Career:

Throughout Kurt Angle tenure in the company, he was a WCW United States Champion, WCW World Heavyweight Champion, WWE Tag Team Champion, 4 times WWF/E Champion, WWF European Champion, WWF Hardcore Champion, WWF Intercontinental Champion, and World Heavyweight Champion. In addition, Kurt Angle was the winner of the King of the Ring tournament in 2000, the tenth Triple Crown Champion, and the fourth Grand Slam Champion.

Initially Kurt Angle turning down an offer to join the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Kurt Angle signed a multi-year contract with the company in 1998. When Kurt Angle was granted a release from his contract then he continued to be a part of main event matches until August 2006. Kurt Angle is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

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Kurt Angle was born December 9, 1968 and is an American professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist. Kurt Angle was involved in inexpert wrestling during both high school and college. In college, he won numerous grants, including being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I champion. After graduating, he won the 1995 World Championship tournament. Kurt Angle then competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he won a gold medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling. His first big push in the company was in February 2000 when he held both the European Championship and Intercontinental Championship. Not long after, Angle began pursuing the WWF Championship.