Kurt Angle’s TNA contract expires this month, it the company has officially offered him a new deal. According to PWInsider.com, TNA wants to sign Angle to a deal where he wouldn’t be competing in the ring, but would remain an ambassador and work with younger talent at events as an agent.
Angle has not signed the contract as of press time, and previously mentioned he plans to take a year off from the wrestling business. Angle’s final matches on his TNA contract will happen on their UK tour next week.
The Olympic gold medalist indicated back in December that he would be open to a WWE return. Regarding the WWE Hall of Fame, Angle said that while it would be an honor to be inducted, his true legacy is in Olympic wrestling:
“The way TNA has treated me the last 9 years, I can’t throw them away. […] Would it be an honour to be in the WWE Hall of Fame? Yeah, it’s an incredible honour. Would it kill me if I wasn’t? No, it wouldn’t,” Angle told DigitalSpy in December. “The most important thing to me is being in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, which is Olympic wrestling. That’s where my legacy truly is.”
Angle’s first post-TNA appearance will be for Bellator MMA’s live Spike TV show on February 19. Angle will be a color commentator for the Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock main event, and Kurt Angle has stated he may take a fight with Shamrock later this year.
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