17. Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar WrestleMania 19
Whenever this match is brought up, the first and sometimes last thing that gets brought up is Brock Lesnars botched attempt at a Shooting Star Press, where he under-rotated and dropped right down on his head. Ouch. What fans forget is that this was an incredible match that showed just how on top of their game Lesnar and Kurt Angle were. The two amateur wrestling standouts closed one of the most underrated WrestleManias in history with an incredible performance that firmly established Lesnar as a top wrestler. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTc2dkF98Ls Angle was already one of the most reliable guys in the ring, but he had recently suffered a serious neck injury and underwent a radical procedure to cut the recovery time to a matter of weeks instead of months. He showed he hadnt lost a step with this match.
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