On the July 17, 2017 episode of Monday Night RAW, Jason Jordan was revealed to be the kayfabe son of then-General Manager Kurt Angle. The storyline between Angle and Jordan was originally supposed to conclude at WrestleMania 34 in a match between them. However, Jordan’s career-ending neck injury forced Vince McMahon to replace him with Baron Corbin who then went on to defeat Angle in the Olympian’s retirement match at WrestleMania 35.
While speaking to The A 2 the K Wrestling Show, Angle reflected on his retirement match against Corbin at WrestleMania 35 in 2019. The WWE Hall of Famer wanted to retire against John Cena, but Vince McMahon was adamant about pushing The Lone Wolf. Angle said,
“Vince decided to put Baron Corbin in Jason [Jordan’s] position. I didn’t know I was going to retire at WrestleMania, but I felt like I was losing a step. I wasn’t able to be the Kurt Angle I expected myself to be, so, I decided I was going to retire at that WrestleMania against Baron. But, I called Vince, and I said, ‘Listen, no disrespect to Baron. I love the kid, I think he’s talented as heck, but I’d really love to wrestle John Cena’ … Vince said, ‘You know what? No, because you’re doing a program with Baron Corbin. You have to finish this program.’”
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