Kurt Angle: I Don’t Know If I Would’ve Explored Pro Wrestling If Something Like Real American Freestyle Existed In The 90s
Things could’ve been different for Kurt Angle.
Angle kicked off his legendary professional wrestling career in 1998, just a few years after winning a gold medal at the Summer Olympics. But, if a league like Real American Freestyle was around, Angle might have avoided the world of wrestling.
“Oh gosh, I would’ve loved to have this.” Angle said in a new interview with TMZ Sports. “This has been my thing. I don’t even know if I would’ve crossed over into pro wrestling, I probably would’ve stuck with amateur wrestling. We didn’t have a pro league back then, I’m a little jealous, but I’m also excited to be a part of it.”
The ‘Olympic Hero’ went on to put over the Hulk Hogan-led league, saying that it is going to be incredible.
“RAF, Real American Freestyle, has set the bar. Now, I’m not going to lie to you, there have been other people that have tried professional wrestling leagues before with Olympic style freestyle wrestling, it didn’t work out but with Real American Freestyle, they signed the top wrestlers in the world and they had the backing, the funding to do this. So, this is going to be incredible.”
Kurt Angle recently joined Real American Freestyle’s announcing team.
The promotion will host their first event at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio on August 30.
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