Kurt Angle: “Enough with The Gimmicks”
-Kurt Angle loves TNA but being in the Octagon ring is also frustrating at times. The Sun’s UK did an recent interview with kurt Angle and he is what is what he said:
Being in TNA is exciting and frustrating at the same time.
We’ve been doing a good job but what we need to do right now is to simplify things. We get a little bit too complicated with our gimmick matches and run-ins.
I’ve spoken to the bookers, writers and owners of TNA and said: “Listen. Wrestling is very simple, keep it simple.”
Take the King Of The Mountain match.
You have to put the belt on the hook, but before you do that you have to pin somebody. If you get pinned then you end up in the penalty box. When you get out the penalty box you’re still eligible to win as long as you pin somebody and then put that belt up on the hook.
It’s like holy s***, it’s too f***ing confusing.
And that’s one of our biggest matches of the year.
MOUNTAIN CONFUSION … Kurt in King match
MOUNTAIN CONFUSION … Kurt in King match
Why not just make it that someone puts the belt on the hook and they win. That’s all you’ve got to do.
We can do all the same spots and have all the same energy.
We did the Hard Justice PPV in New Jersey two months ago and every bout was a gimmick match.
On that show, me and AJ Styles had a Last Man Standing contest.
We were getting ready to go out and they asked if I understood what the match was. I said: “Yeah – one guy stays down for a count of 10.”
And they replied: “Yes, but you’ve got to get a pinfall first before the referee counts to 10.”
So for the first two or three pinfalls, the fans cheer or boo because they think the match is over and they’re like: “What’s going on?” Angle calls for an end to TNA gimmicks
September 29th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
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