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Kurt Angle Discusses His Regrets When He Left WWE in 2006

April 22, 2017 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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NBC Elmira recently interviewed WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle. Below are some highlights (transcript via WrestlingInc.com).

Angle on his regrets when he left WWE: “I had some regrets, because I was just starting to get good when I quit WWE in 2006. I was just starting to come into my own, where I was- not that I didn’t have incredible matches there, I did, from 2001 to 2006, but I started really becoming a ‘seasoned veteran’ six years into my career and that was right around 2006. So, I had a better career in TNA, unfortunately most of the WWE Universe will never see those matches, but at the same time, I’m really happy that I had that kind of impact in six and half years in WWE, where [they induct] me into the [WWE] Hall of Fame 11 years later.”

Angle’s WWE dream matches: “Daniel Bryan. I love his wrestling ability. I think that he is one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. I obviously wrestled AJ Styles, but never on the WWE platform, love to have a main event against AJ Styles at WrestleMania.”

His thoughts on the You Suck chants: “I spent five of my six and a half years as a heel…I told the fans ‘It’s getting to me, stop doin’ it’ and the more I said that, the more they did it. So, when I was babyface, they still did it and they love doin’ it. It’s one of those things that, Vince [McMahon] tried to change it, I tried to chant it, it’s just not going to happen. It’s one of those things now that the fans do it out of respect and it sounds cool with my song.”

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