At WrestleMania 19, Kurt Angle faced a young Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship. Kurt Angle had been suffering from a neck injury and the plan was to drop the WWE Championship to Brock Lesnar. However, the match was jeopardized when Brock Lesnar attempted a Shooting Star Press and landed badly.
Speaking on The Kurt Angle Show, the Olympic Gold Medalist revealed that it was his idea for Brock Lesnar to attempt that move as he had seen Lesnar do it in OVW. Angle also revealed that he was very scared for Brock Lesnar and felt very bad after the botch.
Kurt Angle talked about feeling bad for Brock Lesnar
Kurt Angle said Brock Lesnar was lucky that he didn’t get killed with that botch. He said that at the time he didn’t know if Lesnar was ever going to be able to get up and walk again.
Despite the botch, Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar managed to finish the match with The Beast Incarnate becoming the WWE Champion.
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