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Kurt Angle
 It's True! It's True! $7.99 Kurt Angle's biography is a great read. The first 200 pages or so describe Kurt's childhood and how he progressed through amateur wrestling to win a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. I know nothing about amateur wrestling and yet I found the descriptions of the training and matches to be fascinating. Reading about the training Kurt put himself through for 2 years before the Olympics is enough to bring tears to your eyes. It is inspiring to hear about how Kurt focussed on his goal and then did everything he could to achieve it. The second part of the book, about 150 pages, describes how he got into WWE and gives a run down of the storylines he was involved with in his first couple of years. I was very interested in this as it's always nice to get the behind-the-scenes details on WWE programmes. He doesn't reveal anything particularly controversial or shocking, but it's interesting just the same. Parts of the book surprised me. From watching Kurt when he joined WWE I had assumed he came from a fairly priveliged background, but that isn't actually the case. His family are working class and his father died when Kurt was still young. It was an event that, of course, had a huge impact on his life and was a driving factor in him wanting to win a gold medal in his father's memory. After Kurt won the gold he found himself at a loss for what to do next. The book goes into detail about how he eventually decided to join WWE after initially turning down a lucrative offer from them after the Olympics. The book is sometimes inadvertantly funny because Kurt can come across as quite egotistical - which is very similar to the character he played in WWE. Many, many times in the book, Kurt uses these kind of phrases: 'It showed a lot of character to come back the way I did' or 'I'm a sports icon' or 'I did that quicker and better than anybody else'. On the other hand though, Kurt also describes times when he failed in doing something, such as when he was a sportscaster for Fox and he didn't get much training so he kept on messing up on air. Overall, I recommend this book to people who enjoyed Kurt's character in WWE and want to find out more about the man behind the gold medal. It is also a story that is very inspiring because it shows that if you are completely focussed on your goal, and work hard at it, it is likely that you will succeed.  WWE Wrestling DELUXE Aggression Series 1 Action Figure Kurt Angle $19.99 This is an officially licensed WWE Jakks action figure. It is brand new.  Kurt Angle Shoot Interview DVD $19.99 Your Olympic Hero Kurt Angle has stepped off the gold medal platform and into the hot seat in a brand new exclusive shoot that will have all of fandom talking! One of wrestling's fastest rising stars, Kurt Angle discusses his entire wrestling career; from his Olympic background all the way to his controversial leaving of WWE and current TNA stardom. You'll get firsthand accounts of his insane training schedule to prepare himself for the Atlanta Olympiad along with the gripping tales of his battle for the gold despite an injury that would put a normal man into a hospital bed. You don't have to be an avid fan of amateur wrestling to get into the stories Angle tells about his training under David Schultz, or be chilled to the bone after hearing tales of Schultz's murderer, John du Pont, the financial backer of Schultz's Olympic team. Drugs. No interview with Kurt Angle could be conducted without asking Kurt point blank about drug use and the professional wrestling industry. Let?s just say each person watching this shoot will be shocked out how candid Angle is on this scandalous subject. Did you know about the locker room fist fight between Kurt and Eddy Guerrero? Angle describes his final meeting with Vince McMahon and responds to Heyman's comments of Kurt "crying for help." No viewer will be able to tear themselves away from the screen during this emotional, gripping segment. Kurt even talked about his recent DUI arrest and gives his side of the events that transpired that day. You think that's all? Hardly, we still have Kurt's momentous decision to join TNA along with a ton of fantastic TNA stories. Exclusive backstage stories from Orlando and Kurt's opinion of all the top guys including Samoa Joe. This is one DVD that will have each and every wrestling fan entertained from star to finish. It's true, it's damn true. |
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