Over at the UK Sun, there is an article about Kurt Angle's latest business venture: Angle's Signature Series meals, which are allegedly prepared by his "personal Olympic training chef and nutritionist."  Apparently, "Each Angle meal is balanced with high-quality real-food protein, complex carbs and healthy fats.  Plus, they're packed with a whopping 12-15 grams of a patent-pending blend of soluble and insoluble Ultra Fiber DX."

But wait, there's more!

While anything about Kurt Angle being health-conscious is darkly amusing, it's gets better.  The Angle Signature series is being distributed by Foodie's Gourmet Food Club, which is a multi-level marketing company, like Amway.  This company also sells its products directly to consumers without intermediaries or any kind of subscription fees, though marketing customers get a 30% discount on meals with their membership fee, so it looks like they want people in the marketing program regardless of how they're going to use it?

Aside from the higher protein and fiber content, they don't look like they're much more than somewhat higher quality versions of the various "healthier" frozen dinner options, especially with the relatively high sodium content.

While Angle is the first wrestler that I know of to have his own line of MLM products, other wrestlers have participated in similar programs.  Bill Watts sold Christian-oriented vitamins and supplements (really) and Nikita Koloff sold Amway products.  Ivan Koloff noted in his autobiography that his "nephew" did tremendously well in such programs because creating a vast network of contacts came easily to him.

TNA has released their official preview for tonight's episode of IMPACT.

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Kurt Angle has been released on bond and should be PPV bound. How will TNA and Russo handle this unexpected opportunity? Will there be some shooting done tomorrow night? A legitimately interesting evening could be in the works for TNA fans.

TNA champion Kurt Angle was arrested Saturday morning after he was seen allegedly stalking a woman who had an order of protection against him. The woman, a TNA star, told police she saw Angle following her while at a Starbucks in Robinson Township, PA. Police found two vials of HGH as well as a syringe in Angle's girlfriend's car, which he was driving.

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The Sun recently published a story announcing that Kurt Angle, TNA World Champion, has been shortlisted to be a contestant on the next season of ABC's hit show DANCING WITH THE STARS. Angle apparently has been interested in appearing since Stacy Keibler's run on the show in 2006. The show returns on September 21st, with the cast being announced on ABC's Good Morning America on August 17th.