Kurt Angle Announces Jason Jordan of American Alpha Is His Son on WWE Raw

Raw general manager Kurt Angle finally revealed on Monday night the secret he had been keeping for weeks, announcing Jason Jordan is his son. 

WWE showed father and son embracing on Raw:

Jordan celebrated the news on Twitter:

Jordan's tag team partner Chad Gable was as surprised as anybody:

Last week, Angle teased that Monday's announcement had the potential to cost him his family and his career, and at the end of Raw, he told an unidentified caller that he loved them.

Many had speculated Angle was in a relationship with Raw commissioner Stephanie McMahon. The two had previous history, and a storyline affair with McMahon was the kind of reveal that would carry significant ramifications for Angle.

Instead, the secret was much more benign. 

As Bleacher Report's Mike Chiari argued, moving Jordan to Raw and announcing him to be Angle's son brings an abrupt end to American Alpha:

At this point, American Alpha may have been in an irredeemable state of mediocrity. Since making the jump from NXT, Jordan and Gable had a forgettable run as the SmackDown Live tag team champions and did little else. Rather than making them a new version of the Steiner Brothers, WWE allowed American Alpha to fade into obscurity.

Jordan will at least have a new direction, while Gable can go his own way on SmackDown as well.

It will be interesting to see how much Angle will use his position to elevate Jordan on Raw. Jordan has the in-ring ability and charisma to be a star in WWE. Becoming an entitled heel who can do whatever he wants without consequence because his dad is the GM would be a great way to lift his profile in the eyes of the WWE universe.