>>13653434Kurt is an elderly cripple who's incapable of not going hard as fuck at all times. He probably should've retired after the Rousey match, but he's a loyal soldier who does as he's told by his bosses, and was taken advantage of as a result of such.
>>13653439I love Kurt, but he's hardly a reliable witness. He misremembers and/or makes shit up plenty often. That said, he specifically said he knew Vince was probably gonna get his receipt back in a Youtube shoot with The Paradox of Sport in December '21:
https://cultaholic.com/posts/kurt-angle-knew-wwe-was-probably-gonna-stick-it-to-me-during-retirement-runSo even if he indeed gave both stories, this is the one to believe. But even if he hadn't given it, I'd still believe this is what happened, because Vince does this shit all the time. He came out of retirement to wrestle Pat McAfee at 'Mania 38 Night 2 specifically because that was the night Triple H put his boots in the ring, and he wanted to show off his superior vitality to his now estranged son-in-law. Of course he fucked Kurt on purpose.