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To start things out I must say that I am a huge fan of Kurt’s work, he may very well be the best worker in the business today. At the same time, he does seem to have some issues outside of the squared circle. Most people reading this likely know of him being arrested in Pittsburgh this past weekend. If you are unaware though, allow me to fill you in. Angle was arrested outside of a local Starbucks where he was allegedly stalking fellow TNA wrestler Rhaka Khan, his girlfriend, thus violating a restraining order she had taken out against him. Not only that, but Angle was said to have been in possession of illegal HGH (Human Growth Hormone) and driving with a suspended license. Angle’s attorney at least claims he had a prescription for the HGH but according to reports nothing has been verified. Khan claims as well that Kurt had stolen her cellphone and was deleting pictures of what she claims to be “abuse.” Much of the details there, at least from what I have been able to gather, are quite vague and sketchy to say the least. I do not recall that being in the police report.

 

 

Moving along though, this is not the first outlandish incident Kurt has been involved in. He seems to have issue after issue pop up. Think about it, really think about it, how truly bad must Kurt have been in WWE for them to essentially fire him given how starved WWE is for talent? I don’t believe we were ever given the full story there. Of course though, not long after his WWE release, TNA signs Angle. I honestly wasn’t surprised one bit by that, he was one of the biggest names in the sport. He was given a massive push right away and is basically the face of TNA now. The question I have is this though, should Angle continue to be the face of TNA or should TNA take some action? Or at least do something? I mean for crying out loud, the man is arrested on Saturday and on Sunday he retains his TNA World Heavyweight Championship on PPV. Should TNA have taken the strap off of him, should he have been suspended, should some punishment been levied against him? These are the questions that need to be asked. Is TNA making a mistake, are they setting bad precedents? You can look at this a number of ways. If you want my opinion, I think TNA needed to take a stand. I am about as big a Kurt Angle fan as you’ll find but TNA without question should have taken the strap off him at Sunday’s PPV. It’s not as if the strap even means that much right now, but that’s another debate for another day (you’ll hear about that later). I just can’t stand superstars doing whatever they want and getting away with it simply because of their name. TNA is still an up and coming company, growing each and every day, they need to be setting better precedents in my opinion. I just don’t think they know how big of a mistake they are making, mark my words. I mean, God forbid they end up like WWE one day…