WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle is set to be the subject of two upcoming movies, and he recently provided an update.
Angle previously announced that a movie about his Olympic career was in the works. He also stated that the directors are Ian and Eshom Nelms. At the time, he noted that the script was completed, and they were looking for investors.
Speaking on Talk is Jericho, Kurt Angle provided an update and said that two movies were being developed. He stated that the story was being split into two parts between the films. (H/t Wrestling Inc.)
“I’ve been pretty much building to this movie I’m having done about my life’s sports story,” Angle said. “The directors are Ian and Eshom Nelms. They’re really talented directors. The reason why I picked them is because they were wrestlers in high school and college. So they understand my sport.
“So we got the ball rolling with that, and now we’re getting investors and we’re going to start picking the cast soon. This movie’s only about my Olympic story, not my WWE story. There’s going to be, actually, two movies. ‘Angle 1’ and ‘Angle 2.’ One’s for the Olympics, one’s for after, my WWE and TNA career, everything after that. It was just too much to put in one movie, so they wanted to split it in two.”
WrestleZone will provide more information as it becomes available.
Kurt Angle On His TNA Career
In a recent interview with Bill Pritchard of WrestleZone, Angle reflected on his career and noted that he wished his time in TNA got more recognition.
“I always get, ‘Kurt Angle would have been the best of all time if he would have stuck in the WWE and wrestled there for 20 years.’ That may be true but what’s the difference? I wrestled in TNA for 11 of my 20 years. And I think that should be added on. I had a better career in TNA. I was wrestling guys like, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, and Sting. And I had a lot better career In TNA because I came into my own. When you are a professional wrestler, it takes you about six or seven years to really master your craft. That’s when I left WWE, after six years.
“I went to TNA and I was a man on a mission there. And I just did incredibly well there. And I do not get enough accolades for it. I know a lot of people consider me one of the best of all times now, regardless of my TNA career. But, that career gets a little bit stifled. That really bothers me a little bit. I was really really that good. I had an incredible career. Don’t get me wrong. The WWE career was great too.”
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