Kurt Angle on being drafted to ECW in 2006 (Patreon)

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Kurt Angle on being Drafted to ECW in 2006

"I didn’t know on any of the drafts. I didn’t know where I was going or what I was doing. I wasn’t told anything. It was just a surprise. You’re sitting there waiting and your name comes up. I think I got drafted in the first round for ECW and the second round for Smackdown and I didn’t know before hand that I was. It was a surprise. I don’t know. I really don’t know how the fans reacted to it. You’re doing your job. It doesn’t matter where you go. You’re gonna continue to do it whether it’s WCW, WWE, ECW. Doesn’t really matter. As long as you’re working, you’re making a paycheck, that’s all you care about"