Kurt Angle, WWE legend and Olympic hero, compares Wyatt Hendrickson's win to other huge sports upsets

When Wyatt Hendrickson defeated Gable Stevenson for the NCAA heavyweight wrestling title connected Sunday, radical were not kidding astir however large of an upset it was.

"It was perfectly the top upset successful amateur history," WWE fable and Olympic wrestling golden medalist Kurt Angle said precocious to Fox News Digital.

"It decidedly goes up determination with the Miracle hockey squad and Buster Douglas knocking retired Mike Tyson, definitely."

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Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson, right, reacts aft defeating Minnesota's Gable Steveson during a 285-pound lucifer successful the finals astatine the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025 successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

That is rather an honor, but Angle is not conscionable saying that. He is well-versed successful the wrestling satellite arsenic an Olympic champion, satellite champion and NCAA champion.

Angle adjacent quoted the large Herb Brooks erstwhile discussing the fight.

"If they wrestled 100 times, 99 times, Gable Stevenson would've bushed him, not lone bushed him, but bushed him handsomely," Angle said. "This was conscionable a freakish night. It was Wyatt Hendrickson's night, and I springiness him a batch of credit. He did not halt wrestling, and that shows the benignant of fortitude helium has. I'm definite helium got that from the Air Force."

Hendrickson, an Air Force 2nd lieutenant, saluted President Donald Trump pursuing the triumph aft helium had been draped with an American flag, a infinitesimal Angle said seemed similar it was retired of a movie.

President Donald Trump, right, greets Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson aft helium defeated Minnesota's Gable Steveson during a 285-pound lucifer successful the finals astatine the NCAA wrestling championships connected Saturday, March 22, 2025 successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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"He came retired with the American emblem on, Mr. America - I cognize it wasn't, but it's astir similar it was fixed, similar it was a movie. It was crazy," Angle joked. "President Trump's there, congratulating Wyatt aft helium wins. You couldn't constitute a amended publication for a movie."

Angle besides speculated that Hendrickson simply wanted the bout more, fixed Stevenson's already awesome resume.

"I deliberation Gable was like, ‘Hey, I won the Olympics, I’ve won the NCAAs, I'm good.' It wasn't similar helium had this other occurrence wrong of him similar Wyatt Hendrickson," Angle said. "This was a freak happening - I'm giving Wyatt a batch of credit, helium wrestled hard. But Gable's levels supra Wyatt, rightfully so. But I bash springiness Wyatt the credit, helium made it happen."

Stevenson has tried his manus astatine the WWE, adjacent appearing alongside Angle successful 2022. He adjacent signed with the Buffalo Bills past twelvemonth but did not marque the team. Angle said that if helium tried retired again this year, helium would marque the team, but helium has different prediction for Stevenson, who helium has already dubbed "one of the greatest" successful wrestling history.

Wyatt Hendrickson of the Oklahoma State Cowboys reacts aft defeating Gable Steveson of the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the Division I Men's Wrestling Championship held astatine Wells Fargo Center successful Philadelphia connected March 22, 2025. (Eric Hartline-Imagn Images)

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"I deliberation Gable Stevenson is going to beryllium a formidable combatant successful the MMA, whether it beryllium UFC oregon Bellator oregon immoderate it is," Angle said. "He's gonna beryllium an MMA fighter, and if helium fights successful the UFC, I deliberation you're going to spot a caller UFC champion. Gable is that athletic. The kid is amazing. For him to beryllium successful a heavyweight part and beryllium arsenic diversion arsenic helium is, it's thing abbreviated of amazing. The kid is conscionable talented near and right, there's nary uncertainty astir that."

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