10 Greatest Wrestling Technicians In WWE History
6. Kurt Angle
There may be no other performer in WWE history to successfully mesh technical wrestling with the company's distinct style of in-ring work the way Kurt Angle did from his debut in 1999 to his departure in 2006. A once-in-a-lifetime worker, Angle absorbed the industry from day one and quickly set out to prove he was among the elite to ever lace a pair of boots.
If you re-watch young Angle, you see a performer who, very early on, recognized that he wanted to work submission wrestling into his arsenal. It is apparent during the first-half of 2000, where he adopted the Crossface Chicken Wing taught to him by the great Bob Backlund. That desire was intensified a year later when he introduced the ankle lock to his arsenal. Angle became focused on isolating a body part, wearing down and trapping his foe in a punishing submission.
Couple that element of his game with the ability to chain wrestle, an offshoot of his days as an Olympic gold medal-winning amateur wrestler and you have not just one of the best technicians ever but, arguably, a top 10 worker in the 50-year history of WWE.