I think that Vince McMahon felt I was going to hold their World Title at WrestleMania, which I didn’t.

I’m not ending Taker’s undefeated streak.’ He didn’t tell me why I would end his undefeated streak, but the reason was I was going to win the World Title and then go to WrestleMania and then I would have to wrestle somebody for the World Title, holding the World Title. He asked me, “Hey, I would love to face you at WrestleMania.’ I said, ‘That would be fantastic,’ He said, ‘Ok, we’re going to have to go to Vince and ask him.’ We went to Vince and asked and Vince said, ‘No. He told me this back in December before I had the match at Royal Rumble. Taker actually wanted to face me at WrestleMania. Having Taker come in at No Way Out and you wrestling him in the main event, usually it’s a downer PPV, but it was an upper PPV. It was a big deal to us, both Undertaker and myself. Angle explained that it was Vince who then shot down the proposed idea.įeatured below is an excerpt from the episode of 'The Kurt Angle Show' podcast where the pro wrestling legend talks about this story, as well as his memorable showdown against The Undertaker at the WWE No Way Out pay-per-view in 2006. The WWE and IMPACT Wrestling Hall Of Fame legend made the revelation himself while talking about the chemistry he had with 'The Deadman' during a recent episode of his new official podcast, 'The Kurt Angle Show.'Īccording to the Olympic gold medalist, 'The Phenom' approached him about wanting to have a match at WrestleMania 22, informing him that he must first get the approval of the boss-man of WWE, Vince McMahon. Did you know Kurt Angle and The Undertaker almost squared off inside the ring at a WrestleMania pay-per-view?

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