Match 10
WrestleMania 19
Brock Lesnar vs Kurt Angle
(WWE Championship Match)
“The Beast” started his WWE run with a bang. Within the first year of his debut he was heading WrestleMania against one of the best technical wrestlers of all time. This is another stellar rivalry that brought us some of the most physical matches we had ever seen up until this point in the WWE. Both competitors coming from an armature wrestling background seemed to connect them better in the ring.
Their story was not all about the wrestling however as it did gradually become more and more personal. The best part about the matchup was that the two had yet to touch prior to their encounter at the event. Lesnar had run through a majority of the roster with the exception of the Olympic Gold Medalist, and in order to win his second WWE title, he had to go through the measuring stick for success on SmackDown.
Additionally, Angle went rogue on the WWE Universe shortly before the bout, setting up Lesnar as the next big babyface in WWE.
Sadly, the match is remembered for Lesnar’s botched Shooting Star Press, and boy, did it look ugly. You have to give it to him for attempting to have his “WrestleMania Moment” and he did hit it successfully several times before in developmental. At any rate, that backfired for Brock, who still managed to power through with an F5 on Angle to secure the win and the prestigious prize. Lesnar earned Angle’s respect and this led to the rise of Lesnar.
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