Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle

Height: 6 foot 2
Weight: 220 pounds
Real name: Kurt Steven Angle
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Penn. (born in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
Pro debut: October 1998
Finishing move: Ankle Lock / Grapevine Ankle Lock, Olympic Slam / Angle Slam
Other aliases: "The Olympic Hero" (WWE), "The Wrestling Machine" (WWE), "The Olympic Gold Medalist" (WWE/TNA)
Favorite quote: "It’s true! It’s true! "
Career highlights: PNW Tennessee Heavyweight Champion, PPW Heavyweight Champion, PPW Young Guns Champion, WWE World Heavyweight Champion, WWE Heavyweight Champion (4), WWE Intercontinental Champion, WWE European Champion, WWE Hardcore Champion, WWE Tag Team Champion (w/Chris Benoit), WCW World Heavyweight Champion, WCW United States Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Champion, IWGP Third Belt Champion/NWA Japan Champion, TNA X-Division Champion, TNA World Tag Team Champion
Trained by: Dory Funk Jr, Dr. Tom Prichard

TNA profile:

Perhaps the greatest professional wrestler in the world today, Kurt Angle has taken Total Nonstop Action Wrestling by storm since his arrival in late 2006.

The only Olympic Gold Medal winner in professional wrestling history, Kurt Angle is on a mission to continue to prove that he is the greatest wrestler in the world and that TNA Wrestling is the greatest wrestling organization in existence.

Fans live in the iMPACT! Zone and around the world were shocked and amazed at the conclusion of the No Surrender pay per view event when it was made public that TNA’s big announcement was that Kurt Angle was coming to TNA. The level of energy and excitement that night was like nothing heard previously.

The collective wrestling world was turned upside down by this monumental announcement as Kurt Angle was unquestionably the biggest acquisition in TNA’s storied history. A former multi-time World Heavyweight Champion, Kurt Angle has been dominant in every organization he has been a part of.

Having had intense feuds and matches with legends in the world of wrestling, Angle no doubt knows his greatest challenges lay ahead of him in the form of TNA Superstars.

Already having been involved in intense bouts with the Monster Abyss as well as a historic series of encounters with the Samoan Submission Machine Samoa Joe, Angle is well on his way to proving that his rise to the top of TNA Wrestling and the NWA World Heavyweight Title is not just inevitable, but it’s real....it’s DAMN real!