Kurt Angle Revealed Why He Rejected His First WWE Contract Offer
WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle is one the greatest wrestlers all time in WWE. He recently appeared as guest on Broken Skull Sessions with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
During the Interview he talked about why he rejected his first WWE offer and two years later why he signed with the company.
Kurt Angle said that he was training for Olympics intially, he won the Gold Medal in 1996, and later he got interest in WWE. He also revealed that Vince McMahon offered him 10 years contract.
He reached out to me right away. He gave me a nice deal, a 10-year deal and a multi-million dollar contract. I was relatively surprised. Well, for me it was a lot. It was $500,000 a year for 10 years. It was overwhelming because I didn’t make any money up to this point. All I did was train for the Olympics. (H/T: Fightful)
He also revealed that, at that time his agent called WWE as ‘Fake’ and adviced him not to do that. And after coulpe of years he left his agent and contacted WWE but he didn’t the same offer intially he got, Kurt Angle added.
That was my life so it was hard to pass up at the time. But my agent at the time said, ‘You’re not doing this fake crap.’ I was like, ‘I could be a wrestling coach and for the next four years, I could do the appearances and make as much money as I can.’ But once the Olympics are over, it kind of dies down. I left my agent a couple of years after that. I contacted WWE and they did not give me the same contract. They told me I had to work my way up and try out. (H/T: Fightful)
