Kurt Angle Sent INSANE Threats To Vince McMahon When Quitting WWE!

Kurt Angle talks exclusively to Inside The Ropes about the insane threats he sent to Vince McMahon when he quit WWE, feeling like he was demoted by going to ECW and the true extent of his health issues! Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews, and don't forget to like and comment too!
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[@InsideTheRopes]

Was Kurt Angle right to join TNA in 2006? Let us know in the comments below!

[@liamoconnor2718]

ya he was so hes life changed

[@trinitycamby2782]

Became perc angle 99 overall

[@Lenoh]

> Walk up to boss > Drop pants > "I want to see you in your office" > Boss accepts The insanity of WWE.

[@TimeBomb014X]

Cant forget the time when Vince waited outside the showers for Brett Hart after Montreal.

[@raveoreynolds6049]

> Signs NDA > Leaves Office

[@I....l....I]

@@TimeBomb014X Or a guy in a prison jumpsuit almost strangled Vince to death in his office..

[@jt1992ok]

Kurt Angle very nearly could have ended up like so many wrestlers that have died young. He was taking up to 1900 pills a month at his worst. (He mentions this on his appearance on Cafe de Rene podcast) Lets be grateful above all else that Kurt is happy, sober and will always one of the all time greats. Oh it's true!

[@kevinhegwood615]

It's damn true!

[@tripleh327]

And as a medic I say that number is complete bullshit 1900 pills in 30 days means more than 60 pills every single day I don t even need to know the exact drug Even painkillers considered weak as fans or paracetamol at that dosage would kill a men in a matters of days If we consider drugs from the oppiaceaum family it would kill you in less than 24 hours Mix into that alcohol (and angle confirmed multiple times that he was a pretty heavy drinker in that period) And not even an olimpic champion body can survive that That 1900 is surely a hyperbole or a glaring exageration for dramatic purpose That doesn’t mean angle was not in a very dark place and situation And that he was running at high speed against a wall His run with tna is remembered as perc angle for a reason

[@therealjcon]

And then he went to TNA and almost died

[@aleiterful]

Honestly I think he would have died of acetaminophen poisoning before the perks killed him. That’s only 300 mg a day assuming it was 5mg. I know people as SAD AS IT SOUNDS. That take 900mg a day for the last few years and they function normally they just basically make Half a million dollars a year to support their habit and it’s sad but it’s not outrageous to see someone taking 300mg a day

[@The_Bigot]

He can’t even remember sending texts but let’s take his word on exactly how many pills he took a month. What an idiot to believe he took 1900 pills a month.

[@hassan74ish]

I remember Meltzer and Alvarez saying He was On Death Watch in 2006.. People thought he was gonna Die.. Thank God he overcame his addiction🙏🏼

[@Jett000006]

damn and this was before Benoit

[@SchnitzelCFC]

Perc Angle was one pile driver away from death while putting on banger after banger of a match in TNA. I remember watching that show just to see the Angle and the crazy shit he'd do. Glad to see he's doing well now.

[@justinwood6407]

Perc angle lol

[@Zachausen]

​@@justinwood6407YEEEEEEEAH!

[@darrylkemp3253]

Only broke his neck in WWF which is insane

[@jackthompson1544]

​@@justinwood6407perc angle is infamous

[@rodrigobarba930]

Whats perc angle mean?

[@iamfasterthanyou]

This is when we need to give Vince his flowers. He knew Kurt was hurting, but still stayed the boss. That’s respect.

[@TimeBomb014X]

Well guess Matt got flowers over, thats how legenda like him need to be, put over young talent like flowers over to tje crowd

[@PauloTheGeek]

He's massively at fault for what led to Kurt having so many problems. The guy should absolutely not have been put out there to wrestle with the sort of injuries he had, it's no wonder he spiraled into pain killer addiction.

[@foi9841]

@@PauloTheGeek the wwe is a wheel that keeps turning. its the nature of the business, if you arent there, somebody else is gonna take the spotlight. everybody is selfish for the spotlight until they literally cant move

[@timshaver996]

Kurt casually saying "it's true" was the best part of this vid

[@MeNoSpeakJibberish]

Vince: I want to start a new company, its ECW..... Kurt: Vince, thats not a new company 😂😂😂

[@mr.awesome6011]

Vince really does live in his own world

[@jeffreyes829]

Everyone thinks Vince doesn’t care about anything or anyone but I feel like he doesn’t get the credit he deserves , from alot of stories you can tell he cares a lot for the people around him

[@killwalker]

"Some" of the people around him. Not "all".

[@YourFavoriteBotGarethThompson]

@@killwalker well yeah no one has the exact same relationship with everyone

[@tripleh327]

I think that if you are a boss in a workplace where many of the people under your direct management ends up dead, addicted to drug, alchol abusers you have to start wondering if there is a problem in your workplace And between draconian and unreasonable work schedules, people working with serious injuries to not stop their momentum and riscking losing their job by abusing alchol and painkillers or drugs to keep going you can have a strong case of disproving an image of the caring boss interested in the superstar wellbeing Kurt angle said he sent death treaths to his boss while apparently under the influence and yet he seems to act only after Kurt angle showed up during a ceo meeting naked I mean the first death message is already a glaring red flag of something really wrong Yet he waited until a in person stunt to actually speak to kurt Not exactly a caring person in my view

[@jms7265]

@@tripleh327Preach.

[@irishscott1]

He cares about people who make a lot of money for him-everybody else is expendable. He is a typical shrewd, greedy business scumbag.

[@danielsmith5032]

That is something else. What an amazing story. You need to have some thick skin to be a CEO in this business. Vince has had to deal with all kinds of characters over these 40 years.

[@j.c.2514]

agree 100%

[@TimeBomb014X]

Yup, man had to deal with The Kliq for so long

[@raveoreynolds6049]

While I agree, Vince also created an environment that often promoted attitudes like this. From his well known qualities like "enjoying confrontation", pitting employees against each other for competition (Heyman/Gewirtz, or Shane/Steph), and his work ethic of "if you aren't devoting your entire life to this, I ain't making you world champion".

[@DimebagVision]

​@@raveoreynolds6049 And the product was way better back then.

[@Rossa4444]

But It wasn’t the only option to join TNA? Vince gave him a great opportunity to take 6 months to clean himself up and a contract would still be there for him. I don’t think Vince would have offered that chance to many others

[@ryzes1084]

Listen again he said the contract he had were to many days for him and his health

[@vDeadbolt]

He only took the TNA contract because they offered him a part time schedule. Kurt kept asking Vince for a part time schedule, but Vince didn't oblige.

[@mr_black2157]

For his health of course it was the best decision, But he was extremely missed. I'm still dissatisfied of how he retired. it should of been against another wrestler he had history with. he deserved a much better feud on the way out. He was so good in the ring and on the mic we took it for granted. Heel or Babyface Kurt was and is Amazing.

[@xDinomanx]

Totally understand the viewpoint. But at the very least after all was said and done he did the right thing. And plus when he came back, he and Vince buried the hatchet and became friends again.

[@crux33]

What do you expect! You lied to Vince to released and you went straight to tna and screw the company/boss that made you

[@Splathew]

I actually really like his ECW stuff. I know it wasn't the real ECW but I enjoyed his work

[@samdath3439]

Glad Kurt went to TNA.

[@raveoreynolds6049]

So he could further enable all of the destructive tendencies he explained in this video?

[@crux33]

Moron! He almost further destroy himself there

[@q.h.s5051]

Easy top ten favorite wrestler of all time for me. Like HBK and Bret Hart, he could have a match with a slow giant and still make it fun! Classic excellent worker, I don't blame him for leaving, he deserved way more than WWECW

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Slow giants drew a lot of money.

[@showd300]

Dam 😂😂😂 can just imagine vince faces when kurt drpd he's pants in a meeting 😂😂😂😂

[@theF1oracle]

Broke his neck 4 times in 2 1/2 years.....why the hell did the allow him to continue !

[@redcomet0079]

Uncensored Kurt Angle is awesome 😂

[@showd300]

That really takes the cake so kurt goes to ECW is not very was not very inperst and then becomes the faces but he work kurt did inTNA were amazing behond words

[@MofoWeedian]

Kurt is a pro wrestling God forever

[@redbearbbqtv]

Glad he got better

[@khby2336]

Bro.. FOUR TIMES In TWO & A HALF YEARS is craaazy🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jonbourgoin182]

Painkillers don't make you lose your memory like that, he must have been drinking on top of it.

[@jaybarbieri8619]

He was around Nash and Steiner for most of his TNA run. Of course he was drinking lol

[@jaygolden4811]

What’s a beer or 2

[@raveoreynolds6049]

You mock Perc Angle. He was doing a lot more than just 2 drugs at a time.

[@deathshot4427]

No shit Sherlock

[@hosoiarchives4858]

He was drinking heavy

[@salparadise7412]

I’m Canadian, so I might be a little biased, but Bret Hart fucking rules.

[@SecondCitySanctioned]

Oh it’s true!

[@vetwar2x445]

Whats interesting is Vince said "Take 6 months... your job will be here for you when you are ready to come back". Kurt left... literally got on the phone with TNA and showed up to work with them almost immediately after his non compete was done (He was released in late August and showed up in TNA in late October) . So clearly he didn't need too much time off to recover. The actual reason why Kurt left has long been speculated to be because WWE was beginning to crack down in regards to their drug policy (he had a painkiller addiction) and he felt overworked (TNA I think was offering something with less days but also less money albeit he was the highest paid guy there). This has two long term effects. For Kurt's WWE legacy will never be measured up compared to his cohorts like Austin, Rock, Orton, Cena, Taker etc.... because he chose to leave. IF he had stayed we'd probably consider him a top 5-6 all timer in WWE history assuming he had taken the 6 months off and come back healthy and painkiller addiction free. For Vince you could argue that although he maintained a good relationship with Kurt he also was less generous with other wrestlers in the immediate aftermath as Angle essentially angled for his release citing his physical and mental health but then signed almost immediately with the competition. He probably only issued it because he was worried Angle would end up like Guerrero. Since Vince got embarassed due to the TNA signing he probably was then less sympathic to a grieving ticking time bomb like Benoit who ultimately nearly killed the business less than a year later when the Benoit tragedy happened.

[@gsdrums47]

Benoit was already in the middle of his '4 months off' period in 2006 when Kurt left. Benoit returned to WWE around the same time Kurt debuted in TNA. David Benoit revealed that WWE had offered Chris an Agent job and to retire in 2006, so Vince never put him under pressure to return to the ring, quite the contrary. It was Benoit's decision to sign an extension on his contract and get back to the ring full time, which only lasted 8 months until the tragedy happened.

[@rileyk5228]

Nah. Him leaving didn't affect his legacy. He's still thought of as one of the greats

[@adelhardtlyl]

Perc angle is a god

[@kennethtomer5553]

Paul says sandmans music. His song. Lmao

[@theshakter]

Imagine if that was turned into a storyline? That would of made of great tv especially on ecw

[@ericseitzler81]

Overall i think kurt is the best all around wrestler ever,i mean his first match was impressing,ive been watching wrestling for over 30 years and ive never ever seen a wrestler that got so good so quickly it was like a duck to water

[@aleiterful]

“Swear to god it’s the truth” lol it missed a clear opportunity to say it’s true lol

[@PiyachonYuenyongHYDE]

Kenny: How do you quit? Kurt: I walked into the meeting, pull mu pants down and demanded to see Vince in his office Me: Bruh. Holy Shit😆

[@TheUrban1]

Perc Angle

[@chlorophyll6154]

Perc Angle! Perc Angle! Perc Angle!

[@SWyrick366]

Basically, had Kurt stayed in WWE, HE WOULD'VE DIED.

[@j.p.walkman9671]

Maybe that's why he got Corbin and not Cena. Don't Cross the Boss!

[@PauloTheGeek]

Very glad that Kurt turned himself around before he became another tragic case of a wrestler dying young. WWE deserves a lot of the blame for his problems, his broken necks were a result of the pace they were forcing him to go at night after night whilst refusing him a part-time contract. Vince being booted out from the day-to-day management of things is the best thing that's happened to the industry in decades, now finally performers will be treated like humans and not cattle.

[@shellbacksclub]

"only option for me"? No, a better option would've been to clean urself up during the 6 months & returned clean & healthy.

[@crux33]

You see! People always blame “evil” Vince but it’s Kurt who lied to him about releasing and then he went straight to a rival company. Deservingly he doesn’t deserve his cena mega retirement match sent off from wwe

[@shellbacksclub]

Drug abuse causes extreme paranoia.

[@ikhy1990]

Kurt cries everytime he retold this story

[@silveredgrunion7196]

Can you imagine if Kurt Angle had gone to tna? That wouldve changed the game!

[@vDeadbolt]

You might want to reread your comment.

[@silveredgrunion7196]

@vDeadbolt Kurt woulda been great in tna.

[@vDeadbolt]

@@silveredgrunion7196 You got me

[@nicholasbarker4552]

And I get dumped because I called her mother out. 🤷

[@hotpepper5125]

Kurt should talk more about being on Percocet

[@GypsyGuyy420]

holy shit

[@realsteel7260]

Glad Angle left! As much as we wanted him to stay, we could have lost him in the next year and last thing Vince is an Olympic gold medalist dying on his watch.

[@gaspar-animal-ribeiro5414]

"So in 2000 and sex"

[@samiam7342]

the only option was to leave wwe, keep gobbling pain pills, and go to TNA so he could keep wrestling??????????????

[@Highwayman21]

I don’t think you understand entirely, so let me try and fill the gaps. Kurt left WWE because of their harsh travel and work schedule on TOP of his addiction and his home life falling apart around him. In TNA, Kurt worked significantly less days, albeit he was paid slightly less. So he didn’t have to deal with the rigors of constant traveling.

[@samiam7342]

@@Highwayman21 ive seen all of his matches, read his book, watched is shoot interview with rf.......ive heard everything he has to say.......the bottom line is he wanted to keep taking pills........

[@deathshot4427]

​​@@samiam7342due to the multiple injuries that he had suffered and still suffering from throughout his career they were literally the only reason he could even do the shit he was doing in TNA

[@mokhan8832]

Dixie Carter And Tna let kurt have the ideal schedule for his condition. If he continued in wwe after 06 he would have ended up like Benoit no joke.

[@jarretthoward4593]

I hope the rumors are true about Kurt coming back to WWE to work in the promo to help talent really hope kurt is back for Chad to mentor him

[@ericseitzler81]

Am i the only one that thinks kurt doesn't look very healthy?if i didn't know any better i would think he was recovering from a stroke from a couple of years ago,his speech and body language is kinda slow and weird to me,alot like Bret's

[@bigbrother1137]

It's still real to me DAMNIT!!

[@blade8989]

Mjjnh

[@BOBBYSOX86]

Kurt would have destroyed that ego maniac control freak Vince

[@crux33]

So you lied to Vince to released and then went straight to tna and screw the company/boss that made you. And idiot fans are blaming Vince now for not giving Kurt a glorified retirement match against cena

[@shellbacksclub]

Do the marks have to laugh at everything? Wtf is so funny?!

[@lloyd9710]

The WWE is a looney bin

[@Uskdr97]

He is def coked up here

[@mattwilkinson5858]

Not even close

[@Jeffrulz]

Bruh wtf Kurt is a goofy

[@366yBr34d]

You are really milking these interview-shows, huh?

[@crux33]

Kurt was never a honest person. His version of events always changes. Like in 2006 he was telling Vince he needed time off for health reasons or he will kill himself. Vince released him. Told him to get clean and come back anytime, guess what? He went straight to TNA and was such a wreckjob addict and DUI that his wife left him. He then started saying in shoot interviews that Vince fired him and how much the wwe sux blah blah Another one is Daniel pruder, I remember in older interviews he was saying how he met pruder at the airport and pruder tells him "I'm in the main event tonight at the RR" but recent years he is said that pruder told somebody or one of the boys that. Seriously he screwed Vince and his own career and deservingly wwe screw him his retirement match sent off and he knows it! Which is why he always get emotional recalling that day he lied to Vince to released him

[@wwemasta]

kurt IS so unprofessional, why is he standing up in this interview? and stop swering so much kurt

[@SaulAguilar.]

Soft🤣

[@TheVirginMeri]

No one wants a stiff ass professional interview. Make it casual and have the guest comfortable so we get stories like this.

[@wwemasta]

@SaulAguilar. I am not soft jabroni. I'm a Canadian legend. Kurt is a washed up jabroni, did u see his 2017-2019 return? That wasn't the same kurt angle, he should be ashamed

[@wwemasta]

@@SaulAguilar. and lots of kids watch these KZbin videos, kurt needs to be a better role model and stop swearing so much

[@wwemasta]

@@TheVirginMeri haha wow jabroni. Standing up isn't casual