During a recent appearance on the “WFAN” podcast, Kurt Angle discussed the similarity between Vince McMahon and the Mr. McMahon character, stating that there is no difference.
Angle said, “There’s not much of a difference. Vince is Vince. He’s always showed his true colors, all the time. I took a quick liking to Vince. I liked him, and he became somewhat of a father figure for me. The thing is, what blows my mind, I always spent so much time with him, but I never saw him do any of the things he’s accused of. I spent a lot of time with him. I was on his private jet with him. I was in the meetings with him. We were working together all day long and we would stay at the same hotel. I spent a super amount of time with Vince and I never saw him do anything like that. For me, I was just as surprised as any other fan. He was on his phone quite a bit. I know he sent a lot of text messages and stuff. I understand that and understand why I missed that. I know a lot of communication with people was by text. He was always on his phone. I didn’t know what it was for.”
During a recent appearance edition of his “The ARN Show” podcast, Arn Anderson discussed whether he has received a WWE Legends contract following his recent appearance.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On whether he’s been offered a WWE Legends deal yet: “No, but that’s okay. I haven’t had that one-on-one conversation about that in particular. It’s alright just for me popping in from time to time, if that’s what they have for me. I wouldn’t be disappointed if that’s what it was. But you never know, we’ll see.”
On GUNTHER: “He just caught my eye in particular because he will just stand in there and bang it out with you. And everything he does is solid and has malice. You know, he’s just a really salty guy. And believe it or not, it was late in the afternoon, I have never had a chance to introduce myself to him or meet him personally as of yet. I didn’t get — you know, just our paths never crossed at SummerSlam. And you know, he was sitting in catering late in the afternoon so I just went over and introduced myself. And I just said, ‘Hey, like your stuff, man. You are a cement mixer.’ And he seemed to get a kick out of that. Whether he knew what a cement mixer was or not, I don’t know. But it was meant to be — it’s a hard ass. And I like that.”
On Gunther vs. Cody Rhodes at Crown Jewel: “Cody needs challenges. He needs tests. He needs to be able to go beyond what he even believes he’s able to. And I know he’s bet on himself and he’s confident in his abilities, you know. But when you have a guy like that man, that’s going to be a different kind of match. It’s not going to be pretty. It’s not going to be slick. Gonna have to stand in there and bang on that one. So look forward to it.”