Better Kurt Angle match: vs HBK at WM21 or Benoit at RR03

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I always see these 2 matches being pinpointed as the top 2 matches of Kurt’s career. Which do you think was better?
 

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I honestly never loved the Angle/HBK matches. I was blown away by the RR03 match though; thought he and Benoit had great chemistry
 

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Benoit. Honestly... wasn’t fukking with Shawn’s matches with Kurt. I don’t know why
 

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here's both matches



Benoit/Angle was more technically sound while Angle/Michaels was more epic which gives it more replay value. However, the Benoit/Angle match had the better overall story coming into it with their tag team/feud and it being championship match helped. Tough choice but I'd go with Angle/Benoit.
 
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Kurt had a better match with Michaels at wm 21. More entertaining to watch.

That Kurt vs taker at nwo should've been the main event at mania that same year.
 

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The Rumble match. The HBK matches were following in the footsteps of the formula of the Rumble match. Both retroactively get points taken away from Kurt making it the basis for ALL of his matches going forward, to the point where he was doing the same layout with TNA bums a decade later while paralyzed.
 

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Benoit. Random but it’s crazy that his match with HBK didn’t have one German duplex :mindblown:
 
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