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[KBC]

According to WWE.com, ECW Extremist Kurt Angle has been released by the WWE due to personal problems! Over the past few weeks Kurt Angle has been given a lot of heat backstage due to being "whiny" and keeping to himself. :( I know I'm not too happy about this, Kurt Angle had to be one of the greatest mat technicians to ever come into the WWF/WWE/ECW. You can read the full article on WWE.com here. >http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/3230064

[Alterate]

Yeah read that earlier. Thought he was boring anyway.

[Slash]

Read that yesterday too.
Totally bad :(
Future hall of famer material.
I wish him good luck for the future.

[YellowParasol]

I hope he gets re-hired sumtime :)

[arouse]

Beaten and battered
By Michael Cole
August 26, 2006


“My body is so beat up and run down, I can’t even think straight,” Kurt Angle tells WWE.com in an exclusive interview Saturday concerning his early release from his contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. Angle and WWE officials mutually agreed to end Angle’s relationship with the company on Friday.

Angle says seven years of non-stop wrestling has taken a major toll on his body, his mind and his family. “I need my body to reheal and rehab, I have done this for too long without a break. I haven’t been able to really enjoy my life. I haven’t seen my family, I’ve had problems with medication - I’m just fried physically and mentally.”

Angle’s business manager David Hawk claims, “Kurt’s in a tremendous amount of pain, he’s used prescription medication to deal with it. Kurt has come to the conclusion that unless he can get in the ring without the use of pain medication then he doesn’t need to be in there. He realizes he was just endangering himself and his opponents.”

The last straw for Angle seems to have occurred on August 13th, 2006, at an ECW live event in White Plains, New York. Angle was wrestling Rob Van Dam in a match where both competitors were fueled by the passionate ECW fans. “The crowd was wild,” Angle says. “Early on in the match, I pulled my groin, but I kept going, feeding off the crowd. Then I pulled my abdominal muscle off the pelvic bone, but I kept going as the crowd grew more wild. Finally, I blew out my hamstring, but we finished the match. The crowd stood and applauded - a standing ovation and that meant so much to me.”

Ironically that would be Angle’s last match.

WWE.com asked Angle if he would ever return to competition in WWE. Angle says “I can’t tell you that right now, I need to heal up mentally and physically. Until then, I can’t even think about returning.”

But Angle says WWE Chairman Vince McMahon told him the door is always open. “Vince says when I’m ready, if I’m ever ready, to come back just sign on the dotted line. I’ll tell you if I do return I’m going back to my roots, training on the mat like my amateur days. Longevity is the key.”

Hawk seems confident Angle will be in the ring again someday.

Angle has a final message to his legion of WWE and ECW fans. “Don’t be concerned, this move was for the best. It was a privilege to be able to compete for all of you. I’d like to say thank you.”

WWE.com will continue to follow up on Kurt Angle over the next several months.


There we go, to the haters. Show's what a true athlete he is.

[Misawa]

Kurt Angle and his agent met up with Vince McMahon at WWE Headquarters in Stamford, CT. McMahon demanded Angle to seek help for his personal and physical problems, but Kurt declined, thus he was released.

Once he clears up his life he'll return to the company. He'll be back in 6-12 months.

- Misawa

[-Wolverine]

Yeah read that earlier. Thought he was boring anyway.
Eh? How can you find Kurt Angle boring? He's arguably the greatest wrestler in WWE/F history.

Anyways, I have faith that he will be back with WWE, he's just in the midst of a divorce and his body is suffering from too many injuries, he needs a while off, i'm sure he'll be back before Wrestlemania though. :)

[-:Undertaker:-]

Pathetic, All the good wrestlers are leaving to be replaced by people like Chris Masters -.-

Shows how low WWE has gone.

[arouse]

Pathetic, All the good wrestlers are leaving to be replaced by people like Chris Masters -.-

Shows how low WWE has gone.

Can you bleeding read? He requested this release, there's nothing bad about the WWE letting him. I'd love to see you try doing Kurts job, oh yes I would.

[Wayne]

I don't really like Kurt Angle, but he was a great wrestler.

[Machine Head]

It's a shame to see him go, he was a great entertainer. I look forward to seeing him return in the near future.