Biography

Kurt Angle

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Kurt Angle was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He won a Olympic Gold Medal in 1996 having notoriously won it with a broken neck. In 1998 he transitioned into professional wrestling where he sky rocked to success after joining the World Wrestling Federation. He later became the first ever wrestler to hold the WCW and WWF Championships during the same calendar year. He also became the second ever TNA Triple Crown Champion in the promotions history and is a overall 13 time World Champion in professional wrestling.
- IMDb mini biography by: JMichael22

1996 Olympic Gold Medalist in freestyle wrestling.
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.
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.
Won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic with a not fully healed broken vertebrae in his neck.
The only pro wrestler inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (in 2001).

(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.

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