Vince on Angle

WWE.com has comments from Vince McMahon on the release of Kurt Angle.

I have some thoughts: Something doesn't sit right with me on this one. If I had to guess, I'd say the fact that he was released and not simply sent to rehab like the company has done for others in the past, Chris Masters and Joey Mercury recently. If they'll do it for those guys they'd have done it for Angle.

This makes me believe that they offered this coarse of action and he refused. I can only think of this as a logical reason, Angle is too valuable to simply be let go even if there is an understanding that he'll eventually be back. The only way it makes sense is if the company viewed him as a potato that was close to being too hot and as a result of that let him go and came up with a public story to allow him to save some face.

Plus, coming up with the story that they have is better for the company. It is not good for them if say people start to shine a spotlight on what it really takes to be a WWE superstar. So, they come off looking fine because they give him a chance to get healthy and he comes off looking good because he's taking time away to deal with some addictions.

But I don't buy the public story for a second and I don't think you should either. Something is rotten in Denmark. I hope this release does benefit Angle and that he does get better and returns to the ring some day. I just don't think that this was a mutually agreed upon decision and that there is work being done for people on both sides to save face.