Kurt Angle: AEW And WWE Have A Lot Of Talent, But Not The Talent We Had In The Attitude Era

Many wrestlers, including Seth Rollins, have said that wrestling is in a boom with two major companies thriving by various metrics and wrestlers having more opportunities than ever. 

Kurt Angle was part of the tail end of the Attitude Era, which many argue is the biggest era in wrestling history, and he believes the Attitude Era had more overall stars than today. 

“Both companies [AEW and WWE] have a lot of talent right now. I wouldn’t say they have the talent that we had back in the Attitude Era. Back then, everybody was a superstar. Lower card guys, middle card guys, the Godfather, Val Venis, Bob Holly, guys that were midcard and opening card guys were huge stars. Now, there are five or six top guys in the company that everyone knows and everyone else is not as recognized. Back then, we had a special group of guys. Don’t get me wrong, the guys today, they are much more athletic and do a lot more crazy stuff, more flips and acrobatic stunts. Hopefully, they’ll hone that in and come back to the way wrestling was where you have wrestling moves and stuff like that, not just stunts. I think everyone is doing a good job today in WWE and AEW,” said Angle in an interview with Grue Rume Show. 

Elsewhere during the interview, Angle commented on AEW’s success and if they were catching up to WWE. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

Angle’s new documentary “Angle” premiered on Peacock on September 2.

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