Kurt Angle

Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic gold medalist and former collegiate wrestler. He is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation/WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Angle won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, winning with a broken neck. He is the first Olympic gold medalist in professional wrestling history. He wrestled for the WWF/E from 1998 to 2006. During this time he became a six-time world champion (along with many other championships) and won the King of the Ring tournament in 2000.

In 2006 he signed a contract to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he was the first TNA World Champion, a title he would also hold six times. Angle is also a two-time winner of the King of the Mountain ladder match. He competed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) because of their partnership with TNA. There he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. His TNA contract expired in September 2014.

Angle returned to WWE on April 3, 2017, as the general manager of Raw and wrestled on occasions. He retired on April 7, 2019 after WrestleMania 35. He is in many of wrestling Hall of Fames, most notably the WWE, TNA, and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fames. He is the only wrestler to have won the WWE, WWE's World Heavyweight, the WCW Championship, TNA World Heavyweight and the IWGP Heavyweight Championships, in addition to an NCAA wrestling championship.

 Filmography 
+Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 End Game Brad Mayfield 2009 Chains Deputy Short film 2011 Dylan Dog: Dead of Night Wolfgang 2011 River of Darkness Sheriff Will Logan 2011 Waking Up "Crush" Carlisle Short film 2011 Warrior "The Great" Koba 2012 Beyond the Mat Coach Kamen Still not released 2012 Death from Above Thule 2012 Drummer for the Mob FBI Agent 2012 Olympic Trials with Kurt Angle Himself Funny or Die short 2013 Pain & Gain Benjamin Rowe 2013 Horse Cops Eli Paste 2013 Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies Himself 2014 Sharknado 2: The Second One Fire Chief 2014 Not Cool Security Guard 2015 The Last Witch Hunter Bodyguard

+Television Year Title Role Notes 1997 Fox 53 Ten O'Clock News Himself Sportscaster: "The Angle on Sports" 2000 SMTV Live Himself 2001 The Weakest Link Himself 2007 Inside MMA Himself Season 1, episodes 10 and 11 2008 Pros vs. Joes Himself Season 3, episode 1 2009 Criss Angel Mindfreak Himself Episode: "Car Wreck Vanish" 2011 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Himself Episode: "The Lampe Family" 2013 Baal Veer Himself 2016 Duck Dynasty Himself Episode: "Van He'llsing" 2016 Those Who Can't Coach Joe Donnelly Episode: "A New Dog in the Yard" 2018–2019 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Chip Damage Voice; 6 episodes 2021 Ryan's Mystery Playdate Himself Episode: "Ryan's Super Tough Playdate"

 Championships and accomplishments 

 Folkstyle/freestyle wrestling 
 Canadian Cup Championship
 Winner (1990)
 Collegiate/High School
 Clarion University Freshman of the Year (1988)
 Pennsylvania State Wrestling Champion (1987)
 International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles
 FILA Junior World Freestyle Champion (1988)
 FILA World Championships gold medal in freestyle wrestling (100 kg) (1995)
 International Sports Hall of Fame
 Class of 2016
 National Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame
 National Wrestling Hall of Fame Distinguished Member (Class of 2001)
 National Collegiate Athletic Association
 NCAA Division I All-American (1990–1992)
 NCAA Division I Heavyweight Champion (1990, 1992)
 Olympic Games
 Summer Olympics gold medal in freestyle wrestling (heavyweight) (1996)
 USA Wrestling
 USA Junior Freestyle Champion (1987)
 USA Senior Freestyle Champion (1995, 1996)
 USA Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 2001)

 Professional wrestling 

 The Baltimore Sun
 Best Worker of the Decade (2010)
 Cauliflower Alley Club
 Future Legend Award (2000)
 Inoki Genome Federation
 IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
 Class of 2012
 Special honoree (2015)
Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2021
 Power Pro Wrestling
 PPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 Comeback of the Year (2003)
 Feud of the Year (2000) 
 Feud of the Year (2003) 
 Feud of the Year (2007) 
 Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (2001)
 Match of the Year (2003) 
 Match of the Year (2005) 
 Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2000)
 Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2003)
 Rookie of the Year (2000)
 Wrestler of the Year (2003)
 Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2001
 SoCal Uncensored
 Match of the Year (2000) 
 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
 TNA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times, first)
 TNA X Division Championship (1 time)
 TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Sting (1) and A.J. Styles (1)
 King of the Mountain (2007, 2009)
 Second TNA Triple Crown Champion
 TNA Hall of Fame (2013)
 TNA Year End Awards (5 times)
 Feud of the year (2006, 2007) 
 Match of the Year (2007) 
 Memorable Moment of the Year (2006) 
 Who to Watch in 2007 (2006)
 Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 Best Gimmick (2000)
 Best on Interviews (2002)
 Best Technical Wrestler (2002)
 Feud of the Year (2003) 
 Match of the Year (2002) 
 Most Improved (2000)
 Most Outstanding Wrestler (2001–2003)
 Readers' Favorite Wrestler (2002–2003)
 Wrestler of the Year (2002)
 Wrestler of the Decade (2000–2009)
 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2004)
 WWE / World Wrestling Entertainment / Federation
 WWF/WWE Championship (4 times)
 WCW Championship (1 time)
 World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
 WWF European Championship (1 time)
 WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
 WCW United States Championship (1 time)
 WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time, first) – with Chris Benoit
 Fifth Grand Slam Champion
 King of the Ring (2000)
 10th Triple Crown Champion
 WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament (2002) – with Chris Benoit
 WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2017)

 World Championships/Olympic Games matches 

|-
!Res.
!Record
!Opponent
!Score
!Date
!Event
!Location
|-
! style=background:white colspan=7 |
|-
|Win
|style="text-align:center;"|9–0
|align=left| Abbas Jadidi
|style="font-size:88%"|1–1
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|July 31, 1996
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|1996 Olympic Games
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Atlanta, Georgia
|-
|Win
|style="text-align:center;"|8–0
|align=left| Konstantin Aleksandrov
|style="font-size:88%"|4–1
|-
|Win
|style="text-align:center;"|7–0
|align=left| Sagid Murtazaliev
|style="font-size:88%"|4–3
|-
|Win
|style="text-align:center;"|6–0
|align=left| Wilfredo Morales
|style="font-size:88%"|2–0
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|July 30, 1996
|-
|Win
|style="text-align:center;"|5–0
|align=left| Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar 
|style="font-size:88%"|4–0
|-
! style=background:white colspan=7 |
|-
|Win
|style="text-align:center;"|4–0
|align=left| Arawat Sabejew 
|style="font-size:88%"|Referee Decision
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|August 13, 1995
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|1995 World Championships
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Atlanta, Georgia
|-
|Win
|style="text-align:center;"|3–0
|align=left| Oleg Ladik 
|style="font-size:88%"|Referee Decision
|-
|Win
|style="text-align:center;"|2–0
|align=left| Josef Glazer
|style="font-size:88%"|3–0
|-
|Win
|style="text-align:center;"|1–0
|align=left| Kenan Şimşek 
|style="font-size:88%"|2–0

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