On the latest episode of his “The Kurt Angle Show,” WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle recalled his match with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 21 in 2005.
Angle revealed that instead of planning the finish all by himself, Vince McMahon allowed him and Michaels to decide the outcome of the match.
Angle eventually defeated Michaels by forcing him to submit to the Ankle Lock. Following the match, Michaels was given a standing ovation from the audience. In fact, HBK agreed to put Angle over since the Olympic Gold Medalist was about to feud with John Cena.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On being willing to do the job: “Alright, listen, there’s no doubt in my mind that if Shawn was going to lose at WrestleMania, to me, I’m going to have to pay it back. There’s no doubt about it. Yes, it’s how it works. And I don’t blame him. I was willing to do that because he did me a huge favor.”
On Vince allowing them to decide: “Actually, Vince didn’t have a winner for WrestleMania. He had us working out between ourselves and Shawn said, ‘Listen, I’ll put you over because,’ I know this is what he said, and I totally forgot this. He said, ‘You know what? You’re going to end up doing a program with Cena afterward. And what you need is a good win right now.’ So that is why I knew that I was going to work with Cena even though I didn’t. I thought it was going to work. Yeah, there, Shawn. Because Shawn told me, ‘You should get the win right here because you’re going to be paired up against John Cena after this.’ He wasn’t political. He just said, ‘Hey, I’ll do the job.’ And he even said I’ll tap out to you. And I was like, ‘Great.’
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