Kurt Angle sat down with William Mullally of Al Arabiya, where among other things, he talked about who his dream opponents would be before retiring, and more. This is what he had to say:
On his dream opponents before retiring:
Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Cesaro, Sheamus, and I want AJ Styles in WWE, not TNA. I did wrestle Shinsuke Nakamura in Japan, but I’d love to hit him in WWE too. There’s a lot of talent out there right now. I haven’t been a talent pool this deep ever. These guys are animals now. It’s a whole new breed. It’s good, and nice to know that I can still go toe to toe with them. These guys are wrestling with the intensity that I wrestled in 2006, and nobody matched my intensity back then except Chris Benoit. These guys are doing it at my intensity now, all of them are doing it. It’s pretty amazing how these guys have stepped up their athletic ability.
On how he mentors young talent:
I haven’t taken anyone under my wing except for Jason Jordan. Jason’s hurt right now, he’s been out for almost a year, so hopefully, he’s coming back sooner rather than later. I give free advice. I haven’t taken anyone under my wing right now. I think maybe in the future when Vince decides to make me manage wrestlers I might start doing that. Right now, all I do is, if I have knowledge or I have advice, I go to any wrestler and tell them what I think. No one is particularly under my wing right now. I really do like that Chad Gable kid. One of these days I’d like to help him out a lot, do something either with him or for him. He’s a stud. He’s an undersized wrestler—five foot eight, 180 pounds, but, man, he’s an animal. I’ve seen him deadlift Sheamus who weighs 280 pounds, right from his stomach right towards his arms. This kids is so darn good and so polished. They’re just trying to get more character out of him, but someone like Chad Gable I’d love to be able to take under my wing.
What his future plans are:
I don’t know—I haven’t given it much thought as far as being a producer, an agent, and that sort of stuff. I’m not there yet. I don’t know. When I talk to you about being a manager, that’s also wrestling part-time. Managing wrestlers, and using those wrestlers to put in front of me to keep the wrestler away from me until it’s the right time for the main event for me and that wrestler, you understand? I would manage wrestlers to have them do my dirty work. That’s where I’m at right now. I’m not quite where I want to hang it up and never wrestle again.
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h/t to Wrestle Zone for the transcription.
