{"id":140118,"date":"2022-05-25T09:51:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=140118"},"modified":"2022-05-25T09:51:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:51:09","slug":"kurt-angle-wwe-hall-of-famer-undergoes-knee-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/25\/kurt-angle-wwe-hall-of-famer-undergoes-knee-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Angle undergoes knee surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-61228332\" 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>Former WWE Champion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/23\/5-23-wwe-monday-night-raw-results-kellers-report-on-cody-vs-miz-lashleys-challenge-to-mvp-and-omos-hell-in-a-cell-developments\/\">WWE<\/a> Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle underwent double knee replacement surgery this week. Angle confirmed the news on Twitter and said he was ready for rehab.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you all for your prayers and best wishes for my two knee replacement surgeries today,&#8221; Angle said. &#8220;So far so good. I realize rehab is going to be a bitch, but I\u2019m ready for it. If I won a gold medal with a broken freakin neck, I can handle this! Lol. It\u2019s true!!!! Thank you all!!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you all for your prayers and best wishes for my 2 knee replacement surgeries today. So far so good. I realize rehab is going to be a bitch, but I\u2019m ready for it. If I won a gold medal with a broken freakin neck, I can handle this! Lol. It\u2019s true!!!! Thank you all!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwUX6fPC80\">pic.twitter.com\/xwUX6fPC80<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKurtAngle\/status\/1529158547044503552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Angle followed up on Wednesday morning with an update to his progress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So far so good,&#8221; Angle said of his recovery. &#8220;I start PT today.This is where I need to have a positive attitude and work extremely hard to get back to normal. But, normal is not something that I\u2019m looking for. I want my knees to be exceptional. 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