Kurt Angle says his brother, Eric Angle, is training his daughter to wrestle

Kurt HoekIt looks like her father’s daughter will follow in her father’s footsteps in amateur wrestling.

The WWE Hall of Famer was an accomplished amateur wrestler before becoming a professional wrestling superstar. He won the Olympic gold medal, with a broken neck, at the 1996 Olympics, which earned him interest from both WWE and ECW in the Attitude Era.

During a recent interview with WrestleZoneAngle answered a question about the collegiate NIL program. In his response, he said his youngest daughter, Nikoletta, was wrestling. He said it was exciting to know she could one day make money as a college athlete under the new guidelines.

I spoke with Ella Jay before The pop breakAngle revealed that Nikoletta was training with his brother. Eric Angle is a former amateur wrestler who occasionally appeared in the WWE to help his brother win matches against opponents such as The undertaker And Brock Lesnar.

“I was put through the wringer,” Kurt Angle said. “I tried my 13-year-old daughter, but it didn’t work. I tried my 11 year old daughter, she didn’t work. But this one works. My second daughter, Sophia, went to one practice and she cried all the time. I knew it wasn’t for her, so I didn’t want to put her through that misery. But Nikoletta is special. She enjoys doing it. She loves training and trains with her cousin Luke. My brother Eric actually trains my daughter. I don’t want to be the trainer,” Kurt Angle said.

‘Cause when I’m training her, I’ll be a little mean to her sometimes. I want her to come to daddy and hug her. I tell her everything will be fine. My brother Eric, he tells my daughter Nikoletta, ‘Listen, there’s a difference between Uncle Eric and Coach Eric. Uncle Eric loves you very much, but Coach Eric will be a little hard on you.” So she knows how to separate the two, but at least I don’t have to be the bad guy. I can be the one to comfort her at the end of practice. I enjoy being the sweet dad and let my brother Eric train her. It works out extremely well.”

Kurt Angle kept talking about his daughter, noting that she is a very good wrestler at the age of eight. He is excited to see Nikoletta follow in his footsteps, adding that she reminds him a lot of himself.

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