Kurt Angle believes his match with this WWE Hall of Famer deserves more love.
Speaking in a recent interview with Bill Pritchard of WrestleZone, WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle opened up about his 2004 WWE Championship match at WrestleMania with Eddie Guerrero, saying the bout was overshadowed because of other matches on the card, particularly the triple threat main event.
“I would say the WrestleMania 20 against Eddie Guerrero. That match was overshadowed by an amazing main event between Triple H, Chris Benoit, and Shawn Michaels. That Triple Threat was probably the best Triple Threat I ever saw in my life.
Eddie and I had a five-star match; we really did. But because of that match being on last and Eddie and my match being next to last, we weren’t the main event, even though we were co-main event, you know, along with the other three, but, but that match was just wow, and I think it overshadowed our match, which was pretty incredible too.”
Kurt Angle “Absolutely Loves” His 2004 WrestleMania Match With Eddie Guerrero
Continuing, Angle praised the late Guerrero for the inventiveness of the finish of their WrestleMania match, saying the star was every bit as good as the highly-praised Shawn Michaels.
“I don’t talk a lot about my match against Eddie Guerrero, and it was a great match. It was an incredible finish. Eddie came up with this lie, cheat, and steal finish that was just awesome, where he pulled his boot off, and I had the Ankle Lock on him, and he, you know, he’s able to slide his foot out of the boot. I ended up holding the boot in my hand, and I charged him. He rolled me up and pinned me, 1-2-3, real quick. So it was kind of a lie, cheat, and steal finish, and it worked extremely well.
At the same time, it protected me, because I didn’t lose legitimately. So that match was just an incredible match that I absolutely love. It’s in my top three. Eddie Guerrero, if there’s anybody that’s just every bit as good as Shawn Michaels, it’s Eddie.”
Guerrero tragically passed away in November of 2005. On a November 2024 podcast, JBL had high praise for Eddie Guerrero as a “great person.”
h/t Fightful