Kurt Angle wasn’t paid for his documentary about his life, career and struggles that aired on Peacock, according to the WWE Hall of Famer.
On a recent edition of the “Julian Dorey” podcast, Angle spoke about ANGLE, which was produced by Alex Perry and aired on Peacock. He said,
“You know what? I got approached for that (‘ANGLE’ documentary) and it was by a young producer in Hollywood. His name was Alex Perry. He was a big wrestling fan and he knew my story and so he said, ‘Listen, I’d love to do a documentary on you,’ and you know, he’s like, ‘We could make a lot of money’ and I thought, okay, I can make some money.
“By the way, I didn’t get a penny for it so, I didn’t make any money. But, the reason why is because WWE bought it. So, he sold out to WWE when he probably should have shopped it around to Netflix or — so WWE got the documentary and they aired it on Peacock, which isn’t worldwide and I wanted it to reach all over the world because I wanted to help people with addiction.
“But, unfortunately, the WWE, all they did with it was show it on Peacock which is fine and then they gave it to A&E to air and then A&E has put it on YouTube. So now, you can look at it for free on YouTube and I didn’t get a dime for it, and I know people made money from it; WWE, I know Alex might’ve made some money but I didn’t make any… He (Alex Perry) did a great job (with the documentary). Yes.“
Last month, the Olympic Gold Medalist shared that a film about his life and Olympic victory in the Atlanta Summer Games is in the works.
Kurt recently shared that he was fined thousands by Vince McMahon for cracking up when filming segments. Click here to learn more.
