Kurt Angle made a name for himself climbing up the ranks in WWE at a rapid pace, but when Vince McMahon decided to resurrect the ECW brand he put the former WWE Champion in the spotlight.
During a recent episode of The Kurt Angle Show the Hall of Famer talked about his run working in WWE’s version of ECW, and he said that Vince McMahon made it clear he wanted Angle to be the face of the brand.
Kurt Angle also noted that Vince initially told him he was going to make less money working in ECW, so in order to make up the difference McMahon tripled Angle’s pay for pay-per-views.
“ECW was a very popular brand. What they were able to do with what they had was nothing short of incredible. Vince McMahon buying it and ended up putting it on air, I do understand that. I get it because it’s just another popular brand that he owns and that he’s part of. A quick story, when he decided to start ECW he came to me and he said, hey, I want you to be the face of this new company that I’m starting. I said, well, what is it? He said ECW. I said that’s ECW? He said yes, we’re gonna ramp it up and I want you to be the face, but I’m going to tell you this, you’re gonna work in smaller arenas and make less money. I said why would I want to do that? He said don’t worry, I’ll take care of you. So what he did is I would do the house shows and the TV, and then the PPVs Vince would triple my pay so that I would get the same money as I would if I was on Raw or SmackDown. So he would triple my PPV buy pay to make up for the TV and house shows and the money I made there. So he did promise that and he did go through with it.”
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