Former WWE champion and Olympic gold medal winner Kurt Angle opened up about his struggles with addiction. While dealing with a broken neck, he ended up beating Iranian Abbas Jadidi in a victory by points for the gold in the men’s freestyle 100 kg category. ET.Īngle won a gold medal for Team USA at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and worked his butt off to get to that point. His episode will air Sunday on A&E at 8 p.m. “Biography: WWE Legends” will feature Angle’s life from growing up as a high school wrestling phenom, to his days as an Olympic champion and WWE star, and to his struggles with painkillers. … It’s more about redemption and overcoming.” Anybody that’s trying to overcome obstacles. And I wanted this documentary to come out to help anybody.
“Having a problem with addiction and being in recovery for the last nine years, I was told in the recovery center to tell your story, and I’ve been pretty open about my story. “I went through a lot of turmoil in my life and I want to help others,” Angle told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. It’s why Angle chose to start telling his story now. Kurt Angle has been through it all - from the highs of winning an Olympic gold medal and a WWE championship to the lows of drug addiction and the perils the obstacle brings. Jason Momoa involved in head-on crash with motorcyclist in California
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