10 Wrestlers Who Have Made Kurt Angle Submit
Tapping out an Olympic gold medalist is hard. It's True, It's Damn True.
Kurt Angle, the Olympic gold medallist. It's true, it's true. He's a technical master of the ankle lock. It's true, it's true. He's won world titles wherever he's went, whether it was WWE, TNA or Japan. It's true, it's true. Did you know he's tapped out more than a handful of times? It's true, it's damn true.
Over the course of his nearly 20 year career, this distinction is huge. Anyone that has made him submit join an elite club that consists of no less than ten wrestlers at time of writing. With Kurt Angle on the down part of his career, this club won't become that much larger. For the majority of people on this list, this has led to some good career progression and for at least one person, hopefully this helps them become the future of the industry.
Only official submissions count, if the referee didn't see it, it doesn't count. That includes Mini Kurt Angle making Kurt Angle tap as John Cena unfortunately.
10. Tazz - Royal Rumble January 23rd 2000
You always remember your first. For Kurt Angle it was New York City. Madison Square Garden. January 2000.
His opponent was unannounced at the time, with Angle having an undefeated streak in the WWF since debuting at Survivor Series a few months prior. This particular streak ended on that very night. The ECW original Tazz (no longer Taz), made his debut in his home town to a ruckus ovation. Bringing with him the original suplex city, he made short work of Kurt Angle before applying his signature Tazmission submission hold on the Olympic gold medalist. A pass-out later and Tazz became 1-0 in the WWF, while Angle received his first one in the loss column. Angle did receive some revenge though, pinning Tazz in a rematch, while defending his newly gained European Championship.
With two great suplex machines, they could've had a great feud, it's a shame it never went any further, with Tazz focusing on hardcore matches and Jerry Lawler afterwards, while Angle went to becoming the Euro-Continental Champion; holding both Intercontinental and European belts simultaneously,