Kurt Angle Hopes WWE Buys TNA Library At Some Point, Is Proud Of His Time There

Kurt Angle says he’s very proud of his time in TNA and hopes WWE someday buys the TNA tape library. Angle appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show and during the discussion, he was asked about his time in TNA. Angle was part of the company from 2006 through 2016 and was a six-time World Champion there.

Angle told Helwani that while he doesn’t want TNA to go out of business, he does hope TNA buys the library so WWE fans might see more of his work there. You can see highlights below:

On If He Watches TNA:

“Yeah, I try to watch, you know especially in NXT. Listen, I never thought in a million years TNA would be involved with WWE. You know, it gives me hope, because I will tell you this. A lot of WWE fans didn’t watch TNA. And now that WWE and TNA are are kind of merging together a little bit, hopefully they’ll do it more where I want WWE to buy TNA’s library. Because then the WWE fans will see my TNA career.

“You have to remember, I had 11 years in TNA. I only had eight in WWE. So, I had more of a career in TNA than I did WWE. And I’m hoping that eventually they do buy the library. Now they’re only going to be able to do that if TNA goes out of business. And I don’t want them to go out of business. So, I’m just hopeful that someday eventually they’ll buy the library.”

On Being Proud Of His TNA Run:

“You know what? I had a better career, too [in TNA]. I had better matches. And that’s hard for me to say, because I had some really great ones in WWE. But I came into my own. You know, you have to remember when you’re a pro wrestler, you don’t really come into your own till six or seven years in the business. And that was right when I quit WWE and went to TNA. And I was having some knockdown, drag out matches with AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Sting, Jeff Jarrett, you name it. Bobby Roode, James Storm.

“A lot of great talent. Motor City Machine Guns, I wrestled those, too. Jay Lethal, just a lot of great talent down there that I got the opportunity to work with. And you know what? When I left WWE, I was salivating at the mouth, because I saw so much talent in TNA that was untapped that I was like, ‘I can’t wait to get down there.’ And like I said before, I think I had a better career there. So I do take pride in that.”

On Talent Following Him To TNA:

“Once I went to TNA, I felt like a whole slew followed me. Kevin Nash, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, you name it, they were coming to TNA from WWE. And so we had a lot of good years with a lot of great talent. And I was just happy about my career in TNA.”