Post by TheXtremisT on May 19, 2020 5:32:56 GMT -5
Just read a list on what culture on Angle's title reigns, and got me thinking about his time in 2001.
It really annoyed me looking back. He was pushed so much, and unless I'm remembering it poorly, he was over huge. I was 11 at the time so may have it wrong. I got behind him so much as he fought off Alliance guys, feuded with Austin.... But I still feel they wasted his championship reigns and after he became the mole.
His 4-day WCW Championship reign in 2001 meant nothing, it should have been done for a reason but was wasted. It was clearly done to put him over going into a feud with Austin, and to have Booker lose it to the Rock later on. But it made Booker look like a chump and Angle had it for a cup of coffee, bringing no real benefit. Even his US title reighn was better done.
His WWE title reign in Sep-Oct 2001 was also wasted, I didn't realise it was for the American sentiment after 9/11, but to have done it for that reason only? That's what it felt like. Since they had built him up over months, only to fizzle out and feel like a wet fart.
Angle was over at the time, it seemed everyone was behind him chasing Austin for the belt and beating the Alliance guys. To have him win and lose it 2 weeks later was a slap in the face to us fans, especially since he never got his heat back and never held it again. He turned heel, became a mole after joining the Alliance, and at Survivor Series helped WWF win against them. But instead of being a hero, the very next night he was a massive heel and Austin was a face because the fans cheered him. I was gobsmacked.
He was booked so poorly after losing the belt, should have beaten Austin at No Mercy, stayed champion for a couple of months maybe and led the WWF team to victory. It should have been Jericho turning on the WWF only to have been the mole. Would have made much more sense. Then Jericho could have feuded with Angle and won the Undisputed Title at Vengeance 2001.....
Did the WWF lose faith in him? Because I didn't see it that way, but if you looked at Jericho and how far he fell after WM X8, he suffered the same, slipping down the card.
It really annoyed me looking back. He was pushed so much, and unless I'm remembering it poorly, he was over huge. I was 11 at the time so may have it wrong. I got behind him so much as he fought off Alliance guys, feuded with Austin.... But I still feel they wasted his championship reigns and after he became the mole.
His 4-day WCW Championship reign in 2001 meant nothing, it should have been done for a reason but was wasted. It was clearly done to put him over going into a feud with Austin, and to have Booker lose it to the Rock later on. But it made Booker look like a chump and Angle had it for a cup of coffee, bringing no real benefit. Even his US title reighn was better done.
His WWE title reign in Sep-Oct 2001 was also wasted, I didn't realise it was for the American sentiment after 9/11, but to have done it for that reason only? That's what it felt like. Since they had built him up over months, only to fizzle out and feel like a wet fart.
Angle was over at the time, it seemed everyone was behind him chasing Austin for the belt and beating the Alliance guys. To have him win and lose it 2 weeks later was a slap in the face to us fans, especially since he never got his heat back and never held it again. He turned heel, became a mole after joining the Alliance, and at Survivor Series helped WWF win against them. But instead of being a hero, the very next night he was a massive heel and Austin was a face because the fans cheered him. I was gobsmacked.
He was booked so poorly after losing the belt, should have beaten Austin at No Mercy, stayed champion for a couple of months maybe and led the WWF team to victory. It should have been Jericho turning on the WWF only to have been the mole. Would have made much more sense. Then Jericho could have feuded with Angle and won the Undisputed Title at Vengeance 2001.....
Did the WWF lose faith in him? Because I didn't see it that way, but if you looked at Jericho and how far he fell after WM X8, he suffered the same, slipping down the card.
