Kurt Angle Reacts to John Cena Being Selected to Induct Him Into the WWE HOF

On Thursday, WWE announced that John Cena will induct Kurt Angle into this year’s Hall of Fame. Cena was one of four choices that Angle had, beating out Steve Austin, The Undertaker, and Brock Lesnar for the gig. Of course, both Undertaker and Lesnar probably wouldn’t have done it if they were asked to.

Kurt Angle recently spoke with Fox Sports, where he gave his reaction to Cena being chosen to induct him into this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class.

“John, you know, I was his first match when he started in WWE, and I knew right then that he was very special. I also knew that this kid was going to give me a rough time being the top guy in the company. Because at the time I was one of the top guys, I would say myself and Triple H, and to have this young kid come up and the company asked me to help teach him a little bit. It was like… ‘wait a minute, I’m teaching this kid to take my spot?!’

“But John was really good. He was a great student, great learner. I mean, look what he’s done. I can’t even take any credit for it. John is a 16-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, no one’s ever done that. Ric Flair has 16 world titles, but they’re not all in WWE.”