TNA has released a video in which Kurt Angle is talking about his retirement. As we know TNA is dubbing their UK tour this January as the "retirement tour" for Kurt Angle. Kurt said:
"This is my retirement tour for Impact Wrestling, Good things do come to an end, and my career is coming to an end. I've had a great career, I've enjoyed every second of it, from WWE to TNA."
Raven on Talk is Jerricho
Former ECW World Heavyweight Champion Raven joined Chris Jerricho for the 198th episode his famous "Talk is Jerricho" podcast. Raven said that vince McMahon vs. Hulk Hogan was the best match in WrestleMania 19 and more. Here are some highlights from the podcast:
He said that the best match of Wrestlemania 19 was Vince McMahon vs. Hulk Hogan. It's notable that the event featured matches like Chris Jerricho vs. Shawn Michaels and The Rock vs. "Stone cold" Steve Austin :
"[Jericho] and Michaels had a phenomenal match, but I still thought that the best match, no offense, on the card was Hulk and Vince because Vince's facials and they didn't have 20 minutes of false finishes. I think they had just a comeback and go home, right? But I remember there was this one spot where Vince picked something up and he peers. Like, his head pops up and he's peering over across the ring and the camera picks it up and I'm like, 'oh, what a shot!'"
He said that Partying with Shane McMahon, the son of Vince Mcmahon caused heat with him:
" They used to call me Johnny Port Chester Polo because Stamford [Connecticut], they rolled the sidewalks up at one o'clock, but Port Chester [New York] was open till, like, five in the morning. It's, like, five miles away. my downfall was I'd bring Shane out with me, Shane McMahon. And the boys are like, 'ah, you're sucking up to him' and I'm like, 'no, I'm not! I'm burying myself' because he'd call his dad, and on commentary, I'd call his dad 'Vic' instead of 'Vince', so he'd go, 'hey, Vic,' which is just horrible! He'd say, 'hey, Vic, it's,' and it would be, like, four in the morning, 'I'm just going to sleep at Johnny Polo's tonight' and so I just buried myself."
On the question of returning to WWE he said that he could return but only on his terms. He admitted that his return is doubtful:
"Honestly, if I could go back, if I could go there now, I don't think I would because I'd rather be semi-retired. If I had an opportunity to come in, which I don't, but if I had an opportunity to come in and do what I wanted to do the way I wanted to do it, I'd take that in a heartbeat. But the odds of me ever getting that and the odds of them ever hiring me are [astronomically small], but the odds of me getting to do what I want to do are beyond [astronomically small]."
He also talked about the downfall of ECW and TNA, he also said that the chairman Vince McMahon sees himself as 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase and 'The All-American' Lex Luger.
