Titles Held WCW World Heavyweight Champion
WWF World Heavyweight Champion
WWF Intercontinental Champion
WWF European Champion
WWF King Of The Ring: Winner 2000, and of course 1996 Olympic Champion
Short Bio
To be honest, Kurt Angle was annoying long before his WWF debut. Top of the class in most subjects, athletic, a standout on football, weightlifting and swimming teams, a sporting future looked the way ahead. Then he saw a WWF match between Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan, and was hooked.
Joined up for the school wrestling team, and gained a college scholarship through it, he went on to qualify for the Olympic team, where of course as you all know, he won Gold. Vince McMahon came a calling soon after... and Kurt turned him down.
Dropped out of sight, doing motivational speeches and occasional workout classes. Started getting fit again and by chance met Tazz, who introduced him to Paul Heyman. Heyman offered him a gig... not wrestling but commentating. Angle did two shows before leaving, not very impressed by a segment where Raven was crucified and caned.
Vince came calling again, and Kurt accepted his offer. Toured the feeder promotions and worked dark matches for over a year to become ready, and then exploded onto the WWF scene, with an undefeated streak ended by Tazz at the Royal Rumble 2000.
Became European champion, and Intercontinental Champion at the same time, calling himself EuroContinental champion. His in ring skills are matched only by his mic work, and his irritating Three I's. Won the King Of The Ring 2000, to the surprise of virtually no-one, and established himself as a main event player.
Rounded off an amazing debut year by triumphing over The Rock to take home the WWF Title, with the help of Triple H's wife Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, and The Rock's own cousin Rikishi. However, booking politics backstage meant that Kurt's title reign took a backseat to the Austin-HHH saga.
Kurt eventually dropped the title back to The Rock, and resumed his place in the mid-card, where he had an outstanding feud with Chris Benoit, bringing classic old school wrestling back to the masses.
Kurt's future looks bright, and he will be WWF Champion again in his career.
