by Dr Black. No more mark doctors or online pharmacies.
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Post by DASH 243✅ on Sept 10, 2014 18:17:26 GMT -5
Screw you all, I can't wait to see Angle back in WWE. I'm with you I would scream like a cheerleader who saw a rat just to see angle Olympic slam Rusev
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 10, 2014 18:23:28 GMT -5
I don't think it's fair to immediately jump to "Kurt wouldn't pass a WWE physical" because no one here actually knows what a WWE physical consists of. Yeah Kurt has had a lot of surgeries but so has Rey Mysterio and that didn't stop WWE from wanting to keep him on. He's younger than Hogan so no comparison there and he can go more than a few months without getting injured which is more than you can say for guys like Christian. Going by what former and current WWE performers have said in interviews, it's a lot more intensive than the normal physical. Tons of blood work done along with doctors going over every part of your body and mental tests. If you got a concussion in the 12th grade, WWE will check to see if that will be a problem in the future. If your blood come back with elevated chemical levels, your contract is pulled until it's within normal levels (Bryan, Hero) With Kurt's history of injuries and addiction issues, it's going to be a war getting him approved for in ring action. Rey is on his last legs literally and that is why WWE benched him and why Rey wants out. Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero's deaths changed how WWE does business when it comes to in ring talent. No more riding the horse until its heart pops. Rey's knees are in bad shape but he also had the best surgeries worked on them. The reason why Rey is in such bad shape knee wise is he refused to stop doing things to impact the knees. Main move is the springboard "Senton" or flying crotch to the face. the landing is all on the knees. No Rey comes back and does it again. Each time making what was fixed weaker. But the reason why Rey can pass is he not on a bunch of drugs and everywhere else is healthy. Angle I agree will be a war to get approval to wrestle even if they did bend the rules for that one last match and for me Bryan is the only guy I really want him to face if there had to be one match. Not too say I wouldn't want others but Bryan is the main one.
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Post by slappy on Sept 10, 2014 18:46:16 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 3:59:18 GMT -5
I really don't understand why he couldn't pass a physical and is supposedly in such bad shape. I just seen the dude in PA not a month ago and he looked great. Edge looks great too.
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Post by Ryushinku on Sept 11, 2014 6:41:23 GMT -5
My impression has long been that WWE would welcome Kurt back happily, but only under very particular circumstances-such as him being on a legend contract where he only appears on tv every now and then and actually wrestles even less and mainly works as a brand ambassador. And even that would only be after he did a stint in rehab and proven he is clean. I'm afraid that WWE would toss all of that aside and throw Angle out there in the ring in a high profile storyline the moment that Cena stubs his toe or takes 30 seconds longer in the bathroom than normal. I really doubt that's the case. They're hesitant to even rehire him let alone sling him out there in a big match in a panic move. They'd likely do someone else, even if Angle was on the books. Even if he managed to pass the medical I see major kid gloves. If anything it's been TNA that's often been very culpable in letting guys go out there when they're not in fit shape to do so.
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Post by DjZonk on Sept 11, 2014 6:56:32 GMT -5
Wherever Kurt ends up, I want him to wear under sized cowboy hats.
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Post by DjZonk on Sept 11, 2014 6:57:01 GMT -5
And just to say, I don't even care if he's sober...
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Post by the2ndevil on Sept 11, 2014 8:31:07 GMT -5
Said this before, I want Zeb to bring Kurt in as a coach for Swagger to help him get out of the funk he's been in since the Rusev feud.
He's an Anerican hero, by virtue of his bring an Olympic Gold Medalist, to explain why Zeb would go to him, plus, you just know the training vignettes would be comedy gold.
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Post by joeiscool on Sept 11, 2014 9:05:28 GMT -5
WWE wants Kurt on some level.. The last few months Angle was on the front of wwe website in a few different stories. They at least think he's some what of an asset,
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 11:14:48 GMT -5
Am I alone in thinking it is kind of messed up that Angle literally broke his neck for the WWE and they won't take him back because of his health? I understand they waited until wrestlers dropped dead to change the way they do business but they should show loyalty to the stars they milked for years before Benoit's murder/suicide. I can understand that they don't want him to wrestle because of his health but the fact that he had to go over HHH's head to gauge the company's interest in him is strange. Either he is adamant about wrestling and won't take no for an answer or there is something deeper there. With Angle, it's probably the former (he seems like a stubborn guy), but WWE should bring him back regardless. Find a role for him somewhere in the company. Same with Hardy, though I'm guessing WWE would let Jeff wrestle.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 11, 2014 11:28:34 GMT -5
Uh.. Angle broke his neck before getting to the WWE.
"Won a gold medal with a broken freakin' neck" remember.
The reason Vince let him out of his contract in the first place was because Kurt wouldn't take a break so I don't doubt that he'd be seriously pushing to keep himself wrestling now and not hear anything to the contrary.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 11, 2014 11:50:44 GMT -5
Am I alone in thinking it is kind of messed up that Angle literally broke his neck for the WWE and they won't take him back because of his health? I understand they waited until wrestlers dropped dead to change the way they do business but they should show loyalty to the stars they milked for years before Benoit's murder/suicide. I can understand that they don't want him to wrestle because of his health but the fact that he had to go over HHH's head to gauge the company's interest in him is strange. Either he is adamant about wrestling and won't take no for an answer or there is something deeper there. With Angle, it's probably the former (he seems like a stubborn guy), but WWE should bring him back regardless. Find a role for him somewhere in the company. Same with Hardy, though I'm guessing WWE would let Jeff wrestle. As Platypus said, the broken neck was before WWE. WWE did try to take care of Kurt by moving him to the ECW brand, not scheduling him for house shows, and asking him to change to a more safe style. Kurt doesn't like to go half ass at anything and when WWE finally told him to take a break, he flipped out and went to TNA. In TNA, Angle was able to full full steam in the ring and take as much drugs and booze as he wanted without someone keeping him in check. Even with injuries mounting up and addiction affecting his personal life, he didn't stop. WWE paid attention to this and glad that he wasn't on their watch but was concern if anything negative happened to him, WWE would get the blame. So when a couple of months ago when Kurt asked to go to rehab finally, they paid for it. WWE would love to have him back in the fold but not as a wrestler and guaranteed clean & sober. But Kurt still wants to wrestle even as his body is telling him no more. You think he's going to stop with one match? He rather drop in the ring than call it quits.
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