History Trivia / KurtAngle

** He looks back on the storyline he did of being obsessed with Sharmell with a lot of disdain, feeling that even as a heel persona it went too far.

** Kurt’s near-memetic inability to connect a moonsault on an opponent is due to one of his earliest attempts breaking Bob Holly’s arm. The incident upset Kurt so much that he insisted from that point forward that opponents would always move out the way when he tried the move and he just take the numb himself on the mat. Later in his career, he would actually be comfortable actually hitting a moon daily on an opponent like his moonsault off the cage against Ken Anderson in TNA.

** In 2021, Angle revealed that he was meant to be the first Undisputed WWF Champion at Vengeance 2001. However, one week before the event, Wrestling/VinceMcMahon changed the plan and gave the title to Wrestling/ChrisJericho, since he was very popular with the fans, to which Angle agreed with.

** He doesn't fully agree with WWE's {{Unperson}}ing of Chris Benoit, because he felt his best matches were against him, and it feels that he has to pretend they didn't happen.

** Kurt returned to WWE in April 2017 for his induction into the Hall of Fame and later, General Manager of ''Raw''. Jack Swagger, the man with gimmick and wrestling style most similar to Angle (at least before America Alpha came along) asked for (and got) his contractual release less than a month before that, preventing the two from ever locking up in a WWE ring (for now). Sadly, with Kurt's retirement at Wrestlemania 35, this is a permanent missed opportunity.

** In 2021, Angle revealed that he was meant to be the first Undisputed WWF Champion at Vengeance 2001. However, one week before the event, Wrestling/VinceMcMahon changed the plan and gave the title to Wrestling/ChrisJericho, since he was very popular with the fans, to which Angle agreed with.

* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Him losing the hair vs hair match in 2002 and getting his head shaved was due in large part to Kurt losing his hair anyway.

** Before he signed with WWE, he was given an offer to join ECW. He was invited by Paul Heyman to check out one show... which happened to be where the infamous Raven vs Sandman "crucification" match took place. Rumor has it that Kurt was so disgusted he turned it down and demanded his image not to be included in any footage of that show, though other sources claim this isn't true, just that he wasn't into the style of the fed.

** In the build up to Kurt's retirement match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 35,'' Kurt actually ''did'' go to Vince and ask for his final opponent to be Wrestling/JohnCena, [[BookEnds who'd made his WWE debut against Kurt in 2002]]. In a bizarre case of Vince suddenly caring about continuity and sticking to an ongoing story for once, Vince insisted that, after the year of buildup they'd put into it, Kurt ''would'' face Wrestling/BaronCorbin at ''[=WrestleMania=]'' regardless of whether it was his retirement match or not and Kurt, knowing a losing battle when he saw it, agreed to do it.

** Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam, Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, were introduced to mainline WWE programming as his understudies and once breaking off from him were given a heroic rock theme similar to his in all but melody actually titled "Heroes".

* ContractualPurity: When he was very new to the business, he was brought into (of all promotions) ''ECW'' for a night. That show featured a segment involving a pseudo-crucifixion involving barbed wire. Virtually ambiguous to the concept of {{Kayfabe}}, he warned Paul Heyman not to let him be associated with it or he'd be threatened with legal action - clearly worrying what appearing alongside such a thing would do to his wholesome American hero image. When it was released on home video, the crucifixion was edited out.

** In 2021, Angle revealed that he was meant to be the first Undisputed WWF Champion at Vengeance 2001. However, one week before the event, Wrestling/VinceMcMahon changed the plan and gave the title to Wrestling/ChrisJericho, since he was very popular with the fans.

*** Angle later revealed in 2020 that, even before that, the ''original'' plan was for the "Illegitimate Son" ang-[[LastSecondWordSwap story]] with Jason Jordan to continue much further than it did, with Angle eventually making Jordan the assistant GM of RAW, causing the two to begin butting heads until they eventually came to blows in the ring, where Angle would be retired by Jordan. Unfortunately, Jordan was put on the shelf by injury and never returned to the ring, killing the story dead and forcing them to come up with a new plan (which ended up being "Constable Corbin" and all that followed).

** In the build up to Kurt's retirement match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 35,'' Kurt actually ''did'' go to Vince and ask for his final opponent to be Wrestling/JohnCena, [[BookEnds who'd made his WWE debut against Kurt in 2002]]. In a bizarre case of Vince suddenly caring about continuity and sticking to an ongoing story for once, Vince insisted that, after the year of buildup they'd put into it, Kurt ''would'' face Wrestling/BaronCorbin at ''[=WrestleMania=]'' regardless of whether it was his retirement match or not and Kurt, knowing a losing battle when he saw it, agreed to do it.

** Before he signed with WWE, he was given an offer to join ECW. He was invited by Paul Heyman to check out one show... which happened to be where the infamous Raven vs Sandman "crucification" match took place. Rumor has it that Kurt was so disgusted he turned it down and demanded his image not to be included in any footage of that show, though other sources claim this isn't true, just that he wasn't into the style of the fed.