Your Olympic Hero Kurt Angle has stepped off the gold medal platform and into the RF VIDEO hot seat in a brand new exclusive shoot that will have all of fandom talking! One of wrestling’s fastest rising stars, Kurt Angle discusses his entire wrestling career; from his Olympic background all the way to his controversial leaving of WWE and current TNA stardom. You’ll get firsthand accounts of his insane training schedule to prepare himself for the Atlanta Olympiad along with the gripping tales of his battle for the gold despite an injury that would put a normal man into a hospital bed. You don’t have to be an avid fan of amateur wrestling to get into the stories Angle tells about his training under David Schultz, or be chilled to the bone after hearing tales of Schultz’s murderer, John du Pont, the financial backer of Schultz’s Olympic team.
Courted by the pro-wrestling world, Kurt describes why he initially avoided the industry and for the first time anywhere gives a detailed account of the infamous night in October, 2006 at the ECW Arena. We’ve all heard the stories of Angle witnessing the controversial crucifixion of Sandman at the hands of Raven, but now we’ll get Kurt’s first hand accounts of the events of that night. You’ll hear exactly what Kurt said to Paul Heyman that very night. Later, Angle would find himself taking part of the legendary WWE Funkin’ Dojo camp, run by Dory Funk Jr. In an all star class that included Edge, Christian and the Hardy Brothers, Angle gives story after story about being trained in developmental. What was it like to train with Teddy Hart? Which superstar tried to take advantage of Kurt in his debut match?
Kurt walked us through his meeting with Vince McMahon and what directed WWE wanted the “Kurt Angle” character to go. WWE fans are going to love how Angle talked about his exciting first year in wrestling and working with the stars we all know and love. Tazz breaking his winning streak, working the famous three-way angle with Stephanie and Triple H, all the details of his jaw dropping match against Shane McMahon… it’s all covered! You name the star, and we got Kurt to talk about them. HBK, Hulk Hogan, Brock Lesnar, Team Lesnar, Steve Austin, the Rock, Undertaker, Ric Flair, John Cena, Chris Benoit, Randy Orton, RVD and more are covered. Anyone and everyone, and we mean everyone as we even asked about Sean Stasiak! No rock was going to be unturned in this once in a lifetime interview!
Drugs. No interview with Kurt Angle could be conducted without asking Kurt point blank about drug use and the professional wrestling industry. Let?s just say each person watching this shoot will be shocked out how candid Angle is on this scandalous subject. Did you know about the locker room fist fight between Kurt and Eddy Guerrero? Angle describes his final meeting with Vince McMahon and responds to Heyman’s comments of Kurt “crying for help.” No viewer will be able to tear themselves away from the screen during this emotional, gripping segment. Kurt even talked about his recent DUI arrest and gives his side of the events that transpired that day.
You think that’s all? Hardly, we still have Kurt’s momentous decision to join TNA along with a ton of fantastic TNA stories. Exclusive backstage stories from Orlando and Kurt’s opinion of all the top guys including Samoa Joe. This is one DVD that will have each and every wrestling fan entertained from star to finish. It’s true, it’s damn true.
Is it true that you started wrestling at 6 years old
What was it about wrestling that you liked
At what point did you realize that you were good
How much of it was natural talent and how much work
Can you talk about how tough it is to train or practice at a collegiate level
You also played football, why didn’t you go in that direction
Do you have any crazy recruiting stories
How did you get into the Olympics? What is the process?
Can you talk about training for the Olympics
What is life like in the Olympic village
How did you find out about Dave Schultz and his murder
How did that change your career
How did you injure yourself in the Olympic trials
Were you told not to wrestle
What drove you to keep wrestling
You have said that after this injury you became addicted to pain killers. Was this your first time taking anything this strong
Memories of your gold medal winning match
How did life change for you after the Olympics
Is it true you tried out for the Steelers
UFC was in its infancy, did you consider going into MMA at this time
Is it true that you turned down a deal with the WWF around this time
Were you a wrestling fan
As someone that grew up in Pittsburgh, what did Bruno Sammartino mean to you
How were you contacted about ECW
What were your intentions when you went to the show
Did you plan on wrestling for them
Was there an angle laid out for you
Initial impressions of ECW and Paul Heyman
What were you thinking when you saw the crucifixion
How quick did you leave?
Did anyone try and stop you
Is it true that you threatened to sue Paul if he showed the angle on television
Were you contacted by anyone in ECW after that incident
Dave’s brother Mark was involved in a famous double cross in Japan, did he warn you about pro wrestling at all
What brought you back to talks with the WWF
Were you ever approached by WCW
Did you receive any flack from the amateur wrestling community for signing with the WWF
Memories of the Funkin Dojo
What do you remember about Teddy Hart from the dojo
You wound up working in Memphis for awhile, did you like it or did you ever think to yourself, “What am I doing here?”
Who was your biggest mentor or influence down there
Who helped you develop your promos
Was it hard on your family to be away
Memories of your first official match in the WWF against Brian Christopher
How were you accepted b y the locker room
Memories of your first WWF house show tour
What were your initial impressions of Vince McMahon
Did anyone like Vince or Jim Ross spend more time with you helping you develop than others
Who gave you your gimmick when you came up with the three “I”s
Did you like working as a heel
Memories of your first big match, which was against Shawn Stasiak at Survivor Series
Were you worried when the crowd chanted boring that the office would hold it against you
Memories of your series with Steve Blackman
How hard w as it to learn how to work without hurting someone since you were used to wrestling in a shoot since you were 6
Did anyone take you under their wing or mentor you
How approachable was Steve Austin
Were you angry that Taz broke your streak on his first night in
Memories of your skits with Bob Backlund
Were you apprehensive early on of all of the comedy in your promos and skits
How did the whole love triangle angle with Steph and Triple H come about
Memories of your matches with Triple H
Your brother did an angle early on with you and Undertaker. Why didn’t he ever appear again on WWE TV
Memories of working with Steph in the angles and behind the scenes
When you went into the angle, were you given an idea of how it would play out
Was Vince more involved in that angle than others
Was this your first taste of politics in the WWE
How much of being successful in the WWE is knowing how to play the political game
Why did the angle never finish with you guys
Did this leave tension between you and Triple H that still exists
Does he force a glass ceiling because of his relationship with the owner and his wife
Memories of your street fight with Shane McMahon
Was there resentment from some of the veterans when you got pushed on top initially
How hard was it to hide your addictions during this time period
Memories of your series with Steve Austin
Why do you think you two were so successful
Memories of working with Vince in angles
Memories of your series with Edge
Who’s idea was it t o shave your head
You wrestled Hulk Hogan, memories of working with Hulk
Was he hard to work with
Who’s idea was Team Angle
Thoughts on Shelton and Charlie
Memories of your match at WrestleMania against Brock Lesnar
How much pain were you in
In hindsight, do you think Vince should not have let you wrestle
What were the risks
How much pain medication did you need to wrestle that match
You underwent a new kind of neck surgery.
Did the WWE pressure you to go the route of Austin and others
Do you think in retrospect that surgery was a good idea
What=2 0drives you to get back in the ring so quick
Memories of your submissions Match with Benoit
What happened between you and Eddie Guerrero
Did you and Brock ever try and take each other down for fun
Why do you think Brock lost his first MMA match
Do you think your babyface run in the WWE ended too soon
Memories of your cage match with Benoit
Do you regret any of the high risks you took in matches
Memories wrestling Ric Flair for the first time
Was there ever any payoff angle prepared for the Hometown Heroes segment
What happened at SmackDown between you and Daniel Puder
Do you think WWE was wrong to put you into that situation
What would have happened if you caught you and broke your arm
Was there ever any talk of making this into an angle
Puder claims he has wanted to fight you in an MMA match and you are ducking him. Is that true?
Memories of your series with Shawn Michaels
Memories of your series with John Cena
Were you surprised or shocked when Eddie passed away
How surprised were you when you were dr afted to ECW
Were you upset at the move
Did you feel lied to
Thoughts on how Vince and Paul handled the situation
Did you see it as a demotion
Thoughts on working the smaller ECW house show circuit
Is it true you have wanted to do a buddy film with Big Show
Is it true that you tried to hide an injury that you suffered against RVD
The Pro Wrestling Torch reported that many wrestlers were concerned for you and called it a death watch. Was your problem with pain killers that severe
Why were you suspended for 30 days from the WWE
Paul Heyman said in the Calgary Sun “”I think Kurt has been crying out for help for a while now and, finally, I think people heard it.”
What led to your leaving the WWE
Is it true that you wanted time off that Vince refused to give you to rehab your injuries
SI printed your name in a steroid scandal story, have you used steroids or hgh
Originally you put out a statement saying complimentary things about the WWE and then you went negative. What changed?
Is it true that Vince wanted you to retire or semi retire
Do you think Vince wanted you to go
Do you think Vince is cold
What was said during that meeting that would surprise the fans
What were your immediate plans
Did you plan on continuing to wrestle
You had talked at the time about going into MMA, did you talk to UFC
How soon did you and TNA talk
Was TNA concerned about your health
How well did you get along with Dixie
Did you have any apprehensions about TNA
Did you se e TNA as a step backwards
What were your initial thoughts on TNA
Do you think you should have put Samoa Joe over in your first match
Memories on your series with Joe
You said you wanted to go to TNA to help elevate the younger talent, who do you think you have elevated since you went there
Do you think Kevin Nash is good or bad for TNA
Was there any tension between you and Jeff Jarrett when you first came in
How involved are you with helping the younger guys and/or booking
You have said you thought TNA ratings would over take the WWE, do you really believe that
Do you really believe that TNA can compete with the WWE
Why do you think that TNA can’t chop into WWE’s audience on pay per views
You have said you think you can take Chuck Liddell in an MMA match, do you still think that
Are you aware that he laughed at you when he heard that on a radio show
Do you still have plans to spar with Randy Couture
Can you understand why some people groan at this point whenever they hear you talk about MMA
Who’s idea was it to get Karen involved with TNA
Did you have any reservations about it after seeing what the business has done to some people
Thoughts about the Chris Benoit tragedy
You worked with him a lot, what did you think of him personally and professiona lly
Do you think the government will get involved at some point with wrestling
Would you recommend pro wrestling to your son when he gets older
What happened with your dui incident
Are you disappointed Big Show or Brock never came to TNA
Do you think Hogan would come to TNA
If you could take one guy to put in TNA to make a big impact, who would it be
What happened in Korea a few weeks ago
How severe was the injury
What was different this time that y ou didn’t wrestle with the injury
Thoughts on your last match with Samoa Joe in the cage
Do you think that style could work today
Why do you think so many wrestlers from past generations love you
You once blamed the WWE workload for almost ruining your marriage, do you still feel that way
You recently said that TNA has more talented wrestlers than the WWE. Do you really believe that?
Do you need to play politics in TNA
You have said that WWE only has a slight ratings lead on TNA, how can you say that when WWE generally gets over a 3 on Monday nights?
Do you think you would ev er go back to the WWE
Ho w committed are you to TNA
You said you were held back in the WWE. Can you expand on that?
Do you want to stay involved with wrestling after your career ends
What is the biggest misconception about Kurt Angle
How healthy are you today
Who were your favorite and least favorite guys to work with
Is there anyone you wished to work with that you havent
What do you think is lacking on the indys today
Do you ever want to write another book