Kurt Angle On Eddie Guerrero's Death, Anger With Vince, Putting Over Youth, More

Below are highlights and the full video shoot of Kurt Angle, filmed a few years ago where he talks about a number of topics including Eddie Guerrero's health and how his death could have been prevented by his 'friends', Brock Lesnar being paranoid in his first match with Angle, Angle feeling good about losing his streak to Tax when he first debuted in the WWE, His anger toward Vince McMahon for not allowing him three months off to heal his injuries, and much more. Despite it being a bit dated, it's an excellent interview.

Part 1 of 5

- How he got his start in wrestling to show up his dad
- Trying out for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- On getting his scholarship for amateur wrestling
- His trainer being murdered
- Suffering his first neck injury
- Not telling Vince McMahon about his neck injury when first entering the WWE
- Complimenting Shawn Michaels without even knowing who he was
- Being contacted by Shane Douglas to work for ECW and being offended by the product when he got there
- Signing with the WWE because he hated being a sportscaster and didn't want to do it anymore
- Bumping 300 times per practice in Dory Funk's Funkin' Dojo



Part 2 of 5

- Memories of his first match with Brian Christopher, and how Christopher took advantage of him in the match, deliberately trying to injure him
- His good relationship with Vince McMahon
- How Triple H and The Undertaker helped him early in his career
- How the "Three I's" got started by Vince, and how it came from the tv show "Family Ties"
- Having a "boring" chant by the fans in his first tv match against Shawn Stasiak
- Steve Austin introducing himself to Kurt and saying he couldn't wait to work with him
- Being happy to lose his undefeated streak to Taz in Taz' debut
- Enjoying working with Bob Backlund, but knowing he couldn't be with him for too long
- Needing the Triple H/Stephanie McMahon angle to help his character
- How someone ordered the wrong type of glass for his match with Shane McMahon, which made his spot of tossing Shane through the glass that much more dangerous
- The Chris Jericho unified champion title run was supposed to be his run initially
- Vince McMahon having Kurt shave his head
- Working stiff with Hulk Hogan in a match, and being called "El Stiffo" by Hogan as a result
- How it was his fault that Team Angle only lasted five months, because Kurt wanted to come back as a face
- How his match against Brock Lesnar was a nightmare



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- Choosing not to take time off when he should have
- Chris Benoit having the most quality matches of anyone he's ever faced
- Eddie Guerrero's health deteriorating, and Eddie not knowing what was wrong with him. Eddie not being able to wrestle up to his ability because of his heart problems
- The fight with Daniel Puder, and how Angle could have injured him but did not
- Dana White wanting Angle to quit wrestling in order to come fight in the UFC
- Matt Striker earning his stripes against him
- John Cena being an incredible wrestler
- Vince McMahon telling him he was going to be the face of ECW, but would have to take a pay cut
- Suffering three injuries in a match against Rob Van Dam and finishing it out, then subsequently asking for his release from WWE
- Being on "death watch" from 2003-2005 due to his addiction to pain killers, and Vince McMahon telling Kurt that he didn't need rehab because he was an olympic gold medalist and could "do it on his own"



Part 4 of 5

- Being angry at Vince McMahon for not allowing him to take three months off to heal up
- Viewing TNA as an opportunity, rather than a step down from WWE
- His run-in with the police when a woman reported Angle was driving recklessly
- Beating Samoa Joe in Angle's first match in TNA
- Karen Angle being involved in the TNA story lines
- Trusting Jeff Jarrett and his booking of Angle during his days in TNA




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