10 Most Inspirational Rehab Comebacks In Wrestling

10. Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle, one of the most astonishingly gifted performers in the history of the business, came to professional wrestling after a phenomenal start as an amateur wrestler, famously winning a gold medal for wrestling at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Even more famously, he qualified for the Olympics with a severe neck injury: four pulled muscles, two herniated discs, and incredibly, two fractured vertebrae. That he began his pro career with serious neck problems is one thing, but Angle (one of wrestling€™s most intense and driven competitors) would not let up. The perfectionist always had to be on point, always on his A game, and so the prescription painkillers came into play. At one point, he was allegedly downing sixty pills a day€ and the injuries just kept on piling up, Angle refusing to compromise his style or his workrate. Angle has also had problems with booze, which mixes notoriously badly with most strong painkillers. He was let go from WWE in 2006 because he wasn€™t considered to be reliable enough, having started freaking people out backstage with his rambling€ Vince McMahon was also privately concerned about his ongoing health. Since then, having jumped ship to TNA, Angle€™s been arrested for driving under the influence four times, the last of which prompted his successful rehabilitation. When Angle recently reached out to WWE about a retirement angle, Triple H wouldn€™t even take his call. That could be some political shenanigans€ or he could still consider Angle a liability. That€™s a little unfair though€ Angle€™s made great strides and can today be considered one of rehabilitation€™s finest success stories.