Kurt Angle
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic gold medalist and former collegiate wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
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| Birth name | Kurt Steven Angle[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 9, 1968 Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Clarion University of Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | kurtanglebrand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ring name(s) | The Conquistador Kurt Angle[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billed from | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trained by | Dory Funk Jr.[3] Tom Prichard[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debut | August 20, 1998[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | April 7, 2019[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2006 he signed a contract to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he is a former TNA World Champion. His TNA contract expired in September 2014.
Angle won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, winning with a broken neck. He is the only Olympic gold medalist in professional wrestling history. He wrestled for the WWE and WWF from 1998 to 2006 .
Angle returned to WWE on April 3, 2017, as the general manager of Raw. He wrestled on occasions.
Angle retired on April 7, 2019.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Kurt Angle Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. April 17, 2020. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kurt Angle". WWE. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kurt Angle's Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved September 3, 2007.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Kurt Angle (p. 16)". Cagematch.net. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (March 11, 2019). "3/11 Powell's WWE Raw TV Review: The Shield's farewell, Batista and Triple H, Finn Balor vs. Bobby Lashley for the Intercontinental Championship, all roads lead to WrestleMania coming out of WWE Fastlane". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
Other websitesEdit
Media related to Kurt Angle at Wikimedia Commons
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