WWE Hall of Famer and Raw General Manager Kurt Angle recently spoke with Planeta Wrestling (transcript credit wrestlinginc.com) to promote WWE 2K18. Here are the highlights.
On if he could be any character in the game who would he choose:
“I would be either Undertaker or John Cena because they rarely lose. They are guys that, whether in the video game or real life, they’re real life superheroes. I enjoy watching them both wrestle. I think they’re both very particular and have a great outlook on their psychology in professional wrestling. Especially, Undertaker, he’s the man. But those two guys are the guys I’d like to play. One of the newer guys – I love AJ Styles. I’m a big AJ Styles fan so I’d love to play him. I’ve wrestled him numerous times, and I know how truly talented he is. It’d be a lot of fun to be on the other side of that. I’d love to be AJ wrestling Kurt Angle. That’d be a lot of fun. So we’ll see how that goes, but those are the guys I’d like to be.”
On who he wants on RAW from NXT:
“Oh gosh, I really like that Asuka girl. I’m telling you, the girls have really come on strong. Watching her, I know she’s gonna make a huge impact when she comes up, and I really hope we get her on RAW. I really enjoy watching the females become a big part of the WWE. Not just an addition but a big staple. They’re just as highly demanded as the guys now, I think Triple H and the WWE have done an incredible job with NXT. They’re grooming these talents, they’re become stars before they even get on TV on RAW and SmackDown. Wow, that’s never happened before. You have to give credit to how they’ve been able to produce them. Whether they get them from theatre programs or independents, they bring them to NXT and they groom them. They get them ready for TV and it’s amazing how many talents are coming through NXT. That’ll continue to be their staple. that’s gonna be the way it goes and I like it. I like what they’re teaching them down there. And it’s not just the wrestling, it’s the persona, working on cutting promos, entrance themes – I mean you look at these entrances now: Finn Balor, Nakamura, Bayley, they’re just different now and larger than life. I really think the WWE has caught onto something really cool. Fans like the entrances just as much if not more than the matches, yes it’s true. So they’re on to something and I enjoy seeing it.”
