I still wish Cena was Kurt's final opponent, considering that Cena made his debut against Kurt. Yet again, Cena was beginning his part timer arc around this time.
In case you didn't know, Kurt Angle was a very last minute replacement in that TLC match. Roman Reigns had MRSA or something so had to be written off 24 hours or so before the event.
This was a tough watch. He came back and just looked more and more tired as time went on. He was def hurting through it. Happy to get to see him again and very happy to have witnessed his whole WWE career.
Instead of the nothing match vs orton, AJ should’ve turned heel early 2019 and be like “kurt I dont have a match at Wrestlemania, I think you are old as heck and I might wanna end your carrer”.
Would aj styles vs Kurt angle be lost on a wwe crowd though? They wouldn’t understand what it meant. Sure it would be a better match but the atmosphere might not be!
I know he did well for someone of his age and condition, but it was kind of depressing seeing how rigid and immobile Angle was in his final run, especially compared to how he moved even a few years earlier. From what I understand Angle himself attributed this to him spending to long away from the ring when he rejoined the company and him not wrestling frequently enough to properly loosen up and get back into the swing of things once he started having matches again.
you its pretty amazing how quickly wrestlers stop taking bumps and lose all resistance to them. undertaker is a perfect example. to be honest though Angle was getting noticeably slower and more formulaic in the ring from 2013 onwards.considering all his injuries before pro wrestling , during and all the crazy bumps he did on top of his drug/alcohol issues its a miracle he still walk , let alone put on matches is 2019 even if they wernt very good. tbh im just really happy he seems healthy and is enjoying his retirement and his podcast is going well. at one point it seemed like he was gonna be another statistic now hopefully he lives a long life.
@@LegendKiller1fan True, he was only in WWE from 1999-2006. His TNA run Lasted 10 years. There's no way his match quality would be the same as in his prime. 2000-2009 was prime Angle.
@@LegendKiller1fanhis matches in 2016 on the indies are actually pretty good, he looks and was moving around a heck of a lot better than he did in late 2017
I think that the real problem of his retirement match was Mania 35's length, which really killed the crowd in the second half of the show... even during the main event the fans were really quiet
The craziest thing I found out about Perc Angle recently was that famous spot where he dove on Abyss wasn't planned at all. Dude was feeling like Superman off the percs and just hit that spot out of nowhere and was lucky Abyss caught him lol
@@jordanmince7613 No because if he was wrestling from when he signed in 2017. His work would still be worthy of a world title run. But Vince made him GM
Great video as always. It's a shame about the final match. I know they wanted to build up Corbin but given his position now, it feels like a waste. On another note that Apollo moonsault was a thing of beauty.
My daughter got into wrestling in like 2017 when she was like 13 and she could never understand why I loved Kurt so much….if only she would watch old early 2000’s Kurt where he was a legend at everything
@@jordanmince7613 If Kurt feels up to it, he should. He'll always regret ending his career against nobody Baron Corbin instead of somebody on Josh Alexander's level.
Chad Gable needed to be his final match, great chemistry. His matches against Somoa Joe and aj styles seemed like a mini tna reunion which unfortunately was never going to live up to their prior matches IN TNA. Sad to see. Also Corbin sucks. He wrestles in a dress shirt and dress pants for crying out loud and he went prematurely bald at like age 26. Gable got the shaft here.
Not to mention Samoa Joe only had one WM that barely lasted 5 minutes against Rey Mysterio. Even Rey hated the match how it was booked to be a squash match.
Although Kurt Angle didn't wrestle at his birthday celebration, he did have the hilarious spot where he sprayed Chad Gable and Otis with his milk truck. That is one of my favorite Kurt Angle moments.
I'm one of the few people who love Corbin and what not but I agree with you to an extent. If they had Angle lose to Corbin when he wasn't in his crybaby constable role, when he was still using his NXT gimmick and a legitimate threat. Angle losing to him would have been valid because Corbin did have a solid gimmick and shit before he became management's gimp it felt like he was being booked somewhat similar to Ortons legend killer gimmick and destroying Angle while under that gimmick would have legitimized Corbin. Idk im an idiot and am only going by feeling
The irony of Jordan pretending to be Angles son and then almost immediately having his career ended with a broken neck is pretty amazing. I bet no one else was volunteering to be related to Kurt after that. 😂
I want John Cena to be a final opponent for Kurt Angle, but before his final match he has quite a good matches I can feel Kurt Angle really put all into it, it's just sad that all I can remember is his final match with Baron Corbin, it could gone better but it better than nothing.
Kurt Angle's one of my favorite wrestlers of all time, regardless of this final run. A true legand of both the sport of wrestling and of professional wrestling. It's true, it's DAMN true.
this was a dark era for Men's wrestling in the WWE lol. The woman's division was carrying so hard during this time. That trio of Corbin, Lashley, and McIntyre was awful and they ruined RAW every week; they're all so so much better apart. Glad that faction didn't sink the trio of them. To be fair, if Kurt was having this many spotlight matches that is a sign of how poor the show was at this point
He had really lost most of his in ring ability during his farewell tour so im surprised he seems to be doing well here. The end of tna was just suplexes and his finishers as the entire matches. It does kind of seem thats what the matches here are too though.
I love corbin as someone who grew up around him played football im even the same height as him. It meant so much to me that kurt angle my favorite wrestler put him over. Angle is the greatest ever most honorable man in wrestling.
I wouldn't have minded Baron Corbin being Kurt Angle's final opponent if they were actually going to do something with Baron, but they didn't, thus wasting Kurt's last WWE match for nothing. It should've been Cena.
@@theman6705 I was referencing OSW's ongoing "Kane bump" joke. If youve ever noticed, Kane will never take a flat bump, and will 99% percent of the time go to his knees first.
Jordan was a fine choice. He was a bigger dude, very athletic and played a great heel character that they were building well for a final feud. Sadly Jordan's career ended way too early.
@@Little88Mac didn't see him as a good fit, as in-ring performer he was above average, but as a character didn't care for him neither as a part of American Alpha nor Angle's son
Good Video. Kurt Angle had an ok final run with decent matches. But Baron Corbin was definitely the wrong choice for Angles last Wrestlemania opponent! Also, am I the only one who misses the old ROH music with the drums and the funny Hulk Hogan noises. 😅They made Ring of the Hawk so special. 😞
Personally i would love to see either Joe or AJ being Kurts final match the 3 of them had some absolute classics in TNA something to show people what they were missing, either that or Chad Gable as he kinda reminds of Kurt a little
Lol, I remember when Corbin, Lashley, & McIntyre were the miniboss heel squad on Raw for a while in 2019. It's been a ride seeing how far the latter two have come since then, while Corbin is now stuck in NXT again.
I'm convinced the reason they had Elias dump Jeff out before #3 could even enter was because they wanted to keep interactions between Kurt and Jarrett to as few as possible. But just imagine how cool that would have been, one of the most heated rivalries in TNA history getting an epilogue in the Rumble Also, I was at Mania 35 and saw Kurt's final match (for now), and the match was very, very weird. I think Angle's post-match promo was meant to try and get a pop from the crowd, but even after that we were all just silent (apart from saying You Suck, because nobody can resist doing that)
Bro i cant believe that you didn't mention anything about that confused Bobby Lashley spot with steel stairs when he Drew and Corbin attacked Angle lol
Dude I think it would be really cool if you did championship matches by the year. For example you can start with 1990 and rate every wwf or wcw world championship match that took place that year. Just a thought
Weird time in WWE... it was cool that guys like Drew and Lashley were coming back, A.J. Joe etc were getting their shine. But the choice to have Corbin retire him and then them barely even mentioning it years later was a big mistake. As well as having that A.J. match interrupted for what, a random Randy feud that nobody remembers?
i was completely out of wrestling when Angle had that match with the shield ..... i saw an pic of him in the shield gear .... i thought it was photoshopped or some dark match / house show joke thing ............. i had no idea this was a real ppv match LOL
Can we get a timothy thatcher nxt Ring of the hawk? 29 matches from 2020/21. Not the Most flashy wrestler but someone that makes his matches look painfull
Very depressing watch to see this live, aside from the Shield match, and Rousey, this was horrendous, Kurt...he's got the 3 I's but man he had no fuel left. Also i am sick to death of the Angle Lock being countered, Jesus Christ.
I still wish Cena was Kurt's final opponent, considering that Cena made his debut against Kurt. Yet again, Cena was beginning his part timer arc around this time.
we all do
we all do 🥲
Kurt wanted it, Vince said he could have it next Mania, Kurt said he wouldn't last in in-ring competition for another year and that's that
I've never read this opinion before.
Wasn't Cena injured in 2019? He appeared on january and never did anything more
Him Brock or Batista
With how Angle's body and age during his final run it was still pretty impressive that Kurt was capable of having a somewhat decent match
Agree he was in clear physical pain. Dude was a tank
That damn slapnuts always finds a way in
😂😂😂
Every. Time.
Honestly I’ve become a JJ fan because of this channel lol. Couldn’t stand him back in the day.
Double J!
Kurt gave his best at TNA he was something else there
What a waste.
his wwe run was better
He really helped TNA out but it was unfortunate when Hogan and Bischoff took over
He was a wild man in tna....I loved it
@@DonaldMeyers-v8c Perc Angle
In case you didn't know, Kurt Angle was a very last minute replacement in that TLC match. Roman Reigns had MRSA or something so had to be written off 24 hours or so before the event.
That match was a fever dream
I remember that!
Yeah. I remember that.
"The straps come down as the bean kicks in" Bro 😂😂😂
This was a tough watch. He came back and just looked more and more tired as time went on. He was def hurting through it. Happy to get to see him again and very happy to have witnessed his whole WWE career.
Unpopular opinion: Angle should've wrestled his final match against AJ Styles.
Instead of the nothing match vs orton, AJ should’ve turned heel early 2019 and be like “kurt I dont have a match at Wrestlemania, I think you are old as heck and I might wanna end your carrer”.
Him or Drew, those were nice choices. Drew def needed more than jobbing to Roman in like 7 minutes
Would aj styles vs Kurt angle be lost on a wwe crowd though? They wouldn’t understand what it meant. Sure it would be a better match but the atmosphere might not be!
@@Markyd123 on a HUGE crowd like wrestlemania, you're probably right. only like 5/10% at best would get the history of them
@@Markyd123Whether they understand it or not, it'd make more sense than Corbin.
This slap nuts appearance genuinely got me
He's everywhere lol
I know he did well for someone of his age and condition, but it was kind of depressing seeing how rigid and immobile Angle was in his final run, especially compared to how he moved even a few years earlier. From what I understand Angle himself attributed this to him spending to long away from the ring when he rejoined the company and him not wrestling frequently enough to properly loosen up and get back into the swing of things once he started having matches again.
i wish he would of come back a few years earlier cos he was having good matches in different promotions
Pineapples are a stupid fruit fairplay
WWE signing Kurt and immediately benching him is such a braindead move typical of that slopshop
It was the perks, he couldn't feel how screwed up his body was because he was on so many painkillers.
you its pretty amazing how quickly wrestlers stop taking bumps and lose all resistance to them. undertaker is a perfect example.
to be honest though Angle was getting noticeably slower and more formulaic in the ring from 2013 onwards.considering all his injuries before pro wrestling , during and all the crazy bumps he did on top of his drug/alcohol issues its a miracle he still walk , let alone put on matches is 2019 even if they wernt very good.
tbh im just really happy he seems healthy and is enjoying his retirement and his podcast is going well. at one point it seemed like he was gonna be another statistic now hopefully he lives a long life.
Kurt deserved so much better. Kurt has said in his podcast if he wasn't thrusted into GM role so fast he his body would have held up better.
I highly doubt that, he was way too broken down at this point, especially his TNA run took years off his in ring career.
Angle is in denial.
@@LegendKiller1fan True, he was only in WWE from 1999-2006. His TNA run Lasted 10 years. There's no way his match quality would be the same as in his prime. 2000-2009 was prime Angle.
@@LegendKiller1fan taking a long break forced his body to atrophy up, inactivity does it
@@LegendKiller1fanhis matches in 2016 on the indies are actually pretty good, he looks and was moving around a heck of a lot better than he did in late 2017
I think that the real problem of his retirement match was Mania 35's length, which really killed the crowd in the second half of the show... even during the main event the fans were really quiet
ALMOST 6 HOURS OF PAIN
I'm so happy they went for a two-night format. I wish those god awful long Wrestlemanias from 2016-2019 could've been split in half.
To be fair, the main event was a sloppy women's match. 🤭
@@whynotbrosay yeah but a louder crowd could have helped a little
@@kashtan1523It would be nice if they could just do a 3 hour wrestlemania again.
Kurt without the Percs isn’t the same. I’m glad he got clean here but Perc angle was a different beast.
The craziest thing I found out about Perc Angle recently was that famous spot where he dove on Abyss wasn't planned at all. Dude was feeling like Superman off the percs and just hit that spot out of nowhere and was lucky Abyss caught him lol
matt riddle vs perc angle in a perc vs pot match
@@artirony410the bean kicked in
That match with Drew on Raw wound have been a far better retirement match imo.
I will never forgive Vince for how poorly he booked Angle here. This was when I knew McMahon was done for
I totally agree his last match & final opponent & result was awful
i mean angle winning most of these matches would have been stupid
@@jordanmince7613 No because if he was wrestling from when he signed in 2017. His work would still be worthy of a world title run. But Vince made him GM
@@CeemPlay angle world champion in 2017 would have been stupid
@@jordanmince7613 Ok but a world title match or wins title then gets cashed in by money in the bank winner
TH-cam said this had 4 views and 6 likes. I see Angle is not the only master of the Perc Drop.
its actually incredible that no matter what video Marky does Slap Nuts finds a way into it
2:42 Slammed Sheamus so hard he went bald
Please do a "Ring of the Hawk" for Christians' solo run in 2001.
You mean his crybaby phase?
@@ricardonb6375 I think that was early 2002.
Crybaby started just after the alliance do you mean 2001?
@@Markyd123 Yeah the one after King of the Ring that year.
Great video as always. It's a shame about the final match. I know they wanted to build up Corbin but given his position now, it feels like a waste.
On another note that Apollo moonsault was a thing of beauty.
I think you should cover Christian’s smackdown run in 2005. The only thing I can remember is losing to JBL in the smackdown championship match.
"Shut up or I'll have your lives" might be your best end to a video ever
My daughter got into wrestling in like 2017 when she was like 13 and she could never understand why I loved Kurt so much….if only she would watch old early 2000’s Kurt where he was a legend at everything
I am surprised you didn't mention, Joe hit Angle with a headbutt, same thing Angle did to Joe, in his TNA debut.
Angle is the best wrestler all time. Literally excelled at everything
Yep he had everything not just wrestling his character work was great face,heel or even comedy he could make it work
@@petesmart1983 when you can play the dork and the dweeb but still realistically beat anyone on the roster, you are damn good.
Angle deserved better for his final match than the black hole of charisma Baron Corbin
Kurt should go back to Impact and end his in-ring career against Josh Alexander. Watch his 60 minute matches against TJP and Mike Bailey.
Some wrestling fans talk about how Corbin is underrated
Shows how much wrestling has fallen off
@@vonVilekurt shouldn't wrestle again
@@jordanmince7613 If Kurt feels up to it, he should. He'll always regret ending his career against nobody Baron Corbin instead of somebody on Josh Alexander's level.
When I saw Elias was the #1 entrance for the 2019 Royal Rumble, I immediately knew who's the number #2
Chad Gable needed to be his final match, great chemistry. His matches against Somoa Joe and aj styles seemed like a mini tna reunion which unfortunately was never going to live up to their prior matches IN TNA. Sad to see. Also Corbin sucks. He wrestles in a dress shirt and dress pants for crying out loud and he went prematurely bald at like age 26. Gable got the shaft here.
Chad Gable, who was a "Main Event" (c-show) regular at that point?
Not to mention Samoa Joe only had one WM that barely lasted 5 minutes against Rey Mysterio.
Even Rey hated the match how it was booked to be a squash match.
Can you review the career of Dennis Rodman in the hulk hogan celebrity wrestling show
Giving Kurt Angle a Shove It? Brb, grabbing a brick.
Hearnig The Hawk say "The Bean Kicked In" may be one of the greatest things I've ever heard.
Timestamp for meme purposes?
Although Kurt Angle didn't wrestle at his birthday celebration, he did have the hilarious spot where he sprayed Chad Gable and Otis with his milk truck. That is one of my favorite Kurt Angle moments.
Joe talking about old TNA days and headbutting Angle just like how Angle made his TNA debut by headbutting Joe. Nice throwback
A legend like Kurt Angle deserved better than to have his final match be against Baron Corbin.
Completely agree
I'm one of the few people who love Corbin and what not but I agree with you to an extent. If they had Angle lose to Corbin when he wasn't in his crybaby constable role, when he was still using his NXT gimmick and a legitimate threat. Angle losing to him would have been valid because Corbin did have a solid gimmick and shit before he became management's gimp it felt like he was being booked somewhat similar to Ortons legend killer gimmick and destroying Angle while under that gimmick would have legitimized Corbin. Idk im an idiot and am only going by feeling
Quality is improving. I'm here for it.
The irony of Jordan pretending to be Angles son and then almost immediately having his career ended with a broken neck is pretty amazing.
I bet no one else was volunteering to be related to Kurt after that. 😂
I want John Cena to be a final opponent for Kurt Angle, but before his final match he has quite a good matches I can feel Kurt Angle really put all into it, it's just sad that all I can remember is his final match with Baron Corbin, it could gone better but it better than nothing.
Kurt Angle's one of my favorite wrestlers of all time, regardless of this final run. A true legand of both the sport of wrestling and of professional wrestling. It's true, it's DAMN true.
this was a dark era for Men's wrestling in the WWE lol. The woman's division was carrying so hard during this time. That trio of Corbin, Lashley, and McIntyre was awful and they ruined RAW every week; they're all so so much better apart. Glad that faction didn't sink the trio of them.
To be fair, if Kurt was having this many spotlight matches that is a sign of how poor the show was at this point
Ring of hawk suggestion: Luke Harper aka Brodie Lee and Erick Rowan aka Erick Redbread run as the Bludgeon Brothers
He had really lost most of his in ring ability during his farewell tour so im surprised he seems to be doing well here. The end of tna was just suplexes and his finishers as the entire matches. It does kind of seem thats what the matches here are too though.
I love corbin as someone who grew up around him played football im even the same height as him. It meant so much to me that kurt angle my favorite wrestler put him over. Angle is the greatest ever most honorable man in wrestling.
"I am the table" lol -Botchamaina
Kurt looks ecstatic standing next to the Shield, kind of like he’s just happy to be there.
You gotta cover that Kurt&Ronda vs. HHH&Steph once more for HHH now😂😂😂
That first match Kurt should’ve climbed the ladder and done a moonsault through the table
Yeah why not, it’s not like his body was ruined anyway 🙄
That thumbnail is making me laugh more than it should 🤣🤣🤣
That’s a very long first match!! Still watching it, hoping for more greatness!!!
I wouldn't have minded Baron Corbin being Kurt Angle's final opponent if they were actually going to do something with Baron, but they didn't, thus wasting Kurt's last WWE match for nothing. It should've been Cena.
Idk why Corbin was his last opponent , since he already faced him on raw before
The first match was supposed to have Roman Reigns on the Shield's side, but his leukemia came back, and had to take a break.
Wrong year, roman and bray were pulled out of tlc because of a virus (not corona)
Actually it was the meningitis or other viral infection outbreak at that time.
@@sameoldsameold9239 My bad
The most devastating move in all of wrestling the surprise roll up lol
Holy hell. Angle took that pedigree at 6:19 like a champ, no hands, no help from trips, just face down to the mat. Kane would never
Kane’s big af that’s why
@@theman6705 I was referencing OSW's ongoing "Kane bump" joke. If youve ever noticed, Kane will never take a flat bump, and will 99% percent of the time go to his knees first.
@@dogshake yes because land is too huge
@@theman6705 once again, it was a joke, a reference to a TH-cam channel called OSW
That smile was so wholesome
Ya Hawk,Kurt Angle was My favorite too,Him and Bret Hart were the best ever
Great work hawk.
Lolololol 5:09 he had to get over!!!
You should to a ring of the hawk on edges most recent run
The way you pronounce Elias is hilarious 😂
Lmfao Kurt looks so happy to be back in that first match
Chad Gable shoulda been Angle's son, he look somewhat similar to 1999-2002 version of him but shorter
Partsfunknown done what a if Gable was Kurt's son. Shows you what we missed out on really.
Jordan was a fine choice. He was a bigger dude, very athletic and played a great heel character that they were building well for a final feud. Sadly Jordan's career ended way too early.
@@Little88Mac didn't see him as a good fit, as in-ring performer he was above average, but as a character didn't care for him neither as a part of American Alpha nor Angle's son
Good Video. Kurt Angle had an ok final run with decent matches. But Baron Corbin was definitely the wrong choice for Angles last Wrestlemania opponent!
Also, am I the only one who misses the old ROH music with the drums and the funny Hulk Hogan noises. 😅They made Ring of the Hawk so special. 😞
Hated angle back in the day but I guess good heel work! This was a good run!
Personally i would love to see either Joe or AJ being Kurts final match the 3 of them had some absolute classics in TNA something to show people what they were missing, either that or Chad Gable as he kinda reminds of Kurt a little
Lol, I remember when Corbin, Lashley, & McIntyre were the miniboss heel squad on Raw for a while in 2019. It's been a ride seeing how far the latter two have come since then, while Corbin is now stuck in NXT again.
All I saw was a whole lot of Triple German’s, perc angle certainly loves them 😂😂😂
Even the Hawk knows that Chad Gable has the tool to be a main eventer
Love Kurt angle cool as shit one of the best in ring competitors ever
Who else caught the bean kicks in reference?
11:40 😂 YESSSS!!!!
The best part or the whole video.
9:09 that zig zag looked narly
Angles 2016-17 run in WCPW featured less matches but much better quailty
I'm convinced the reason they had Elias dump Jeff out before #3 could even enter was because they wanted to keep interactions between Kurt and Jarrett to as few as possible. But just imagine how cool that would have been, one of the most heated rivalries in TNA history getting an epilogue in the Rumble
Also, I was at Mania 35 and saw Kurt's final match (for now), and the match was very, very weird. I think Angle's post-match promo was meant to try and get a pop from the crowd, but even after that we were all just silent (apart from saying You Suck, because nobody can resist doing that)
Sadly this was during a time where Vince was booking Raw and the shit sucked
Stephanie's husband sucks a booking as well
So a regular Raw.
Our lord & savior: Perculus Angle
Customary wild Slap nuts encounter
I was at that Royal Rumble when Jarrett entered at #2
When the Jason Jordan storyline began I was like this is stupid. Then he injures his neck and I'm like he inherited his dad's neck.
Even in wwe you cant escape the wild slap nuts
11:42 A WILD SLAPNUTS APPEARS!
its funny to me how Angle has publicly talked about how bad his final match was on numerous occasions and wishes it could've been something else lol
In match 11, How did Braun get them a DQ?? y not explain.
The Perc Is Wearing Off
Bro i cant believe that you didn't mention anything about that confused Bobby Lashley spot with steel stairs when he Drew and Corbin attacked Angle lol
Dude I think it would be really cool if you did championship matches by the year. For example you can start with 1990 and rate every wwf or wcw world championship match that took place that year. Just a thought
Wild slap nuts always is funny af 😂
Wild slap nuts always gets me lol
Weird time in WWE... it was cool that guys like Drew and Lashley were coming back, A.J. Joe etc were getting their shine. But the choice to have Corbin retire him and then them barely even mentioning it years later was a big mistake. As well as having that A.J. match interrupted for what, a random Randy feud that nobody remembers?
Slap nuts is immortal😂
It's rough seeing all that muscle atrophy in his arms from his neck injuries.
Gable with Kurt as a manager after the alpha academy breaks up? 👀 gable heel run maybe? Perc Gable????
i was completely out of wrestling when Angle had that match with the shield ..... i saw an pic of him in the shield gear .... i thought it was photoshopped or some dark match / house show joke thing ............. i had no idea this was a real ppv match LOL
I died, forgot about JJ in the rumble
Royal Rumble 2019 was Jeff Jarrett's last match before he joined AEW.
Chad gable vs angle should of been him passing the torch to a young guy who has real wrestling experience
Can we get a timothy thatcher nxt Ring of the hawk?
29 matches from 2020/21. Not the Most flashy wrestler but someone that makes his matches look painfull
Jeezo how many times did he fight Corbin in his last run… who’s idea was that
I do not consider Kurt's "last wwe run" as cannon as far as I'm concerned he left wwe on a high note in 2006 and then went to have an epic tna run
Very depressing watch to see this live, aside from the Shield match, and Rousey, this was horrendous, Kurt...he's got the 3 I's but man he had no fuel left. Also i am sick to death of the Angle Lock being countered, Jesus Christ.
He looks like he really was done.