Kurt Angle was recently interviewed by the Statement Show in order to promote his new “Angle Strong” app. During the interview he spoke on a wide variety of topics about his wrestling career. One of the highlights was Angle saying that Steve Austin is under-appreciated.
You might be thinking, how can one of the most popular wrestlers in the history of the wrestling business be under-appreciated? Angle says that his incredible character of ‘Stone Cold’ sometimes overshadows how incredible of a wrestler that he was in the ring.
Here is what Angle said:
“Austin was the most under-appreciated wrestler because his character was so strong. People loved the character. They didn’t know that he was actually one of the best wrestlers. I learned so much from him. We didn’t even have to put matches together. He’d just tell me what to do at the time”
Angle continued, talking about how easy it was working with Austin:
“I never had anybody do that for a whole, entire match. And Austin, for 80 percent of it, we’d have the finish planned, or the comeback and the finish planned, and the rest of it, Austin would just guide me through because, back then, I was only in the business a year or a year-and-a-half. I was main eventing with Austin and I had no idea what I was doing! So I needed someone like him. He really helped me a lot.”
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Angle has also said in the past that he would like Austin to induct him into the WWE Hall of Fame.
You can listen to the podcast here. h/t Wrestling Inc.
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