10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (June 21)

4. Why Kurt Angle Was P*ssed At KOTR 2001

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The latest episode of WWE Untold analysed that stunning King Of The Ring 2001 brawl between Kurt Angle and Shane McMahon in-depth. The beauty of these bitesized mini-docs is that they often reveal more if you give them a second viewing. Here's something we missed from our initial write up of the show.

Both guys knew they'd have to bring it in the first few minutes and set the tone early. Angle didn't see what was coming next though. As soon as he locked up with Shane, McMahon peppered the Olympian with a few punches to the face that seemed inconsequential.

One bust Kurt's eye open hard way, and that happened during the first lock up.

As planned, Shane rolled out of the ring to buy himself some time and Angle shouted for the "little motherf*cker" to get back in. That was a shoot. Kurt was legit p*ssed that McMahon had bloodied him up less than one minute into their gruelling 'Street Fight'.

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