Current WWE Raw General Manager Kurt Angle recently took part in a conference call to promote his involvement in the upcoming WWE 2K18 video game. Angle took questions about the game and about WWE’s current product.
Here are some of the highlights:
Kurt was asked who he would pick as a character in WWE 2K18 in order to win the world title. He was asked to pick anyone but himself.
“I would be either Undertaker or John Cena because they rarely lose. They are guys that, whether in the video game or in real life, they are real life superheroes and I enjoy watching them both wrestle. I think that they’re both very articulate and they have a great outlook on their psychology in professional wrestling. Especially Undertaker…he’s the man. But those two guys are the guys I’d like to play. One of the newer guys? I love AJ Styles. I’m a big AJ Styles fan so I’d love to play him. I’ve wrestled him numerous times, and I know how truly talented he is and it’d be a lot of fun to be on the other side of that. I’d love to be AJ wrestling Kurt Angle. That’d be a lot of fun so we’ll see how that goes, but those are the guys I’d like to be.”
Kurt asked about his main motivation to return to WWE and whether it’s still the same company that he remembers.
“It’s different now, but in many good ways. The drug policy, the wellness policy [and] the way they cater to the athletes but… it’s a lot of fun to be back. I wanted to come back and you know Bill Goldberg said last year, he spoke about him returning to WWE [and] it wasn’t about him, it was about his kids. I have three little ones that actually have never seen me wrestle. A six-year-old, four-year-old, and seven-month-old and not only that, I owed it to the WWE Universe to come back and end my career here where I started it. A lot of fans have been asking for that for many years. So it isn’t about me coming back, it isn’t about feeding my ego, it isn’t about making money, it’s about the WWE Universe, the fans, and my kids that never watched me wrestle. I wanted them to see their dad and the light that my two older children have and the light that the rest of my family have. So it’s really not about me, it’s about them and I want to show ’em what daddy really can do.”
Kurt was asked about NXT and who he would like to have on Monday Night Raw.
“I really like that Asuka girl. I’m telling you, the girls have really come on strong. Watching her, I know she’s gonna make a huge impact when she comes up, and I hope that we get her on Raw. I really have enjoyed watching the females become a big part of the WWE and not just an addition but a big staple. They’re just as highly demanded as the guys now and I think that Triple H and the WWE have done an incredible job with NXT. They’re grooming these talents [and] they’ve become stars before they even get on TV on RAW and SmackDown. Wow, that’s never happened before. You have to give credit to how they’ve been able to produce them. Whether they get them from theater programs or independents but they bring them to NXT and they groom them. They get them ready for TV and it’s amazing how many talents are coming through NXT and that will continue to be their staple. That’s gonna be the way that it goes and I like it. I like what they’re teaching them down there. It’s not just the wrestling, it’s the persona, working on cutting promos. It’s the entrance themes. I mean you look at these entrances now – Finn Balor and Nakamura…Bayley. They’re just different now and larger than life. I really think the WWE has caught onto something really cool and fans like the entrances just as much if not more than the matches. Yes, it’s true. They’re on to something and I’m enjoying seeing it.”
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