Kurt Angle calls his match with Shane McMahon from King of The Ring 2001 

Saw this in person as a kid and was in complete shock. Parents nervously tried hard to play it off as showbiz but holy shit to me this match was brutal as fuck and there was no getting around how insane it was to see it go down. Definitely a product of a bygone era, amazing match

I just wanna give my appreciation to Kurt Angle for sacrificing his body and life for our entertainment. I know we used to boo you and heckle you before, but looking back at it now you made every match you were a part of special. Thank you Kurt Angle you are a huge role model for me and a lot of my friends. Huge shout out to Shane o mac as well, goddamn you guys are amazing !

KURT… my brother… Thanks for taking bumps to make my childhood fun and entertaining. Even when you happened to be heel you always happened to be one of my favourites… Playing you in the old smack down games as a kid was amazing haha. All crazy body slams and submissions. You are a f’n inspiration.

Imagine how painful that final top rope Angle slam must of been for Kurt with a broken tailbone. This match is still a classic and a true testiment to both mens toughness

Shane mcmahon is an ecw wrestler

1 of the best matches EVER! Soo epic! 🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏

Wow the watch along timer IS GAME CHANGING..it's like watching back a match with the wrestler talking about it..this is amazing..I'm now binging all matches with the watch along timer

I remember saying. "Ho shit he's dead"😂

I had this on VHS as a kid along with blackman vs Shane at summerslam but jesus fucking christ when he throws him through that glass you know 100% Shane tells Kurt "just throw me through it" those suplexes landing on his head........ Long live the attitude era.

Was really fun to watch the full length match and listen to Kurt’s commentary of the match. Really adds an extra layer. Might have to go back and do this for a few others! Kurt you’re the GOAT!

I almost spit my water out in laughter at "I couldn't even sell it". Reason being I've had plenty of painful situations in life and I can relate. Maybe not to that extent . I also understand the back situation. I hurt my back so bad I couldn't bend down. The pain was so bad when I tried to bend down that I laughed. I don't know if that's a coping mechanism or what.

Man I remember watching this match as a kid. Gotta respect these guys.

Kurt calls his match. Kurt - 'i can't remember any of it'. The end lol.

Was an incredible time to be a kid in new Jersey watching this live with my seat up near the top of the ramp. Watching the glass panel spots was a truly gut wrenching experience. As breathtaking as the glass was, the Angle Slam from the top rope off the board was almost equally as memorable. That extra 1 foot it provided felt like 10 in the moment and made it feel bigger than any top rope spot we'd seen.

Many thanks to Kurt and Shane for one of the most absolutely incredible, truly memorable matches. i was blessed enough to be a kid there in the arena that night in Jersey

These watch-alongs are the most compelling wresting content on the internet. Amazing to have the insights - thanks Kurt for everything!

Oh boy what a match that was. I couldn't believe ye were able to keep going considering the punishment you guys were taking. Some inner strength there to finish that off. Brilliant 👏

Such an amazing match Kurt!! So hyped to see you looking back on it! One of my all time favorites!!!

Show anyone that says wrestling is fake this match.

Kurt really kisses shanes arse , shane has only had a hand full of matches in over 20 years , Kurt worked 3 matches that night got concussed in his first match and then broke his tail bone in his last match he was truly a a machine

I was sitting up by the hard cam and this was the most insane thing I’d ever seen.

This match and the TLC match WM17 are one of my earliest memories of WWF/wrestling entertainment is General

That gosh darn stubborn glass...looked harsh...

31:00 - wish that respect for Shane carried over to this generation

34:00 It’s also one of the most memorable spots of all time 👏

I love perc angle

Kurt also wrestler in Ecw and NJPW, WWE and tna and thank you

Kurt and Shane were just ❤🙏🇺🇸👍

Man i took a fall on my tailbone when i was little and i couldn't walk for hours. Of course folks thought i was acting or something but it really was 10/10 pain because it completely incapacitates you instantly.

Shane o Mac doesn't get as much credit for his toughness as he should.

Vince must of been shocked. Mad because of the glass spot but impressed and probably overjoyed by the performance.

If Kurt had never broke his tail bone I probably wouldn’t be a wrestling fan, those segments with Austin as goofy as they were, hooked me as a kid

Now we know why Austin & Angle did the funny skits backstage with McMahon (between KofR & Invasion). Still be involved in all the stories without needing them to wrestle and a chance to heel from injuries.

No way Shane wears a size 17 shoe

am i missing something? this should have at least 10x the views...i think people just dont know about it. it took me too long to find out this exists

I broke my tailbone when I was 12 doing BMX dirt jumps. I was doing a superman where I kick my legs out behind me in the air b4 bringing them back b4 landing and I pulled myself too far foward and also jumped out too far completely missing the other side of the dirt pile and landed on the flat ground with my tailbone taking the full force of the landing on the frame in front of the seat. I couldn't sit down without a donut for 6 months after and for a year+ I couldn't sit down on hard chairs for more than a few mins. It was to this day the most painful thing I've ever experienced so I know exactly how Angle felt. I have no idea how he continued with the match after that because I know I could barely move after I broke mine. I think it was over a year b4 I got back on my bike, or b4 I jumped anything anyway. I mostly changed to only skateboarding after that where I had previously did both.

To be honest, the pyro shattering the glass would be awesome for an entrance.

Talking about the injury bug, Benoit broke his neck in the main event

Shane’s a badass

If Kurt didn’t prove it with his medals they both solidified themselves that night that they were not messing around.

Shane should have been a more decorated in-ring competitor

Shane's punches are the exact opposite of a good working punch: they look like shit, but they hurt.

Kurt you are prob the best overall wrestler ever, right up there with HBK, Triple H, Sting, Jake The Snake. Had the ability n the mic skills

If they were gonna end up using real glass anyway why didn't they just use single pane window glass because it would hold up to the pyro but if you lean on it would shatter? This stuff was damn near reinforced glass.

I think the worst thing that you can see in professional wrestling is someone take a move and not sell it at all. Like I've wrestled on and off since I was 18 which was in 2006 and selling is probably my favorite thing about wrestling. Just making things look unique and standing out and making things look legitimate when they're not hurting you, but there's been times where I've been kicked in the stomach or I've done a moonsault and mist and just knocked the ever living piss out of myself where I can't breathe at all and in those situations I'm literally lying there just dead. Seeing stuff like that can be scary for sure because if someone's not selling and I don't mean like they just took a big move and they're dead selling that's different but something like with what Kurt did here that's just always a sign that something doesn't feel right. Shawn Michaels hitting the announcers table with his stomach in the match with flair you could tell he knocked the wind out of himself bad. And that's such a terrible terrible feeling in the middle of a match because you're already winded and you're already tired and it seems like it always happens when it's time for you to rest and catch your breath for a big part of the match.

I'm a casual fan of hardcore wrestling these days, not something I watch a lot of, but every once in awhile i see something on GCW thats worth watching, or the tournament of death. but its rare that you see a match worthy of the destruction these guys to do their bodies, because a lot of times the pacing is poor, the moves look like crap, and the story telling is non existent. In a lot of way, this match is one of the greatest hardcore matches because we got to see one of the greatest workers to ever do it, play with hardcore/deathmatch toys (glass i consider a deathmatch staple), with one of the most game opponents to enter a WWE, Shane. Shane was willing to do anything for the show, the heights he's jumped from are waaaaay more dangerous then the glass, and hes always full commitment. Really a special match, to see that level of mat work and grappling, moves that look that tight, viscous weapon strikes, and some decent heights with the angle slam at the end.

I remember watching this on TV when it happened and I hated Shane McMahon. About halfway through my opinion changed drastically because of how tough and ballsy he was lol. I became a major Kurt Angle fan as well. as an adult I see things so differently than back then.

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Jericho punched chyna for real. He punched Shawn’s wife for real. Now even angle is saying he throws potatoes.

Is it hard to wrestle with a concussion?.