WWE Raw GM Kurt Angle recently spoke with USA Today and below are some interview highlights:

On current WWE Raw MVPs that he would not want to lose:

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There are a lot of guys. I think the most dependable were Seth Rollins, The Miz, and Dean Ambrose until Dean got injured. I also really enjoyed Finn Balor’s year, I just don’t think that we’ve given him the opportunity for the world title, but that will change in the future.

But the MVP this year, and maybe fans will disagree with me, but it’s Roman Reigns. A lot of fans might not like him, but he’s pretty damn good. This was a breakout year for him. He had some incredible matches, not specifically WrestleMania, but he had some incredible matches this year and he proved that he does deserve to be on top right now.

On people comparing Ronda Rousey picking up wrestling as quickly as he did:

I did pick it up very quickly. As a matter of fact, I had my first match on my third day in the business. I didn’t necessarily see Ronda in that light, what I saw was Ronda getting an opportunity where we trained her, for this match, and we didn’t know how it was going to pan out. She knew what she had to do, she knew how the match was supposed to play out, but very seldom do you find a talent that their first match is WrestleMania.

I wouldn’t do that to myself. When I was starting out, there’s no way in hell I’d want that opportunity – because there’s no way but down. Ronda was able to not only prove a lot of people wrong, but, I mean, she stole the show.

On suffering an injury during training for WrestleMania 34:

The only setback was, again, because of my overtraining, I pulled a muscle in my quad just like I did before Survivor Series. I was more concerned about that than the match itself. I didn’t want to disappoint anyone. When I was training a couple of days prior, I couldn’t push off of my one leg. And I was like ‘oh God, not again.’

Survivor Series was a big let-down for me because I couldn’t really do much. At WrestleMania, I got through the match. I’m not going to say it was my best performance, but I got through the match and I did what I had to do to make sure the match was as good as it was. So I can’t complain. I’m going to start training smarter instead of overtraining and trying to get ready for the Olympics. That’s just who I am. My intensity, I have to step back on it. I have to remember I’m 49 years old, I act like I’m 25.