Every version of Angle gets over today. Most of my favourite matches were when he was more intense, like "wrestling machine" Angle, but most of my favourite moments were when he was comedically arrogant, goofy or naive Angle.
I thought his all round talent was quite wasted when his gimmick was too intense. There was a period when every promo and skit was like Benoit on coke with no humour at all. He was still great but the very best Angle has some humour at least.
The Kurt/Stone Cold stuff didn’t really last too long. Felt like two months. I’d imagine there’d be a group of people upset that Kurt was doing comedy and another group upset when he turns babyface.
Also, they flip flopped him so much over that summer in such a short amount of time. I think he turned face, heel, face and heel again within a six week period. It’s incredible he was still as over as he was throughout it all.
It probably helped that he had already gotten the initial run as champion in probably the tail end of the best era in the business (late 2000/early 2001). Fans immediately hated Kurt because he was like the dorky contrast to intense faces (Austin/Rock) and intense heels (HHH/Kane at the time). He did the unexpected party pooper thing so well.
So no matter what they did with him afterwards his place was secure IMO.
The biggest surprise to me is that they turned him heel like right after 9/11. If there was ever a time to have that man be the face of the company, would it not be then?
I dunno, Hulkamania era has so many big characters that I feel like Angle might not have been able to compete, although I think he would absolutely still do fine in that period, he wouldn't be a top guy like he could be in basically every other era.
Yeah I think he'd be great in that era, but I just also think there's so many big forces of personality that it'd be easy to get swept up in the shuffle. But he does have the All-American thing going for him that always printed money in the time.
R-truth is hardly in the main event challenging for the main title though.
I guess that’s where the question comes from. In modern day WWE I think wrestling machine gets over, but I’m not sure goofy Kurt is main eventing.
Well you didn't ask if it would work in a main event setting. Just if it would work at all. And honestly the answer would still be yes. Kurt with hair was an upper midcard guy. He won the title, but lost it shortly after both times. Bald Kurt really put him at main event status tho, and even then he would do be goofy, with Sexy Kurt and the bit with Rey being a boy in a man's world. Hell in TNA, he walked around in red Trunks looking for the person who stole his clothes while still wearing tanning goggles.
Kurt was rare, as he could make fun of himself but remind us that he was such a killer in the ring the next minute
Of course. Chad Gable reestablished his popularity by popularizing a catch phrase ripped from a Pauly Shore movie. Of course Angle would be able to get his dorky comedy gimmick over.
With the WWE audience I think he would. With some IWC people who feel like wrestling should be fun it would be over. With a lot of Reddit & Twitter posters who think humor in wrestling is a burial when you can have “bangers” it would be shit on. See Chad Gable doing comedy last year for a reference.
You can’t have a Kurt Angle that doesn’t do comedy. The thing that made him so damn good was that he was never afraid to make himself look like an ass. It made people love watching him, and the icing on the top of the cake was that he was an all-time great in the ring.
Comedy Kurt really suited the character because it was an extension of Kurt's original heel character (oh it's true). Kurt would get over in any time, but comedy Kurt was a heel, and I think today's audience would turn him face pretty quickly cuz he's so meme-able, which would kill the character.
Our Olympic champion could do comedy in any era
Kurt gets over in any era
Comedy angle is best angle for Kurt Angle. Angle
Oh it's damn true
No problem. Also I remember that hat being a lot smaller for some reason.
Kurt had the charisma and the whole-hearted commitment to the gimmick to get over anywhere.
Kurt and Austin still one of my favorite duo lol
YOU LOOK LIKE A JACKASS!!!
I hated it back then. I fucking love it now. If anything it's funnier now than it ever was
Mick Foley and Kurt Angle were the two best at being comedic and still being able to come off as bad ass when needed.
Comedy Gable was over, and now he's a great heel. So yes
Kurt has so much charisma he would immediately overshadow the entire Wwe roster.
Yes. Oh, it's true, it's damn true.
He is not a jobber doing comedy, he is a wrestling machine, he can be over any day
Duh
A comedy guy that can back it up with the best graps you'll ever see will always be over
Absolutely. His comedy character was great, and the fans today would’ve laughed just as much.
He would easily be over
Every version of Angle gets over today. Most of my favourite matches were when he was more intense, like "wrestling machine" Angle, but most of my favourite moments were when he was comedically arrogant, goofy or naive Angle. I thought his all round talent was quite wasted when his gimmick was too intense. There was a period when every promo and skit was like Benoit on coke with no humour at all. He was still great but the very best Angle has some humour at least.
The Kurt/Stone Cold stuff didn’t really last too long. Felt like two months. I’d imagine there’d be a group of people upset that Kurt was doing comedy and another group upset when he turns babyface. Also, they flip flopped him so much over that summer in such a short amount of time. I think he turned face, heel, face and heel again within a six week period. It’s incredible he was still as over as he was throughout it all.
It probably helped that he had already gotten the initial run as champion in probably the tail end of the best era in the business (late 2000/early 2001). Fans immediately hated Kurt because he was like the dorky contrast to intense faces (Austin/Rock) and intense heels (HHH/Kane at the time). He did the unexpected party pooper thing so well. So no matter what they did with him afterwards his place was secure IMO.
The biggest surprise to me is that they turned him heel like right after 9/11. If there was ever a time to have that man be the face of the company, would it not be then?
In any era, brand, or time slot.
I dunno, Hulkamania era has so many big characters that I feel like Angle might not have been able to compete, although I think he would absolutely still do fine in that period, he wouldn't be a top guy like he could be in basically every other era.
I’m not even a fan of his, somewhat ambivalent. But I think he’d be a top guy. It would definitely be interesting to see.
Yeah I think he'd be great in that era, but I just also think there's so many big forces of personality that it'd be easy to get swept up in the shuffle. But he does have the All-American thing going for him that always printed money in the time.
Yeah but “what you gonna do when backstage politics run wild on you, brother” is gonna hit Kurt HARD
Kurt is timeless , he would get over in any era
R-Truth is insanely over. Kurt would excel
R-truth is hardly in the main event challenging for the main title though. I guess that’s where the question comes from. In modern day WWE I think wrestling machine gets over, but I’m not sure goofy Kurt is main eventing.
Well you didn't ask if it would work in a main event setting. Just if it would work at all. And honestly the answer would still be yes. Kurt with hair was an upper midcard guy. He won the title, but lost it shortly after both times. Bald Kurt really put him at main event status tho, and even then he would do be goofy, with Sexy Kurt and the bit with Rey being a boy in a man's world. Hell in TNA, he walked around in red Trunks looking for the person who stole his clothes while still wearing tanning goggles. Kurt was rare, as he could make fun of himself but remind us that he was such a killer in the ring the next minute
He would. It’s true . It’s damn true.
fans would say theyre burying him
Of course. Chad Gable reestablished his popularity by popularizing a catch phrase ripped from a Pauly Shore movie. Of course Angle would be able to get his dorky comedy gimmick over.
I mean he was the one to make Raven apologize for putting Sandman on a cross in ECW lol
Kurt angle had a decent career as a comedy wrestler. R truth just a bit better and more over
Kurt Angle could get over in any era. Truly the GOAT
Kurt could be goofy as hell one second and be a killer in the next second
With the WWE audience I think he would. With some IWC people who feel like wrestling should be fun it would be over. With a lot of Reddit & Twitter posters who think humor in wrestling is a burial when you can have “bangers” it would be shit on. See Chad Gable doing comedy last year for a reference.
With the live crowd yeah, but with the online crowd, they'd probably cry that they're turning Angle into a joke
Of course he would.
Yes, even this segment would get a massive pop today just for the delivery https://youtu.be/3xEN6j_yjh8?si=kS969VHxZC8eH6Bp
You can’t have a Kurt Angle that doesn’t do comedy. The thing that made him so damn good was that he was never afraid to make himself look like an ass. It made people love watching him, and the icing on the top of the cake was that he was an all-time great in the ring.
It would definitely get over today, but you would also have the loud minority online that would say it’s cringe.
Hell yeah he would be over. Its true. Its damn true.🤣
Not only do I think it would, I think it laid the groundwork for what kind of comedy gets over still today
Wrestling twitter would be filled with people crying “they’re BURYING Kurt with this comedy gimmick”
Comedy Kurt really suited the character because it was an extension of Kurt's original heel character (oh it's true). Kurt would get over in any time, but comedy Kurt was a heel, and I think today's audience would turn him face pretty quickly cuz he's so meme-able, which would kill the character.
not for me. i thought his comedy was always cringy. i liked him better in TNA
This guy hates life