WWE has produced some shocking moments over the years, and while it storylines injuries to give talent a break, sometimes those injuries can be more than real.
Some of the moments produced by the company can be completely unintentional at times, as we have seen from the famous Undertaker/Mankind Hell in a Cell match.
Many of WWE’s greatest talents have suffered with injury over the years, including Rey Mysterio, Triple H and John Cena. Most recently, former World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins has been seen to struggle with his injury, working a reduced load at the start of the year before losing his title.
However, one Hall of Famer has recently revealed a shock about his illustrious career, which included multiple runs in the company.
Kurt Angle spent 98% of his career injured.
Kurt Angle was one of the most gifted technical wrestlers that WWE saw and was rewarded for his hard work in 2017 when WWE announced his entry into the Hall of Fame. The former Olympian recently spoke to Sam Roberts about his career in wrestling, among others, and delivered a shock when he revealed that he always struggled with injury.
While discussing his career, Angle said that he was injured for 98% of his career but would always find a way to work around it to compete.
“That’s the cool thing about WWE. I was injured 98% of my career. I was always hobbled with an injury. I always had to work around them. So I was able to do that,”
How much of a surprise is the revelation?
If there were to be any name who you would guess battled through injury while competing, it would be Kurt Angle. That is not to say he is injury prone but more testament to his character, one whose most notable quote in his career was he won a gold medal on a broken neck.
Angle came from a different time in WWE to what we see today, where brand splits were more recognised, plus the difference in the amount of talent. The early 2000s saw an emergence of many of the great names we see ending their time in wrestling now but did not have much to make up for names like Angle being absent for a period of time.