10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (March 25)
5. Kurt Angle Felt Like 2006 ECW Role Was A Demotion
It's somewhat strange to think that Kurt Angle's last appearances in WWE fell under the banner of the failed ECW brand. Brought back in 2006, the company wanted to give ECW some instant credibility as a third brand to join Raw and Smackdown. For that very reason, the likes of Angle and The Big Show were drafted to work there.
Mere months later, Angle was gone from the promotion and soon wound up in TNA. Talking to The World According To Wrestling this week, the Olympic Gold Medal winner from 1996 told that he was not a huge fan of joining the emerging ECW show. Even though he tried to brave face things, Angle says it felt more like a demotion than anything else.
There's much talk regarding a possible comeback to WWE for Angle, something many fans would likely enjoy seeing. During the same chat, he reasoned that it's entirely possible, but it's interesting to hear how much he disliked his last days in the organisation back in 2006. Someone like Angle deserves that big WWE-style send off, as it's one thing TNA simply can't give him, at least not on the same level.