Kurt Angle On Wanting To Return To The Ring In Early 2018, His Storyline With Jason Jordan

Brian Fritz of Between The Ropes recently caught up with WWE Hall of Famer and RAW GM Kurt Angle at the launch party for WWE 2K18 last night.

What is like to be part of WWE 2K18 and what is it like to be back in WWE?

It is an honor to be part of the video game. I’ve never had the opportunity to be a part of it. So, to be the pre-order bonus and to be back in WWE, a year ago I would have said that you are crazy. But here I am standing on the red carpet and talking about the WWE 2K18 video game and I am just happy to be a part of it and am looking forward to the future.

What is like to be the RAW GM and be on the show every week?

I love it. I’ve always loved being around the business, but to be the General Manager of RAW is a huge honor. I still get that feeling that I want to get back in that ring and go at it, so hopefully down the road I take the physical and we get moving in that direction but right now I am very happy being the GM.

There was a bunch of speculation about you returning to the ring, did you ever think that it was going to happen at WWE SummerSlam?

No. There were rumors that were going around that I was going to be in the ring but I know Vince McMahon, he is going to tell me ahead of time just so I’m prepped. And he never did that so I knew I wasn’t going to be a part of it. I’m looking probably early next year, you know, it is all up to Vince. He is making the decisions. He just started a storyline with Jason Jordan and myself. I think a lot of good things are going to come down the road.

What are your thoughts on being part of the Jason Jordan storyline?

I’ve said it before, Vince McMahon has a sense of humor and he is using it at the hands of Kurt Angle. I actually like being a part of anything that is different. When Vince approached me and told me about it, I loved it. I said let’s do this. Anything that separates me from the rest, I am going to do it and he knew that.

Doesn’t Chad Gable look more like your son than Jason Jordan?

I think a lot of people thought that and I think that is why Vince McMahon went the other direction.