| - Kurt Angle - |
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| Height: 6 foot 2 Weight: 220 pounds From: Pittsburgh 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 |
| 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 earned the European Title. 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! Since then, Angle has held just about every championship a WWE Superstar could hold, while also taking time to groom a top young tag team�Team Angle�that eventually held the Tag Team Belts as The World�s Greatest Tag Team. 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. The Lesnar-Angle feud has not ended and has produced a series of memorable matches that will be remembered for a long time to come. |