10 Most Radical Wrestler Attitude Adjustments
6. Kurt Angle
The complex relationship with drugs and alcohol that peppered an otherwise glittering career threatened to be the undoing of the Olympic gold medalist and multiple-time World Heavyweight Champion.
His severance with WWE after a 2006 exit seemed permanent as a move to TNA only fostered the worst of his destructive habits. Having broken himself physically on the ultra-demanding WWE schedule by the time he rocked up in the Impact Zone, Angle experienced unprecedented emotional strife in the years that followed.
The stress of divorce from wife Karen was heightened when she began a new relationship with TNA figurehead Jeff Jarrett. An already-spiralling pills problem worsened, with run-ins with the law becoming as frequent as five-star matches for the former ‘Wrestling Machine’. He even briefly stared down a ‘Protection From Abuse’ order from then-girlfriend and fellow TNA talent Treshna ‘Rhaka Khan’ Biggers before the charges were dropped.
Angle’s commitment to overcoming his addictions was the change that drove a crowd-pleasing WWE return in 2017 after years of question marks and questionable comments. Entering the Hall of Fame just weeks before becoming the Raw General Manager, Kurt has even wrestled sporadically since.