Kurt Angle To Wrestle Rey Mysterio In Phoenix

Angle's first post-TNA match to take place March 20th.

Kurt Angle has left TNA after nearly ten years with the promotion, and now the next step in his career has been announced. Angle will take on former adversary Rey Mysterio at UR Fight's March 20th event. UR Fight is a fledgling hybrid promotion mixing various forms of combat sports. Angle versus Mysterio (hyped as "one final match" between the two) is one quarter of a quadruple main event on the March show, to be held at Phoenix, Arizona's Celebrity Theater. The other advertised matches include an MMA bout between legendary rivals Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock, a grappling match pitting Chael Sonnen against Michael Bisping, and boxing icon Roy Jones, Jr. taking on a fan with $100,000 on the line. Angle and Mysterio clashed many times in WWE, with the multi-time Cruiserweight Champion taking on the Olympic Gold Medalist in Mysterio's Pay-Per-View debut with the company. Angle won that match, but when they battled again four years later at WrestleMania 22 in a triple threat bout also featuring Randy Orton, Mysterio escaped with Angle's World Heavyweight Championship. More information on the show, which will air on iPPV, can be found at the company's official site.
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