Kurt Angle Net Worth

Kurt Angle's Quotes

• (To Kane): "You say you're the Big Red Machine? Well I'm the Big Red, White and Blue Machine!"
• (while in Vancouver) "In Canada, you can't even have a barbecue in your backyard without being attacked by a moose or even a grizzly bar. Then again the Grizzlies don't beat anyone here in Vancouver, oh it's true, it's true."
• In Canada, you can't even have a barbecue in your backyard without being attacked by a moose or even a grizzly bear. Then again, the grizzlies don't beat anyone here in Vancouver; oh, it's true, it's true.
• Pro wrestling is not fake; it's sports entertainment. We go out there and we perform, and a lot of what we do out there is real, but we're not going to insult anyone's intelligence - there is a predetermined winner. It's just the fans don't know who it is, and that's what makes it so intriguing.
• You go from Olympic wrestling into pro wrestling, and it's a very difficult transition, but if you make it, you can earn a great living while at the same time giving amateur wrestling a lot of exposure by being on TV every week. Fans know where you came from.

Interesting Facts about Kurt Angle

1. 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist in freestyle wrestling.
2. Defeated Val Venis for the WWF European Title on February 10, 2000.
3. Won the WWF Intercontinental Belt at No Way Out 2000 from Chris Jericho while still holding the WWF European Belt. He therefore became a "Euro-continental" Champion.
4. Has bench pressed 420 pounds and has squatted 630 pounds.
5. Plays the drums.
6. He was pinned in his first wrestling match. He was eight years old at the time, and got pinned by a chubby kid at the first wrestling camp he attended.
7. Had a tryout with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1995, although he did not play college football.
8. The year 2000 WWF King of the Ring.
9. Got his first Pay-Per-View WWE Championship shot at SummerSlam 2000 on August 27, 2000. He was in a Triple Threat Match against champ The Rock and Triple H, ended up getting concussion before the bell rang after a pre-match fight with Triple H. He lost to The Rock. After the match had finished Kurt Angle returned to the ring to carry 'The Game' Triple H's wife Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley to the back.
10. Was given a WWF World Title reign after WWF owner Vince McMahon was impressed with the way he carried on with his match with Triple H at Summerslam 2000 despite suffering an unplanned (and very real) concussion after a table collapsed during a move.
11. Younger brother of Eric Angle.
12. Graduated from Mt Lebanon High School in 1987.
13. Won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic with a not fully healed broken vertebrae in his neck.
14. At one point, Angle considered trying out for the 2004 Olympics (freestyle wrestling) and was supposedly given a full blessing by Vince McMahon to pursue that avenue. Angle was further encouraged during an impromptu wrestling contest with Brock Lesnar before a WWE event in 2003, which he won despite the facts that Lesnar outweighed him by a considerable margin and was during his college years considered the most dominant wrestler in the NCAA. Due to a combination of factors, however, Angle ultimately decided against trying out.
15. Will be facing "Edge" in a Hair vs. Hair match at Judgement Day 2002.
16. Lost the "Hair Match" at WWE Judgement Day!
17. Originally from Dormont, a suburb of Pittsburgh
18. After winning Gold in Olympics, had brief stint as a Sports anchor on WPGH Fox-53 Pittsburgh. The title of his segment was "The Angle on Sports".
19. First on-screen kiss was with Stephanie McMahon, the Boss' daughter.
20. Father was killed in a construction accident