Professional wrestling legend Kurt Angle had some really big matches in his wrestling career. He featured in some big matches which are still remembered to this date. One of those big matches was against wrestling Legend Shawn Michaels whom he faced for the first time at WrestleMania 21.
WrestleMania 21 was a revolutionary event for why WWE promoted two of their biggest upcoming stars, Batista and John Cena. Apart from them, they are there where some amazing matches as well, it was the event that introduced the Money in the Bank ladder match, it also featured an amazing match between Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels.
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The Olympic gold medalist picked up the victory in this match. It was an inter promotional match and fans were not expecting to see any continuation of this feud after WrestleMania 21. But after the WWE draft of 2005, Angle got drafted to Monday Night RAW and the feud restarted. At the Vengeance pay per view event of the same year, the duo got to face each other once again.
This second match of the duo is not very much remembered in spite of it being an excellent match. Their first match at WrestleMania 21 is remembered as a classic though. Angle recently looked back at the second match he had against Shawn Michaels at Vengeance. Speaking on the latest episode of his “The Kurt Angle Show” podcast, he said;
Kurt Angle Remembers His Second Match Against Shawn Michaels
On wrestling Shawn Michaels for a second time: “I’m just saying he might be okay. Okay. He was pickier back then. He was a little tough. You know what? We just had more of a knack for each other. I mean, you don’t need to have chemistry with Shawn Michaels, ’cause he’s naturally gonna have chemistry with everyone.
“But I felt more comfortable the second time. We had no build to it. But I mean, if you’re gonna wrestle, you know, Shawn Michaels against Kurt Angle, you don’t really need a buildup. I, you know, it would’ve been nice to have it, but we didn’t.” said the Olympic Gold Medallist.
This was an epic feud and ultimately Kurt Angle is regarded as the winner of it. During the second half of his career, Michaels mostly focused on promoting stars and not taking the spotlight on himself. Angle’s victory in this match was really iconic and it established him even as a bigger star.
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