10 BETTER Ideas From 2000 WWE Could Be Using Right Now

7. Sign Kurt Angle

In the year 2000, Kurt Angle went from mid-card comedy act, to King of the Ring to main eventer in 12 months. It's one of the most meteoric rises in company history, and imagine if in his retirement match, he were to get into the WWE ring one more time against a competitor with the same type of incredible WWE rise? Enter Kevin Owens. Owens has gone from NXT Champ to beating John Cena in under a year. Having soundly defeated Cesaro, he's likely being prepared for another top-tier feud. Imagine if say, the aforementioned storyline hiring of Mick Foley occurred, and when his buddy Kevin Owens stopped by his office, he said that he had a surprise opponent for him at Survivor Series. That next week, Owens demands to know who it is, and goes to attack Foley. Hit Angle's theme, and he runs down to ringside, then drops Owens with the Olympic Slam. Before applying the Angle Lock, Owens heads for higher ground. The build involves Foley knowing that Angle has one match left in him, and that he wants Angle to retire as a WWE legend. As well, he says that he knows Owens is a superstar, but that he wants to teach him to be humble in his climb. Of course, Owens says that he's going to pop-up powerbomb him and cripple him for good. Do the match at Survivor Series and have Angle lose to the powerbomb and pass out in the Angle Lock. Of course, when Owens won't let go, this cues...
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Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.