‘I wanted to return to WWE just because…’ – WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle reveals why he returned back to WWE
Kurt Angle (Source – Twitter)
WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle is one of the most legendary wrestlers in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment. He was also involved in many memorable fights as well. However, he remembered leaving TNA in 2015 on a recent episode of “The Kurt Angle Show.” Kurt discussed how difficult it was for him to leave TNA and how WWE was not interested in signing him at the time.
“I wouldn’t say it was because TNA was over and done with. I would say that I felt like it was my time to get out because I didn’t want them coming back and offering me, ‘hey, we can’t give you a million we’ll give you five hundred. I didn’t want to have to deal with that, and I also wanted to return to WWE just because of the fans. I wanted to show my appreciation for them being hardcore fans while I was in WWE, and when I crossed over to TNA, and then I wanted to come back to WWE to finish my career. That was my goal, and that’s what I did.”
I was addicted to alcohol and the painkillers: Kurt Angle
He had a few disagreements with Vince McMahon after working with WWE for seven years and these disagreements were primarily brought on by his drug use. WWE had to let him go and then he began wrestling for TNA. He stayed there for the following ten years and finally made a comeback to WWE in 2015 in yet another capacity. He talked about the same in his show, recently.
“Yes, I spoke to Triple H, and he said he’d talk to Vince McMahon, and the two things that Vince McMahon said was bad reputation, and I knew right then and there that I had to earn my way back. That I would have to stay out of trouble and stay clean. I had for DUIs. I was addicted to alcohol and the painkillers and all that stuff. I knew that I’d have to prove myself to get back there, but I knew I’d be able to get there eventually.”
“So, what I decided to do is retire from TNA, and I took a year off, and I did some independent matches during that year, and then WWE ended up calling me eventually. So, I knew it was going to happen it was just a matter of time.”
