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When I was in the ring, I took a lot of pride in what I did.

And I always wanted to be the best. I was always the best.

God put me on this earth to be a professional wrestler.

I think Kurt Angle wanted to know just how good he really was. And no one could

push him to find out like Brock Lesnar could push him. And I know Brock was

curious as to how good he really was. And no one could push him like Kurt

I was having a lot of difficulty with my body functioning. I was in trouble.

Being in front of all those people, having the anxiety, all these things

through my head.

I second -guessed myself.

What the hell is this?

This rivalry has just escalated into a war.

When two legends collide, their rivalry stays pinned in our minds forever.

This is where we break down the legendary stories behind the greatest

of all time.

I'm Freddie Prinze Jr.

And this is WWE Rivals.

I'm going to take you back 20 years to 2002.

We're going to talk about the rivalry between Kurt Angle, Olympic gold

and Brock Lesnar, NCAA heavyweight champion. This was insane that the stars

could align for these two men to be in the same place at the same time, but

did. What does this mean to the business?

We wanted to see these guys go at it.

Brock Lesnar is the biggest freak I've ever seen on any level in any sport.

Brock is what I tried to model myself after.

A superstar like that that just kind of fit a different pocket as an athlete and

also this inhuman strength. Now the difference between me and Brock is I'm a

strong woman, don't get me wrong, but with Brock there was just no denying it.

He was undeniable.

Look at this!

Then you've got a guy who wasn't just good. He was, out of 8 billion people,

was the best in the world at what he did. He was a gold medalist.

In 1996, the Olympics, they came to Atlanta.

I got to be there when Kurt Angle wins the gold medal.

It was just a big moment. You want USA to win in that.

I mean, the man won a gold medal with a broken neck.

Where most people draw the line, those men haven't even gotten started yet.

Or there is no line, period.

And from athlete to pro wrestling athlete, two of the quickest ever to

it up.

When I got to the WWE, Vince McMahon said, hey, I'm giving you an

either sink or swim.

And I had to swim, and I did. Thank God.

I wanted to enter the WWF. I am the world's best wrestler, but I have to

that here, and I have to prove to everyone that I can win it here, too.

There are a lot of big names, especially when I came into the company.

Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, Undertaker, and it was very

competitive. And I came in here with my eyes wide open, and all I did was do the

best I possibly could.

He was a prodigy.

It was like one of these stories that you hear about a five -year -old that

never been at a piano before and sits there, hears music, and then just does

Chopin perfectly.

There was nothing that Kurt could not do inside the ring.

Making his World Wrestling Federation debut, the most celebrated real athlete

WWF history, Kurt Angle!

What you have to understand about Kurt Angle is Kurt Angle is a world -class

athlete.

Kurt took everything that he did, inside the ring and outside the ring, very

seriously and looked at it as he had to be the best.

Kurt Angle had to be the best at whatever he did.

Kurt Angle has won the European Championship!

My rookie year was my favorite year because I was improving every week.

Kurt is a machine, and the mentality that he had for anything

athletic, it seemed, translated to pro wrestling.

Wait a minute!

They look like slam on the rock!

Where's Kurt Angle?

I don't think he treated it any differently.

I think he came at it with the same bulldog mentality.

A lot

of the athletes in WWE had a lot of respect for me because I won a gold

the Olympics.

And they saw the raw talent that I had.

So it wasn't hard for me to come in.

Kirk came in and his progression was phenomenal.

I think it put more of a target on Kirk for being an Olympic gold medalist

because, hey, you're the best in the world. Everybody wants to try you.

West hand drops down to the leg.

And that's it, that's it. He slipped out of it. And Brock Lesnar from Minnesota

is your heavyweight champion in the year 2000.

I worked hard.

West is the competitor.

I know I deserve it more here.

Brock Lesnar was immediately recruited by WWE and signed what was at the time

the biggest developmental contract in sports entertainment history, and

deservedly so.

Shelton out of the ring. Brock Lesnar on the top rope. My God!

Shooting star press!

If you were to pray to the heavens and say, please give me the...

perfect athlete.

Please give me what I want to present to the world as a WWE superstar.

I give you Brock Lesnar.

He's a guy.

You put him in any era and it's going to work.

See that rather large individual over there? See him? That's Brock Lesnar.

a once -in -a -lifetime athlete.

Brock is a freak of nature.

And there's no other way to describe it.

He's the most talented, most gifted athlete I've ever seen in my life.

Looks like a killing machine, though.

Born to fight, fight to kill, but ready to die, but I never will.

There are some nights I lay in bed and really believe that God put me on this

earth to be a professional wrestler.

First time I met him.

What happened was the Brooklyn Brawler went up to Brock and said, hey, how

you do against Kurt Angle in a wrestling match?

And Brock said, he's too small. I'd kill him. So I walked up to Brock. It's the

first time I met him. Hey, Brock, how you doing? Kurt Angle. Nice to meet you.

By the way, you said you could whoop my butt.

Let's get in the ring.

I just remember them messing with each other and also thinking to myself, well,

who's going to break this one up if it starts going sideways?

And I'm sitting there, I'm going to a meeting with Vance, and all of a sudden

somebody hollers, Briscoe, you better get out to the ring. Your boys are going

at it.

They were both in the ring, and they were getting ready to square off against

each other. And, of course, every talent in the building is out at ringside

there. So they go after it.

I beat them, but it was a very, very tough battle.

Brock is the real deal. We actually got along even better afterward.

I have great respect for Kurt Angle.

Put it this way, in 1996 when he won the gold medal, I was graduating high

school. I mean, he was the best of the best as an amateur wrestler.

And he was a guy that I wanted to be like, but also wanted to wrestle and

wanted to beat.

Just to see if I could hang with him, you know.

Brock and Kurt got it. They understood. Kurt could out -wrestle the entire

world. Brock could beat up the entire world.

They're both very smart guys who understood the business, and that's what

the difference with those two guys.

I got a rocket strapped to my ass.

Now let's send this kid to the moon and see if he can survive.

There's been no one in the history of the WWE that has been on a roll like

Lesnar has.

Oh, my God.

Brock Lesnar has buzzed through the WWE roster.

There was nowhere left to go with Brock Lesnar at that time. He had steamrolled

over everyone.

The most natural matchup for Brock Lesnar, an NCAA Division I heavyweight

champion, was to face Kurt Angle, an Olympic gold medalist, the one honor

bigger than the NCAA Division I heavyweight champion.

These two will meet at WrestleMania for the WWE Championship. It is perhaps the

most anticipated matchup in history.

I think Kurt finally found the guy that he could dip into what he probably

always wanted his character to be, which was that wrestling machine.

And a guy who could hang with him, and a guy who could physically be a match.

And it took his intensity into a really, really aggressive direction.

It probably helped Brock gain even

more legitimacy.

From working, Kurt realized, okay, this is what being at the top is.

They're pushing each other. That can make for some really compelling

Oh, it's time to buckle up. The road to WrestleMania starts tonight.

Welcome, everybody, to No Way Out.

Brock Lesnar wants Kurt Angle. Of course he does.

He's going to get him at WrestleMania, but he'd love to kick the hell out of

right here tonight. That six -man tag team matchup.

And no way out.

Brock and I were wrestling in the ring and I had a choke hold on him.

And he lifted me up on his back. He was so damn strong.

And he was on one side of the ring in the corner and he charged the other

corner.

As Lesnar breaks the hold.

When he went to turn, I hit sideways and my neck went sideways.

Two vertebrae cracked in my neck.

Two discs slid directly into my spinal cord. I couldn't lift my left arm. I was

having a lot of difficulty with my body functioning, and I didn't think I was

going to go to WrestleMania that year.

I was in trouble.

After Brock injured my neck, I had pain stemming from my neck down my arms. You

know, I was getting headaches from my neck. It was pretty brutal.

Brock Lesnar put Kurt Angle on notice for when Lesnar and Angle meet at

WrestleMania.

Brock felt very badly.

It was a freak accident.

It wasn't like he did some kind of dangerous move. It was just something

just happens every once in a while, and there's nothing you can do about it.

I thought we were going to have to change the main event of WrestleMania.

I didn't think Kurt could step into the ring with a feather, let alone Brock

Lesnar.

I came home and I saw a doctor, and he told me, your neck's broken. You can't

wrestle. I knew the surgery was serious. I knew I had to have it done.

So I called Vince McMahon. I told him, I'm not going to be able to main event

WrestleMania. He said, okay, well, what we're going to do is next week, we're

going to have you drop the title to Brock on TV so he can wrestle somebody

at WrestleMania.

And I was like, God, that sucks.

Really ask yourself, Kurt Angle's got a broken neck. He's already won the gold

medal with a broken neck. You think Kurt Angle's going to no -show?

WrestleMania 19, he's not going to miss that. He could have no legs.

Like, this is a big deal.

He's not missing that moment.

Would it hurt me if I wrestled one more match?

My doctor, he said, no, you might as well just wait until after WrestleMania

have the surgery.

So I called Vince and I said, Vince, I'm back in the game.

So without further ado, allow me to introduce you to the biggest thing in

entertainment today.

The man who claims he will take the WWE title from Kurt Angle.

Ladies and gentlemen, Brock Lesnar.

To tell you the truth, I was worried just touching the guy.

I'm going to bring the pain.

His neck could have snapped at any second, you know. So, I mean, I was

worried on everything I did with him.

Brock, you're not taking this from me at WrestleMania.

My mindset was I wanted to get an overwinter.

It's a very nerve -wracking time for me.

You know, all morning, all I could think about was, was what if I hurt my neck?

What if?

I don't put on the performance I want to.

This is a big day for me.

I was in a lot of pain, but whenever I go out with injury, I was always

about, how am I going to get back?

How quickly can I get back?

Because I never wanted to lose my spot on the card.

I always wanted to be the top guy and stay there.

That's one thing that me and Kurt, have inside of us is to be the best that we

can be.

Regardless of what happens, we both wrestled with injuries.

You know, he won the Olympics with a broken neck.

I mean, that's not some bullshit story. It's true.

I was set on the match, and I wanted to entertain the fans the best way I could.

Now the grand stage at WrestleMania turns to the WWE Championship.

Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar.

Once you walk through that curtain, you're adrenaline's pumping.

You know what you have to do, you know what you have to accomplish, and you're

doing something you love.

Here comes the pain for Brock Lesnar. It is his first WrestleMania.

At the time, I didn't want to convince myself, but now I know I was scared as

hell.

But I didn't want to present that to any of the guys in the locker room or even

to Kurt.

Right when I tied up with him, my hamstring popped.

And I was like, oh, no, not only do I have a broken neck, but now I have a

hamstring. And I didn't know what the hell to do from there on in. So I

my running in the match.

Every time I took a bump, you could see the pain I was in.

Oh, big knockdown by Lesnar. Like running to a Mack truck.

It's something that you can't work around. I mean, you're going to have to

at WrestleMania.

Oh, boy. Suplex.

Oh, man.

The WWE title is on the line on the ground stage of WrestleMania.

And what a throw by him.

This is WrestleMania, and it's the main event.

You know, you don't very often get wrestlers that lay it on the line like

Here comes Kurt! Oh, my!

Two of the greatest amateur wrestlers to come out of the United States giving

this kind of performance in front of a WrestleMania crowd.

What a damn match!

I had to stand and applaud.

That's what I miss and love about wrestling.

What is Brock doing?

The coolest moment was Brock's dumbest moment.

Being in front of all those people, having the anxiety and the 25 -minute

all these things racing through my head.

He's climbing to the top. What the hell is this?

I'm sweaty.

My hands are all sweaty, and I second -guess myself.

But then once you're up there, you know, you're up there. So I just went with it

anyways. I figured, well, you know, here it is.

Oh, my!

And Lesnar, Lesnar on the back of his head. That's 290 pounds coming down on

your neck.

When I watched Brock land on that, I thought I just watched somebody die.

There was this like vacuum of just like.

I was pretty much knocked.

Silly. I saw the people. I saw the top of the arena.

I saw the mat come in, and then I saw Kurt's singlet, you know, and the

asked if I was okay, and I guess I said yes.

You know, any normal person, I don't think, I think it would have snapped in

two, but I'm very lucky.

Very lucky.

Here I'm sitting there saying, Brock, get your ass up, because I'm not doing

this anymore.

And I didn't know what to do, so I covered him. He got him! He just got the

shoulder off him.

I don't remember doing that.

Just out of instinct, I guess, I grabbed Kurt again and high -fived him one more

time.

Thank God.

Coming back from the match, everyone was concerned for Brock.

And everyone was crowding. I want to help. Oh, my God, Brock, you've got to

see the doctor. You've got to do this. You've got to do that.

The frustration, I think, in Brock's mind of, wow, I hit my head, could have

broken my neck, probably was feeling it. And then everyone on top of him, I

think there was a lot of frustration there.

All these people surrounded me. People were grabbing me and doing this and

that and wanted me down the stretcher and wanted me in the ambulance, and I

wasn't having any of that.

Everybody said that I was hard to handle.

And I can imagine I was, probably.

He's in a...

I knew I was fine, but they needed me to get

x -rayed and whatnot.

And I did all that, and I walked out of the hospital that night, which was

pretty amazing.

Vince flew me home on his jet that night.

And I went to the doctor the next day, to the hospital to have my next surgery.

So it was literally the next day after WrestleMania.

I guess I've been waiting for this for the past month, going into WrestleMania,

unsure of if I was even going to finish the match.

I've had so much pain in my neck that I'm hoping, I pray to God tomorrow when

the surgery's over with, I'll be pain -free and I'll have that relief from the

pain.

There are a lot of things wrong with my neck.

What I'm going to have done is called neck repair.

Dr. Joe's going to scrape the bone spurs off my neck, open up the passageways

for my nerves to flow so I can get the feeling back and also the size and

strength back that I don't have. And I think that when he does these things and

I get the feeling back, I should be back in the lineup in no time.

Well, the first two weeks, I was relaxing.

I didn't watch wrestling. I was trying to spend time with my family.

But after two weeks, I got restless.

I wanted to be back.

I was dying to go back.

That's probably why I went back so quickly.

Only one turn angle, ladies and gentlemen. Only one Olympic gold

WWE history. And he returns tonight.

Coming back in June of 2003 after I had my neck surgery was one of the most

exciting moments of my life.

Fans, the way they reacted.

I wasn't much of a baby face.

I was pretty much a heel.

And when I came back, they welcomed me as a baby face.

It showed me how much the fans appreciated my work.

And I'm back for one reason and one reason only.

Because Kurt Angle is a champion.

And I want to become champion again.

Kurt should have taken a year off after that surgery.

And then he just came right back to perform.

And the audience was quite appreciative of that.

You know, when I was laid up in the hospital and I didn't know if I was

wrestle again, There's someone that became a genuine friend.

All the phone calls from you, all the personal concern when I didn't know I

going to wrestle again.

I just want to say one thing.

Thank you.

Brock was my best friend in WWE.

You know, every week we would meet up at the airport, get a car, rental car, and

we'd drive to the next city and, you know, talk about wrestling and talk

our personal lives.

We had a great relationship.

Hey, Tim.

Hey, how you doing?

She was talking to me. She was talking to me.

Good luck,

Tim.

I think there's a lot of things that are underrated about Brock.

that he doesn't get the credit for because of his appearance.

Well, since I can't kick your butt till vengeance, how about we have a little

competition right here tonight?

Well, name the game. Name the game.

How about push -ups?

So this is what it's like at your level.

You wouldn't think he could work as a babyface.

Man, he can make it work.

And that doesn't make sense.

Brock, it's vengeance.

We ain't gonna happen.

It's me against you against Big Shot.

The following contest is the triple threat match for the WWE championship.

Lester and Kurt Angle. What the hell? Jokeslam?

A jokeslam from Lester and Angle.

Look at this. Angle slam. Angle slam through the announce table.

Lester and Angle have done what they wanted to do.

Big Show's been eliminated. It's down to these two great wrestlers with amateur

backgrounds.

Here we go. Reversal. Irish written into the corner for Kurt Angle. Nobody home

for Lester.

And look at Kurt Angle measuring Brock Lester. Another one. And Angle slammed

the champion.

Can Kurt Angle do it? Kurt Angle hooks the leg. He shot him. He got him. He got

him. Kurt Angle wins the title.

Every rivalry needs a good guy and a bad guy. Or a baby face and a heel.

Well, Kurt Angle coming back from neck surgery as our American hero is the

biggest baby face we could possibly have, which meant Brock Lesnar had to be

baddest heel there was.

I remember the night that he turned heel. It was a cage match against Vince

McMahon. I was the special guest referee.

When Brock turns into bully mode.

What the hell?

This guy can do damage like no other.

Brock Lesnar said to infect the monster because he's a real monster.

He was a guy that would walk in a room that everybody in that room knew that

they weren't the best guy in the room.

Pressing, oh my God, look at this!

Brock Lesnar wants to be the best and not just be another guy.

Brock wants to be... the guy that everyone is talking about and that

wants to be.

It's Lester Angle for the WWE title at SummerSlam!

To have the WWE Championship, there's nothing else bigger or better in this

business. All the way up to SummerSlam, I had to prepare myself like I was going

into a regular amateur match.

I treat this business as I treated my business in college and in high school.

One day at a time and one match at a time.

I mean, I prepared myself no different.

There's a lot of testosterone in the locker room.

You want to see who really is the king of the hill.

Kurt Angle's an Olympic gold medalist. I'm Brock Lesnar.

I'm bigger than him. I think I can take him.

There's just a natural competitiveness. And if you don't have a natural

competitiveness, then you don't belong in WWE. You just don't.

This is the rematch from WrestleMania.

My memories of that match, especially wrestling Brock at any time, but

particularly SummerSlam, was how we added in a lot of the college wrestling

moves.

SummerSlam, this is where I actually got to see what made Kurt an Olympic

champion.

What he was doing to Brock as far as moving Brock around, I look at that and

go, that's the difference between an NCAA champion and an Olympic champion.

Brock Lesnar beginning to become frustrated.

Lesnar becomes frustrated.

Kurt Angle's going to pick him apart.

How good is Angle?

I think Kurt Angle wanted to know just how good he really was.

And no one could push him to find out.

Like Brock Lesnar could push him. And I know Brock was curious as to how good he

really was. And no one could push him like Kurt Angle.

Here we go!

Angle slam!

Can Angle take advantage?

There's the belt! And Brock Lesnar takes out of the angle slam. Wow!

Oh, what a shot! A shot again! Lesnar knocked back!

Brock and I are both stiff as hell.

When you hear that somebody's light, that means you barely feel anything. If

they throw a punch or a kick, it's not as brutal as a person who's stiff.

Brock and I are the two stiffest guys in the business.

There were times where Brock would yell at me. What did I do to you? That was

his line. What did I do to you?

Lesnar and Angle, it always felt special.

I'm sure a lot of guys are salivating at the idea that they're going to do some

stuff that hasn't been seen in a while. What's old is new.

You can't just leave it up in the air. This guy's got to win. This guy's got to

win. Trilogies are kind of the way to answer the question, like, okay, who's

really the best?

Two weeks from tonight, Kurt Angle will be defending a title against Brock

Lesnar.

This will be a...

One -hour Ironman match.

Whoever scores the most balls in one hour will undoubtedly be the champion.

I thought, this is perfect.

This is a great opportunity for me to show everybody I can go 60 minutes, and

it's the perfect opponent.

That is the match that will, if you're not good, it will expose you.

If you are good, it will make you look even better.

I wanted to show how good of a wrestler I was.

You mentioned that Iron Man match. There's a lot of pieces that came

make that magic.

That's a prize fight. Yeah. That looks like a prize fight that is a prize

I will watch this match.

Those guys were freaking Ali and Frazier, man. Like, there's no way I'm

this.

We had just finished a production meeting.

Talent had reported.

You know, I think I was even with Kurt when the call came in, and so you never

want to hear that.

My brother Eric called me.

He said, Leanne's dead.

My sister, she overdosed.

And Vince McMahon met with me and said, what do you want to do?

I thought there was just absolutely no way we were going to get to the match.

No way.

Vince McMahon said, what do you want to do?

I told him I wanted to wrestle because I wanted to do it for my sister.

I knew I had to compete that night.

You know, a lot of people would say, does he care or doesn't he care?

If he's wrestling that night and his sister died the night before, he doesn't

care. But that's the whole reason why I wrestled.

was for my sister.

That was my way of showing her, because that's what we did in my family.

We showed each other love by doing actions and doing things for people.

And this match was literally for my sister.

One great thing about our business is they all rally around you, and including

Brock. And Brock was a gentle giant that day.

Me and Kurt have a relationship that I don't have with a lot of others.

Guys in the locker room, just because of our roots and what we've done, we

respect each other a lot.

I mean, people don't understand what it's like to compete at arm level, how

you've got to make yourself go.

That's what you do. You show up.

You're a team. You say you're going to do something, you do something. I want

people to understand how amazing this philosophy you all have because I don't

think you guys even recognize it because you're in it.

The show must go on, and it's so impressive, and I still believe to this

it's why fans still hold on so tight.

They know that there's a lot of families that are depending on them showing up

to do their job, and sometimes we have to do it under circumstances that are

really difficult.

It can be almost cathartic to get out and do something that you love.

The greatest insult you can levy against Kurt Angle would be to take it easy on

him. Kurt Angle doesn't want you to feel sorry for him.

Kurt Angle wants you to bring it.

Because he's going to bring it.

This is the longest matchup for Brock Lesnar here. And Kurt Angle. And Brock

Lesnar waits a little time.

You just get in the ring and you understand this is going to be

say the least.

Look at that. Look at this. What a shot.

Both these athletes have never been in a 60 -minute Ironman matchup. The Ironman

match was a really intense match.

And it was my favorite match that I had with him. Brock, you're going to get

this. Brock Lesnar using the steel chair.

I don't know how much the champion has left, and he still has over 45 minutes

go.

If anyone would get in the ring and try to wrestle a one -minute match, most

people would be sucking wind probably after about 30 to 45 seconds.

You take someone that runs on a treadmill for 30 minutes every day.

Now go run on that treadmill at full speed and have someone taking you down

throwing you down on the mat for 30 minutes.

There it is. You've got to count out on them.

Double it.

I don't understand how the two of them did it. We've all talked about how

and special they are. They both had gas tanks that went for days.

And it's my favorite non -pay -per -view story that they ever told in the ring

together. And the whole story for the match is Kurt being down.

We've talked a lot about the heart of Kurt Angle. The WWE champion, though,

to show that heart right now.

Angle cover!

Angle cover!

And slowly getting one victory after another.

I believed in Kurt. You said hope.

That's what he gave you in that match.

Time is ticking away on Kurt Angle's title reign.

Wow! Watching it, you can really tell that Kurt stepped into the shoes of

a real leader.

The champion's in control!

He looked like a real champion in there.

Leather pack!

It's five!

I felt like I showed a lot of people that I had character. And when I was in

ring, I took a lot of pride in what I did.

And I always wanted to be the best. I was always the best. I was national

champion, Olympic gold medalist.

I wanted to be the best at this craft, too.

And I think at a particular time, I was the best in the world.

I remember at the end having him in the ankle lock.

And what it did show the fans was that I had the ability to never give up.

That I was going to keep going no matter what.

After the match with Brock, the Iron Man match, you know, Vince, he came to me

and gave me a big hug and said, I'm so proud of you.

Let's get you home for your sister.

And Brock came back and he said, hey, I can't thank you enough.

What you did for me tonight was incredible.

You didn't have to do it, but you did it.

If it weren't for fans like you, I would have never made it back here after I

broke my freaking neck. Thank you.

I love you. Thank you.

As far as me and Kurt having anything to prove, I don't think we have anything

to prove.

Our stat books and accolades that we've accomplished speak for themselves, but

I'm glad to this day that I was able to go through and be put in those

situations with Kurt Angle.

These guys were the greatest combat athletes this business has ever seen.

And they were the right people at the right time and both in the prime of

life to do this. This was an amazing time. The Ironman match, I feel like, to

me, encapsulates what that story ultimately was and also created

one of the best monsters the sport has ever seen and still is seeing today.

You got a problem with me?

What's it like when I see Brock now?

It brings back a lot of good memories.

CM Brock and how he's doing in

his life.

He's had a lot of different things going on. UFC champion.

He got married, has kids.

He could do whatever he sets his mind to.

And I think his legacy will be his talent.

what he was able to contribute not only to amateur wrestling and pro wrestling

and MMA, but, you know, to the world. He's entertained fans for years. Fans

adore Brock Lesnar.

Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle created an atmosphere that would be conducive to

each of them breaking through to new heights that they couldn't achieve

anyone else because no one else was capable of hanging with either one of

My rivalry with Brock Lesnar shaped my career in a very positive way.

It made me a better wrestler, and knowing I could go toe -to -toe with

Lesnar gave me confidence.

You know, as amateur wrestlers, we have a bond, and it has a lot to do with work

ethic. We're the hardest -working athletes in the world, and knowing I'm

ring with Brock Lesnar and doing what I do made me feel like...

I could beat anybody.

This is Brock freaking Lesnar.

And he's the most dominant guy I've ever been in the ring with. And I'm beating

this guy. I could beat anybody.

It was that transition into a ruthless wrestling machine.

The black mouth guard.

There was a different aggression and tenacity to his stuff.

And Brock can still be considered, you know, the most dangerous competitor now

at 44 or 45 years old.

F5 by Brock!

Bringing it back to the focus on real athletes and showing what they can do,

then blurring the line, like getting you to a point where you can't really...

side on one side or the other, who's going to take this? And really being

invested in the story, because I don't know who's going to be the winner in

this, because you have these two outrageously talented alpha males.

And every step of the journey was just awesome to watch.

But which one is better?

And that's a question.

Who's better, Brock Lesnar or Kurt Angle? That is a question that people

ask forever.

Never really got to find out. And I don't know the answer to that.

You're damn right, Kurt. We're going to raise the standard.

We're going to raise the bar.

I want my legacy to be known as one of the greatest of all time.

Kurt Angle versus Brock less than a rivalry.

I wish I would have won the third match.

That's my final thought.