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@Pepe-pq3om

8 ай бұрын

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@goldstandard7046

8 ай бұрын

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@jamalmirzada6042

8 ай бұрын

@@Pepe-pq3omthat’s what she said

@rockinrobbie1985

7 ай бұрын

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I'm always amazed with how natural he was on the mic, not many athletes transition into the pro wrestling world as well as he has, he showed he was both physically capable AND can work the crowd / entertain

@chucknorris2418

8 ай бұрын

That's true. It's DAMN true! 👌

@trenthamil6502

8 ай бұрын

It goes a long way when you have charisma.

@JoseFlores-sv8fb

8 ай бұрын

Great as a face; awesomely hilarious as a heel back in WWF.

@Tyrese-Townsend

8 ай бұрын

Even when he was geekin off the percs, he’s still found a way to be both an absolute phenom of a wrestler to being a special kind of entertainer. 🐐

@BigStrongSon

8 ай бұрын

If you look up the video of Kurt winning his gold medal at the Olympics, the little interview he gave at the end was really heartfelt and emotional. He seemed to be a natural from the very beginning

Kurt and Jericho are literally the only guys who still give Benoit his dues

@blackrose8418

8 ай бұрын

Randy orton mentioned him in guys that paved the way i think

@IHateNicolasCage

8 ай бұрын

He was great at what he did in the ring. Sometimes people have trouble compartmentalizing that and to be fair I cannot really blame them. I loved his work, but all of it has that asterisk

@govardhanposina17

8 ай бұрын

@@IHateNicolasCage agreed, I'm certainly not asking people to sweep the rug over his final act but pretending like he never existed hasn't sat right with me, especially because we will never know if what he did wasn't a product of the sheer hellacious routine he went through each time he was in the ring

@saltybastardgaming5603

8 ай бұрын

ill always admire benoits in ring work. his actions toward the end, can't be forgiven. but i separate the two when i can.

@IHateNicolasCage

8 ай бұрын

@@govardhanposina17 His scan paints a pretty clear picture of the deterioration of his brain based on all of the abuse over the years. It is a reason, but not an excuse. Some good things came of it though like no flying headbutts and no chairs to the head

Kurt really picked up the WWE faster than most newcomers do. For him to only have months of practice and be that good so fast is a testament to his natural abilities.

@powerofme7144

8 ай бұрын

In the ring and on the mic. And backstage too I presume. Unless he was somewhat protected being pushed so fast by Vince.

@getfitron155

8 ай бұрын

and the mic skills

@roktoprobal9505

8 ай бұрын

​@@powerofme7144Nah... Kurt paid his dues. Brock lesnar is the one who is always protected, privileged and got all the benefits.

@roktoprobal9505

8 ай бұрын

@@usadarren4 they help build and expand the wwe brand further, and put their heart, soul, sweat, blood and tears to the WWE universe 24/7. Cena non stop carried and reigns is now non stop carrying the WWE on their shoulders. As they were and are the full-time faces of the company, its pretty obvious they will get pushed.

@17valley

8 ай бұрын

WWF*

Kurt won the Intercontinental, European, King of the ring and WWF championship all within his debut year. Unmatched

@ashleycoburn9770

8 ай бұрын

Brock Lesnar

@RockApe_

8 ай бұрын

@@ashleycoburn9770 Brock still didn’t accomplish as much. All he did in his debut year was win King of the ring at the WWE title.

@prince_thomas

8 ай бұрын

He did all that and it just felt right. He's built different. Somehow he had a great old-school mindset despite not growing up a pro wrestling fan and never working the territories, he just caught up with some old tapes and had instant appreciation for the best technical workers. Too bad there aren't more people like Kurt.

@michaelhernandez8772

8 ай бұрын

​@@RockApe_lol Brock won the Royal Rumble in his first year, 2003. He debuted on TV the night after WM 18, so the night after WM 19 would be the end of his first year and in that time he won KOTR, beat Rock for Undisputed Championship, won Royal Rumble 2003, beat Kurt Angle at WM 19 for his second WWE championship to cap off his 1st year.

@RockApe_

8 ай бұрын

@@michaelhernandez8772 difference being Kurt ran through the midcard won the mid card championships and then the world title to top it off after a king of the ring victory. Brock’s ascent was different. He went straight to the main event scene and didn’t even compete in the Mid card

He always giving Chris his credit 💯

@tonyruby4467

8 ай бұрын

Those was his best matches

@thedecipher346

8 ай бұрын

​@@tonyruby4467Wrong

@tjkale1800

8 ай бұрын

@@thedecipher346In the early stages of his career atleast..

@JayCord00

8 ай бұрын

​@@thedecipher346wrong ? Nope

@jacoburbanek5617

8 ай бұрын

​@@thedecipher346Those were legitimately his own words 🤷‍♂️

Angle and Benoit were truly wrestling machines submission specialists

@Janine.Najarian

7 ай бұрын

it's a fake sport bud

@blazeblaze420

7 ай бұрын

@@Janine.Najarian it's pre determined and it's entertainment and I'm entertained

@deepakpillai6384

6 ай бұрын

@@Janine.Najarian It's not fake, you still need to know what you're doing. It's still wrestling but with a decided outcome.

@lollipoprei830

3 ай бұрын

@@Janine.Najarian are you gonna say kurt winning the Olympics was fake too?

When it comes to pure, aggressive, technical mat wrestling…I always will love a Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle match. Especially their clash a RR 03

7 months to being on TV is crazy 🤯

Benoit v Kurt matches r technical legendary

Benoit and Angle were magic together!🔥🔥🔥🐐🐐

Angle vs Benoit was MUST SEE TV! They put on great matches EVERY TIME

Benoit & Angle had my favorite Top 5 skillsets.

Kurt was really insanely talented

When he said he had to learn on the job I felt that

You can tell Kurt is a really good dude cause A LOT OF GUYS PUT HIM OVER ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING....it is a brotherhood and you have to be a special person for these guys to WANT TO PUT YOU OVER

@qrterlber103103103

3 ай бұрын

winning an Olympic gold medal with a broken neck will get you mad respect in WWE.

Those two working together are some of my favourite matches ever. So great.

If the expression, "like a duck takes to water" was a person. Even just a year in, Kurt seemed like a entirely different performer.

I mean he did win a gold medal with a broken freakin neck.

Learn on the job is an insane approach with wrestling even with Kurt's background. You botch a move and someone lands wrong on their neck and they're paralyzed.

@ScumBagInFL

8 ай бұрын

Yea I was thinking the same thing

@HaggisOfDeath

8 ай бұрын

I think he meant the acting aspects. I'm sure many of you good lads did a lot of fighting and play fighting as children, I certainly did; and it was generally quite easy to pick your friends and toss them around in a way that would not cause actual damage. Kurt being a great real wrestler already, he was probably well aware of what needed to be done, and would require minimal training to do a move safely. While mistakes do happen in Wrestling, an awful lot of the injuries come from a wrestler being an arsehole and trying to hurt their opponent. Kurt had a good mindset (at least when it came to the profession and his peers) and that, coupled with him having a lot of the technical side figured out, would have made him pretty safe even early on.

@waterphoenix857

8 ай бұрын

case and point... what happend with big E

Sucks that Benoit did what he did, he’s one of the best but has been erased

@thatlsk

8 ай бұрын

As he should be

@Evan-dm3si

8 ай бұрын

erased by WWE but not by fans. yes, it does suck though. mental health, CTE, drugs, alcohol, and depression does that to a man. truly sad

@improbablyyourdad8458

8 ай бұрын

I'm in the camp that believes his work should be separated from what he did. There are a bunch of wrestlers who did horrible things that are still beloved for their work, but people get overly sensitive with this situation because a woman and a child were killed. R.I.P to Nancy and Daniel. Yes, what he did was horrible, but Chris Beniot is one of the greatest and one of the most influential wrestlers of his era and I honestly think WWE doesn't show him because they're partially responsible for him snapping. They overworked their top guys, they pushed wrestlers to perform injured, and they noticed months before the incident that Chris was becoming strange, but they did nothing to help. They just assumed he was just grieving Eddie.

@GordoGuapo202

8 ай бұрын

He didn’t do it tho

@JRMAV1

8 ай бұрын

@TheShunterTouched a nerve cause he shat all over your child killer hero?

At first they pushed him as a face, but the crowd rejected him. He smiled and acted like they were cheering him and they booed more. That's when you knew he was a special entertainer.

Kurt had a better prime than most wrestlers. He was so gifted even in TNA. He so real for praising Benoit as a in ring performer

Instantly became one of my favorites. The gimmick was so unique, and he was already so good on the mic. The amateur wrestling background meant he knew a lot of the throws and holds but just needed the experience to put it into fictional wrestling matches.

Kurt was a rare talent. Great heel. And great baby face. Only a certain amount of wrestlers can do that. Mic skills were good, but his in ring talent was hands down top 5 all time. Those matches he had with Benoit were amazing. Even with Eddie.

I'll never forget his "tiny cowboy hat" moments. Only Kurt could pull that off and still be taken seriously 😂😂😂

I still remember watching this match when it first came on and remember having the upmost respect for Benoit/Angle. It felt so god damn real!

The GOAT

One of the most incredible talents to ever compete in any wrestling of any kind, period.

Kurt was so goddamn good on the mic as well as being the freak athlete that he was. Not a lot of athletes are that natural on the mic like he turned out to be.

Kurt took to pro wrestling like a fish to water.

with a broken freakin neck! 😂 One of the best to ever lace ‘em up

Kurt Angle and Name Redacted had many great matches together...

Sad thing about Benoit. I hope the WWE has like psychology service to help the guys to not lose their mind or let lose feelings they normally have to repress :(

Kurt had so many incredible matches with Chris with the submission time limit match really standing out. Such a shame Chris's horrific crimes means matches like that will never get revisited on the network

@Hellraiser988

8 ай бұрын

I still rewatch Benoit who cares about the emotional brats

@A-small-amount-of-peas

8 ай бұрын

@@Hellraiser988 I know. I do too. What I mean is they will never give it the respect it deserves and the sad thing is it ends up hurting Kurt's legacy

@leonconnelly5303

8 ай бұрын

Their on the network

@A-small-amount-of-peas

8 ай бұрын

@@leonconnelly5303 I know. But they'll never be lauded on other programming on the network as a match to watch

@thedecipher346

8 ай бұрын

​​@@Hellraiser988The only one who is emotional is you so you must be deflecting how about you just get your head out of your ass and realize that you are calling people names for not defending a murderer and wife abuser get help

Kurt was world champion within a year or so iirc. So yeah, it was a massive push well deserved.

Kurt is such an amazing Athlet, its amazing

Such a SOB but humble and grounded and very hard-working. A real role model! 💪

He's the best hands down. Amazing stuff he did early on. I couldn't even tell.

Best technical match ive ever seen.

He was made for this show, he was 10/10 in every way possible i mean, he has the skills the knowledge of wrestle, privileged with the mic, he was so damn hilarious, the connection with people still when he was booed, the agression wrestling and the cleanest and beautiful moonsault. Damn, he was one in a million for sure, I'm thankful for seeing this guy when a was younger 😢

Bro All those painkillers made his eyes so creepy

@leonconnelly5303

8 ай бұрын

Them damn percs

Benoit, Angle, Eddie, these three never had a dull match as far as I can remember

This was probably the best match I ever saw. Both these guys were the top of their game, on a technical level, perhaps the two most intelligent & naturally talented wrestlers of the Ruthless Aggression era.

You were rightfully pushed, Kurt!

And he did all that with a broken friggen neck. Bravo Kurt

@chrisrowan702

8 ай бұрын

It true. It's damn true!

@spookrockcity

7 ай бұрын

Remember the Alamo Boys! Yeehaw!

this guy was a natural, there are people wrestling for more than 10 years and still don't get it

He instantly had it

I loved every match I ever saw Kurt in great natural.talent

I remember watching the Royal Rumble 03 and begging Benoit not to tap to the ankle lock and my heart pounding from the false finishes. And when it was over I was like alright Kurt Angle is Him.

I remembered Chris Benoit yet again and out of sheer coincidence, I scroll down enough to stumble across this from hours ago on Kurt Angle talking to Chris Van Vliet about Chris Benoit.

Kirk Angel, one of the all-time greats.

The 2 technical goats 😈🔥

He had one of the best rookie years in pro wrestling

One of the best of all time. It was amazing how natural Angle was in the ring and on the mic. I feel for him for all the tough choices he’s made but brother is still a legend and honestly seems like a hell of a guy now on the back side of everything.

Chris Was a working,WRESTLING TECHNICAL MACHINE....VERY GOOD TO KURT.

Amazing that he was that much of a natural. Guy may be the best of alltime.

Wow, hearing this and knowing that he would master his craft is amazing. I still can't believe he has no 5 star matches...smh

Chris asks such good yet open ended questions that get his interviewees talking and genuinely contemplating

Kurt on the mic was comedy gold

He took to it quicker than anyone ever has in pro wrestling. A natural

Kurt is a huge part of the attitude era. No doubt!

Hes in my top 5 best all around wrestler/entertainer of all time

Kurt Angle was extremely underrated. He was an amazing Athlete in the ring.

Kurt was a natural. I see that in Chad Gable; I wish they had Kurt mentor him on tv or become his manager

This wasn’t “on Chris Benoit”. It kind of feels like you just used his name for clicks.

@Nostalking

8 ай бұрын

Kurt did say Benoit helped him own his craft and had his best matches with him though

Kurt Angle is a Prime example of a complete natural talent combined with a hard work ethic.

This another reason why he one of the best to ever do it

I've gained even more respect for him since watching his documentary. Very inspiring!!!!!

I go back and watch Kurt's matches, and I have to say, for me, he is on my wrestling Mount Rushmore. What a phenomenal talent, and I have never seen him in a bad match, and that speaks volumes.

Kurt Angle was a good athlete. And a real talented superstar. Gots a good attitude and love his fued with other wrestlers including the rock

Kurt and Chris matches were Gold

I dont think anyone took to the business like Angle. I remember how much better he was a few months in than his debut. It was insane. Dude was incredible.

His matches with Chris Benoit were amazing displays of technical skill

I'm so amazed. At the run that smackdown had from 2000 to 2009 I didn't watch raw or WrestleMania or none of that I've only watched smack down it makes me feel like a little kid again when I watch it

Kurt and Chris always put in the BEST shows!

That sounds like my job now. 😩 Was told you’ll learn in the go. And now I’m struggling and wondering how long I have to left till I can fake it anymore. Training goes a long way!

What Kurt did is nothing short of amazing, to pickup the business that fast is mind boggling. If you look at the last 30 years it's hard to leave him out of my top 25 wrestlers of all time.

This is why he is the greatest of all time

"I was forced to learn on the job." And he became an amazing pro wrestler!

Thr Angle V Benoit matches are some of the greatest matches ever. It catapulted them both into the GOAT tier.

I remember meeting him at the airport in Pittsburgh way in the beginning. Nice dude.

Kurt has a natural goofy personality combined with unbelievable wrestling talent, which gave him both humor and in ring skill, just a natural born entertainer. One Vince's best picks ever, because he understood what was great about Kurt as a pro wrestler before Kurt discovered it himself.

This rivalry was a technical wrestling spectacle that was better on reg programming than on PPV tbh

He was a natural from day one. Couldn’t even tell he didn’t have much experience.

Kurt set a ridiculous precedent. I think it's how I sometimes have to taper my expectations with some the people in development. Kurt picked it up fabulously. Man is a legend. Never saw a bad Kurt match. The matches with Chris and Lesnar are some of my favorites. I still remember the angle with Edge that began the You Suck chant..thing is you never sucked. Not even once. Definitely a 🐐.

He was amazing at everything

One of the best heels of all time. He was a heel that you still liked even though he was a heel.

Kurt legit is among the greatest to ever do it.

Kurt had his Olympic moves to fall back on until he learned new ones. They served him well!!

This is crazy, was talking about their fights just a few hours ago. Both of them made each looked great with their matches. Amazing matches they had. Miss the Rabid wolerine RIP.

The best wrestler ever in the WWF.

One of the greatest in the game.. wouldn't of been the same without Kurt Angle

Benoit was one of the best wrestlers that I have ever seen on tv or live.

What I gathered from this is its important to have people that believe in you in your corner.

Angle and Benoit had some of the best matches of all time ❤

What Kurt really got lucky with was the push let him work with some of the best workers the company had at the time. Learning by example and learning on the job goes best when you're working with the best.

I used to LOVE seeing those two going at it!

Kart and Chris both r my favourite wrestlers.

I will never forget both my top favorite wwe wrestler of all time kurt angle and chris benoit wrestling in wwe during the ruthless aggression era my era of wwe during the year 2005 and 2006 I will never forget seeing those legendary wrestlers wrestling in alot of great classic wwe matches and my only favorite classic wwe match I won't forget between kurt angle and chris benoit is there wwe royal rumble year 2003 match I won't forget classic match r.i.p chris benoit