Kurt Angle Says He Doesn’t Have Heat With Baron Corbin, Thinks WWE Could Push Corbin Harder

Baron Corbin retired Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 35 after Angle had a last run of matches with the likes of AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Chad Gable and more. 

Angle has said multiple times that he wanted to face John Cena in his final match, but Vince McMahon made the call to have Angle face Corbin. 

Speaking on The Kurt Angle Show, Angle was asked if he has any heat with Corbin. 

“I do not have heat with Baron Corbin. He wasn’t my first choice to retire me at WrestleMania, I’ve made that very well known, but I didn’t mind having him there. I didn’t mind wrestling him. The problem with Baron is, right after he beat me, they pushed him really hard. He won King of the Ring, became King Corbin, and then they changed it to Happy Corbin. I don’t know what the hell they were thinking. At that point, he was kind of dwindling down, and then they came back with the Lone Wolf Baron Corbin. He started coming back up again. I don’t think he’s had the opportunity that he deserves. They could push him a little harder and he’d be in a much better place if they did that. I don’t know if they’re not crazy about him, or what it is, but he is talented. He can cut a promo just as good as anybody else, he’s great in the ring. I don’t know what the problem is. He’s talented enough to make it at that level and stay there,” said Angle.

Corbin is now back in NXT and set to face Gable Steveson at NXT Great American Bash. 

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