Kurt Angle (WWE)

==Summary==
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968), is a professional wrestler, known for his Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling, which he won with a broken neck.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , possibly , higher with Angle Slam and Ankle Lock
Name: Kurt Angle, the Olympic Hero, the Olympian, the Wrestling Machine, the Conquistador
Origin: WWE
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Classification: Human, Professional Wrestler
Powers and Abilities:
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Angle is an Olympic gold medalist. In high school, he was an All-State linebacker and wrestler. He has fractured his vertebrae five times but he did not stop wrestling until he was in his 50s and retired in 2019. Even then, in 2020, he felt like he was "in his thirties.")
*Martial Arts (Olympic wrestler. In high school, he was undefeated on the freshman wrestling team and qualified for the state wrestling tournament his sophomore year. He was one of the top amateur wrestlers in the United States of America, winning a pair of NCAA titles at Clarion University, and he won the 220-pound freestyle wrestling competition at the Olympic Games in Atlanta with a broken neck in 1996. He has won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the PPW Heavyweight Championship, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship six times, the TNA X Division Championship, the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice with Sting and AJ Styles, King of the Mountain twice, the Second TNA Triple Crown Champion. He has won the WWE Championship four times, the WCW championship, the World Heavyweight Championship, the WWF Intercontinental Championship, the WWF European Championship, the WWF Hardcore Championship, the WCW United States Championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship with Chris Benoit, he was the fifth Grand Slam Champion, he won King of the Ring in 2000, he was the 10th Triple Crown Champion, and he won the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament with Chris Benoit. Pro Wrestling Illustrated named him Rookie of the Year in 2000, Wrestler of the Year in 2003, and he was ranked #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2001. Wrestling Observer Newsletter named him Wrestler of the Year in 2002 and Wrestler of the Decade for the 2000s. In 2004, he was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. In 2013, he was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame)
*Instinctive Action (Angle can kick out of other wrestlers' finishers. He notably kicked out of Eddie Guerrero's Frog Splash at WrestleMania XX)
*Acrobatics (Angle can perform a moonsault)
*Power Mimicry (Angle used Stone Cold Steve Austin's Stunner against him at Unforgiven 2001 and Brock Lesnar's F-5 during their iron man match)
*Attack Reflection (Angle reversed the Undertaker's Hell's Gate submission at No Way Out 2006)
*Weapon Mastery (Angle once shot the Big Show with a tranquilizer dart, and he once attacked Tazz with a microphone)
Attack Potency: Wall level (Angle easily threw Shane McMahon through a pane of glass at King of the Ring 2001 and German suplexed Kane through the announcement table), possibly Small Building Level, higher with Angle Slam and Ankle Lock (Finishing moves in wrestling tend to do more damage than normal moves, with the Angle Slam he once slammed Bubba Ray Dudley through a table and broke a steel chair when he slammed Vince McMahon through it, the technique is said to be as powerful as that of a car crash, and with the Ankle Lock he once broke Randy Orton's ankle)
Speed: Athletic Human with Peak Human combat speed
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human (Angle used a release German suplex against Brock Lesnar, who is billed at 286 pounds [130KG], at WrestleMania XXII he German suplexed Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio at the same time at a combined weight of 425 pounds [192KG])
Striking Strength: Wall level, possibly Small Building level (Angle once slapped Brian Kendrick off the top turnbuckle)
Durability: Wall level, possibly Small Building level (Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle with three F-5s, or fireman's carry facebusters, at WrestleMania XIX)
Stamina: Peak Human, possibly Superhuman (Angle won a gold medal with a broken neck. In 2001, he fought Chris Benoit in a 31:51 iron man match. In 2003, he fought Brock Lesnar in a 60-minute iron man match. In 2005, he fought Shawn Michaels in a 30-minute iron man match. On two different occasions, he wrestled three matches in one night, at King of the Ring 2001 and No Surrender 2007. He once wrestled with Vince McMahan for four hours)
Range: Standard Melee Range
Standard Equipment: None
Intelligence: Above Average
Standard Tactics: None notable.
Weaknesses: Standard human weaknesses. In 1996, he famously sustained a severe neck injury while taking part in the 1996 Olympic trials, and had two fractured cervical vertebrae, herniated discs, and pulled four muscles before winning the trials to book his place in the US Olympic team and eventually won the gold medal in the heavyweight class. He broke his tailbone at King of the Ring 2001. His neck was injured at WrestleMania XIX in 2003 when Brock Lesnar hit him on top of the head with a steel chair, and underwent surgery to repair nerve and spinal damage, calcium buildup, bone spurs, and intervertebral disc problems. He underwent neck surgery again in 2004, and his neck was injured again in 2008 but he did not pursue surgery. He hurt his back when he fought Desmond Wolfe at Turning Point 2009. In 2014, he had arthroscopic knee surgery to repair the damage sustained during a match, and two months later he had surgery to repair his ACL. In 2015, he underwent surgery to have a benign tumor removed from his neck, and a consecutive surgery to remove the fluid buildup on his spinal cord after all his extremities went numb. On four different occasions, he has been arrested for drinking and driving, and he has been addicted to painkillers due to his many medical emergencies.
Notable Attacks/Techniques: Wrestling Observer Newsletter voted Angle the best technical wrestler in 2002.
<tabber>Strikes=
*Pistol Whipping: To be added
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Throws=
*German Suplex: Angle frequently delivered a German suplex to his opponents. He was once referred to as a "suplex machine" after delivering multiple consecutively.
*Angle Slam: Angle's signature throw is an Olympic slam, a variation of a fireman's carry takeover. He defeated Shane McMahon with a top rope variation at King of the Ring 2001 and also used it against Edge.
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Holds=
*Chokehold: Angle defeated Eddie Guerrero in a street fight with a chokehold.
*Gorilla Press: To be added
*Ankle Lock: Angle's finisher is an ankle lock from a standing position. He made Stone Cold Steve Austin tap out at Unforgiven 2001, and at King of the Ring 2002 he became the first wrestler in WWE history to submit Hulk Hogan. He also notably used it to defeat Chris Benoit at the 2003 Royal Rumble and Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXI.
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==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
==References==
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