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Name:
Kurt Angle
Height:
6 foot 2
Weight:
220 pounds
From:
Pittsburgh, Penn.
Finishing Move:
Angle Slam/ankle lock
Career Highlights:
WWE Champion; WWE Tag Team Champion; Intercontinental Champion; European
Champion; Hardcore Champion; 2000 King of the Ring; SmackDown! General
Manager
Kurt Angle captured national attention in 1996 when
he won the 220-pound freestyle wrestling competition at the Olympic Games
in Atlanta. To say the least, that was only the beginning of the greatness
that is Kurt Angle.
Four years after earning Olympic gold, Angle entered
WWE for the first time and earned professional wrestling gold. And then he
did it again…and again…and again. Just weeks after entering WWE, Angle
won the European Championship. A short time later he earned the
Intercontinental Championship and also won the 2000 King of the Ring.
Shortly after, Angle defeated The Rock at No Mercy to win the WWE
Championship. Not bad for a rookie!
But perhaps Angle’s most memorable accomplishment
came in 2003 when he was shelved with a broken neck after a memorable
WrestleMania encounter with Brock Lesnar. Just a few months later, Angle
not only stepped back in the ring, but did so to one of the most
thundering ovations in WWE history and soon won back the WWE Championship
from Lesnar.
Kurt Angle
Photos is coming off a stint as General Manager
of SmackDown!, where he managed to anger just about everybody on the
roster, especially John Cena and Eddie Guerrero. Now's he's back as a
competitor looking for another championship reign.
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