Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle who is a six times World champion in WWE recently talked about the late great WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero. He looked back at his feuds with the Latino Heat.
The feud between Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero is considered as some of the best feuds in the history of WWE. Even though the feuds were not much remembered nowadays but they have historical significances. Through the first feud between the duo Eddie Guerrero was established as a star.
Kurt Angle Remembers His Feuds With Eddie Guerrero
When Guerrero first arrived in WWE, he has been treated as a lower mid card, slowly he had been built as a main event star and a WWE champion. The mention few words are some of the most important part of making Guerrero as a top star.
The first and one of the most important feuds between the duo took place in 2002. The feud started after the first ever brand extension in WWE and both wrestlers were a part of SmackDown. After a number of months Kurt Angle went on to win the WWE championship and started having a feud with Brock Lesnar whereas Eddie Guerrero was left Behind to have Tag Team feuds along with Chavo Guerrero.
They started having and other feud before Wrestlemania XX after Eddie Guerrero won the WWE championship from Brock Lesnar at the No Way Out pay per view event. This time the feud went on for quite a long time and it was even without the Championship. It was one of the most important feuds between the duo even though it is not much remembered. This feud did an excellent job to build Eddie Guerrero and the top star.
Kurt Angle who is a six times World champion in WWE recently spoke on “Talk Is Jericho” podcast where he talked about the late great WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero. He looked back at his feuds with the Latino Heat. He said;
“What happened was we had a fight in the ring,” Angle said. “We were getting heat on Eddie. It was Luther Reigns, Mark Jindrak, and myself. I didn’t touch Eddie, so I couldn’t have been the one that stiffed him. Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns were getting heat on Eddie.”
“When I got backstage, Eddie came back after the show. We all waited in gorilla and we say, ‘Thank you’ and shake each other’s hand. I went to shake his hand and I said, ‘Thank you Eddie’, and he said, ‘No. No. What you did out there was wrong. You were stiffing me.’ I said, ‘Eddie, I didn’t touch you.
“Bull sh*t. You were stiffing me. You were beating me up.’ I pushed him. I didn’t know what to do. He made me so mad, I just pushed him. He double legged me, an amateur wrestling double leg. I got him down, I got him in a front headlock, and I started choking him out. Big Show came in, and this is embarrassing. Talk about having little guy syndrome.
“Big Show grabs me by the back of my singlet, picks me up, puts me in one corner, takes Eddie and puts him in another corner, and says, ‘You guys are done’. Now I’m pissed at Big Show. I said, ‘Don’t ever touch me like that again.’ I mean, Big Show was so damn strong. He lifted me up with one hand. My legs were kicking. We got backstage.
“I felt bad so I went to Eddie’s locker room to apologize. I went back there and knocked on the door. He opened the door and he didn’t say anything. I said, ‘Listen, I just want to say I’m sorry.’ You know what Eddie said to me?
“I’m not ready yet.’ I went inside and started decking him. I’m fighting Eddie. We’re throwing pouches. Bradshaw pulled us apart and said, ‘Guys, you have to stop.’ I said, ‘Well, I said I was sorry and this a**hole doesn’t want to say he’s sorry back.’ But that’s Eddie. Eddie is going to apologize when he wants to and I should have known that.”
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