Kurt Angle Reveals What FORCED Him To Leave WWE!

In this clip, Kurt Angle talks exclusively to Inside The Ropes about how he felt he was forced to leave WWE and how he told Vince McMahon!
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[@ITRClips]

Whats the best way to quit WWE? Let us know in the comments!

[@buffalobillsbasket122]

Go out like Chris Benoit

[@lordofhowell7158]

​@@buffalobillsbasket122😂😂

[@DatKakashii]

this dude lmao@@buffalobillsbasket122

[@chobin7982]

chris benoit style

[@diehorribly9333]

Taking a 10 million dollar dump on an interns chest and leaving the company in flames.

[@BruceAChristie]

I was driving an airport shuttle one afternoon and my passenger was already seated in the back seat (unusual). As I started driving, he told me he was from Pittsburgh. We had a fantastic conversation about Pittsburgh teams in hockey, baseball, & football. When I opened the trunk to gather his luggage, I asked, “ Are you Kurt Angle?” You bet he was, and we talked more. He asked me my name twice, and shook my hand again before departing that Easter Sunday. Wonderful guy, great spirit, authentic, and my favourite passenger on the shuttle to YWG. 🇨🇦

[@garrettspencer3887]

I met him last year and got a picture wit him I got it under my community page scroll down

[@adamreno3653]

I like how he speaks about his own behavior. I dont hear much bias in his words. In my experiences, honorable men talk about their mistakes like this. Proof that you get wiser thru life experiece, good or bad.

[@kmk900___]

Except for when he talks about the tough enough incident lol

[@fupalover]

​@@kmk900___he said he went off script

[@kmk900___]

@@fupalover off script my ass lol

[@stevemize2164]

You're so smart dude, do you got a water spoon?

[@XThirdEyeX]

​@@kmk900___ What happened there?

[@greedoshotfirst1]

Kurt confronting his problems, admitting them, and not trying to hide who he was or what his problems were or the root causes, is what makes him a real hero.

[@ringmaster996]

What were his problem 🤔

[@xxreyoxx]

​@@ringmaster996were u listening? He was clearly in pain

[@wesleycuban8649]

Not that he could, we all know and Love Perc Angle

[@wesleycuban8649]

@@ringmaster996he literally has an whole ERA titled PERC ANGLE 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tigerhynes1006]

Never thought I'd see a tear from Kurt, what an absolute legend. Bless him

[@PTGKChrisHD]

Looks like you missed his crybaby era 1999-2000

[@chardiemacdennis7218]

@@PTGKChrisHD1999 2000 were his best years I loved his crybaby gimmick, because he was also a badass

[@stormlighter82]

You don’t even know him( on a personal level I mean)

[@Stuart267]

Kurt Angle is naturally hilarious both in his backstage promos & in off the cuff moments like this interview.

[@ericgilbert56]

A monster schedule and monster drug habit. It's such a blessing that Kurt survived. This buisness has enough bad endings.

[@felinemoonchild]

I'm glad Vince took him seriously when he said how bad he was. Plenty of higher-ups/corporate bosses wouldn't. I think Vince took him seriously BECAUSE we've lost so many greats. Glad Kurt is still here.

[@Connor-zl8gi]

@@felinemoonchild Not only that, Kurt looked up to Vince as his fatherly figure (which not a lot of guys did).

[@ctbcardinal]

@@felinemoonchild i mean, unlike the others, he won a fucking gold medal for the USA in 1996, that makes a huge fucking difference

[@tcuff1333]

His drug habit wasn't the worst ! He wasn't sticking needles in his veins !

[@BossFinale]

I dont understand how he walked into the office with all those injuries. Hes a freaking maniac.

[@ItsWhatever24]

Drugs

[@willymassey8273]

​@@ItsWhatever24lots of them. Over 30 percocets a day at one point.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

​@@willymassey8273he was on vicodin, not percocets... vicodin is half the strength of percocet. It's a very weak opioid.

[@tjjordan4207]

Painkillers are a hell of a drug.

[@th3grizzlygam3r]

Pittsburgh strong we wrestlers out here are built different lol

[@Gavdutchname75]

I honestly think Kurt might be my favourite wrestler of all time (i dont say that lightly), fantastic talent & a absolute brilliant human being away from the ring

[@ctbcardinal]

because Dec 9th, thats why

[@hankogle6858]

I could see the change in Kurt Angle. When he finally decided happiness over career. Like you can physically see it

[@gamingseries7608]

I can listen to kurt for hours, such an amazing story teller

[@ResistingDeath]

I never understood why he went straight to TNA after quitting WWE. If the main reason for him quitting was the injuries and painkiller abuse, wouldn't you want to stay away from wrestling all together? At least for some time?

[@HorribleSmileProductions]

Tna would give him a part-time contract

[@ResistingDeath]

@@HorribleSmileProductions I see, but man, from what I remember, Kurt was going all out on TNA.

[@HorribleSmileProductions]

@@ResistingDeath fair point... if i remember it was a series of events where he got cheated on/divorced or something and wrestling became his crutch for survival. The whole perk angle era came out cause of that in tna.

[@ommnibox1917]

I think back then tna had a lighter schedule and they did their shows in the same venue. So there was less or no days on the road.

[@rastacause]

Also gotta realize he was going through a divorce as well, him being in tna possibly saved his life if he was actually that out of control

[@Intimigator]

Kurt made TNA look legit throughout the majority of his tenure there (which was difficult to do). But man, I honestly wish he would have came back to WWE much sooner and finished his in-ring career properly.

[@mr.awesome6011]

I kinda regret not watching TNA at the time. But I was out of wrestling altogether for several years at the time.

[@TrevyTrev-andTheFunkyPets]

Such a brutal business. Physically, emotionally, financially. Glad he survived and I hope he’s doing ok.

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Kurt knows how to tell a story

[@ah00dii85]

I love these interviews and pod casts. It reveals what wrestlers were dealing with behind the curtain.

[@JasonVorhers-d2o]

Perc angle was awesome

[@thatspiritualhumane]

Only a honorable man speaks the truth every single time. Yes, he was high on drugs, but he did speak the truth, love Kurt

[@gabrielsvision7218]

He’s on that coke lol 😂

[@matthewsealy3127]

Kurt you’re a smart man to admit your problems and not hide there are times in life you have to decide what’s best for you the same as when you listen to your body when your body shuts down to tell you you have got to stop before you do damage to yourself let’s face it everyone has limits

[@rvharikrishna]

Kurt was a true wrestler and a great entertainer.

[@mikespell1480]

I think working for ecw helped him work in smaller place like tna

[@frankf.875]

He's the original face of Neck Strong. Idk how you break your neck more than once, let alone multiple times AND be a great wrestler

[@jacksonlittle5993]

4 or 5 neck breaks total I believe. Oh it's true, IT'S DAMN TRUE.

[@Cinedhiothu]

Kurt always was one of my favorites growing up, he was a true hero. Not only in the Olympics winning that gold while wrestling with a broken neck over that year span during all those preliminary matches and then the Olympics themselves. NO ONE elae has ever sone that or will ever do it again. Not only that but im pretty sure no one has broken their necks that many times, not only in a 2 year span but ever...4 times in 2 years and 5 total....christ. That guys been through so much in his life, overcome his demons, had to experience his dear friend and mentor murdered in cold blood, by someone they both knew and trusted (which is how he ended up representing the U.S in the '96 Olympics), he's an amazing man. He knew how to work a crowd, he was a great heel and face when he wanted.

[@travisrey]

Hated Kurt angle growing up but he’s my guy now. Much respect!

[@DeejayVillain]

Such a genuine bloke… Amazing entertainer… he made everyone hate him… that’s what made him so great… Especially when he is actually such a lovely and incredibly likeable person

[@debapriyalahiri7514]

23yrs back I knew only Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar ❤🇮🇳

[@brockedwardsmusic]

With how much I hated him throughout my whole childhood, and how much I love him now.. He might have been the best heel of all time.

[@TheHannibalTV]

Great story

[@Mockingbird04]

If this doesn't tell you about the character of Vince McMahon on top of the latest allegations, nothing will. Here's a man who has worked the likes of Kurt Angle, an incredible human being, to the point of wanting to kill themselves all for HIS product, greed & needs. Many weren't as lucky as Kurt. Wrestling has needed a union or some form of regulation dating back to the 80's, if not an off period in their schedule of a month or so at least. It's scandalous how these people have been treated over the years.

[@nickpesetsky1897]

I get your point but I don’t understand how Kurt’s account here enforces any of that. From the sound of it, Vince was dealing with a perc’d out Kurt who didn’t even remember threatening him while high and then immediately released him when he told him about his problems. Hell I think I also read that Vince wanted to keep Kurt but send him to rehab to clean up and Kurt wouldn’t do it and that also contributed to him leaving WWE.

[@omgpix]

Vince is without a doubt a prick, I just don't see evidence of that here. If anything I'd say this was one of his more human moments.

[@2c2bpolitics-ce-gate3-4]

Actually, the end of the story made me respect the man. It isnt easy running a huge business. You will get accused by us smaller people constantly of your greed, malevolence, evil.

[@SandF3DPrinting]

Ironically, ecw Kurt is one of my favorite versions of Kurt.

[@benpezzot8805]

Yea but he also hated they cut out the you suck chants

[@Rdrr-l9t]

How do I find the full interview???

[@hebrewsit9771]

I remember watching TNA when Kurt was on it, but can somebody explain to me if he was going through all this to the extent he explains, why he just went to another company to wrestle there instead of stopping or really slowing down? Was it because WWE had him doing way too many house shows?

[@IronEddie13]

Sabu told the story of Kurt Angle’s groin injury

[@shaquilleburton1611]

That was his greatest move because I liked him more in tna than wwe.

[@jeffreybabor2585]

Great good guy and even better heel 👠!!!!!!

[@crush9197]

Kurt my favorite

[@Xzar_Xzar]

I always wondered if being demoted to ECW is what was the final breaking point for Benoit and his demons

[@InvestBetter.]

In TNA, you don't travel much, and you work 1/3 of the time you did up north If you're a big name, on the downslope of your career, its the perfect final chapter of your career

[@MarkClark37]

Kurt really should do stand up 😂

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

He spoke the truth Oh, yeah, it's true

[@jagerpudenz]

Its true, its damn true.

[@marshalllapenta7656]

They overworked Kurt while being injured....

[@AWF1000]

WWE are more flexible these days with contracts. They let their biggest names sign a casual position. Aka Roman reigns. 😂😂

[@mindrover777]

What do you mean? Isn't he on the main event every month?

[@ctbcardinal]

Dec 9th.... We are...... KINGS

[@Housh]

It’s a miracle we got that last Kurt run

[@Mr.Mister1974]

I do wish he could have left a year and came back clean. I didn't watch tna much so no idea what he really did there.

[@PainMakesYouFeelBetter]

Just Look up "Perc Angle" when I tell you Kurt was on some impossible high risk shit, I ain't never seen my boi moonsault off the top of a six sided cage.

[@frankr2921]

Great wrestler n he made me lmao with his skits

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

If he allowed Vince to do that to his head, he might regrow some hair. Good on him.

[@JonKorpi-fk7yo]

I wear a fetnyl patch plus pills for break through pain and never texted because I was high booze maybe but never pain medicine

[@lukethomas6900]

Tbf, Benoit probably felt the exact same way when he was drafted to “ECW”. The show was interesting for like the first two weeks, then rapidly went downhill.

[@Guaranteed4Greatness]

Does he return back to WWE after this

[@tironesuttles4286]

Real shit 💯 💯

[@FunnyPranksVideosVuitepranks]

I like the part.......while high on pain killers......and texting others.....😁😳👀 That's the worst time to be with phones,,,,texting .........etc...

[@davidalexander3320]

Vince couldn't trust him on the main roster at that time because he was drugged out of his mind

[@mindrover777]

Wow. That's insane

[@reimixo]

He is not Jeff Hardy.... He is Perc Angle!!! A God!

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

He was on vicodin.. 😂 it's really not as bad as he makes it out to be. The fucking Tylenol in those pills did more damage than the hydrocodone.

[@primeapegaming4277]

Its funny cause the match vs rey was said to be a loser leaves wwe match or at least that what was on the tv outside the rose garden. First time smackdown had a show in portland so glad i got to see it and the debut of miz tv

[@whobitmyname]

Play 3:08 out of context for a good laugh.

[@SquilliamOG]

lmao that got me 😂

[@whobitmyname]

@@SquilliamOG then my work is done.

[@_JM-]

When these wrestlers say they were working 300 days a year, how is that possible? These shows are aired once a week so how are they working so many days? Do they also mean training ?

[@AlternativeBaseball]

This, tapings, house shows, other appearances, speaking engagements, press stuff, training, going over matches, traveling, it all adds up. And they don't always travel by flight either... much of it is by bus if you're not on the top of that card. Maven goes into this a good bit on his channel.

[@gilekopi7296]

Wow ..just wow story from kurt😮😮😮.... straight fact story 💯...the part kurt said he want to kill himself ..remind me benoit tragedy...benoit should quit like kurt before he suicide

[@thegrind5273]

Only for Vince’s messages to be exposed lol

[@MABMGuitar]

He seems lit right here.

[@Old-Boy_BEbop]

Kurt Angle was an incredible gifted superstar wasted on being the plucky comedian... I always felt he should of had the persona of someone like Soldier Boy in The Boys of course without the shield just the persona. a real mix between his movie Warrior character and Jake Roberts

[@Jeff-nb8iy]

I’m confused with the ending. So he left one wrestling company for another wrestling company because of pain killer addiction? (Btw this ending almost had me tearing up myself).

[@robertdickerson16]

Not no unnecessary products and b.s designer stuff

[@Ryan-hl4ur]

? 3:45ish, "It's true, OH, it's damn true"?

[@ItsWhatever24]

I don’t understand how going to TNA fixed the issue.

[@gggg-qp2jz]

They gave him part time contract which wwe didn’t

[@realtalunkarku]

part time lighter schedule same venue

[@DJBIGCG]

Wwe should definitely not take Kurt angle back

[@michaelsmiley15]

They brought ecw back on Tuesdays on some channel I think it was syfy If was stupid They were not going to do any of the big ecw matches It was boring The weird thing ecw became nxt and that sucks to

[@mr.awesome6011]

Professional wrestling was both the best and worst thing to happen to Kurt.

[@EricLinstone]

I don't think I'll ever understand why they put themselves through that kind of abuse, taking decades off their lives. What keeps them coming back for more? Like is it the roar of the crowd or something?

[@BlueDroneBlues]

I never seen any business ever lose so many people due to accidents and suicide like the WWE. 😮 You can’t help but appreciate Kurt Angle and so many other wrestlers 🤼 that work so hard to put on a show. ❤

[@Krwler]

Such a rollercoaster in 4 minutes. Hilarious and utterly sad

[@roryreid307]

Totally missed the chance to say "WHAT, WHAT, WHAT".

[@gregstewart5081]

Oh look boss is in trouble! Time to say what I really feel !

[@BLACKJOKER8706]

Here something funny. You post a video with Jericho on Orange Cassidy... Got comment dislike him and AEW. Come to this video, you got one or two comments. We see who is stirring the "toxicity". Btw, its not you. It the fans who love WWE so much, they belittle everyone else.

[@realtalunkarku]

yup

[@pearcemark2]

You don’t have to love WWE to know that Jericho and OC are fuckin toolbags

[@HalfBackCrack]

We all know the truth now.....Vince wanted to poop on his head.

[@UniqueVidhan]

GOAT.

[@Gebraldo420]

Hes a mans man, and speaks on his past like a true warrior, everyone makes mistakes. And a true Warrior can overcome any obstacle in his way, and forge his path to success

[@CelticG]

KA was always one of my favourite wrestlers

[@L.m.CeeTee]

You didn’t leave or quit. You were fired.

[@nobodythatyouknow305]

Vince tryna beat him up ater he revealed himself lmfao but not for revealing himself they're way too comfortable lmao

[@wingedhussar1453]

kurt was pissed rightfuly so but him being face of ecw wasnt right time for him mentalyy

[@Machete87]

that was not ECW that was WWECW like pre-NXT era before there was a NXT. it was terrible.

[@spliffysi7624]

PERC ANGLE 😂

[@jaws848]

I bet he is now so glad he left when he did...

[@WatchAMalotStudios]

Really takes being black from the waist down to a different level 😂😂😂

[@MaskedMenace830]

The more I hear about the REAL Vince McMahon, the less I respect him. Man sounds hella abusive.

[@cameronuzokatv]

PERC ANGEL WAS WILLLD

[@cardluvme]

I give you the same contract the contract is the reason why I'm leaving

[@zZZSPARKZZz]

His last run was not right. He deserved more. Really had more to him. Shame.

[@tantaran2007]

Dam. That’s a man talking there.

[@TylerSmith-ri7lv]

The end of this video is sad 😢 sorry

[@loitersquadX]

Wow wwe is fake yet that injury sounds real to me

[@realtalunkarku]

it is fake , are movies real now? look either enjoy it for what it is, or don't but stop trying to pretend it's real

[@Jcrash71]

Virgin

[@gabrielsvision7218]

He’s on that coke 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Clipperbossman]

One of the goats 🐐

[@James-hs3tu]

Money 💰💰💰💰💵💵💵💵

[@MPPharaoh]

I wanna see a movie about Kurt Angle

He should had stayed in WWE and took a hiatus and rehab from wrestling

[@darkdragonsoul99]

only option he should have sat is ass at home for 6 months I don't mean to come back to the WWE but the man was a train wreck he needed time off to heal regardless of where he went after.

[@AnirbanQazi]

THE MAN LOVES HIS MILK!

[@jtbassgambler2594]

Lol now.all the former wrestler comes to talk shasattt about vince lol