Kurt Angle's involvement at the WWE TLC 2017 pay-per-view was a memorable one for him personally.
The WWE Hall of Fame legend reflected on this performance, which saw him go into the bout with a torn muscle in his quad during a recent episode of his official podcast, "The Kurt Angle Show."
Featured below are some of the highlights where the Olympic gold medalist takes a stroll down memory lane as he reflects on WWE TLC 2017.
On how he went into the match with a torn muscle in his quad: "Yes [I was wondering how my body would hold up at TLC 2017]. When I was G.M. for six months, didn’t do anything, nothing in the ring. No cardio work. I also had a torn muscle in my quad and I was nursing that. So I went into there with an injury and also not sure of how my conditioning was gonna be and when I went in there, it wasn’t too bad. I was able to protect my leg and I actually did pretty well in the match. I didn’t do anything crazy. You know, Vince McMahon told me specifically, ‘You’re not jumping off of anything and diving through a table. You just do what you do.’ So I knew I didn’t have to do that stuff anymore so it was pretty cool."
On how Vince McMahon was quite proud of how the match came off: "Vince [McMahon] loved it, he absolutely loved it [TLC match with Kurt, Seth Rollins & Jon Moxley]. He was excited about it. He gave us all a hug, he said, ‘Great job. You guys nailed it tonight. Thank you. They did [give me something a little extra pay-wise]. I got paid handsomely for that match."
Check out the complete episode of the Kurt Angle Show podcast by visiting Apple.com. H/T to POST Wrestling for transcribing the above quotes.
