Kurt Angle: One of the Biggest Wrestlers of All Time Was Underrated

You don’t often hear him called that. Kurt Angle is going into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017 and that means a lot of people are going to be talking to him, even moreso than usual. That’s the case here as Angle recently appeared on the “Statement Show” and had a rather interesting take on one of the biggest names in wrestling history.

Appearing on the January 4, 2017 episode of the “Statement Show”, Angle talked about Steve Austin, who he considered one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time. Angle also talked about Austin’s influence on his career and some of the specifics that made Austin so great. Here are the comments (transcription courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com):

“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. 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 [professional wrestling] 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.”

Angle has always seemed like a huge Austin fan and that’s something you can’t see enough of: acknowledgment of some of the all time greats. He’s absolutely right about Austin being that great and it’s always nice to see another great performer praising him, especially when the interview is about Angle’s career.

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