KURT ANGLE—$25 MILLION


Kurt Angle is another famous figure in wrestling who’s been able to win many championships throughout his career. Part of his spiel was to announce himself as an Olympic Gold medalist, and we always thought that that backstory was just part of the script, only to learn that, no, it’s actually true!

Apparently, Angle did win the freestyle wrestling gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In any case, he was, to his credit, named by some outlets as one of the top 15 college wrestlers of all time, and we don’t have any reason to doubt it given his performances in the ring.

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