 What's good Josh boros back again with another video so apparently Kurt angle was on a Joe Rogan's podcast recently and He was talking about his drug addiction. We're gonna check out a Video a clip from the podcast talking about when Kurt angle became perk angle the videos title I was taking 65 vikin in per day, which is just Insanity we're gonna check this out get Kurt angle's perspective on it per angle was a wild individual especially in TNA he was drugged up, but at the same time he was out there putting on classic banger matches and Drugged up Perked up perked angle was a thing. Let's check this out man. See what he has to say. Oh, is there anything you would have changed? Well Throughout my career was there anything that I would change. Yeah. Well, we'll get into this topic, I guess Oh after I broke my neck the second time the first time in WWE she was introduced to painkillers. Oh, man When I start taking them, I really liked it I mean it it massed the pain. I couldn't feel the pain. It kind of gave me an energetic feel I didn't make me feel nauseous like it does a lot of people and I start taking I was taking one every four to six hours Like I was told but after a while you build a tolerance and one doesn't work anymore To lead to four full oxycontins This was extra strength like it in the oxycontins are a lot more powerful than vikin But I was taking 65 extra drink like it in a day Jesus Christ, bro. I want you to understand that's Ridiculous and he was out there still trying to give you the best performance in the ring perk angle was legitimately a Beast in that ring But he was definitely Overdoing it to compensate for the pain that he was in which shows y'all man The dude was putting his body through the ringer just to entertain us much respect to any wrestler Back then or even now there's willing to put their body on the line to entertain us, bro Like that's just insanity That's how out of control I got and I was hiding it from the company. Oh, wow And I mean it was I was he's a serious trouble And does that even make you high at that point? Is it just keep you from going? Okay withdrawals It kept me from going through withdrawals, but there were times where I passed out. I mean the company knew Wow friends knew You know, I'll give you an example. I I There was one point that this is how bad how bad it got There was one point in my career where I My brother called me I was at a house show an untell they show for WWE was a night before I was gonna have the biggest match in my career with Brock Lesnar. Wow. It was an Iron Man match on smackdown Classic match by the way brother calls me and says hey your sister just died of an heroin overdose. Whoa, and it crushed me, I mean I was I was crying. I was in such pain thinking about my sister who was only 40 years old Dying from heroin overdose and the thing is I Wasn't able to talk to her because I told her eight months prior if she doesn't get clean I'm gonna I'm not gonna talk to you So I didn't talk to her for eight months This happens. Oh And I was so here I am I'm in the hotel room. Oh Goodness, bro That's awful And it's crazy because he's he's now addicted at that time. He was addicted to painkillers. So just for him to be like, you know, I I'm not about to talk to you no more cuz Heroin is definitely a dangerous drug Very dangerous drug and it's hard for people to kick kick the habit But for him to say that at the time, you know, you could say that was hypocritical or whatnot And then for him to be doing what he's doing and then he finds out that news. Oh, that's awful, bro I can imagine I could only imagine just You tell someone that you care about but like nah, I gotta keep my distance from you You don't hear nothing from them and then the next time you hear something about them. They're gone. That's that's tough, bro And I look at my pills. I Said fuck it. I took 20 of them through my mouth chew them up and swallow them. Whoa I didn't wake up till five o'clock in the afternoon next day. What I had the biggest match of my career So what time did you have to be to the arena and did you? Oh my god He just said eff it y'all this is Man, I Well, I didn't I know I Would have never known Kurt was going through that and then it still ended up putting on one of the greatest Smackdown matches of all time But we had to be there at one, but I didn't get there till 5 30, right? Yeah, but yeah I ended up doing it the WLB was trying to call me the whole time They were like they would wanted to tell me that hey, you can go home playing the funeral for your sister You don't have to do this match But I kept thinking I know my sister will want me to and I knew that I wouldn't have to feel that pain of losing my sister at least for that hour So I went ahead and did it and it was actually one of my best performances of my career Which is kind of crazy, but That was that was a really rough time and the painkillers are the one thing that I do regret I did in the company. I wish I was never introduced to them But do you think you had to take them? I mean it sounds like you were in such excruciating pain. Yeah There were times I needed to take them and there were times I didn't but I was it was it's a double-edged sword Because obviously the dude is in a mint amount of pain out there trying to perform for us on a Weekly basis so I get him being introduced to help But then it started becoming substance abuse because he's now taking them Not only to alleviate the pain because he feels good. He well you taking 65 a day That's ridiculous. So far deep into it that I Had to I mean, I'm not gonna lie to you. I would go to sleep at night I would have 15 pills sitting on the desk next to me When I wake up because I knew I was gonna have withdrawal when I got up I wake up sweating shaking and I grabbed those throw my mouth chew them up and swam 15 at a time 15 at a time Jesus Christ Most people 15 at a time will kill you. Yeah Killed me. I you know, I took 20 at one time when my sister died. So I've been really lucky. I've been blessed Honestly, I don't think I should be here today. How'd you get off of them? Okay, well what happened was I left the WWE because they want me to go to rehab I don't want to go. So I ended up going to another company called impact wrestling And I I got my painkiller problem under control there because I got I found a doctor that got me on MS cotton. There are two Morphine pills, they're very tiny, but they'll keep you from going through withdrawal So I would take one in the morning one at night and no more painkillers They were painkiller killers because they were morphine, but they were high dose It was just two of them that I had to take Well, I started having anxiety about breaking my neck over and over again So they put me on Xanax. So now I'm taking Xanax And then I switched to to TNA impact wrestling and everybody drank there. So I started drinking alcohol So I'm mixing having these cocktails and I'm I'm so out of control that I'm driving Okay town to town Drinking a 12 pack of beer and I got 4 DUIs in five years. Yeah, I lost my reputation Everything I worked for I was at my most point in my life And I remember calling my wife from jail after my fourth DUI and she said listen, I can't do this anymore Yeah, I'm gonna rehab her. I'm taking the kids and I'm leaving So I went to rehab because I want to lose my wife my kids and I was scared and rehab I literally thought I was so nervous The first of all the withdrawal was the worst experience ever had I'll never go through that again because I'm never gonna take another painkiller That was the worst thing I've ever done or drink another drop of alcohol Yeah, that was the absolute worst thing I've ever been through and I forget what I was gonna say though, but So with the rehab, do they how do they get you off of it? They don't do it cold turkey, right? Yes, they do They put you in a room and let you sleep and they check on you every couple hours and It'll be about six days for me to go through the withdrawal symptoms. Oh my bro I can only imagine and this is crazy. This is why for some people it's hard to get off pills It's hard to get off heroin It's hard to get off certain drugs because your body is so used to a certain feeling and feeling a certain way when you finally have to get off and You know, you got to go to rehab and they cut you off cold turkey It's probably I can only imagine how your body's just wrecked and it's going through so many Symptoms and and you tweak it because you want you need you feel like you need another pill or you're gonna lose it It's I can only imagine bro. This is wild Just wild Wow, bro. Oh my god. It seemed like forever. See like six days you just in a room by yourself Just thinking yeah, oh And you know what and you want to stay in there and they they start forcing you out You got you got to come move around you got to come out and talk to people you got it You know live your life and you know You're so exhausted for the first two and a half weeks. I didn't want to move I just want to stay in my bed, but they were forcing me to get out of bed and and being Conversed conversed or conversing with people and trying to you know Go and eat and go to meetings and do all that stuff you do in rehab. So it was it was really tough How long did it take before you felt normal? Well, I would say two weeks where I really felt normal But the thing is the last two weeks because I spent a month on rehab Last two weeks. I was so nervous that I was gonna fuck up again. Like I Literally didn't want to leave rehab Scared that I was gonna go back to it right when I got out so many guys do Yeah, that's why like I hear all these stories. I'm like, oh, it's gonna happen to you too, man And you know, but but the one thing that I kept going across in my mind was going through a draw I don't want to do that. Yeah, I know if I start taking them I'm gonna have to experience that again, and I don't want to it was that bad. It was that bad What is it like? What is withdrawal feeling? Okay? You're sweating because you're hot and you're cold at the same time. You're shitting your pants. You're throwing up You can't think straight your body's shaking You're getting hot sweats cold sweats Everything's you feel like you don't have anything inside of you. No insides. No organs. Nothing. You feel like you're hollow. Oh, no, bro That's wild that was That was insanity, man the The cost of all those painkillers and just in his body and and what he was going through, bro Once again, it's crazy He was perked up but he was putting on some of the best matches of his career man perk angle was a thing and It's it's crazy how he was able to overcome that. It's awesome It's dope to see that I know a lot of people. Oh, yeah, we love perk angle But at the same time the dude was wrecking his body just to be able to still wrestle For our entertainment That was his one constant Wrestling the drugs was a means to for him to wrestle without being in so much pain. That's wild But I'm glad he's doing great. I'm glad he's doing better and you know Kurt angle. He's a goat, bro. See he's one of the best to ever Lace up some wrestling boots, man It is it is dope to for him to be able to tell his story and and if anyone's going through that type of situation where they They have to step away From certain substances because you know, it's it's wrecking their lives It's wrecking their families and and their loved ones are being affected by it The fact that he was able to do that The fact he was able to overcome that that should be some type of motivation for someone that's going through it as well So comment down below Let me know what's y'all favorite match from when when a Kurt angle was Perked up what's y'all favorite match when he was taking so many of those pain killers? Because there was a lot of classic matches. He had around that time. He was taking pain killers So whether it was in WWE or or whether it was in TNA or Well impact wrestling back then let me know what was y'all favorite match from Kurt angle around that time period But I appreciate all of the support you guys shown on channel road to 150k I'm still young speedy you to wrestling champion world. Appreciate y'all came with me. See y'all next piece