Did Kurt Angle Just Announce His Royal Rumble Entry?
With the McMahon's dissolving Raw's General Manager position, Kurt Angle doesn't have anything to do. So, the 50-year-old WWE Hall of Famer is carving his own path, and it looks like that involves the 2019 Royal Rumble.
Angle made a nostalgic Instagram post on Thursday, where he detailed his classic Royal Rumble match with Chris Benoit. But before waking down Memory Lane, Angle seemingly announced his entry into January's Rumble.
"Up next..... Royal Rumble in January 2019. 16 years ago I had the privilege of defending my WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble. This is how the match was explained verbally to those who haven’t watched it. “Professional wrestling in its purest form is as beautiful as ballet, as elegant as a ballroom dance and as captivating as a theater. By purest
While it's possible he was talking about WWE's general direction, Angle's post, at
Until recently, Angle has been absent from WWE. In the fall, Stephanie McMahon sent Angle out for a "vacation" where he handed over his GM duties to Baron Corbin, In his absence, Angle was reportedly training to make an in-ring return, and that rumors look to have manifest as the Olympic Gold Medalist has gotten physical on numerous occasions in December. It's hard to forecast what Angle will be doing in 2019, but he and Corbin may stay on their current collision course.
But with the sudden takeover by the McMahons, all of WWE, not just Angle, is in an ambiguous state. WWE's royal family turned in late December to announce that WWE would be getting a