During a recent appearance on “The Kurt Angle Show,” Impact Wrestling World Champion Josh Alexander revealed that he personally asked for Ken Shamrock’s approval to use his ankle lock submission as part of his match set.
Of course, Shamrock and Kurt Angle famously used the maneuver during their days in active competition. Alexander said,
“I will keep putting on the ankle lock, in proper form. Kurt, when I went to my singles career, I had approached Ken Shamrock, who was still with the company, and I asked him, ‘Do you mind if I use the ankle lock?’ He was leaving the company that week. He said, ‘Yeah, I appreciate you asking.’ I said, ‘I’m old school in a sense, I wouldn’t do it if you didn’t give me the blessing. Is that okay?’ ‘I’d be honored, absolutely.’ I started using it then. Are you okay with me using?”
Angle added,
“Yes, Kenny let me use it, I asked him just like you did. I asked him too and he said, ‘Go ahead, I’d be happy for you to use it.’ I didn’t invent it. It’s a cool move, a great submission move. It should be going on in professional wrestling forever and you’re carrying it on and keeping it going.”
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