Joe Rogan Experience #2036 - Kurt Angle

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 27, 2024

Duration

2h 34m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kurt Angle is an Olympic gold medalist, retired professional wrestler, actor, and host of "The Kurt Angle Show." Watch his new documentary "Angle" streaming on Peacock. www.kurtanglebrand.com

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Narrator

  other

• Kurt Angle

  guest

• Tony Hinchcliffe

  guest

• Guest co-host

  guest

• Narrator

  other

• Narrator

  other

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Narrator, Joe Rogan Experience #2036 - Kurt Angle explores Kurt Angle on broken neck glory, painkiller hell, and redemption Kurt Angle joins Joe Rogan and Tony Hinchcliffe to detail his journey from Olympic gold medalist wrestling with a broken neck to becoming one of pro wrestling’s greatest performers—and the physical destruction that came with it. He explains multiple catastrophic neck injuries, chronic nerve damage, and his search for solutions like artificial disc replacement versus spinal fusion. The conversation dives deeply into his long, near‑fatal addiction to painkillers and alcohol, his brutal cold‑turkey rehab, and 12 years of sobriety. They also explore the wider issues of wrestler and fighter health, the opioid crisis, performance enhancement, and the obsessive work ethic of figures like Vince McMahon.

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