WWE Legend Kurt Angle Reveals He Hated Using Weapons in His Matches

Wrestlers often sacrifice their body by going using hardcore weapons to sell their matches to the audience. This was very prevalent during the Attitude Era when WWE and WCW were throwing every trick from the books to bring in more eyeballs to their brand.

As a result, The Superstars from that era all have an exciting story about working with weapons to share with the fans these days. Recently, WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle shared his experience working in matches with weapons in WWE.

Kurt Angle reveals that he was never a Gimmick guy

Kurt Angle was one of the top wrestlers of WWE when he left the company back in 2006 due to a health issue. The WWE Hall of Famer worked for a short stint with WWE’s then newly created brand, ECW. ECW was well known for the hardcore action that the brand offered.

Recently Angle, in his show, The Kurt Angle Show, talked about working with weapons in ECW and how it was not different from all the hardcore matches he had in RAW and Smackdown.

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Kurt Angle revealed he was not a ‘Gimmick Guy’ as he hated weapons and never wanted them to be used on him. Angle added- “I’m not a gimmick guy… Don’t want to be a gimmick guy.. Never used gimmicks. I didn’t want them used on me.”

But the former world champion also added that he would never turn down a gimmick match if he had to do one. He further added that ECW was not going to be any different from the other two brands of WWE when compared to the intensity of gimmick matches.

Angle said- “I might have wrestled some dangerous wrestlers but for the most part.. I knew that I would have to take a chair shot here and a kendo stick there. There are a lot of gimmicks in ECW and you know you have to be willing to take something, but it’s not going to be any worse than it would have been in RAW or Smackdown.”

Kurt talks about the worst gimmick he had to go through

The former Olympic Gold Medalist had to suffer a lot, as he has been part of several matches in which he had to endure the wrath of gimmicks. Kurt Angle instantly named the announcer’s table when asked about the worst gimmick he had to go through. He added he had to go through one during the triple threat match between The Rock, Triple H, and himself at Summerslam 2000.  

Kurt revealed he hit his head on the concrete floor when he was smashed through the announcer’s table during the match. Angle also added that he would happily go through a regular table than fall on a ladder due to the stiffness of the latter one. The former world champion chose a Kendo stick instead of a chair shot as he remembered a chair shot from Brock Lesnar broke his neck.

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