Angle recently spoke to Forbes about his new podcast with Conrad Thompson and his professional wrestling career as a whole. When the subject of wrestling someone like Brock Lesnar came up, Angle spoke in depth about the time they met in 2003 when he had a “broken freaking neck.”
Kurt Angle reflects on getting cleared for his WrestleMania match against Brock Lesnar
Kurt Angle discussed having to talk Vince McMahon into letting him wrestle the match and was able to get cleared by a doctor to do so, which sounds utterly insane in 2021.
Kurt Angle is 100% correct. As precautions in professional wrestling have changed a great deal since 2003, there is no way this match would have taken place under the same circumstances today.
Luckily Angle survived the match and wasn’t seriously injured. A bad suplex from Lesnar could have spelled disaster for the Olympic gold medalist.
Do you remember Kurt Angle’s match against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XIX? Who were you cheering for back then? Let us know by sounding off in the comments section below.
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