Kurt Angle addressed his absence from John Cena’s upcoming farewell tour during an appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet. Cena announced his WWE departure in July 2024 but will continue professional wrestling, with plans for 40 events throughout 2025.
During the interview, Angle discussed his current physical limitations.
No, I can’t wrestle anymore. Actually, you know what I did? I did wrestle about two months ago. I did a commercial for CBS, and it was for the NFL pre-game for the Ravens and Steelers. So me and a gentleman named Kyle Brandt, he’s a sportscaster for CBS. He pretended he was the Ravens and I pretended I was the Steelers. We had a pro wrestling match and I was bumping
Angle also addressed rumors about his past painkiller use.
I know that fans, it’s almost like they want me to feel good about it, the fans are having fun with it because I was the best wrestler in the business. So they want to say that Kurt Angle was Perc Angle, that’s why he was doing it, because he was all perked up. The thing is, I didn’t use painkillers while I was wrestling. I did them in the morning, and then at night I would wrestle, and then I did painkillers after I got done wrestling. So I never wrestled high