Kurt Angle Releases His Debut Signature Sneaker

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IT’S TRUE, IT’S TRUE! KURT ANGLE RELEASES HIS DEBUT SIGNATURE SNEAKER Philadelphia, PA (August 26, 2021) – WWE Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle celebrates the 25th anniversary of winning a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics with— how could we forget?— “a broken freakin’ neck”. During the 1996 Olympic Trials, Angle fractured two of his cervical vertebrae, which ultimately resulted in two herniated discs and four pulled muscles. Despite the serious injury, Angle won the trials before going on to win the gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the Summer Olympics. To commemorate this feat, Garrixon teamed up with the wrestling star to design and develop his signature sneaker: The Angle. Inspired by the undulating lines from Kurt Angle’s wrestling singlets, this Americana-themed model is an ode to moments that turned an Olympic gold medalist into one of the greatest sports entertainers of all time. Pre-sales for The Angle will be open for one week exclusively at https://garrixon.com/pages/kurt-angle starting at 10 AM EDT on Thursday, August 26, 2021 until 10 AM EDT on Thursday, September 2, 2021. The pair retails for $225, and is offered in whole siZes 5 through 14. MEDIA KIT https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uzyf5q9bn26kv4s/AACZahM6Plru647iZzSz9b0La?d l=0 MEDIA CONTACT Emily Kim (Garrixon) Technical Design Manager & Social Media/Marketing Lead [email protected] 267-640-6600 ABOUT KURT ANGLE - @TheRealKurtAngle Kurt Angle is a 14-time professional wrestling world champion, with titles collected in WWE, TNA, and Japan. He is in both the WWE and TNA/Impact Hall of Fames, a two-time NCAA Division 1 National Champion, and has also won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Summer Games with, as he likes to say, a ‘broken freakin’ neck’. ABOUT GARRIXON - @GarrixonStudio Garrixon is an end-to-end footwear designer and manufacturer with a mission to shorten the timeline from concept to product by leveraging in-house technology and the latest manufacturing techniques. More than a factory, Garrixon’s goal is to bring partners together to build a more inclusive footwear community. .

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