6 Superstars who didn't join WWE for unusual reasons

#2 Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle will go down in history as one of the greats to wrestle in a WWE ring. He made the transition from amateur wrestling to pro wrestling very smoothly - and quickly - but his first foray into the world of pro wrestling didn't get off to the right start.

When Vince McMahon offered him a 10-year deal just after his gold medal at the 1996 Olympics, Angle had one condition that he laid out to WWE and McMahon. He said that he didn't want to lose in WWE.

"In 1996, after I won the gold medal, Vince McMahon said he’d like to meet with me. He threw a contract at me right away, it was a 10-year deal, it was more money than I ever saw in my lifetime at that time. I looked at the contract and stared back at Vince and said, ‘Mr. McMahon, thank you for the offer. I hope you know I’m an Olympic gold medalist, so I could never lose.’ I didn’t hear from Vince McMahon after that, I didn’t get it. I didn’t understand what this was."

In the world of pro wrestling, hardly anyone has an unblemished record. Angle was not going to be an exception even if he was an Olympic medallist and an American hero. He eventually did sign with WWE two years later and had a Hall of Fame career.