Kurt Angle’s amateur wrestling background is unmatched in professional wrestling history, but on Scott Johnson’s “Going Ringside” podcast, he named another professional wrestler who he believes had the “world class” ability to have succeeded in the amateur ranks: Chris Benoit.

When asked which professional wrestler (other than Brock Lesnar) he thought could have done well in legitimate amateur wrestling, Angle did not hesitate. “Chris Benoit,” Angle stated. “He had the ability to be a world class wrestler. He’s Canadian. If he would have pursued that, he would have been on the Canadian Olympic team… Yeah, he was that good.”

Angle, who was famously pushed to the top of the card immediately upon his 1999 debut, also discussed the Attitude Era legends he worked with and learned from. He cre

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