10 Times Wrestlers Blatantly Lied To Your Face

10. Kurt Angle Chose Baron Corbin Himself

You've got to feel for Kurt Angle. The dude was a force to be reckoned with who took to pro wrestling like a duck to water during his first WWF/WWE run between 1999-2006. Then, he continued building a legacy in TNA before returning to the cosy McMahon nest for Hall Of Fame treatment and the promising lure of more tasty 'dream bouts' before winding down his career.

Then, Vince handed him Baron Corbin.

No, this isn't intended as an unnecessary takedown of Corbs as a worker, but let's face facts here: He wasn't the guy most wanted to see oppose Angle during the Olympian's last hurrah in 2019. Kurt himself even outright admitted that when quizzed by WWE's cameras for a YouTube bit after the 18 March 2019 episode of Raw - he then tried to claim that Baron was his own pick. Nah. Nah, people weren't having that. It was too see-through.

This was an innocent lie from Angle, and one designed to breed acceptance for a WrestleMania 35 match nobody wanted to see. Later, it was revealed that Kurt's claim obviously wasn't true. He was simply towing the party line and doing everything he could to appease bosses. It was a shocking misuse of a true legend's retirement.

Seeing Angle half-heartedly defend the Corbin call told fans tuning in everything. They wanted somebody else because this was actually it for Kurt's HOF career as an active wrestler. Baron was creative collateral, but here was Angle not-so-proudly claiming the duff idea as his own. Even he didn't look convinced.