There were tons of rumors were going on about the last match of Kurt Angle. We were about to learn his opponent in this special match at Wrestlemania 35 that raised the curiosity quite high for the past couple of days. WWE did let us know about the name which most of the crowd did not like. As confirmed by Kurt Angle himself, he will face the former acting general manager of WWE Raw, Baron Corbin on April 7th.
The Hall of Famer appeared in the first hour of WWE Raw in Chicago to reveal the name in public. The windy city crowd did expect a bigger name would be in store for end the celebrated career on a big note. However, no such surprise was in store for them during the segment. He announced the name Baron Corbin to be his Wrestlemania opponent to which the crowd reacted in a tremendous negative way.
Kurt Angle tried to make up by saying how Baron Corbin made his life a living hell since he became the General Manager of WWE RAW. So nothing would make him happier rather than tapping him out at the showcase of immortals. But the crowd rather chanted for John Cena.
Well, at this point in his career, Kurt Angle is in tremendous bad shape. So the WWE officials might be afraid to insert him in a match against any of the marquee names available. Hence, Baron Corbin is the best choice that he can expect to compete at Wrestlemania even though the crowd does not love the match to happen.
WWE hyped up this week’s episode of WWE Raw by making the major announcement regarding Kurt Angle. We learned that the former general manager of the show is about to confirm his Wrestlemania opponent. It was last week that he confirmed to have a farewell match on April 7th at the biggest event of the year.
There were rumors about his in-ring career being in jeopardy for quite sometimes. He was not in good shape for quite a long time. Growing age has softened his skills. The old Kurt Angle that we used to know is no more present. Rather, he can barely move his body around like an agile athlete nowadays. So it’s a better decision for him to head onto the sunset and embrace the evident.
With that being said, speculations were on about who could be the opponent of Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania. A couple of legends like John Cena and The Undertaker was in the list of superstars to produce a dream match. Plus, the young generation of superstars like Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and even Matt Riddle from NXT was also there. In the end, WWE chose Baron Corbin to culminate a rivalry from the recent past.
