10 Incredible WWE Moments Nobody Ever Talks About
Bryan Danielson and Kurt Angle: somehow EVEN BETTER than you thought.
There is a trend - an incredibly irritating and transparent trend - that is not going away on Twitter.
When a toxic positivity engagement farm account asks you if "remember" a certain thing in wrestling, or what you thought of it, they do not give a single solitary damn. They just want the likes, the retweets, the new followers, the attention.
"What do you guys think of Bret Hart?"
"Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels, you gotta lose one [down pointing backhand emoji]."
"What do you guys think of the World Heavyweight title?"
In a bid to appear insightful, which they aren't, they will also say something to the effect of "[This wrestling moment] was low-key goated."
Since [This wrestling moment] is in fact a wildly popular match, angle, or storyline, their followers will say "Yeah man you're right, people should talk more about the Undertaker Vs. Shawn Michaels from WrestleMania 25".
It is a grift on a platform full of rubes, but there are actually several WWE moments deserving of the spotlight that have been consigned to the void for one reason or another.
More people should talk about a certain match that was overshadowed by a far, far worse sequel...
10. This Tremendous, Dropped Kurt Angle Routine
The WWF was once so good that its comedy was Peak Internet-tier, in that Kurt Angle's riot of a character was basically the proto-Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point meme.
His morals were spot on, he worked brutally hard for his success, and he was right to be disgusted by the people who had chosen degenerates as their heroes - but he was such a wonderfully pompous ass that the fans resented him for it.
Incidentally, in retrospect, did Vince McMahon book him as a self-aware Bret Hart as a rib?!
Angle is best known for the placards bit with Edge, and the horrified realisation that he might have sounded a bit like a British hero rather than an American one when saying to Rey Mysterio that he loves to play with little boys, but he wasn't just fantastic at the in-ring craft straight away. Early in his run, before he became so awesome that he didn't need to rely on his schtick, he took to working a mid-match conniption fit. He'd grab a mic and express his incredulity that he wasn't the hero of the hour.
In a November 1999 match against Gangrel on SmackDown, Angle was mildly booed after executing a nice series of suplexes, grabbed a microphone, and articulated his disgust that the people who preferred a vampire over him.