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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Wrestling Legend Kurt Angle To Guest On HDNet's INSIDE MMA

Courtesy of HDNet:

Olympic Gold Medal winner and Eight Time World Champion to appear on INSIDE MMA Friday, November 16 at 9:30 p.m. ET

DALLAS (November 15, 2007) Former WWE and current TNA superstar Kurt Angle will join HDNet this Friday as a guest on INSIDE MMA.

INSIDE MMA is the new weekly HDNet series covering the latest news, rankings, stats and highlights from the world of Mixed Martial Arts.

Angle, who is the only wrestler in history to hold the distinction of winning four different world heavyweight championships throughout his career, sits down with Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice to discuss his thoughts on all of this week's MMA action.

Angle also discusses his potential career change from pro-wrestling to MMA - and talks bluntly about which MMA organization he is NOT going to join and why!

INSIDE MMA airs Friday, November 16 at 9:30 p.m. ET with another airing at 1:30 a.m. ET November 17 to accommodate West Coast Prime Time.

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