Kurt Angle Reveals His WrestleMania Match Against Brock Lesnar Was Almost Canceled

Kurt Angle recently spoke to The Point 105.7 to promote Bellator 145 and he also talked about his WWE career. One of the most interesting things that Angle mentioned during the interview was that Vince didn’t want him wrestling against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 19. He revealed that WWE planned to go in a different direction but something inspired him to stay strong and wrestle at WrestleMania.

“Vince didn’t want me to wrestle at WrestleMania. We knew I was going to have surgery, and were going to cancel the WrestleMania match and have a 30 second match on TV the week prior to drop the title to Brock Lesnar. I was over at my neighbor’s house, and his child with down syndrome showed me the DirecTV magazine cover and was all excited to see me wrestle. I literally looked at him and started crying. I called Vince and said I’d do it. Back then it was fine. It won’t happen anymore. I respect Vince for that.”

When asked if Seth Rollins might be pressured to rush back Angle seemed confident that WWE will give him proper time to heal.

“No, they will not. The WWE went public about 14 years ago, and started really implementing the Wellness Policy around 2006-2007. Around the time that I left. They won’t even let Seth Rollins step into a ring until he’s 100 percent healthy. They won’t even let him in there to drop the belt. I had a broken neck and I had to drop it to Brock Lesnar in a match at WrestleMania. That was okay back then. Today they wouldn’t do it.”

You can check out the full interview here.