Kurt Angle, WWE legend and Olympic hero, compares Wyatt Hendrickson's win to other huge sports upsets

WWE legend and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle discussed how big an upset Wyatt Hendrickson's win was at the NCAA wrestling championships.

When Wyatt Hendrickson defeated Gable Stevenson for the NCAA heavyweight wrestling championship on Sunday, people were not kidding about how big of an upset it was.

"It was absolutely the greatest upset in amateur history," WWE legend and Olympic wrestling gold medalist Kurt Angle said recently to Fox News Digital.

"It definitely goes up there with the Miracle hockey team and Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson, definitely."

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Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson, right, reacts after defeating Minnesota's Gable Steveson during a 285-pound match in the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

That is quite an honor, but Angle is not just saying that. He is well-versed in the wrestling world as an Olympic champion, world champion and NCAA champion.

Angle even quoted the great Herb Brooks when discussing the fight.

"If they wrestled 100 times, 99 times, Gable Stevenson would've beat him, not only beat him, but beat him handsomely," Angle said. "This was just a freakish night. It was Wyatt Hendrickson's night, and I give him a lot of credit. He did not stop wrestling, and that shows the kind of fortitude he has. I'm sure he got that from the Air Force."

Hendrickson, an Air Force second lieutenant, saluted President Donald Trump following the win after he had been draped with an American flag, a moment Angle said seemed like it was out of a movie.

President Donald Trump, right, greets Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson after he defeated Minnesota's Gable Steveson during a