Please...oh god PLEASE tell me you did not just realize this

Yeah, heel Christian is so much better than face Christian.

I didn't know Rhino and Christian were that close...

Kurt Angle has been released from the WWE due to "personal reasons"

Source: WWE.com

YES I JUST REALIZED IT BECAUSE I JUST STARTED WATCHING WRESTLING YESTERDAY

LAX are the new TNA tag champs! The TNA tag division is really on fire right now! I'm also really happy that they're letting Homicide be himself instead of forcing him to change his character for a mainstream audience...

That sucks, but if he feels he made the right call then he did. When Angle first came into the WWF/WWE, I wasn't all that excited about it. Now he's had time to grow on me and I consider him to be a great wrestler.

So Angle's been taking medication to help with the stress and the pain? Now I'm starting to realize why some wrestlers are taking drugs. I didn't start realizing it until now.

Yeah, I might be dense for taking this long to realize it but it's finally starting to make sense to me.

I hope that the Kane-Umaga feud builds up. There's a lot of potential there and it looks very interesting.

He didn't quit. He got fired...

Yes, he got fired because he decided that he felt that wrestling has taken its final toll on his body and requested an early release from his contract because he wanted to recover to get his mind and body back in sync.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/3232350

And you trust wwe.com as 100% canon?

Um, while WWE.com does have a lot of shoot/work angles, when it comes to releases they are pretty straight forward. If you don't believe WWE.com then head over to PWInsider.com they are more of the most factual wrestling news providers on the net. Unless it's one big cover up, it was a mutual agreement, it's been known since recent months Angle has been heavy medication dependent it was what his original 30 day suspension was about.

I'm just reffering to the part where Angle supposedly said that he's leaving because it's taken a toll on his body. The dude was becoming a downright nut case.

Well, when you factor in him going through a divorce, he keeps getting all these injuries, hasn't had really any significant time off like normal wrestlers do, it will start to affect you. :\

He just needed a long break and Vince thought it would be better to let him have that break instead of being over-worked and burnt out while being even more prone to mistakes and injuries.

Angle and the WWE really don't mix now given that he needs a lighter schedule to work with. I'd honestly rather see him and his talents in ROH/TNA so we can see some dream matches before he has to retire. Since they can save those matches for high caliber PPVs and shows, that would be perfect.

Won't happen though, because of many people would consider Angle "crazy" for leaving the WWE scene. A shame, too.

Angle wanted to continue to wrestle through the injuries. WWE had to keep shooting down any of his ideas untill he finally gave up. I'm not calling him a nut case for no reason...

So there's something apparently crazy about loving the business and wanting to give it everything you've got until the end?

That's not a nut case man, that's a cause for fucking respect.

Where did I say that he quit?

Edit during Raw: Holy shit, look who's back.

lololol :tpg:

This night just got a helluva lot better...

Having read the results for RAW upon returning from a night out on the town (what, I'd actually watch RAW?) I have only one thing to say.


Edge v. Cena? DX v. Vince? A psuedo brand split? Chris Masters becomes Rob Conway?

Sure, I would love to respect a man for basically commiting suicide. Gotta think about the consequences here. There's a certain line that should not be crossed, and he was trying to catapult across it...

Double Post:
My mistake if i'm wrong, but that's the vibe I got from that statment.

I think "commiting suicide" as a term is much too strong to apply to this. You and I both know that he was well aware of his own limits, and rather than sit at home collecting a paycheck he came back time and time again to entertain you.

As humans we should all be about breaking our own limits. Angle has lived being able to do that, so he has my respect in doing that. It takes real honor in this day and age to live up to your commitments and words, and I think we all gained something from watching his matches.

Angle unlike CERTAIN wrestlers, is not on bad terms with Vince. Vince said it himself that the doors are always open to him. Beniot is doing the same thing(but he still has his contract).

Can't argue with that, but if what I hear about him questioning why they're pushing guys like RVD, Big Show, and Sabu over him in ECW, then my respect for him gets knocked down quite a few notches.

I can sympathize with him asking questions like that. Why?

RVD was on top of his game. He had both the WWE and ECW titles in his grasp, but STILL STILL STILL took the risk of running around with narcotics. He was caught, it's bad for business. Valid question.

Big Show doesn't even belong on the ECW roster. ECW never needed big giant guys to get over in their promotion, they needed guys like the old roster had that were smaller but could go the distance in matches. Angle fits that bill perfectly, but Big Show is ECW Champion. Why? Valid question.

Sabu has no business being employed by the WWE. 80% of his "hardcore" moveset is now limited because of the WWE and their limitations on what can be performed and their wellness policy. That was Sabu's gimmick you know, the "homicidal, genocidal Sabu" bit. Angle could carry matches while giving off that air of being hardcore without requiring to resort to a gimmick where most of your moves are hardcore moves. Valid question.

Angle wanted what was good for business, and undoubtedly good for his career. He's been with the company now loyally since he signed with them, and deserves to be able to ask questions every now and then.

Respect is earned, and he earned it during his tenure by busting his ass for the business not doing stupid shit like getting caught with narcotics or relying on a gimmick that is crippled from promotion to promotion.

You have to think about the nature of things before putting politics ahead of the matter.