Team Angle

Last updated February 26, 2019

Team Angle is a professional wrestling tag team and stable that has had many incarnations led by Kurt Angle in both World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Professional wrestling is a form of performing art and entertainment which combines athletics with theatrical performance. It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title-match combat sport. The unique form of sport portrayed is fundamentally based on classical and "catch" wrestling, with modern additions of striking attacks, strength-based holds and throws and acrobatic maneuvers. Much of these derive from the influence of various international martial arts. An additional aspect of combat with improvised weaponry is sometimes included to varying degrees.

Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name and identity.

Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, actor and former amateur wrestler currently signed to professional wrestling promotion WWE, where he appears on the Raw brand. While at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Angle won numerous accolades, including being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. After graduating from college, Angle won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships. He then won the freestyle wrestling gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is one of four people to complete an amateur wrestling Grand Slam. In 2006, he was named by USA Wrestling as the greatest shoot wrestler ever and one of the top 15 college wrestlers of all time. He was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 for his amateur accomplishments.

Team ECK/Team RECK (WWF), consisting of Kurt Angle along with Christian and Edge and later Rhyno.
Team WWF (WWF), consisting of a fan favorite character of Angle and other past and current multiple fan favorites during the Invasion storyline. Angle was the leader after the original leader Stone Cold Steve Austin betrayed him and joined The Alliance and before The Rock made his return. This was also the only full-time stable where Angle was a fan favorite.
The World's Greatest Tag Team (WWE), consisting of Kurt Angle along with Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin.
An alliance, consisting of Kurt Angle along with Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak.
The Angle Alliance (TNA), consisting of Kurt Angle (with Karen Angle) along with A.J. Styles and Tomko.
The Main Event Mafia (TNA), consisting of Kurt Angle along with Booker T (with Sharmell), Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner, and Sting.
The term Team Angle has also existed referring to one-time alliances such as:
- Team at Survivor Series (WWE), consisting of Kurt Angle along with Bradshaw, Chris Benoit, Hardcore Holly, and John Cena.
- Team at Survivor Series (WWE), consisting of Kurt Angle along with Carlito Caribbean Cool, Luther Reigns, and Mark Jindrak.
- Team at Lockdown (TNA), consisting of Kurt Angle along with Jeff Jarrett, Rhino, Samoa Joe, and Sting.
- Team at Lockdown (TNA), consisting of Kurt Angle along with Booker T, Kevin Nash, and Scott Steiner.
Survivor Series (2003) was the 17th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Microsoft's Xbox. It took place on November 16, 2003, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas and featured talent from both Raw and SmackDown!.
John Charles Layfield, better known by the ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield, is an American businessman, retired professional wrestler and television personality currently signed with the WWE on a part-time basis. Layfield is currently a financial commentator featured regularly on Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. He is also employed by Northeast Securities as its Senior Vice President.
Christopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler. During his 22-year career, Benoit worked for numerous promotions including the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Industry journalist Dave Meltzer considered him "one of the top 10, maybe even the top 5, all-time greats".

William Jason Reso is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Christian, a shortened version of his original ring name Christian Cage that was also used during his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Reso was trained by Ron Hutchison and Dory Funk Jr. and made his professional wrestling debut in June 1995.

Edge and Christian (E&C) are a tag team made of real life best friends Edge and Christian. They are best known for their time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where they won the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven occasions. Initially, the two were portrayed as on-screen brothers, but the aspect was de-emphasized in the mid-2000s, and in 2010, the team was officially retconned as childhood friends. The team split up in 2001 but reunited briefly on the SmackDown brand in 2011. Edge, however, announced his retirement from professional wrestling due to neck injury on the April 11 episode of Monday Night Raw, which would ultimately end their final run together.

Adam Joseph Copeland is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Edge. He is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2012.

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