Story Time with Dutch Mantell 124 | Special Guest Kurt Angle Olympic hero and wrestling legend, Kurt Angle is on the show this week!. Dutch and Kurt talk about his Amateur wrestling career and his gold medal win at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, his transition to WWE and some of the trails and tribulations of breaking in as an established athlete and how he became so good so quickly. Kurt also talks about shoot wrestling Brock Lesnar, his love hate relationship with the late Eddie Guerrero and why Vince McMahon told Kurt to take his best shot at the boss. All this and more on this a very special edition of Story Time with Dutch Mantell! Kurt Angle's American Dream Cookies and Cream Whey Protein: https://kurtanglebrand.com/ Donate to USA Wrestling: https://usawrestling.goodworldnow.com/p/angle PW Tees Store - https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dutchmantell https://www.youtube.com/@ShaneDouglasOfficial https://www.youtube.com/@WSI https://www.facebook.com/storytimewithdutchmantell Email questions to: questionsfordutch@gmail.com Email for signed merch: dirtydutchmantell@gmail.com Got a question for Dutch Mantell? Email it to: questionsfordutch@gmail.com Want signed merchandise from Dutch Mantell? Email: dirtydutchmantell@gmail.com PODCAST LINKS The Story Time with Dutch Mantell podcast is available on all major podcast platforms: iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/2p8728p5 Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/m4k5zdj4 Podbean: https://tinyurl.com/yfj2yes6 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/ycksa62a Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/2mbvvpey SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS WSI Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSI_YouTube Dutch Mantell's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dutch.mantell Dutch Mantell's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dirtydutchman1 Dutch Mantell's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dirtydutchman1/ BOOK LINKS (Affiliate) Owen Hart: King of Pranks (The Ultimate Anthology of Owen's Greatest Ribs, Pranks and Stories) US Link: https://tinyurl.com/2ahedz57 UK Link: https://tinyurl.com/35rffufu Canada Link: https://tinyurl.com/y77y627b Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson: The People’s Champion – From WWE to Hollywood US Link: https://tinyurl.com/mrxst8yk UK Link: https://tinyurl.com/4nvke5wf Canada Link: https://tinyurl.com/mu32uy8b Dutch Mantell – The World According to Dutch US Link: https://tinyurl.com/395v5888 UK Link: https://tinyurl.com/4dyydte7 CA Link: https://tinyurl.com/bdhcse98 Dutch Mantell – Tales From a Dirt Road US Link: https://tinyurl.com/398fmpsu UK Link: https://tinyurl.com/4x4ab2bp CA Link: https://tinyurl.com/522n75vh Legendary wrestler, manager, commentator, producer and booker ”Dirty” Dutch Mantell (WWE's Zeb Colter) brings his definitive takes on the latest news in the professional wrestling business as well as the most entertaining stories from years gone by to the podcast airwaves. The Dirty Dutchman from Oil Trough, Texas has worked almost every single major promotion and wrestling territory in the United States over an illustrious 50 year career, including WWE, WWF, WCW, NWA, SMW, TNA, USWA, UWF, OVW, Impact, Georgia, Tennessee, Knoxville, Kansas City, St Louis, Florida, Memphis, Houston, Detroit, Mid-South, Kentucky, Mid-Atlantic, Dallas and even more - and that’s not counting Puerto Rico and Japan! Every week, Dutch Mantell will give you his hot takes on the latest news, re-live some of the most memorable shows and events through history, bring you along on a virtual road trip to explain the nuances of the wrestling business, tell classic stories from throughout the decades and answer YOUR questions every week. There may even be a guest or two coming up in the future, so make sure you subscribe and never miss an episode of Story Time with Dutch Mantell! Story Time with Dutch Mantell is part of the WSI | Wrestling Shoot Interviews network of podcasts and YouTube channels. WSI | Wrestling Shoot Interviews YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WSIWrestlingShootInterviews/ #DutchMantell #WWE #wrestling 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:53 - Kurt's Amateur Career and Atlanta '96 Olympics 00:06:53 - Switching to Pro-Wrestling 00:20:09 - What If?... Kurt Went to WWE in 1996 00:23:28 - Training to be a Pro-Wrestler 00:28:16 - Brock Lesnar 00:31:15 - Backstage Fight with Eddie Guerrero 00:35:18 - Kurt's Pain Killer Addiction 00:47:16 - Kurt's Last WWE Run 00:52:31 - Working in TNA 00:59:24 - Best Matches 01:03:58 - Is Kurt Angle DONE with Pro-Wrestling? 01:08:52 - Kurt Angle Meets Dana White 01:13:37 - Outro