The following are some quotes from an interview with Kurt Angle over at JarryPark.com responding to Ken Shamrock's statements about him turning down a fight against him for a future IFL show:
“That’s because they tried to force a fight with me and Ken [Shamrock] in two and a half months. [It’s] not enough time to take off from TNA [Wrestling] and train for a fight. They rushed it…I would have never been ready. They didn’t care. He just wanted PPV buys.”
Angle continued:
“They are only trying to push my buttons – to start another angle. My rep in MMA is that I back out. No I don’t. Usually they back out of the deal because of my price. I want giant money. Usually they say they will pay me what I want then they change it and tell me they will pay me on the back end. I want it up front PERIOD.”
