Kurt Angle recounts the night he asked Vince McMahon for his release 

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I was stuck on that shit after a bad disabilitating accident, now I'm fine and been off those drugs. Its probably the hardest thing to get over in my life.....sucks!

I know just what Kurt was/is going through, its the help you need, but the tradeoff with the withdrawals just became too much to keep going through, when your taking 90 in a week like I got used to, it really costs you everything in your life. Cause you really don't want to do shit during that period, not even talk to anyone, the anxiety was through the fucking roof for me. And because you have that going on, you can't sleep. Nothing is that bad, even death probably goes quicker than that.

@Blue 30's just stopped, went through that hell for a while, it tough to do, but, I remember coming to the conclusion that, even though I needed it from having my ankle,to/fib and elbow shattered due to a guy running me over with his speeding motorcycle, the constant trade off of feeling relief from the pain killers to running out so fast and then facing hell for however long it takes, that trade of feeling relief was NOT worth it to me anymore. I never took drugs before that accident, so that and along with this new pain, is probably why I liked it too much. There is no way people can take that stuff and not get hooked, and during the WDs, you never believe you can stop, that craving is extreme, that anxiety is extreme. The doctors might try to give you sub's or some type of methadone, it just keeps you stuck on it though, its the hardest thing to overcome, but it does very slowly get better, but I just kept telling myself, I don't want to go through this hell anymore, that's really what did it for me. I'd say avoid hospitals, pharmacies, anyone who can give it to you for at least 4-5 months, cause those were always reminders and if I seen those places or people, that overwhelming feeling of I gotta have it came back immediately. I hope that helps anyone who wanted the help. Cause you will not quit unless you reach that point when you realize the trade isn't worth it anymore.

@Blue 30's BTW I no longer take either, the kratom did help greatly for the cravings and anxiety of WDs too.

He's was definitely on that path. He's very blessed and fortunate he made it through those hard times.

Yea, they were too intense!

You mean his kids are lucky he didn’t end up like Benoit

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Pain killers and Roids are two different things. Eddie’s heart blew up from Roid abuse. Benoit?!?!? Who the hell knows what happened to that dude. It’s all speculation, there is no definitive CTE, depression, drug abuse. All of those things happen to a lot of people and they don’t commit murder suicide.

That’s exactly what might of happened.

Awesome.. I try to stay Busy at least a lil bit.

Good luck make people aware around how bad drug abuse is cause I have read many try drugs for fun which leads to their life getting ruined

@@ShubhamMishrabro i was put on them post surgery and just left on them. my Dr's not once mentioned coming off them.

@@2Wheels1rider damn why. I think doctor make patients aware they can get addict to it

@@ShubhamMishrabro Well, when i was first put on them in 2008, Perdue pharma ( now bankrupt & criminally charged ) marketed them as un-addictable. Which is crazy as you dont need to be a dr to know opiates are addictive. I guess it was because they are synthetic and new at the time? i was just a 21yo kid in pain, and wanted it to stop. At least its over now though. Kurts drug service still helps to this day, they're great!

Agreed. That man is the personification of hard work

The 3 i's. Integrity, intensity, intelligence.

I can't think of 1 match in TNA that he had that was as good as his matches with Shawn or Benoit

Name a TNA match that was better than his match against Chris Benoit at Royal rumble 2003. You can't.

lol why are you people bent on focusing on that part and not the positive part about Kurt changing his life

But she still left kurt and shanked up with Jeff jaret

@@chaitubhai1449 exactly what I thought

@@ill_be_frank that's the irony women always disrespect nice guys

@@chaitubhai1449 no, his second wife

@@chaitubhai1449 you sound like an incel when you say that

I have to agree there too. I didn’t watch much TNA but Kurt pulled some moves and matches that I didn’t even know he had in him due to his style of wrestling. He was a legit machine there

He was an amazing heel too

I would’ve preferred TNA so much more if they hadn’t brought Karen into the storyline

Main event mafia and his match w/ Sting in the empty auditorium on saturday morning was great

Tna schedule is way better than WWE, as per Booker T.

I suppose it depends on how you grow up and who you are surrounded by. I grew up with addicts and i could tell there was something off with Kurt from 2006 onward … I was born in 1995 but that’s just me tho

"According to rumor and innuendo meltzer said....."

😂😂😂

Arm chair quarterback...lmao!

So refreshing him not being on here, especially for such a deep story.

@Jon Esser bad take

Oh it’s true, it’s damn true.

Amen

Theres no evidence for a god

@@dannycardona211 that’s false; you are evidence.

I got 500 Kurt will beat the shit outa Vince

Lol dude he is an gold medalist in Olympics definitely kurt would have beat the shit out of both shane and vince together

Might not have kicked his ass that day though, with his injuries, and addictions. But man, with 3 months to get ready, wow, he would brutalize Vince.

I got 1,000 on Shane knocking him out cold if it comes to grappling Kurt Gina slam him around but even then gonna be tough but stand up street fight I got Shane in that fight

He kicked Brock Lesnar's ass in a shoot fight, I think he could handle Vince, Shane, And even Johnny Ace!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha wtf is up with that pose in your profile pic looks fruity as hell

@@rockk9753 sorry brotha maybe I should change it was like 18 at the time just didn’t think it was a big deal? Is it bothering you?

@@thangyselfmade7028 no it was just really hilarious you looked fruity why you change it? It was funny

@@rockk9753 I was dumb for having my face on a RU-vid account lol 😂

@@thangyselfmade7028 not really, it was just that pose that was a bit too much so I busted out laughing lol

Also aew is absolute trash

@@matthewsmith8727 Cope

Which Ric? Flair? Flair sucks

Please tip me , I need to pay my monthly bills

Except for the FACT that you could tell he was a shell of what he was in that last WWE run. Even when they put him in the ring you could see that he could barely walk or move real well. They weren't going to put him in a major match when they can see the trouble he's having just doing basic stuff.

@@lutherheggs451 a major match isn't necessarily main eventing a major ppv but it's gotta be more than the silly stories he was part of. Heck put him in a series of multi man matches or important tag matches (think they tried with the shield) . Heck instead of a long run, give him a big one off, not a final match against corbin lol

Good work but nah his best work ever will always be his WWF feuds. Greatest rookie year of wrestling of ALL TIME

What's makes me sad is I didn't know he wrestled after WWE. It blew my mind. Like 10 years of matches and countless tv appearance.

​@@blackout8777 Nope. His matches in TNA were better than WWE

Marks judge Vince for literally everything

Well you gotta understand what Kurt was going through at that time. As he said in this video, he was on percs not once did he wrestle high or under the influence unlike a certain person that did. Anyhow, around this time, Kurt was in A TON of pain mostly because of the neck injury in the 96 Olympics and other injuries he suffered in the WWE. If Kurt didn't have the broken freaking neck, I believe he would be wrestling part time even now, but due to his age, I think it's safe to say he's pretty much done.