Kurt Angle is set to become the subject of a Hollywood blockbuster.

The WWE Hall of Famer has not given too much away about the upcoming project, but revealed that it will have a ‘Rocky-type feel’ with ‘a little bit of Iron Claw’ mixed in.

Kurt Angle’s Olympic story will be turned into a movieWWE

It will tell the story of his Olympic career and focus on his triumph at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, where he won a gold medal with “a broken freakin’ neck”.

“I’ve got a movie going on,” Angle said, during an appearance on WFAN with Danielle McCartan.

“Really proud of this. It’s a really great story, it’s about a kid from the streets of Pittsburgh who overcomes all these obstacles, including a broken neck, to win the Olympic gold medal.

“It’s only about my Olympic career, it’s not about my pro-wrestling career. The directors are Ian and Eshom Nelms. They want this movie to be like a Rocky type feel with a little bit of The Fighter and Iron Claw mixed in.”

Angle’s Olympic triumph was also the focus for much of his character work in WWE, which led to his iconic ‘broken freakin’ neck’ catchphrase.

Six months prior to the Games, he was competing just to make the US squad and in the semi-finals of the trials, he came down hard on his head.

The landing left him with two bulged and herniated disks, two cracked vertebrae and four pulled muscles in his neck.

Incredibly, he continue the match and won 4-3, despite being in excruciating pain for every movement after the landing.

Despite being told by doctors that he may have done permanent damage to his neck, Angle went on to compete in – and win – the final.

That victory made him national champion – but his road to the Olympics wasn’t done there.

Kurt Angle won gold in 1996 with a broken neckAFP

Angle still had to win the final of the Olympic trials where his rivals would compete in a mini-tournament for the right to face him for a chance to compete in Atlanta.

“Fortunately, I found a doctor either smart enough or stupid enough to allow me to wrestle,” he previously recalled, discussing his Olympic journey.

“I could tell you an hour after each of my matches I was in excruciating pain, but in the long run it was worth it.”

The glory followed a few months later where, with the help of numbing injections, Angle won the gold medal in the heavyweight class.

If there was ever a story worthy of a Hollywood script, it would be that of Angle’s. And he’s ready to bring it to the big screen.

“I’m going to be working behind the scenes for the first time. I won’t be in front of the camera. I’m really excited for the world to see it,” he said.

“We want to release it in theatres. It’s going to be a lot of fun for me. It’s probably the most excited I’ve been since the Olympics.”