When Did Kurt Angle Find Out He'd Be "Raw" GM?

That’s quite the honor. One of the big surprises for the “Monday Night Raw” after “Wrestlemania XXXIII” was the announcement of Kurt Angle as the new General Manager. Angle was named to the position three days after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame but it turns out that the two events are connected.

Angle recently spoke with Wrestlinginc.com for a new interview and talked about his new role with the company. According to Angle, despite rumors suggesting otherwise, he had no idea that he was going to get the job until the night of his induction speech. Triple H told him that they wanted him to start on Monday and a deal was struck.

“It was right around that time when I met with Triple H and he gave me the news. He wanted me to start on Monday. I believe it was Friday night, right before my speech. And I wasn’t surprised. There were a lot of rumors going around and Triple H reassured me they were just rumors. There was never any talk of me becoming General Manager until recently. A lot of sites that were saying that I was going to be the RAW GM, but they were wrong because I would have known at the time and nobody contacted me.”

You can read the whole interview here.

Opinion: Could there be a more perfect choice for GM than Angle? He still has great comedic timing and can be intimidating enough to make the position work. Angle might wrestle another match down the road if necessary, though it really doesn’t need to happen. Either way, he’s a great option for the job and an upgrade over Mick Foley.