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KURT ANGLE
Kurt Angle was born on
12/9/68 in Pittsburgh, PA. While an amateur
wrestler, Angle suffered a broken neck that has
hampered his pro career. At the 1996 Olympics in
Atlanta, Kurt won a gold medal in the Freestyle
Heavyweight 100kg Division. He made his first
national pro wrestling appearance shortly after
his Olympic win in ECW and got into a
confrontation with Taz. That night, the Sandman
crucifixion angle took place and Angle stormed
out of the ECW arena and never returned.
The Best Rookie Year
Ever:
Kurt made his WWF debut at the 1999 Survivor
Series. Within one calendar year, he won the
King of the Ring Tournament, the I-C Title, the
European Title and most importantly the WWF
Championship by beating The Rock. His title
reign was prolonged by the most cowardly and
biggest fluke wins by any champion. The
highlight of this title reign was his Hell in a
Cell victory over Austin, The Rock, Triple H,
British Bulldog, & Rikishi.
The Invasion:
During the Invasion angle, Kurt started off
on the WWF side. He went on to beat Steve Austin
for the WWF title but after losing the belt back
he joined WCW. After WCW was disbanded, Kurt
said that he was working for Vince McMahon and
was a double agent for the WWF. During this time
period, he released his autobiography It’s True,
It’s True.
SmackDown! Star:
Angle was drafted to SD as Vince McMahon’s
#2 pick. He started a feud with Edge and wound
up losing a hair vs hair match. A few months
later, he became tag team partners with Chris
Benoit and they won the newly created WWE Tag
Team Titles. Despite their success together they
didn’t like each other and the team quickly
broke up.
Team Angle:
Kurt beat The Big Show for the WWE Title
with the help of Brock Lesnar because Lesnar was
screwed by Paul Heyman and The Big Show. It
turned out Angle was behind that double cross
and as a reward, Heyman gave him his own
wrestling team which consisted of Charlie Haas &
Shelton Benjamin. He eventually lost the title
to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania and then took
some time off to repair his bad neck.
More Neck Problems:
2004 began with Kurt feuding with Eddie
Guerrero. In April, Kurt was named as GM of
SmackDown as a way to keep him on TV while his
neck healed again. A few months later, he
returned to the ring and resumed his feud with
Eddie Guerrero. The beginning of 2005 saw him
start a feud with RAW star Shawn Michaels and
featured a classic WrestleMania battle between
the two men.
RAW Star:
Kurt was drafted to RAW in 2005 and
continued his feud with Shawn Michael’s while
also feuding with John Cena over the WWE Title.
Kurt brought in Daivari as his personal referee
and later as his undefined something that would
accompany him to the ring. In a total shock, RAW
Star Angle appeared on the 1/14/06 edition of
SmackDown! and won a battle royal to become the
World Heavyweight Champion.
WWE Title History:
WWE Championship
10/22/00 No Mercy – The Rock
9/23/01 Unforgiven – Steve Austin
12/15/02 Armageddon – The Big Show
7/27/03 Vengeance – beat Champ Brock Lesnar &
The Big Show
World Heavyweight Championship
1/10/06 – won battle royal
(Sources: PWI Almanac,
Database Olympics.com & Obsessed with
Wrestling.com)
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