Kurt Angle recently sounded off on the WWE debut of Taz, which took place at the WWE Royal Rumble 2000 pay-per-view, during the latest edition of his "Kurt Angle Show" podcast at Ad Free Shows.
During the episode, the WWE and IMPACT Wrestling Hall of Fame legend reflected on his match with "The Human Suplex Machine" at the show, why it only lasted three minutes and more.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the show where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On the reason why his match with Taz at Royal Rumble in 2000 only lasted 3 minutes: “I know that Taz was a little bit concerned about his conditioning. He looked great. His physique was great, as good as it ever was, but he was a little bit concerned about his conditioning, and that’s why the match didn’t go very long. I would have loved to have wrestled Taz for 20 minutes, but like I said before, he was more concerned about his conditioning at this point in time. I think he took off a bunch of time. He got his body in shape, but his conditioning wasn’t up to par to where he wanted it to be to have that kind of a match, 20 minutes.”
On the reason why the WWE altered his ring entrance music the first time: “They didn’t want me to be the dorky heel anymore. They wanted me to have a little more edge to it. They wanted a little more hardcore music. I didn’t like it. I love my first entrance music. It fit me perfectly and it was very patriotic. The second one was patriotic too, but it was a little bit more hardcore, and they were just trying to change my character a little bit.”
Check out the complete episode of the show at AdFreeShows.com. H/T to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the above quotes.
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