TNA Confirms Kurt Angle’s ACL Injury – Details

TNA announced via their official website that Kurt Angle “suffered a torn ACL.” You can read their official release below.

Kurt Angle re-injures his Knee on IMPACT against EC3 | Torn ACL that will require surgery

On Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast, Kurt Angle finally got his chance at payback one-on-one against Ethan Carter III. However, during the course of the match, Kurt’s surgically-repaired knee gave out on him twice, leading to Ethan Carter capitalizing on the injury to get the pin and win over his nemesis. After the bout, Kurt was immediately taken for X-rays, which unfortunately revealed that the TNA Hall Of Fame has suffered a torn ACL that will require surgery. You can watch the footage from Angle’s injury below, plus the doctor’s prognonsis afterwards – stay tuned to ImpactWrestling.com and @IMPACTWRESTLING and @RealKurtAngle on Twitter for further updates on Kurt’s condition!

Angle contacted TNAnews.com and told them the following, “I was limited in the ring and don’t want to be anymore. I injured it 5 years ago. Held up until now. I love going 150%.”

Angle also tweeted the following on his official Twitter account earlier today:

4 months and 29 days for My Return to the Ring! Training starts today! Stay tuned!! #MyComeback http://t.co/xO7TlJ9XkP

— Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) May 9, 2014

It should be noted that around September, when he is projecting his ability to return to the ring, is around the same time that his TNA contract expires.

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