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3. Kurt Angle Throws Shane McMahon Through Glass

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More from the Olympian here as Kurt Angle goes for gold with Shane McMahon's head after traditional wrestling moves wouldn't perform the task at hand.

A gruesome brawl between Angle and Shane McMahon was designed as such to protect the former on what had been a hectic night. His attempts to become a two-time King Of The Ring were thwarted by 'Shane-O-Mac' ahead of this absorbing bloodbath, so Kurt took immediate revenge by crushing his head and body against a wall.

Well, that's what it looked like anyway. The stage glass adorned with the "KOR" initials (what had "T" done to not get a pay-per-view payday?) weren't in the mood to give McMahon what his father paid for at the first attempt...nor the second or third. It took two goes to get through the first one, then three for the second - but Angle was beyond p*ssed off with the panels by then.

Giving up on the overhead suplex strategy, Angle simply hauled McMahon through facefirst, a la Shawn and Marty in the Barber Shop. It was a visual so powerful that it became part of the SmackDown credit sequence in the aftermath.

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