WWE Gallery - 20 Most Badass Wrestlers Of All Time

5. Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle Gold Medal
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When the goofy side of Kurt Angle's initial character gave way to the wrestling machine gimmick in WWE, the true toughness of the Olympian came to the fore. Angle won a Gold Medal with a broken freakin' neck, and that gritty fortitude was eventually used as part of his act.

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