A WWE Hall of Famer revealed he isn't a fan of the company's "cinematic" matches.

WWE was forced to adjust its plans for Wrestlemania 36 after the live event was turned into a pre-taped, empty arena extravaganza due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Two of the highlights for fans were the Boneyard Match between AJ Styles and Undertaker, and the Firefly Funhouse Match between John Cena and Bray Wyatt. These two matches featured lots of special effects and added production cues, leading to fans comparing the bouts to small screen films. Another recent high-profile main event came during Money in the Bank, when superstars from the men and women divisions raced up the corporate ladder to obtain the coveted briefcases. However, one member of the WWE Hall of Fame who isn't a fan of these overly produced matches is Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle.

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Angle will be cohosting the Olympic Channel's upcoming Rulon Gardner Won't Die documentary, which chronicles Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner's journey from the youngest of nine children growing up on a Wyoming farm, to shocking the world at the 200 Sydney Olympics. During CBR's interview with Angle regarding his participation in Rulon Gardner Won't Die, the 1996 Olympic gold medalist admitted that although he enjoyed Wrestlemania's Firefly Funhouse Match, he isn't the biggest fan of cinema-style matches.

When asked if he thought cinematic matches were good for the business, Angle replied, "I think they are. I'm not a big fan. I've always been a pure wrestler. And I've always felt that if you're going to have the biggest and best matches, they need to be in the ring, and they need to be wrestling. But the business has changed dramatically."

"The Firefly [Funhouse] was phenomenal. I loved every second of it, and it was very intriguing. I give Bray Wyatt and John Cena a lot of credit for what they were able to do in it. But business is changing and you're going to see more Boneyard matches like The Undertaker versus AJ Styles, the TLC matches, things are changing a lot."

After praising the training techniques that athletes of this era partake in, including CrossFit and core training, Angle added that even more pre-taped matches and segments are in wrestling's future.

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"So I think that these guys have taken wrestling to a new level, and you're going to see a lot of the matches now pre-taped rather than live," he said. "We're not going to get away from the live events and having it live. I think that 90% of it will be like that because that's the way the business is. You don't travel city-to-city to show a pre-taped match, you want the fans that are sitting there live to see it. But as you know the coronavirus situation put them in a terrible spot and they had to think of something that would bring eyeballs to the table."

Angle was one of the many releases by WWE in May, though he has now returned as a guest-referee and in an on-air segment to announce Riddle's callup to SmackDown.

Kurt Angle and Rulon Gardner will co-host the pre-show to the Olympic Channel's upcoming Rulon Gardner Won't Die, which is a part of the network's Five Rings Films documentary series.