Kurt Angle Says He’s ‘In Extreme Pain All Day Long’ But Won’t Take Painkillers

WWE Hall Of Famer Kurt Angle is undoubtedly one of the bst pro wrestlers to have ever graced the squared circle. He had a tremendous career in WWE, spanning multiple World Title runs and incredible matches.

However, his longstanding battle with painkiller addiction took its toll on him and his relationship with Vince McMahon also suffered in 2006. Kurt Angle would eventually turn his life around and never taken painkillers again.

While speaking on a a Q&A edition of The Kurt Angle Show, Angle was asked how he is feeling lately. Angle revealed that he is in a lot of pain all day long but refuses to take painkillers.

“I’m in extreme pain all day long. I do maintenance on my body all day. I do my neck traction. I have a thing called the Iron Neck, where it trains your neck. I have anti-gravity machine rollers. I stretch. I do a lot of weight training. I work on my body a good 2-3 hours a day. I have to. I’m so banged up now. I sacrificed a lot of my body in professional wrestling, and amateur wrestling. I have to blame both sports, not just one. I’m paying for it now, but I’m managing it. I had a painkiller problem, and I kicked that eight years ago. Not having painkillers anymore is really difficult, but I’m never going back to those, nor do I want to. I’m going to keep doing my body maintenance training, and doing what I’m doing right now.

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We certainly applaud Kurt Angle for being determined to never take painkillers ever again. Angle was fired from WWE last year as part of the COVID-19 budget cuts, but it seems we might be seeing him return to the company eventually.

h/t to Wrestling News for the quotes.