Kurt Angle On Why Gene Snitsky Did Not Go Further Than He Did In WWE

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WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle recently took to an episode of his The Kurt Angle Show podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including how former WWE Star Gene Snitsky was really good in the pro wrestling business especially during practice sessions. Angle went on to say that Snitsky gets nervous once he is in front of TV cameras.

Angle said, “I liked Gene. He was a nice kid. I know he didn’t take to wrestling very well. Not as well as he should have. He wasn’t even; it wasn’t that he wasn’t any good. It was that he had no confidence and he was very nervous. And when he did that, he would clam up. And, I’ve seen him, you know, practicing the ring when he lets himself go; he was really good. But when he got in the ring, and the TV was on, the TV cameras were on; he got a little nervous. He just, he kind of petered out. I believe he wasn’t performing well because he was tight and nervous. That nervous stuff can set you back when you, when you, when you freeze up and you’re nervous and you freeze up, you don’t know what to do if you can’t move. And he wasn’t able to show his true talent.”

Angle also talked about Christy Hemme and how she really made a name for herself in the WWE Diva Search.

“Oh, she was incredible. She was so talented. Christy really made a name for herself in the WWE Diva Search she did, yeah. She was awesome. And she continued to be awesome all through her WWE career and into TNA. And made herself a contender, and man, she’s just hopping right along.”

Kurt Angle then talked about the WWE Diva Search and how they found a lot of great talent.

“You know what? It had to be done. There were no if and or buts. They were gonna do this, so they might as well enjoy watching it because it was gonna happen. They need to infuse or find more female talent, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. They were definitely trying to find talent, and they found a lot of great talent.”

You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.