"It was a JOKE" - WWE veteran clarifies comment after saying Vince McMahon is "gonna go to hell when he dies"

A top name has clarified his comments about former WWE CEO Vince McMahon in 2022. WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle took to X/Twitter to make it clear he was joking when he said McMahon would go to hell after his passing.

McMahon is likely never going to be seen on WWE TV again. He resigned from TKO amidst allegations of sexual assault and trafficking by a former WWE employee named Janel Grant. Over the past few months, several wrestling personalities have commented on the accusations against Vince McMahon.

In an interview from two years ago, WWE veteran Kurt Angle stated that McMahon will go to hell when he eventually dies. The comments recently went viral on Wrestling Twitter. Angle has now made a clarification about his comments, stating that he was joking:

"To everyone seeing this, I meant for it to be a joke. I don’t know why wrestle ops or whoever came up with this quote made it look serious. It was a JOKE. I actually complimented Vince on his business mind and incredible work ethic but I guess they decided to leave that out. Of course they did."

What exactly did Kurt Angle say about Vince McMahon?

The Olympic gold medalist commented on the former WWE Chairman and said that he does "some crazy sh*t."

Check out his full comments below:

“I don’t know what it is about Vince, he’s so complicated, he does some crazy sh*t, to be an owner of a company and to do some of sh*t he does, it’s like what the fu*k man... But Vince is a very special individual and…he’s gonna go to hell when he dies.” [H/T Sports Illustrated]

Angle's clarification was met with tons of negative responses from fans. Many fans blasted him in the comments for saying he was joking about McMahon.