Wrestling Discussion: WWE, TNA, ECW, etc.

[dipsetla]

I think Lita is stepping away from wrestling in a couple of months. I read that her and Trish Stratus contracts are expiring and neither are actively trying to work out new ones.

[poohbear19]

I read that too... that's cool, I have always liked Lita and still think they missed the boat with her not being in the women's division as a heel. I still think Ashley's style (looks and attitude... not wrestling) is like Lita, and that was my first thought when I first saw her at last year's Diva Search.

[Danni]

She broke her hand, so she's not going to be wrestling for a little while.

[poohbear19]

She doesn't (and shouldn't because it looks like she doesn't know what she's doing anyway) have to wrestle... she can just be Matt and Jeff's valet like Terri was and (attempt to) help out like Lita.

[Ryan]

I'd prefer if Matt and Ashley weren't paired together. No one wants to see them making on on TV. The Hardy Boyz should start fresh with a new Xtreme gimmick, w/o a female valet for the moment.

[Rhiannon]

Kurt Angle has been released from his contract with WWE.....

Angle talks about his release

By Michael Cole

August 26, 2006

“My body is so beat up and run down, I can’t even think straight,” Kurt Angle tells WWE.com in an exclusive interview Saturday concerning his early release from his contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. Angle and WWE officials mutually agreed to end Angle’s relationship with the company on Friday.

Angle says seven years of non-stop wrestling has taken a major toll on his body, his mind and his family. “I need my body to reheal and rehab, I have done this for too long without a break. I haven’t been able to really enjoy my life. I haven’t seen my family, I’ve had problems with medication - I’m just fried physically and mentally.”

Angle’s business manager David Hawk claims, “Kurt’s in a tremendous amount of pain, he’s used prescription medication to deal with it. Kurt has come to the conclusion that unless he can get in the ring without the use of pain medication then he doesn’t need to be in there. He realizes he was just endangering himself and his opponents.”

The last straw for Angle seems to have occurred on August 13th, 2006, at an ECW live event in White Plains, New York. Angle was wrestling Rob Van Dam in a match where both competitors were fueled by the passionate ECW fans. “The crowd was wild,” Angle says. “Early on in the match, I pulled my groin, but I kept going, feeding off the crowd. Then I pulled my abdominal muscle off the pelvic bone, but I kept going as the crowd grew more wild. Finally, I blew out my hamstring, but we finished the match. The crowd stood and applauded - a standing ovation and that meant so much to me.”

Ironically that would be Angle’s last match.

WWE.com asked Angle if he would ever return to competition in WWE. Angle says “I can’t tell you that right now, I need to heal up mentally and physically. Until then, I can’t even think about returning.”

But Angle says WWE Chairman Vince McMahon told him the door is always open. “Vince says when I’m ready, if I’m ever ready, to come back just sign on the dotted line. I’ll tell you if I do return I’m going back to my roots, training on the mat like my amateur days. Longevity is the key.”

Hawk seems confident Angle will be in the ring again someday.

Angle has a final message to his legion of WWE and ECW fans. “Don’t be concerned, this move was for the best. It was a privilege to be able to compete for all of you. I’d like to say thank you.”

WWE.com will continue to follow up on Kurt Angle over the next several months.

[Danni]

It sucks because he's a great wrestler, and I loved hating his character, but he needs this. He's been killing himself for a long time, and I'm glad that he has enough sense to take the time to get his life together.

[poohbear19]

He was never one of my favorites, but you could tell that wrestling was wearing his body down. I hope to see him in the future.

[dipsetla]

Kurt Angle signed with TNA and showed up at their PPV last night. I don't see this ending with a happy ending ie. Eddie Guerrero, Rick Rude, or Kurt Henning.

[poohbear19]

Not surprising... Angle and WWE really didn't seem to get along the last part of his career.

[Q Steph]

I only recently learned Angle snd WWE didn't get along. I heard he was a diva, demanding to be champ as his body broke down on him. Maybe he has a death wish.

[Ryan]

Remember last year after Eddie's death they were talking about a wrestler who was on suicide watch? That wrestler was Kurt Angle.........

[Ryan]

The WWE has renewed the nWo (New World Order) trademark. This further pushes the rumored DX vs. NWO feud into the light.

[dipsetla]

Scott Hall has been training again and giving a few interviews. He did a Torch Talk recently and isn't X-Pac locked in a contract with that new MTV wrestling show?

[Q Steph]

I know Shawn and Big Lazy are riends, but does he even have one match left in him? I hope Scott and Sean are doing good but I'd prefer X pac in DX. It can't just be Shawn/Hunter doing toilet humor.

I'm going to get Cash creates controversy.