Kurt Angle officially retired after he was defeated by Baron Corbin at WrestleMania 35, but on the road to the show of shows the Hall of Famer faced some of his greatest opponents.
During a recent episode of The Kurt Angle Show, the former WWE Champion discussed his farewell tour, and he recalled his last match with AJ Styles. Kurt Angle and Styles put on a number of memorable matches in TNA, but when they faced off on SmackDown on the road to WrestleMania in 2019 the match only went on for a few minutes before Randy Orton interfered.
“The thing was, I requested this match to Vince McMahon. I had the farewell tour and they allowed me to request certain matches, and I requested AJ Styles and Samoa Joe over any other WWE wrestler and I made sure I got those two.”
“AJ and I went out there, it was three minutes and we kicked ass for three minutes. But what’re you going to do? There was no finish and it just kind of sucked. Unfortunately for AJ and I, it wasn’t the finish that we wanted.”
“Not the way I wanted to end my career, and Randy Orton did not get up for me on the Angle Slam. This match was so embarrassing, it showed no traces of the real Kurt Angle. It was like the old beat-up Kurt Angle with the quad injury, no finish, it was just horrible.”
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