Kurt Angle Wants One Final Match With AJ Styles

The Olympic Hero vs. The Phenomenal One.

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Following yesterday's announcement that Kurt Angle is going to headline the 2017 WWE Hall of Fame class, the Olympic Gold Medalist is finally back in the company's fold.

However, if Angle has his way, he won't be limited to speaking at a podium.

On a recent episode of former WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia's podcast, "Making Their Way to the Ring," Angle admitted that he'd like to have one more match with longtime TNA adversary - and current WWE Champion - AJ Styles. In the interview, Angle raved about Styles, calling him "a special individual" who "only comes around once in a lifetime."

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"The Phenomenal One" has been the talk of the wrestling world over the past few years with career-defining runs in New Japan Pro Wrestling and WWE, but prior to that, he spent a decade as the ace of TNA. During that time, he clashed with Kurt Angle on a variety of occasions, including in the main event of Genesis 2010. They also worked as partners, racking up a brief reign as TNA World Tag Team Champions.

So far, there has been no news pointing in the direction of Angle competing in a match for WWE.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013