While Kurt Angle's return to WWE was cause for celebration, it quickly became apparent that years of delivering intense, hard-hitting professional wrestling matches had taken its toll on the Olympic Gold Medalist.
The WWE Hall of Famer suffered several serious injuries - he won a Gold Medal with a broken freaking neck, remember - and that's sadly started catching up with him.
Angle's in-ring career ended on something of a bum note with a loss to Baron Corbin at WrestleMania and it feels like Vince McMahon really dropped the ball by failing to deliver many of the dream matches fans wanted to see.
In the video below, Angle is asked if he could ever step back into the ring. "I wish," he responds. "You know what? My quality of life right now isn't so good. I had my knees replaced about a year ago. I had back surgery about four months ago. I have to have my shoulder replaced."
"I still have another neck [surgery] coming up. That will be my fourth neck surgery. I really paid the price for wrestling as long as I did...maybe I should have retired five years earlier because it comes to a point in time in your life where you're older and you want to play with your kids and here I am having these surgeries. I can't really do anything with them. I can't pick them up. I can't play with them. I can't run with them."
As for whether he's in constant pain, Angle - who managed to overcome a painkiller addiction several years ago - revealed: "Every day [in] my back [and] my shoulder. My knees are good. My knees feel great. They recovered really well. I have a lot of pain running all day long, all night. It's something I just have to deal with until I have these surgeries and until I recuperate."
We certainly hope Angle can get to a place where he needs to be as it sounds like he's struggling. The Olympian gave his body to entertain fans and is now paying the price, but it at least sounds like there's hope on the horizon.
You can watch the full interview with the former WWE Champion in the player below.