Kurt Angle Recalls 'Kick To The Nuts' Offer From WWE

Kurt Angle was one of the most intense competitors in professional wrestling history, with the Olympic champion not afraid of taking immense bumps and putting on high impact clinics across his career.

But after his in-ring career ended, Angle was presented with an offer that he describes as a ‘kick in the nuts’.

Angle was discussing his current role within the professional wrestling world during a recent episode of the Kurt Angle Show podcast when the idea of Angle working as a manager was brought up. Angle said he was offered a managerial role by WWE but the pay wasn’t exactly great:

“I’m happy doing what I’m doing. But would I consider managing? Yeah, it would have to be the right thing. It would have to be the right deal, the right program. Not only that, but the money has to be right.

“I will tell you this, I feel a little badly about doing this, but a few years ago, WWE wanted me to manage Matt Riddle. I was into it. I was like, okay, we could have some great vignettes. I think we would have had great chemistry, but it didn’t happen unfortunately because they didn’t offer me the right amount of money. The money they offered me was really not good. Not to say anything bad about the company, but it was like okay, that was kind of a kick to the nuts kind of an offer [laughs],” said Angle.

Angle previously served in an on-screen role as the WWE Raw General Manager in 2017.

H/T: Fightful