Kurt Angle
Biography
Kurt Steven Angle is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic gold medalist in American freestyle wrestling, and former collegiate wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
While at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Angle won numerous accolades, including being a two-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Champion in the heavyweight division. After graduating from college, Angle won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships. He then won the freestyle wrestling gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics with a broken neck. He is one of four people to complete an amateur wrestling Grand Slam (Junior Nationals, NCAA, World Championships, and Olympics). In 2006, he was named by USA Wrestling as the greatest shoot wrestler ever and one of the top 15 college wrestlers of all time. He was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 for his amateur accomplishments.
Angle made his first appearance at a pro-wrestling event in 1996, and signed with WWE in 1999. Noted for his rapid comprehension of the business, he had his debut match that August within the company's developmental system after mere days of training, and participated in his first televised WWE storyline in March 1999. After months of dark matches, Angle made his televised in-ring debut in November and received his first major push in the company in February 2000, when he held the European and Intercontinental Championships simultaneously. Four months later, he won the 2000 King of the Ring tournament and soon thereafter began pursuing the WWE Championship, which he won in October. This capped off a WWE rookie year which is considered by many to be the greatest in history. Among other accomplishments in the WWE, Angle has held the WWE Championship four times, the WCW Championship once, and the World Heavyweight Championship once. He is the tenth Triple Crown Champion and the fifth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history. On March 31, 2017, Angle was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
After leaving WWE in 2006, Angle joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where he became the inaugural and record six-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, and the second Triple Crown winner in TNA history. Angle is also a two-time King of the Mountain. As part of TNA, he made appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship once. In 2013, Angle was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame: he is the second wrestler, after Sting, to be inducted into both the WWE and TNA Halls of Fame.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-12-09
Place of birth
Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
Images
Cast
End Game
2009
3.30
WCPW True Destiny
2017
7.00
TNA Hard Justice 2007
2007
5.00
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
2011
4.70
WWE Survivor Series 2001
2001
6.90
WWE Survivor Series 2005
2005
8.80
WWE RAW Homecoming
2005
0.00
NJPW Resolution 2009
2009
0.00
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
7.40
ECW One Night Stand 2006
2006
7.80
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
2003
7.90
River of Darkness
2011
2.53
WWE SummerSlam 2002
2002
8.30
WWE Survivor Series 2002
2002
8.80
WWE SummerSlam 2003
2003
8.00
WWE Survivor Series 2003
2003
8.10
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
2003
8.50
WWE Survivor Series 2004
2004
8.60
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
2004
7.20
WWE SummerSlam 2004
2004
8.60
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
2005
8.20
WWE WrestleMania 22
2006
8.29
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
2000
6.40
WWE Wrestlemania X8
2002
8.20
WWE WrestleMania XX
2004
8.40
WWE WrestleMania 21
2005
8.31
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
2006
7.80
TNA Hardcore Justice 2012
2012
8.00
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
2002
7.20
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
2001
7.70
TNA Destination X 2012
2012
7.50
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
2019
7.54
WWE No Way Out 2006
2006
7.40
TNA Turning Point 2012
2012
7.00
TNA Final Resolution 2012
2012
6.00
TNA No Surrender 2012
2012
6.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2012
2012
7.50
TNA May Mayhem 2015
2015
0.00
TNA Hardcore Justice 2015
2015
0.00
TNA LockDown 2015
2015
0.00
TNA Slammiversary 2012
2012
5.20
Death from Above
2012
4.20
WWE: Triple H - That Damn Good
2002
9.00
TNA Destination X 2015
2015
0.00
TNA Final Resolution 2013
2013
0.00
WWE vs. ECW: Head to Head
2006
10.00
Angle
2023
0.00
TNA Lockdown 2013
2013
7.00
WWE No Way Out 2004
2004
7.40
WWE No Way Out 2001
2001
8.20
WWE Vengeance 2006
2006
8.00
WWE Unforgiven 2000
2000
7.20
WWE Unforgiven 2001
2001
7.00
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
8.80
WWE Survivor Series 1999
1999
8.50
WWE Backlash 2000
2000
7.50
WWE Armageddon 1999
1999
6.20
TNA The Whole F'N Show
2010
0.00
WWE No Way Out 2000
2000
7.30
WWE Judgment Day 2000
2000
7.80
WWE Insurrextion 2000
2000
5.00
WWE King of the Ring 2000
2000
8.00
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
2000
8.60
WWE Survivor Series 2000
2000
8.00
WWE SummerSlam 2000
2000
7.40
WWE No Mercy 2000
2000
6.00
WWE Rebellion 2000
2000
6.00
WWE Armageddon 2000
2000
7.62
WWE Backlash 2001
2001
8.00
WWE Insurrextion 2001
2001
8.20
WWE Judgment Day 2001
2001
6.50
WWE King of the Ring 2001
2001
6.70
WWE SummerSlam 2001
2001
8.40
WWE InVasion
2001
7.64
WWE Rebellion 2001
2001
6.50
WWE No Mercy 2001
2001
7.00
WWE Vengeance 2001
2001
4.50
WWE No Mercy 2004
2004
6.20
WWE Armageddon 2004
2004
7.30
WWE No Way Out 2005
2005
5.50
WWE No Way Out 2002
2002
6.33
WWE Backlash 2002
2002
5.80
WWE Vengeance 2005
2005
8.90
WWE Unforgiven 2005
2005
8.00
WWE SummerSlam 2005
2005
7.20
WWE Judgment Day 2005
2005
7.00
WWE Vengeance 2002
2002
7.20
WWE Judgment Day 2002
2002
7.80
WWE King of the Ring 2002
2002
6.00
WWE Unforgiven 2002
2002
6.40
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
2005
7.70
WWE No Mercy 2002
2002
7.50
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
2006
8.50
WWE Rebellion 2002
2002
6.40
WWE Armageddon 2002
2002
5.80
WWE Global Warning
2002
7.40
WWE Judgment Day 2006
2006
7.00
WWE No Way Out 2003
2003
8.00
WWE No Mercy 2003
2003
8.20
WWE Vengeance 2003
2003
8.70
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
2004
7.30
Lita - It Just Feels Right
2001
8.00
WWF Action!
2001
10.00
The Rock - Just Bring It!
2002
5.25
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
2002
0.00
WWF: Funniest Moments
2002
10.00
WWF: Stone Cold Steve Austin: What?
2002
10.00
WWE: The Videos Ramped Up Vol. 1
2002
0.00
Sharknado 2: The Second One
2014
4.56
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
2022
0.00
WWE: Rey Mysterio - 619
2003
7.00
Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies
2014
4.80
The Epidemic
0.00
The Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
8.50
Ask Me to Dance
2022
5.46
WWE Super Tuesday
2002
0.00
TNA Wrestling Greatest Moments
2010
0.00
NEW Wrestling Under The Stars V
2016
0.00
The Lighthouse
2012
0.00
TNA The Best of 2009
2010
0.00
Kurt Angle: It's True! It's True
2000
8.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2015
2015
6.00
Warrior
2011
7.84
The Last Witch Hunter
2015
5.99
WWE WrestleMania 2000
2000
7.40
TNA Lockdown 2011
2011
5.00
RPW: Angle vs. Sabre Jr.
2016
7.00
Biography: Kurt Angle
2022
0.00
WWE Great Balls of Fire
2017
7.20
TNA Slammiversary XII
2014
0.00
WWE: Shawn Michaels: My Journey
2010
9.40
WWE Hall of Fame 2017
2017
7.40
WWE: Best of the 2000's
2017
7.50
WWE: The Best of King of the Ring
2011
10.00
Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection
2017
10.00
WWE Survivor Series 2017
2017
7.20
WWE Elimination Chamber 2018
2018
6.32
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
2008
3.83
WWE WrestleMania 34
2018
7.29
WWE Crown Jewel
2018
6.21
WWF: Hardcore
2001
7.00
WWF: Best of Raw - Vol. 1&2
2001
0.00
WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
2005
0.00
WWE: Raw 10th Anniversary
2003
9.00
WWE WrestleMania 35
2019
7.42
Chasing Molly
2019
4.40
TNA Turning Point 2009
2009
9.00
TNA Victory Road 2009
2009
3.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2011
2011
6.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2007
2007
9.00
TNA Turning Point 2006
2006
7.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
2006
7.00
TNA Lockdown 2007
2007
5.00
TNA Final Resolution 2009
2009
8.50
TNA Slammiversary 2009
2009
7.00
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2014
9.00
TNA Wrestling: 50 Greatest Matches
2006
10.00
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
2009
10.00
TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches
2008
10.00
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
2009
5.00
Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
2014
8.50
WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence
2008
6.90
WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come
2013
7.90
TNA Destination X 2007
2007
5.00
TNA Against All Odds 2008
2008
5.00
TNA Against All Odds 2009
2009
4.00
TNA Sacrifice 2011
2011
7.00
TNA Against All Odds 2007
2007
8.80
TNA Lockdown 2012
2012
5.00
TNA Against All Odds 2011
2011
8.00
TNA Against All Odds 2010
2010
8.70
TNA Destination X 2010
2010
6.00
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011
8.29
Beyond the Mat
2015
0.00
TNA Slammiversary XI
2013
7.00
TNA Slammiversary 2008
2008
6.00
TNA Turning Point 2007
2007
3.00
TNA Slammiversary VIII
2010
5.00
TNA Genesis 2007
2007
6.00
TNA Victory Road 2010
2010
6.00
TNA Slammiversary 2007
2007
6.00
TNA Victory Road 2007
2007
6.00
TNA Sacrifice 2007
2007
7.00
TNA Genesis 2006
2006
8.00
TNA Final Resolution 2007
2007
7.00
TNA Sacrifice 2012
2012
6.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2013
2013
6.00
TNA Genesis 2012
2012
6.00
TNA One Night Only: Live! 2016
2016
0.00
TNA Hardcore Justice 2011
2011
5.00
TNA Genesis 2014
2014
0.00
TNA Genesis 2011
2011
5.00
TNA Genesis 2010
2010
6.00
TNA Turning Point 2008
2008
7.00
TNA Hard Justice 2008
2008
8.50
TNA Bound for Glory IV
2008
6.00
TNA Genesis 2009
2009
0.00
TNA Hard Justice 2009
2009
5.00
TNA Slammiversary IX
2011
5.00
TNA Sacrifice 2014
2014
0.00
ECW High Incident
1996
0.00
TNA Lockdown 2008
2008
7.30
TNA Destination X 2008
2008
4.00
TNA Sacrifice 2008
2008
4.00
TNA Victory Road 2012
2012
6.00
TNA Victory Road 2008
2008
6.00
TNA No Surrender 2011
2011
6.00
TNA No Surrender 2010
2010
5.00
TNA No Surrender 2009
2009
6.00
TNA No Surrender 2008
2008
6.00
TNA Final Resolution 2011
2011
6.00
TNA No Surrender 2007
2007
6.00
TNA Sacrifice 2009
2009
6.00
TNA Bound For Glory 2009
2009
6.00
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
2010
6.00
TNA Lockdown 2009
2009
7.00
TNA Destination X 2009
2009
4.00
TNA Lockdown 2010
2010
6.50
Not Cool
2014
3.30
Pain & Gain
2013
6.27
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
2018
6.04
IGF Toukon Bom-Ba-Ye
2007
0.00
The John Cena Experience
2011
7.80
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2018
2019
10.00
Meeting Stone Cold
2021
5.00
GCW Dream On
2024
0.00
The John Cena Experience
2011
8.00