Kurt Angle, a 1996 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, debuts in the WWF at the 1999 Survivor Series and wrestles circles around Shawn Stasiak, wins the European and Intercontinental titles within his first six months, brought prestige back to the King of the Ring, was involved in a hot love tri-angle with Triple H and the HEIRESS to the WWF throne, and then gets a one-on-one PPV main event title shot within his first YEAR in the WWF. That just shows you not just how good Angle is, but how quickly over he became in such an amazing short span of time in a period where the Rock and Triple H were at their absolute peaks as performers. He had the feel of a veteran superstar during his ROOKIE YEAR like nobody had ever possessed before him. And with being said, let's take a look at Angle's first big PPV main event against then-WWF world champ the Rock.
In case you didn't notice, that makes THREE ****½ Kurt Angle matches in 2001 right there.
Final Thoughts: Most of the WWE's best matches of the first decade of the new millennium involved this man and this right here is PROOF. These matches all speak for themselves and now all you have to do is watch them. Part Two will include the latter half of Angle's WWE run including another round of eight matches that I have NEVER reviewed like his classics with Brock Lesnar and Shawn Michaels. I cannot wait to share my thoughts on those matches with you.
Posted on July 30, 2009, in WWE and tagged Chris Benoit, Edge, Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, Rikishi, Shane McMahon, Shawn Stasiak, Stephanie McMahon, Steve Austin, The Rock. Bookmark the permalink.	3 Comments.
wow, awesome review. i stopped watching wrestling seriously in early 2002, but i remember kurt angle was absolutely amazing his first two years in the wwf. thank you for letting me relive these great matches and for posting some excellent material i have never seen from 2002! i am looking forward to part two. will it include any tna material?
Thanks for the good word! Glad you enjoyed reading this one. I really had a lot of fun doing this mixtape. As for part two, there won't be any TNA content on it because well, Dailymotion doesn't really have any of Angle's good TNA matches. I wish they did though. Part two will include just Angle's best WWE matches (as chosen by me!) from '03-'06.
great, i am looking forward to it! i'm not sure if you have already heard about it, but i just discovered a wealth of tna videos on youtube the other day. apparently the official tna channel has uploaded a lot of full matches, including many featuring kurt angle. maybe there are some hidden gems in there… either way, can't wait for part two!