10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 35 Facts

4. Kurt Angle Ends With A Whimper

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When Kurt Angle returned to WWE in 2017, fans were quick to put together lists of dream matches that were now available to the Olympic Hero. Of course, Angle's diminished physical status meant that most of those matches were not going to happen (and quite frankly shouldn't have), but such things have never stopped the wrestling world from dreaming. Anything is possible, after all. Angle vs. Kevin Owens? Angle vs. Finn Balor? Angle vs. Chad Gable? So many matches, so little time.

Not a single one of those lists included the name Baron Corbin, especially when it came to picking Kurt's final opponent, yet that is what came to pass at WrestleMania 35. Baron Corbin defeated Kurt Angle in the latter's final WWE match, doing so in an extremely underwhelming six minutes and five seconds.

The loss brought Angle's in-ring career to a close, meaning he ended his WWE run without a singles pay-per-view victory in nearly 13 years. Angle's last one-on-one PPV win in the company? A submission victory over Randy Orton at ECW One Night Stand in June 2006, believe it or not.

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