Kurt Angle took to Facebook for his weekly Q&A and discussed his retirement match. According to Angle, while he would have liked to go out with a win, he believes that losing his final match was the right thing to do. He also discussed how he would have liked to have wrestled more during his return to the company. Here are the highlights:
On His Wrestlemania 35 Match Against Corbin:
Honestly? My Wrestlemania 35 match. I would have liked to go out with a win, but I understand why it didn’t occur. Many people believe that I should have had a different opponent. Maybe. Maybe not. But my argument as to why it should have been Corbin is pretty strong. As a HOFer and Legend in WWE, I came to my final match last Sunday. It was my retirement match. As a legend or HOFer or- whatever you want to call me, my job is to leave the WWE by doing the honors for a younger talent. I did that. I would have loved to have won, but I don’t think I would have properly played my role if I did. You leave the company better than it was before you came. I think I was able to do that by losing to Corbin and then getting laid out on Raw the next night to Lars. It may have felt wrong, but it was the right thing to do. Agree to disagree.
On Wishing He Could Have Wrestled More During His Final Run:
Yes, I wish I would have wrestled more when I came back in early 2017. I was wrestling really well then. Because of my inactivity of being GM, my body started to get arthritic.. I got tighter, more sore, and less flexible than when I was active 2 years ago. In other words, the inactivity of not wrestling consistently led me to retirement a little faster. But, I can’t complain. I loved doing what I did in WWE.
You can check out the full Facebook Q&A below:
https://www.facebook.com/realkurtangle/posts/10158364493818047