Kurt Angle SHOOTS On Joining The Shield In WWE

Kurt Angle talks exclusively to Inside The Rooes about the night he joined The Shield in WWE.
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[@InsideTheRopes]

What was Kurt’s best in-ring performance post WWE? Let us know in the comments below!

[@digitalmarketinghumans]

When he stared into the camera and told Booker T’s wife…👀

[@ryanandrue792]

Undertaker no way out

[@danielsutcliffe7876]

Chris benoit, rumble 2003

[@thetribalist6923]

Shawn Michaels Wrestlemania 21

[@joeyfalsetta1430]

Can any of you read?

[@wiseguysoutdoors2954]

Kurt is a great guy! He remembered me from our amateur wrestling days in freestyle tournaments and I had several special needs gentlemen who were rabid wrestling fans. He saw me, stopped to say hello and, in turn posed with each of my special needs guys with his world title on their shoulders. This meant the world to these guys and they talked about that night and showed everyone the 8x10 photos of them with Kurt and the belt they each had in their rooms. I will never forget his candor with our guys. Thanks, Kurt!

[@davidd2524]

Great story mate

[@drewcifer1754]

Sounds like a great time!

[@OvilNad]

At the time, he was never my favourite wrestler, but looking back at his career and moments, he is arguably one of my all time favourites..

[@skrounst]

I took him for granted as a kid too. Thankfully he gets the roses he deserves now, and in my opinion, is on the "Mount Rushmore" of 2000s wrestlers.

[@mrshab]

It's the same but opposite I have for Hulk Hogan. He was my favourite but now looking back heck no 😂

[@Silent_Shadow]

​@@skrounstI've always favored heels over babyfaces since I was a kid. I like interesting villians. Kurt was not only great at heel work, but he was an amazing worker. I just love him even more. So down to earth and was a savage.

[@skrounst]

@@Silent_Shadow yeah I rewatched his summerslam opener with Rey very recently and noticed the crowd wasn't cheering Rey. They were booing Kurt. When you can get a crowd to be more interested in booing you than cheering Rey Mysterio, you're doing something great.

[@trendmassacre8423]

I heard "the smackdown sex" when the interviewer brought it up.

[@Leo91M]

Me too 😂

[@DXDJ]

Glad I’m not the only one lol

[@BerlinKlub-SAV187]

that was noble/gunn/nidia/torrie😂

[@sparkywilson1405]

"And I'm not just talkin' ANY kind of Smackdown sex. I'm talkin' that kind of.. bestiality Smackdown sex."

[@Cornyboa]

I bursted out in laughter when he mentioned jericho 😂

[@Megacliff]

Haha, yeah. I assumed this must have been a few years old when he said that.

[@Sam1c9797]

@@Megacliff He only said it about a year ago again

[@unknownsample4801]

to be fair jericho used to be good back then

[@pepsiman6758]

Heck yeah but now its just sad​@@unknownsample4801

[@lutherrivas5563]

You don't watch AEW huh lol

[@city_by_the_bay7769]

I will go as far to say that Kurt Angle is a top 5 wrasslin talent EVER. Easily in top 10. What makes Kurt even more special is that hes a very humble cool dude.

[@JerkMidik]

Top 3

[@Silent_Shadow]

​@@JerkMidikthere was like 6 dudes who made the attitude era gold and were the main attractions. Once kurt showed up he became one of those 5 or 6 guys for sure. Love it.

[@GenEXodus]

Dude, Smackdown gets filmed immediately following Raw the same night... When i went to WWE RAW, we saw RAW, Smackdown, Saturday Night, Sunday Night Heat, and Jobbers all day... Like you get more than what you pay for. You'll watch pro wrestling until you literally get fucking sick of watching Pro Wrestling! It's a great time! If you've never gone to see it live, you should definitely go, because it's not like tv at all... It's fucking amazing!

[@Megacliff]

I took 10 years off of wrestling after Wrestlemania 20, so when Kenny mentioned Angle Michaels at WM 21, I went looking for it so fast! 5*s!

[@Shannon-tm7ek]

Team Angle is one of my all-time favorite angles. They could have been an all-time great tag team and faction, and Shelton in paticular could have been a fantastic singles star.

[@Silent_Shadow]

Shelton never got the push. That dude was another Kurt, Brock archetype. Real crazy freak athelete with potential beyond us mere humans. Guys like them are so damn rare.

[@Seanthehorrornerd]

Would of loved an angle-aj styles match at wrestlemania Kurt and seth One more against rey Samoa joe(i know they had a televised match) Last match with cena Man, now that i hear kurt say he wishes he could of wrestled before becoming GM makes me wonder what if and what we missed out on, what we will never get again. Thank you kurt. Really one of the best ever. And he did it all with intensity,integrity and intelligence

[@Joshua-hf5ui]

Watch angle and aj in TNA, great chemistry

[@dylanmulroe9978]

Angle in WWE was special don’t get me wrong but TNA Angle was just the greatest thing I’ve ever seen, I feel sorry for the kids who weren’t watching TNA back then like I was

[@SpudMonkey815]

So many cool interviews, where can we watch the whole thing?

[@alfiehickson8440]

Kurt's match with Shawn Michaels at Mania was unbelievable!

[@BerlinKlub-SAV187]

makes me appreciate this match even more you have to be a goat to have your first match at mania, no practice, call it on the fly and get 5 stars, MOTN and MOTY legendary

[@fpshooterful]

This was THE height for Smackdown for me. From that Punching hand entrance, to the Smackdown Six, to Haymen being the book keeper. I would watch SD wayyy more then Raw during this time. I remember SD even getting higher ratings. Hell WM 19 the mainevent was SD guys.

[@yobavoda]

At first i heard "Then there were the famous Smackdown sex with you and Rey Mysterio" and i thought DAMN Kurt was wilding back in the day, sometimes having an accent is a blessing

[@MrSkullHead1250]

I love Angle so much, he seems like such a nice guy, humble, positive. The nicest people play the best villains, or in this case Heels lol.

[@frankunodostres473]

goddammit someone teach kenny to pronounce the letter "i" :D can't have him out there saying "smackdown sex" to kurt angle's face ^^

[@VelvetMetrolink]

"Oh no! A different accent to mine! My delicate sensibilities!"

[@frankunodostres473]

@@VelvetMetrolink you win the gold medal for humor

[@SuperMacik1]

Kurt is having flashbacks about his beastiality days with Sharmel.

[@Bobbyjackdon8618]

Kind of a misleading headline. He talked about a lot of things for 15 minutes….and then just a little bit about joining the Shield at the end.

[@Takerfanatic]

(For 15 seconds) Kurt Angle SHOOTS on joining The Shield

[@justint8635]

Then it worked.

[@Silent_Shadow]

I forget that people these days want everything right now and can't handle videos longer than 60 seconds. The whole video was worth a watch so I don't see the issue except you crying like a child.

[@Bobbyjackdon8618]

@@Silent_Shadow I was not crying. lol Just mentioned that the title didn't match the video. It was a good interview.

[@gohansburner]

"Blowing through five guys. Like no other." is insane

[@zlinedavid]

Sounds like you’re talking about Sunny 😏

[@DonaldMeyers-v8c]

That was a cool moment from his return

[@ydoihave2picaname]

Those tag matches man!

[@GenEXodus]

About Shawn, That's gd funny!

[@ramboacdc]

Is there a mailing list or something I can get on to get to one of these shows? I on;y see the videos but would love to see them in person!

[@SessionWill]

we need the entire thing uploaded ...

[@landonrichmond]

"You're pretty good" big boss angle

[@TheRealTySavv]

Smackdown in 06/07 was pretty close to Raw IMO

[@mikecuozzo9709]

There's barely anything about the Shield in this. Why?

[@jaydensridpeath9299]

When was this interview actually done?

[@kryceksangel]

13:30

[@othertalk3313]

Strange choice of title here. The Shield question was easily the least interesting part of the video (basically summed up as "Yeah, I liked that. The Shield was great.") The rest of the clip was interesting though.

[@kryceksangel]

The match Mox tore his triceps

[@rodrysoza3303]

"Yeeeaaaaaaaaaah!"

[@DMVDomo]

it’s crazy and sad that WWE can’t even acknowledge some of his best matches because of Benoit.

[@KVCTheTruth]

He talked about way more interesting stuff than the shield and he didn't even get to it until the end 😂 still a great video though

[@terryflaboy4209]

I loved the new ECW LOL

[@amg4150]

Edge and cena vs Benoit and Eddie. Undertaker & Orlando vs A train and cena. Edge and Rey vs the guerreros. Edge, brock and Benoit vs team angle and big show. Kurt and brock vs A- train and big show. What a time to be a wrestling fan!! 😊

[@rogertayloRRR]

Its a shame that banning benoit hampers angles legacy in a way. People have to search to see these matches

[@MoneyMandown]

Smackdown sinister 6

[@MichaelPainter-v7w]

Still pisses me off how Goldberg got treated like a king when he came back and Kurt I felt they were still salty he went to tna

[@coded3604]

Edge too!

[@losvortex10]

Lex luthor? Joking this guy is great

[@lee.valley]

aew Chris Jericho catching up with Shawn Michaels.???? wtf.??? 😂😂😂

[@datacipher]

Arguably he passed Michaels long ago. People who mindlessly drink corney meltzer kookaid without a critical thought would never acknowledge it, but credit where credit is due. He’s been at the top nearly 30 years now. Michaels really wasn’t at the top all that long before burning out and being on and off. Oh I know… you fanboys… Jericho is the WORST!! Hogan is the antichrist!!! Hogan lied more than anyone ever (although he lied less in 40 years than corney or meltzer do in a good week) 😂😂😂

[@StevenR84]

When Shawn Michaels was 20 years in the business you were 6 not 3

[@That_Guy-]

The CTE is real

[@StevenR84]

@@That_Guy- I didn't said that

[@Maxxwell-07]

It's normal for him not to remember everything exactly. He put his body through hell and it shows. It is a blessing that he remembers he was in the business in the first place. LMAO

[@DXDJ]

Almost spit my drink out when he compared Jericho to Shawn lol 😂

[@datacipher]

He’s right but corney meltzer zombies live in their own delusion. Arguably he’s surpassed Michaels at this point by being at the top far longer. I don’t like Jericho but credit where credit is due. He’s reinvented himself and been at the top for almost 30 years now.

[@louis3141]

That Jericho comment has aged like milk.

[@zlinedavid]

So has Jericho

[@chrisjames5188]

Jericho couldn't lace michaels boots in the ring

[@trendmassacre8423]

Jericho was much better as a character than Michaels ever was. Jericho wasn't acting like a drama queen behind the scenes 24/7 like Shawn was, and Jericho was funny!

[@themikays]

literally kurt said specifically as an entertainer

[@EMP-Music]

Was so into this video until I heard him start lying and saying Jericho could be the best. Meanwhile Jericho is making the worst tv segments he ever has

[@theindyjt]

This was recorded years ago.

[@EMP-Music]

@@theindyjt i know that. Still applies. Wonder what he would say these days

[@ryanandrue792]

Kurt memory off a little

[@Yeaidoubtit]

This interviewer is good but man I cannot stand his voice, but he does great interviews

[@Romchikthelemon]

His face is not better. Just a regular wrestling fanboy.

[@CheknoEternity]

You people are weird af

[@trendmassacre8423]

"smackdown sex" is what I heard when he brought it up 😂

[@gottiboutmoney]

Listen I love HBK & Kurt! But bragging about HBK 1v5 like it’s not predetermined is crazy work 😂 he said it like HBK really beat those 5 guys lol 😂

[@moratuwamaleke6923]

Maybe he means he likes the technique and style in which HBK executed the match.

[@wildae.]

vince treated him poorly

[@jopaprez]

Chris Jericho lol, he's been a joke in AEW for over 4 years.

[@cerebraltackle]

Jericho? Really? Yeah, he's still on the drugs.

[@astralhorizons]

pointy head

[@CulturedVultures]

that Jericho praise has aged poorly

[@CableWatson]

kurt looks terrible

[@antiglobohomo2840]

I love Kurt...but smackdown was successful bc of The Undertaker, and Rock at the beginning... That whole AJ styles angle of the house he built was irritating. Everything after 2002 is getting harder and harder to watch the whole episode - raw and smackdown...as I'm trying to catch up watching on the WWF channel

[@antiglobohomo2840]

....and Chris Jericho has always been hilarious...if you can get a hold of some of his territory work, you won't be disappointed.. His "original" ECW work is really good too- it really show cased why he was almost an instant hit in ring and with the crowd at WCW

[@antiglobohomo2840]

ECW era Kurt Angle ended up being one of my favorites... His intensity was a total plus. I always wondered why they didn't try and make Cena cool or give him some legitimacy rather than just feeding Sabu to him...which was really ridiculous. I still can't stand that guy, but he does prove that HHH was expendable as hell and would have never been as popular without who he married