WWE News: Kurt Angle is not retiring mainly because of Money, talks WWE return

After mentioning earlier that this year would be his final lap in pro wrestling in a previous interview, Kurt Angle had led people to believe that he planned on retiring. For the purpose of clearing all lurking doubts, when Kurt Angle was posed a question regarding his retirement plans, he shed light on it explaining that he's not done, not yet.

“I did this on purpose,” he said.

Stressing the need for a break, he said, “I needed a break. I’ve been under contract for the past 17 years and didn’t have much time to spend with my family. I just wanted to do my own thing for a year. I finished up my contract with TNA, I was really happy with my career there, very happy with my career in WWE. I really don’t have much else to prove” Well then, why not retire and stay happily ever after? Like everybody else, for Kurt, it's all about the money now.

“I’m not going to be retiring though. I will be coming back to wrestling eventually. I’ve been signing contracts mainly because of the money. Thank god, the money has always been good for me. WWE and TNA, they’ve both treated really well but I just got to the point where I wanted to do my own thing for a little while. I didn’t want to be obligated to going anywhere, I wanted to do my own thing and see how that goes, see where it takes me,” he claims

Apparently doing his own thing also involves an acting career. In his words, “I also wanted to start working on my acting career, I signed with an agency, APA in Hollywood. I’ve been doing some reads, just doing my own thing. I like it, it’s good to be off and not have to worry about showing up somewhere every week.”

When asked about the possible return to WWE, Kurt exclaimed that he's not so sure about the future, at least not yet.

By disclosing his plans of taking care of it in the fall, he said, “We’ll see what happens. I haven’t talked to TNA or WWE about doing anything in the future. I want to take this whole year off but I will start talking negotiations in the fall. We’ll see what happens but yes, it does feel good.”

But there’s a slight hint towards Pittsburgh and the Kurt Angle chants that broke out on RAW, as he said,

“I heard about Pittsburgh, I didn’t really watch but I heard they were chanting we want Angle. I saw a lot of tweets going out there, I do believe I started trending that night. I’m sure that was quite a surprise to WWE. I know that the fans want me back, I understand. I had a great career there, it’s where I started and obviously, a lot of people want me to finish there.”