Various: Kurt Angle on TNA Career Doesn’t Get “Enough Accolades” from Fans, Karmen Petrovic vs. Sumie Sakai Set for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII, Indies

Nov 13, 2024

Kurt Angle Comments on His Belief His TNA Career Doesn’t Get “Enough Accolades” from Fans

WrestleZone held a recent interview with WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle. One of the topics discussed included Angle’s thoughts about his belief that his career in TNA Wrestling does not get enough talk from fans and his work in TNA being better than his work in WWE.

“I always get, ‘You know, Kurt Angle would have been the best of all time if he would have stuck in the WWE and wrestled there for 20 years.’ That may be true, but what’s the difference? I wrestled in TNA for 11 of my 20 years, and I think that should be added on. I had a better career in TNA. I was wrestling guys like AJ Styles and Samoa Joe and Sting. And I had a lot better career in TNA because I came into my own. You know, when you’re a professional wrestler it takes you about six, seven years to really master your craft. And that’s when I left WWE, after six years. And I went to TNA and I was a man on a mission there. And I just did incredibly well there.
I don’t get enough accolades for it, you know? I mean, I know that a lot of people consider me one of the best of all times now regardless of my TNA career. But that career gets a little bit stifled. That really bothers me a little bit because, you know, I was really that good. I mean, I had an incredible career. Don’t get me wrong, the WWE career was great too. Now me coming back to the WWE in 2017, I don’t even count that. Because by then I lost a step, I wasn’t the same person. The reason why I retired early is because I looked at myself on television and I was like, ‘Wow, this looks like an old man wrestling.’ And I didn’t like what I saw.”

Angle worked in TNA/Impact from October of 2006 to March of 2016.

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

Karmen Petrovic vs. Sumie Sakai Announced for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII

Josh Barnett recently announced one new match for the card of Game Changer Wrestling’s Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII event, which takes place on November 24th in Jersey City, New Jersey.

This new match announced was a singles match of Karmen Petrovic vs. Sumie Sakai.

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Current card for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII:

MVP vs. Josh Barnett
Dominic Garrini vs. Kevin Ku
Masha Slamovich vs Lei Ying Lee
Charlie Dempsey vs. AKIRA
Josh Alexander vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
Marina Shafir vs. Jody Threat
Karmen Petrovic vs. Sumie Sakai

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestling team recently announced on Instagram that former WWE talent and Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson will be returning to the university and joining the team for his final year of eligibility.

As noted before, a new docuseries based on media mogul and former WCW owner Ted Turner, titled Call Me Ted, will be premiering on Warner Bros Discovery’s MAX service today. A trailer for the docuseries was recently released.

This past Sunday’s Guerra de Titanes 2024 event for Lucha Libre AAA in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico featured El Mesías defeating Octagon Jr. to become the new AAA Latin American Champion.

WrestleCade recently announced that Darby Allin will be making an appearance for the company at their WrestleCade Weekend 2024 convention on November 29th to December 1st in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

WrestleCade also recently announced one new match for the card of their WrestleCade SuperShow event on November 30th in Winston-Salem:

Shelton Benjamin vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that WWE ID talent Zayda Steel will be making her debut appearance for the company at their You Wouldn’t Understand event on November 29th in Brooklyn, New York.

GCW also recently announced one new match for the card of their You Wouldn’t Understand event on November 29th in Brooklyn:

GCW World Championship – Homicide vs. Mance Warner (c)

As noted before, “Speedball” Mike Bailey’s contract with TNA Wrestling is currently believed to expire at the end of this year. Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that despite recent online speculation of Bailey leaving TNA following his recent X-Division Championship loss to Moose, those spoken to stated that Bailey is still under contract with TNA through 2024. Sapp reported that those spoken to also stated that Bailey has not had any talks with AEW regarding a potential contract with them.

TNA recently announced one new match for the card of this Thursday’s Impact! show on AXS TV: