{"id":13800,"date":"2016-03-21T14:30:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T19:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=13800"},"modified":"2016-03-21T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T19:30:10","slug":"kurt-angle-talks-wrestling-future-interested-wwe-return-bellator-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/21\/kurt-angle-talks-wrestling-future-interested-wwe-return-bellator-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Angle talks wrestling future &#8211; is he interested in WWE return?, Bellator decision, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-540660649\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Kurt Angle remains adamant that he wants to &#8220;just do my own thing&#8221; for one year after ending his TNA run in January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did this on purpose. I needed a break. I&#8217;ve been under contract for the past 17 years and didn&#8217;t have much time to spend with my family,&#8221; Angle told <a href=\"http:\/\/fightnetwork.com\/news\/6551109:march-20-edition-of-the-law-feat-kurt-angle-ur-fight-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Law&#8221; Live Audio Wrestling this past week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I finished up my contract with TNA &#8211; I was really happy with my career there, very happy with my career in WWE. I really don&#8217;t have much else to prove, I&#8217;m not going to be retiring, though. I will be coming back to wrestling eventually.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Angle said he heard about fans in his hometown of Pittsburgh chanting for him at last Monday&#8217;s Raw. However, he is not interested in returning to WWE right now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll see what happens. I haven&#8217;t talked to TNA or WWE about doing anything in the future. 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