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[quote][i]Originally posted by Chris Is Good517[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by Sam Is Neat[/i] Read somewhere that WWE officials confirmed that Kurt Angle WILL NOT be coming back. Might have been 411. [/quote] Tough to say, really. On the one hand, Angle is kinda known for playing fast and loose with the truth. So just because he claims that they were in conversations doesn't make it necessarily true. On the other hand, if WWE does want to bring him in and make his return a huge surprise moment that blows the roof off a building, then of course they're not going to show their hand. They [i]should[/i] deny it. A Kurt Angle return on a live show is one of the last remaining true "HOLY SHIT!" moments they've got left right now. Advertising it in advance would be ludicrous. [/quote] Totally agree on both points. I've wanted Angle back for years. Initially I understood his departure from WWE because of the strain he was living under physically and mentally, so I was really disheartened when he almost immediately jumped over to TNA. In the years that have passed since then I've barely kept up with TNA so I can't speak with any real authority regarding his current state in-ring or on the mic. What I do know is that the rollercoaster he was on prior to leaving WWE hasn't really let up and that concerns me if they're *ahem* angling for him to make an in-ring return. I have to imagine he would have just BARELY passed the current physical for performers if he were in the same shape he was back when he left. Now? I don't know of that's possible unless there is some sort of loophole pertaining to "special attraction" style contracts or whatever... Could he come back in a managerial, or GM-style role? Hell yeah he could. One thing that Kurt always had in spades was personality (on top of his freakish in-ring ability.) But once again, I'm not familiar with his current body of work to be able to say that that would be a proper role for him either. With all the abuse this guys put himself through over the years I can't help but wonder if he'd be the same guy on the stick. I liken it to Ric Flair who we can all mostly agree is a borderline trainwreck these days but once was one of if not THE best all-around performers in the history of the business. You don't have to look back any further than his run as GM during the first draft to see that he still was managing to keep it all together and do competent work. He still had his faculties about him. Granted he's at a more advanced age than Angle but this business can do bad things to a performers mind if they're allowed to go full-tilt for so long without anyone to rein them in. And Angle hasn't had a whole lot of people telling him "no you shouldn't do that" since making the move to TNA. Maybe I'm overthinking this. But I think some of my concerns are valid. I'd love to see Angle back in the fold and be properly acknowledged for the stellar work that he put in (even if it's only for the years that "count" in Vince's eyes) but I don't want to see him come back and taint his legacy or flame out in a brushfire of wellness violations and other random weirdness. I think at the very least he needs to comeback under a Legends contract and accept his rightful place in the Hall of Fame. If he isn't reliable enough at this point to be a regularly featured performer on TV I think he would be an excellent addition to the coaching staff at the Performance Center. #Kurmain
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