Kurt Angle is currently taking a sabbatical from wrestling, but don't expect it to last forever - the Olympic Gold Medalist and former WWE Champion never stays away from the sport for long, and odds are that he'll be offering his services to WWE, much as he did last year. This time, expect a deal to be reached between Angle and his former employer. The difference-maker in negotiations will be that Angle - who's not physically capable of working a full-time WWE schedule - won't be contracted as a performer - instead, he'll be working behind the scenes at NXT, helping the young stars in the feeder organization reach their full potential. There are few people more suited for the job, as Angle can offer advice when it comes to in-ring performance, realism, promo delivery, intensity, and even comedy. There's not a future WWE superstar who couldn't benefit from his expertise. There's even more WWE could do with Angle - as a huge part of post-Attitude Era WWE, the Olympic Gold Medalist would make a great headliner for the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame class. And who knows? Maybe one more match - with the likes of Brock Lesnar or John Cena - isn't unthinkable, either.
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