Kurt Angle on Tazz breaking his undefeated streak

[@TheSBleeder]

"Tazz was not dangerous." That's high praise coming from Kurt Angle.

[@taylormcgarry470]

I feel like anything half positive Kurt says about you in the ring is high praise lol

[@sweetpetergeda]

He wasnt vince just didnt want 2 push taz

[@pcortes1987]

I feel like the other wrestlers made that bullshit commend out of concern of their own careers. It Tazz got a decent push. That cry baby Randy Orton would lost his number one spot

[@markrobinson9394]

​@@pcortes1987What the hell are you talking about? Tazz wrestled full-time in 2000, and he was already on commentary by 2001. Meanwhile, Randy didn't debut on the main roster until 2002, and wasn't a main eventer until 2004.

[@johnrambo4245]

​@@pcortes1987 Taz was before Orton😂

[@QueLindoFilms]

Angle’s skills on the mic and in the ring were truly on another level. The guy was born for it.

[@theomega311]

I am gonna be honest, I was low key hoping that Kurt and Taz would do a submissions match at Mania

[@randomnerd3402]

Even though Taz has aged wonderfully I think his in ring days are over.

[@alvinblait6146]

At that time that would have been great if wwe was good to Tazz

[@lotokiba851]

I did too back in 2000 omg

[@philiphowell6336]

Angle was the man, in his prime, arguably the best in the world.

[@johndoe-bw8wx]

Not arguably..Without question

[@Giveme1goodreason]

I mean a gold medal kinda says the argument it over. That’s the whole point.

[@jonsnipe5484]

He was a wrecking machine

[@tocsradio2k24]

Kurt was fire no cap

[@AS-nz2lt]

The only one at the time during his time who could possibly better him (yes I know kurt won gold in 1996 olympics) and I’m talking purely wrestling minus storylines promos etc was Chris Benoit Ps with all due respect this is just my opinion along with some others who have and still follow wrestling closely. If people disagree it’s all cool 😎 man.

[@davsavchav]

Christian: "What's that smell?" Kurt: "Oh, that's just Texas."

[@butterthyme2241]

It's nice to see Kurt not fucked up and looking healthy and happy.

[@ibexthegoat3112]

I liked tazz's suplexs, they were crisp, snug and snappy, and the variety was so cool to see, especially the t-bone plexes

[@jonsnipe5484]

When I was a teenager back in 98 me and my cousin trained in house of hardcore that tazz was running and his suplexes were great in person

[@howlbeast]

Sheldon Benjamin was cool to adopt the t bone duplex into his arsenal n many others

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

@@jonsnipe5484 tazplexes in 98

[@guislarcia6423]

From watching Kurt Angle Thursday nights on Smackdown in the early/mid-2000s to watching him in podcast form in 2021 😌

[@thewildcardASMR]

this hit

[@paulwinstanley2948]

@@thewildcardASMR hit what?

[@razzaskatesbaker5385]

It makes me feel old

[@matthewalkman386]

It’s damn true

[@wurdofwizdumb1928]

Taz keeping it real for all us short men…. By reminding us we don’t matter, are expendable and no one cares about us regardless of talent :) Thanks Vince

[@chuck2498]

Tazz was really popular at the time, but besides that match, I don’t recall them ever putting him over in WWE. They left him mid card for whatever reason, poor use of him until he started commentary which brought him back.

[@queeble007]

I believe he was supposed to win the IC title but injured his arm and then went out for a few months. Maybe that killed it. Cuz when he came back he was in sweat pants and wrestling lower guys. Sucks tho he didn't get his push

[@murraysaucedo897]

I think he didn’t meet Vince McMahon’s height requirements

[@Biggie2829]

He didn't deserve a push IN WWE tbf, his Ecw Run was awesome but he's still the size of a child.

[@jasondiend4248]

​@@Biggie2829 At the time sure. However had Tazz not got hurt he could have been a champion against guys like Eddie. Eddie was shorter than Tazz and was world champion. The biggest isn't with his appearance is the fact he is stocky. His stocky build made him look shorter. Hell Burno one of the greatest of all time is 1 inch taller than him.

[@Biggie2829]

@@jasondiend4248 That is true, the more you know hey. Still I don't get why people are shocked he wasn't pushed when Kurt Angle, Taker, Austin, Rock, Triple H and more were around.

[@deweigle]

I had no clue Kurt had a show with Conrad. Glad I came across it!

[@joshuajoseph8924]

“Tazz was not dangerous” -Every jobber in ECW-“Hold my neck”

[@aking504]

Taz was doomed the moment he entered the WWE. He could have been the giant killer, but they made the man form Redhook a bitch.

[@HeywoodJablowme7]

"Noone ever shot on me in the ring, cos they knew my background" Daniel Puder: hold my Kimura.....

[@jjthapyro4130]

🤣🤣🤣

[@shanefrederick7731]

From what I gather, it was supposed to be a work but Pewder went real and Angle wasn't ready. If he was ready, Kurt would have dominated.

[@HeywoodJablowme7]

@@shanefrederick7731 from all accounts, it was all legit as in they wanted angle to legit take on all those guys one at a time which was stupid as as good as angle is there were multiple young fit strong guys trying to make a name for themselves. The rules were amateur wrestling but puder applied a kimura which wouldn't have been allowed so even though it was a legit contest from the start, puder then shot on angle which was his death knell afterwards.

[@RobwLPOC]

You're not allowed to use a Kimura in an amateur wrestling match.

[@RobwLPOC]

@@shanefrederick7731 it was supposed to be real, but it was supposed to be an amateur wrestling match.

[@aniketdesai7499]

Taz Debut is one of the best debut ever One wrestling video young guys can watch for fun

[@jonathanhensley6141]

Yes kurt is a 5 star wrestler and loved watching him. KA always had Incredible matches.

[@damion19967]

Best line. Mark might have been hurt that's why 18th, but still I won this gold medal with a BROKEN FRICKEN NECK. It's true

[@paulhigham2394]

Brilliant fart action at 5:43. Plenty of intensity.

[@howlbeast]

Damn Kurt Angle Instructions to Tazz ended his career prematurely.. dang

[@AintFredoYou]

I loved that rivalry Kurt had with Mark Henry. Loved everything about it. That World Title on Smackdown had some very memorable moments for me growing up.

[@bobsapp3133]

i was so impressed by taz on his debut, it was a shame he didn't get a push.

[@bustersales6921]

....why would they have a rival champion get a push? That makes zero sense lol

[@samgroves8416]

he got injured before they could really do anything with him

[@bobsapp3133]

@@bustersales6921 what do you mean? once he was in the WWF how was he a rival champion?

[@ghostb3774]

@@bustersales6921 They let Ric Flair parade the NWA/WCW championship belt around on WWF television and gave him 2 title runs...

[@bustersales6921]

@@ghostb3774 yeah, because NWA was really a rival of WWF at that time 😂🤦🏻‍♂️ the NWA barely even existed by 1992, and hardly any WWF fans knew what it was. That’s a terrible comparison

[@jonsnipe5484]

Tazz was a wrecking machine in ECW.. when he signed with WWE I already knew they would ruin taz career

[@remyjay1509]

Tazz looked safer and tighter than chad gable. Chad is a great athlete and very entertaining so it may be an experience thing so that control may come later.

[@costasspartan1894]

OMG, It's not certified legal world titles, it's freakin Sports entertainment. Kurt Angle is one of my all time fav's, he is a legitimate, world gold medalist , a living legend in wrestling entertainment and a bad ass tough guy. Tazz looks like a super sized Baby especially in that ridiculous one piece tights he wears. He doesn't even come close and will never be as good as Kurt Angle.

[@DeosPraetorian]

Wut

[@retrocysper3709]

Taz is a great wrestler. It's a shame how WWE used him. I wish he never left ECW.

[@D2Kprime]

To be fair, ECW was pretty much done by the time Tazz came to the WWF. It's not like one-year would have made that much of a difference in the long-run. Tazz came into the WWF white-hot. He was never more over in his career than he was during his transition over to the WWF. They just booked Tazz poorly like you said. It didn't matter when he got there.

[@bassacoustic1549]

He could’ve done well if booked as an unbeatable hardcore champ. Then again, we wouldn’t have had the great crash holly 24/7 stuff

[@D2Kprime]

@@bassacoustic1549 They should have let him bring in the FTW belt.

[@jonsnipe5484]

I use to train in tazz house of hardcore back when I was 17 and tazz would drop us hard with his suplexes especially the tbone tazzplex

[@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind]

Taz had a good mean look. He wrestled with high impact intensity. It was still an upset though...Angle is about a 3 to 1 favorite against Taz. I think wrestlers got together and killed Taz's push because they didn't personally want to lose to him. More backstage politics changing storylines

[@Fantropolis]

Tazz didn't throw Kurt under the bus with the office. Respect.

[@davidmiles4678]

I couldn’t believe Tazz beat angle at the time.

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

why

[@davidmiles4678]

@@kefkarothsephka7708 because he was someone from another company coming in and beating Angle winning streak. Usually when another superstar came to WWE they didn’t beat top WWE talent.

[@kylesalters86]

I liked his promos when Kurt said "I'm a wrestling machine.... I'll fight anyone, anywhere, anytime"

[@timothybelloftheclanbell1658]

Yeah it really looked like they were giving Too Cool a huge push in 2000 during the McMahon-Helmsley regime. Teaming with Rock, Rikishi, and Cactus Jack to take on DX Shane McMahon and Big Show leading up to Royal Rumble and WrestleMania 2000. Scotty got the light Heavyweight Title of of Malenko (only held it for about a week) and they both got the tag titles and held them for a good minute. That was Too Cool. But then their it stopped. Which wasn't Too Cool. I don't know why but if I had a guess it was likely do to Sexay failing a drug test or something but I don't know.

[@kwmusic4560]

WWE completely dropped the ball with Taz. He had so much momentum coming out of ECW, and even though he was small in stature, it never mattered in ECW when he fought guys bigger than him. He looked believable and he gave arguably the most intimidating promo in wrestling. WWE buried him for no other reason than to belittle ECW.

[@davidcyr5327]

Brudah

[@tpoeatvon]

Nah dude, Taz was beaten up as fuck by this point. They debuted him over their top prospect on PPV. Everyone knocks it because of the Smackdown match with HHH but honestly WWE got what they could out of what was left of Taz by that point.

[@Thecallmemisterajp]

Tazz was my guy, but I think the Radicalz coming in did more to hurt him than anything. All those guys basically occupied similar spots on the card and stole a lot of his thunder.

[@Slimkeen54]

Right this dude used to suplex Bam Bam Bigelow like nothing in ECW

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

@@tpoeatvon that vince admittedly regretted putting hhh over tazz

[@MrWoodMan23]

A great, natural, and for the longest time, purest athlete the WWE had ever had.

[@danh2134]

What I would like to know if the medals angle wears are replicas and also when he's on the mic you can notice one of the medals was missing from the ribbon

[@nickonite]

So that's actually been discussed before. At first they were the real medals. Though eventually he used fake ones to keep the real ones safe.

[@danh2134]

@@nickonite thank you . I was wondering about that.

[@badguyrob]

Can't find a video of Angle Northern Lights Suplexing Henry to save my life.

[@matthewalkman386]

This is NOT the spot that made Tazz dangerous. In the same match Tazz literally drops Angle on his head with a suplex. So the question wasn’t even answered because the wrong spot was addesssed. Terrible miss by Conrad

[@danh2134]

Even when it's safe you still risk being injured

[@jjthapyro4130]

Tazz broke Sabu's neck as well suplexing him thru a table

[@MarmiteMangoMachine]

Nah, it was that spot that got Tazz in trouble. It's just that the question is faulty because the issue wasn't anything to do with nearly injuring Kurt. The problem was Kurt jumped before Tazz was ready, so they had to reset. Vince never forgave Tazz for the botch, even though it wasn't his fault.

[@matthewalkman386]

incepto ne desistam watch the match. You have no idea what you’re talking about and shouldn’t have commented

[@jjthapyro4130]

@@MarmiteMangoMachine Yea that's a different spot. He's talking about another spot

[@jordans9303]

Sad thing was Wwe pretty much buried tazz after he beat angle which made no sense

[@paularies5276]

Angle vs Bret Hart we never got to see. but we got the 2nd best at it Angle vs benoit.

[@Dakatari]

Tazz and Angle put on one of the greatest matches of all time

[@jeffreymark475]

They had one match that was slightly over 3 minutes. To say it's one of the greatest matches ever is complete insanity. I'm sorry but you're a fool if you think that

[@Dakatari]

@@jeffreymark475 Lol Ma'am I guess we have to agree to disagree

[@jeffreymark475]

@@Dakatari my guess is you've never even seen the match before. Anyone who has would never say it one of the greatest ever

[@Dakatari]

@@jeffreymark475We will agree to disagree

[@theyliveinthematrixofthefa4437]

@@Dakatari watch Hbk vs Undertaker Bret Hart vs Stone Cold Rock vs Hogan Cm Punk vs Brock Lesnar Razor Ramone vs Hbk . These are far superior to this 2.75 stars forgettable match lol

[@ABIT-cb1qh]

Benoit's German Suplexes were highly safest

[@davexxx316]

I would love to see Kurt Angle, in his prime, Kenny Omega match...

[@ericseitzler81]

Kurt should be on anyone's top 5 of all time,I've never seen a wrestler take to pro wrestling as quick as he did.most guys take several years to get good(if ever)and he was the best on the roster almost immediately.

[@jonsnipe5484]

He is my number 1 pure athlete in WWE

[@ericseitzler81]

@GregF-k7w now see you named all the most popular wrestlers if we are talking all around it's a completely different story now the rock shouldn't be on that list even though he's definitely one of my all-time favorite he didn't wrestle long enough to be in the top five Austin barely gets in the top five cuz he didn't wrestle too long as a main adventure but his popularity is unparalleled

[@demonicsuperiordruid]

Longer than the actual match this video! 😂

[@killakays5302]

Its been said that randy orton is the safest opponent to work with. Idk if thats true or not but I keep hearing it

[@mattblah7737]

Tazz was never dangerous. We've imagined him dropping guys on their heads.

[@ac8274]

Kurt, they protect young stars in WWE?! SINCE FUCKING WHEN?!

[@8512124]

dont let the hate blinds you

[@chrismorgan8330]

Sometimes the "talent" you guys think are so "awesome" actually suck.

[@blusuck]

5:06 helped Puder

[@tommyratibb1507]

Apart from angle Austin and JR, can anyone point me in the direction of another wrestler shoot/talkshow/QandA like those

[@matthewalkman386]

Something to wrestle with

[@herecomesdatrain]

@@matthewalkman386 arn anderson and keeping it 100 with disco and konnan

[@corycybulski5631]

Jim Cornettes Drive-Thru. Thats the podcast that i started with that led me to something to wrestle with bruce prichard and i also listen to Eric Bischoffs 83 weeks...x-pac has one thats interesting from time to time as well..

[@herecomesdatrain]

@@corycybulski5631 I was going to say cornette and bischoff as well. I love cornette especially that fast talking shit

[@coltonkool6939]

Jim Cornette

[@lj342]

Angle was one of the greatest entertaining wrestler of all times.. I saw not long ago a match with him vs A.J styles in TNA.... mann it was the best technical match I've ever watched .

[@jonathanhensley6141]

I just think wwe didn't know what to do with taz and in Vince's eyes taz was to short.

[@Nepthu]

I used to think Angle would dominate any shoot match, but Daniel Puder proved otherwise...

[@lotokiba851]

Good job kurt because man tazz got buried for years for that match. Thats why he never got pushed in wwf

[@danielcharnock8975]

No one tried to shoot on him... 2 words... Daniel Puder

[@chillwill9828]

U sound just like jr its uncanny

[@JustChrisTM]

The Rock broke his undefeated streak on Raw a little while after Rumble. Angle beat Tazz by DQ. IT WAS AN ILLEGAL CHOKE! I remember it clear as day.

[@hosepipe]

Lulz

[@catdaddy2287]

It was on smackdown not raw but it was the rock

[@MuhammadShakurIV]

What does shooting mean?

[@RobwLPOC]

Going after him for real. Trying to do something they hadn't agreed upon to make himself look good basically at the other goes expense. From TV tropes= In Professional Wrestling parlance, a "work" is anything scripted (i.e. anything that's part of kayfabe), while a "shoot" is anything "real" (i.e. not scripted)

[@howlbeast]

6:47 lol

[@catdaddy2287]

Kurt was undefeated until the rock beat him on smackdown

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

until tazz beat him at the rumble

[@johnrambo4245]

I used to laugh my head off at Taz, waddalling around like he was a giant 400lbs of solid muscles 😂 Silly little fat guy that he was

[@robertcornelius3514]

Taz is proof short wrestlers always fall short in Wrestling. No pun intended.

[@danzam40]

Apparently you live in an alternate universe where Rey Mysterio doesn’t exist.

[@Sci1211]

@@danzam40 Rey wasn’t that successful in WWE considering how talented and over he was though. His first world title run wouldn’t have happened if Eddie didn’t die and he was booked as such a weak champion.

[@Giveme1goodreason]

@@danzam40 never rated Rey. He’s great for people who like the sort of stuff he does. But I personally could do with a lot less wrestling cheerleaders choreography.

[@sweetpetergeda]

Yea I use to hate when that use 2 over hype that version of the million dollar dream as an illegal choke hold 🤣

[@patrickclark6430]

I cringe everytime he says "innuendo".

[@morningstar577]

In-you-en-dough

[@RaynesX]

YOOOOOOOO WHAT HAPPENED TO KURT'S FACE THOUGH? WOW HE LOOKS LIKE A BOGDANOFF XD

[@seanmcclure]

Anyone else would have taken this opportunity to trash Taz.

[@thebeastwcmx4965]

Angle just made Taz look like a p***y by saying that he’s not dangerous…

[@paranoidandroid9979]

Why does kurts face look swollen

[@doubles7533]

Taz could have been a huge star and babyface, but Triple H and Vince had to bury him because he wasn't a home grown talent.

[@Giveme1goodreason]

Yeah dwarves deserve a chance.

[@JJT209]

and then they made him a commentator what a waste

[@dustinmasterson411]

Its TRUE!

[@D2Kprime]

....it's damned true.

[@corycybulski5631]

Ooo do i get the first comment for the first time ever?? Ooo its true...its daaaammnn true

[@paulwinstanley2948]

So gay

[@corycybulski5631]

@@paulwinstanley2948 so original...did your mommy tell u to say that while u were breastfeeding?

[@Biggie2829]

@@corycybulski5631 gay

[@corycybulski5631]

@@paulwinstanley2948 i found your boyfriend

[@jeremymckinnon5325]

Is this dude related to JR? He sounds like him and looks like he could be his kid!

[@Jacob-vk9rg]

Conrad? No he’s just good haha

[@fergonfiction6889]

No, he’s married to Megan Fliehr though one of Ric Flair’s daughters

[@lpn8585]

No they’re just both heavy southern type guys

[@jjthapyro4130]

@@lpn8585 He's heavy alright

[@supragraf]

@@jjthapyro4130 he’s not heavy, he’s my brother!

[@StarlightEater]

Jesus ole kurt is on a lot of opium.

[@robertcornelius3514]

Guys, I don't think this setup is going to work. Kurt is just too dry.

[@billhartman7610]

No Curt u still Lost the match, reff called it and said u lost, this is pro wrestling not Olympic stuff

[@justanothertrucker7856]

Still drawing heat from his heel statement 20 years later lol

[@richiemason3938]

Tazz was crap bad wrestler no talent