Vince McMahon Heavily Resisted Rey Mysterio’s WWE Main Event Push

WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle has not returned to pro wrestling since his release and is unlikely to ever will. He is certainly one of the best pro wrestlers to have ever graced the squared circle.

The Olympic Hero has competed against the best of the best that the professional wrestling world has to offer. This is especially true during his time on Smackdown in the early 2000s as well.

While speaking on the October 16 episode of The Kurt Angle Show, the Olympic gold medalist explained that Vince McMahon was very hesitant in pushing Rey Mysterio as a main event talent.

“Yes, Vince was not very keen on a smaller guy making it to the main event. As a matter of fact, you had to have a certain amount of size on you, especially in the 80s and 90s, you had to be over 240, but then he kind of loosened up and started taking in guys around 200, 185, 190, the Eddie Guerreros and the Chris Jerichos and the Chris Benoits.”

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And Rey, he wasn’t folding with Rey, but somebody talked him into it and said, ‘Give him a chance.’ And he did it that night, and from then on, Rey was a main eventer. Vince was wrong. I mean, Vince is hardly ever wrong, but he was wrong about this.”

Kurt Angle proved that he still has pro wrestling in his veins no matter what after returning to RAW earlier this year. We will have to wait and see whether the WWE Hall of Famer will make his return to WWE television somewhere down the line or not.