NWA: Total Nonstop Motion launched in 2002, establishing what would develop into the third-biggest pro wrestling promotion, TNA. Through the years, several major names would go on to be signed by TNA, especially former WWE talent, like Kurt Angle, who Jeff Jarrett believes embodied every part the promotion originally meant to face for.
“I checked out Kurt [Angle]…the guy that personifies Total Nonstop Motion; but that is business,” Jarrett proclaimed during an episode of his “My World with Jeff Jarrett” podcast. Jarrett thinks that the corporate had yet to cope with anyone of Angle’s stature. “We were signing this guy…to a long-term deal…By far the largest contract TNA had, like, by far – we had ever committed.”
Jarrett further expressed that he saw Angle as TNA’s “Hulk Hogan” on the time, despite the problems the veteran was facing.
Not too way back, Angle looked back at his TNA run during an appearance on “Busted Open Radio,” where he admitted that he considers his TNA run as higher than his WWE run. The veteran expressed that he was in a position to come into his own after leaving WWE, recalling that his earliest run was preceded by a really short training period. Angle further explained that even two years into his WWE run, he was still following the in-ring cues of his opponents. Angle also expressed that TNA allowed him to work with the likes of AJ Styles, Sting, and Abyss, and that he’s happy with the profession he had.
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