There havent been many wrestlers quite like Kurt Angle. He came into professional wrestling in late-1999 and less than a year later he was wrestling on the top of the card alongside the likes of The Rock and Triple H. It wasnt just his wrestling ability that got him to this point, it was how quickly he adapted to the WWFs unique style of entertainment and it was with Triple H, and more importantly, Stephanie McMahon that he had one of his most memorable storylines. In the mid-2000s, Angle got embroiled in a love-triangle with the McMahon-Helmsleys as he became closer to Stephanie. While they both swore that the relationship was strictly professional, Kurt Angle made his intentions known when he kissed a disoriented Stephanie on episode of SmackDown. The proposed blowoff to this feud was apparently for Stephanie to betray Triple H and ally herself with Kurt, but for a number of reasons this was nixed. The main reason why this angle was scrapped has been speculated to be Triple H not wanting to be split up from Stephanie, as off-screen they hadnt been together for long. Also, Stone Cold Steve Austin was on his way back and along with the The Rock, The Undertaker and Chris Jericho there were top-heavy on main-event faces anyway. As interesting as a Kurt/Stephanie alliance would have been, fans would have missed out on some of Triple Hs best heel work including the infamous Three Stages Of Hell match against Austin and the first of three WrestleMania matches against The Undertaker.
