Kurt Angle who is a big legend of professional wrestling recently looked back at his time in the TNA Wrestling. He is arguably the biggest name ever worked in TNA Wrestling and he won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for a total number of six times. He also won other titles in the promotion.
Recently, he remembered Austin Aries’ time in TNA Wrestling who also was a top star of the promotion. He had been a three times TNA World Heavyweight Champion and he also won other prestigious championships in the promotion. He is indeed one of the biggest legends of TNA Wrestling.
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However, there had been a consistent rumour that Austin Aries had attitude problem and he was arrogant. It is also believed that a lot of people did not want him to become champion. Kurt Angle recently talked about this matter while speaking on his Kurt Angle Show Podcast. Below are some highlights of what he Olympic Gold Medallist said;
Making him World Champion: “No, it was his time. You know, we made a new wrestler. Austin was coming up through the ranks at this particular time. He was fresh. I liked the way they pushed him. They didn’t take their time with him. They really elevated him quickly and he deserved that.”
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Dealing with Aries: “He is a great wrestler. He’s a little arrogant. He’s a little bit of a prick. I’m not gonna lie to you. I kind of like it to be honest with you. Austin can be annoying, but, that’s part of him, that’s part of his character. That’s who he is. I’m glad it was Austin. He was really good. He deserved it.”
Option C idea: “Yeah. That made him. Give him a shot at the world title. I liked Option C. I think it did help the X Division. There are guys there that did deserve to be in the main event in the heavyweight division and they never got there.
“So, you know, you look at AJ [Styles] and Christopher Daniels and, and, Samoa Joe, the history is so long with the X Division and they parlayed over to the heavyweight division. After those guys, not many X Division guys came out and went to the heavyweight division. So I think that really helped the X Division by having Option C. Yeah.”
Austin Theory also had a small run in WWE too but he mostly worked on the Cruiserweight division of the promotion. After a number of failed attempts to win the Cruiserweight title he left WWE and returned to Impact Wrestling. Right now, he is active on the Independent Circuit.
H/T to Wrestling Headlines for the transcription.
