Kurt Angle Hints at a Possible In-Ring Return Later This Year

During a recent interview with WrestlingInc, Kurt Angle revealed he might be allowed to wrestle later this year in the WWE but also admitted he hasn’t taken any physicals yet needed for it.

Angle stated he doesn’t think the WWE has any plans in the current GM storyline to put him in a match but also thinks its because the storyline itself is still in the very early stage.

“I don’t know about ‘soon’. I think that the general manager role is going to last a little while. I don’t think they want me to go any step further than that, but you do have to keep in mind that until I take the physical [no in-ring return will happen].” Angle continued, “I don’t know when it’s going to occur, but I’d say it’d most likely occur. But, I’d say probably near the end of the year is what I’m guessing and I really don’t know.”

Angle did admit he hasn’t taken any of the required medical tests needed to be cleared by the WWE but believes the company wants him to get comfortable being back before making an official decision.

“I did hint to Triple H at the very beginning of our talks that I did want to wrestle again and he said, ‘we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. You’re going to have to take a physical and you’re going to have to pass.’ So he said, ‘let’s just take it one step at a time.’ I really believe, and this was not mentioned by anybody, and this is my own belief, I really believe they want to see how I do. They want to see if I really am the person I say I am, that I’ve been staying clean for four years, that I’ve got my life together, that I have everything on track. It’s a bit of a longer process, but you’ve got to earn back the trust.”