When Kurt Angle first debuted on the WWE main roster it didn’t take long for him to reach the top of the company. Angle was quickly put into feuds with big names such as The Rock, Steve Austin, Triple H and others. During a recent episode of The Kurt Angle Show, Angle discussed his history with The Rock and he recalled their first face to face meeting.
“I met him after I got called up from Memphis to do some dark matches for WWE and I went up and introduced myself to him. I had a lot of respect for him. I mean, he was the hottest superstar at the time. I do believe that Stone Cold might have been out with injury at this particular time. So, Rock was the man at that time. I introduced myself to him and he was really cool with me. I guess we were both college athletes and he was a division one football player. I was a division one wrestler. So, we had a lot in common being college athletes and I think that really helped.”
Kurt Angle won his first WWE Championship when he defeated The Rock at the No Mercy pay-per-view in 2000. The Hall of Famer noted that it was an honor to defeat The Great One for the belt when he added, “I felt very honored to be able to be part of that and be the world champion during my rookie year. Especially beating someone like The Rock. That was a major feat for my career it really was. It’s one of the biggest wins of my entire career.”
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