Eric Angle

Angle participated in amateur wrestling in his high school, Mt. Lebanon High School, where he weighed in at 167 pounds in 1985.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EwgOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7113,5460987&dq=eric-angle|title=Mt. Lebanon's Zack Nellas seeks a championship in wrestling, too|author=Lachimia, Jim|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|accessdate=January 9, 2009|date=January 24, 1985}} He wrestled at Waynesburg University after high school.

Angle debuted in World Wrestling Federation (WWF) at the 2000 Survivor Series pay-per-view as a heel to help his then-heel brother Kurt retain the WWF Championship against The Undertaker by wearing the same wrestling tights and switching places. He returned the next night on Raw Is War only to be attacked by The Undertaker. After these two appearances, the WWF signed Angle to a developmental contract and he was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) to sharpen his skills. During his time in OVW, he tore a ligament in his arm and went through nine surgeries to help correct his biceps problems.

He returned to OVW in October 2002 and wrestled on a few of their television tapings. In November 2002, Angle appeared in a few house shows for WWE.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/02.htm |title=Yearly Results: 2002 |last=Cawthon |first=Graham |date= 16 January 2023|website=TheHistoryOfWWE.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} Angle returned to WWE television on an episode of SmackDown! in March 2003 to aid in a storyline between his brother and then-babyface Brock Lesnar, leading to a match at WrestleMania XIX between Lesnar and Kurt.{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/pf-lesnar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119221413/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/pf-lesnar.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 19, 2015|title=Brock Lesnar's bio|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=January 9, 2009|date=October 13, 2004|author=Milner, John}} Angle switched places with Kurt to help him defeat Lesnar and retain his WWE Championship. He then appeared on an episode of SmackDown! the following week at his brother's side and was attacked by Lesnar. This was the last time Angle was seen in WWE as he was released from his developmental contract in 2003.

In August 2003, Angle returned to wrestling in a local Pittsburgh independent promotion, International Wrestling Cartel (IWC). He wrestled for the promotion on three occasions.{{cite web|url=http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/eangle.html|publisher=Accelerator 3359|title=Eric Angle's profile|accessdate=January 9, 2009}} He was injured in his last match for the company and during his rehabilitation, decided to quit wrestling.

In March 2019, he was arrested for assault after video surfaced showing him choking and tossing a twelve-year-old boy by the neck at a wrestling tournament. The charges were dropped four months later.{{cite web |title=Eric Angle, Brother Of Kurt Angle, Indicted For Distributing Steroids On Dark Web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/eric-angle-indicted-for-selling-steroids/ |website=CBS News |access-date=November 4, 2024 |date=October 3, 2019}} Angle was later indicted that September for distributing anabolic steroids.{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2020/01/brother-of-wrestler-kurt-angle-among-three-to-plead-guilty-for-roles-in-darknet-steroid-operation.html//|publisher=Cleavland.com|title=Brother of wrestler Kurt Angle among three to plead guilty for roles in darknet steroid operation|accessdate=January 7, 2020|archive-date=January 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107013301/https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2020/01/brother-of-wrestler-kurt-angle-among-three-to-plead-guilty-for-roles-in-darknet-steroid-operation.html|url-status=dead}} As a member of the "qu4ntum" drug trafficking organization, Angle sold anabolic steroids and other controlled substances, paid for using cryptocurrency and cash, on the dark web.{{cite web|url=https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/10/03/eric-angle-indicted-for-selling-steroids//|publisher=KDKA CBS Pittsburgh|title=Eric Angle, Brother Of Kurt Angle, Indicted For Distributing Steroids On Dark Web|date=3 October 2019|accessdate=January 7, 2020}} He pleaded guilty to the charges in January 2020 and was sentenced to a two-year probation period and a $5,000 fine that June.{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=John |title=Kurt Angle’s brother fined over steroids ring - Slam Wrestling |url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2020/06/24/kurt-angles-brother-fined-over-steroids-ring/ |website=Slam! Wrestling |access-date=November 4, 2024 |date=June 24, 2020}}

In 2022, he was diagnosed with kidney cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/106702-kurt-angle-anuncia-que-su-hermano-menor-tiene-cancer|title = Kurt Angle informa del cáncer de su hermano Eric|date = 8 March 2022}}

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
• Ranked No. 253 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2001

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