In a recent interview with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston, WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle discussed several topics, including why he rejected an offer from All Elite Wrestling.

“They actually wanted me to wrestle in particular, Tony Khan gave me a call, wanted me to wrestle and they offered me a pretty good deal, but I just can’t do it anymore, I wish I could but it’s just not possible. They did offer me two different times, they did want me to do on-camera personality, as well as a non-wrestling role. I actually turned that down as well, I wanted to start up my supplement company and put more time into that and didn’t want to leave the company at this particular time, so I decided not to do it.

They wanted me to have big special matches, they gave me a contract for ten matches, they didn’t say how long it would be, it might not have been for a year, it might have been for three years and I would have wrestled three matches a year. I decided not to do it because of my supplement company, and the fact that I’m not the same that I used to be, if I’m going to go in there and wrestle, I want to be the old Kurt Angle and I know I can’t be that anymore.”

The full interview is available at this link.