TSC Evaluation #40: Kurt Angle

[Silkk]

Not to mention also giving us one of the greatest stables in wrestling history:

 

[InstantKlassik]

Kurt vs HBK Mania 21
Benoit/Kurt vs Edge/Rey No Mercy 02
Benoit vs Kurt Rumble 03
Borck vs Kurt Mania 19
Kurt vs Taker NWO 06
Wolfe vs Kurt Turning Point 09
Kurt vs Anderson Lockdown 10
Kurt vs Rock vs Taker Vengeance 02
Kurt vs Austin Summerslam 01
AJ/Kurt vs Kaz/Daniels Slamiversary X

Kurt vs Eddie Wrestlemania 20
Kurt Angle vs Benoit cage Match Raw 01'
Kurt vs Lesnar 60 minute Iron match Smackdown 03'
Kurt vs Joe Genesis 06'

10/10

 

[OVER]

He's getting a 10 from me.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

 

[King P]

Anybody that doesn't give King Kurt a 10 should be forced to explain themselves

 

[Riley Escobar]

Anybody that doesn't give King Kurt a 10 should be forced to explain themselves

I can see arguments for a 9, maybe 8 at a REAL stretch.

Anything less than 8 is blatant attention whoring though

 

[James Dean]

Kurt vs Eddie Wrestlemania 20
Kurt Angle vs Benoit cage Match Raw 01'
Kurt vs Lesnar 60 minute Iron match Smackdown 03'
Kurt vs Joe Genesis 06'

10/10

Filed

 

[Nero Christ]

hit 10 before I read the OP

saw "evaluation" & :kurtperplexed: in the title, didn't even have to think twice about a score either

 

[Silkk]

Obvious 10 all across the board for me. I explained why in this thread:

Kurt Angle should be a lock for everyone's list of Top 5 Greatest Wrestlers

My only small complaint is that his last few years in TNA had many matches where he would spam finishers but he still found ways to make the matches entertaining.

Should spin off and do stable evaluations, starting with the Pac

 

[Cartier Murphy]

I was originally going with 9, but a 10 feels right. Boatload of classics, charisma off the charts, extremely versatile when it comes to where you put him on the card and the style of match he can work. I watched TNA before he made the jump but he got me to watch regularly.

 

[Francis White]

Gave him a solid 9 , ring work was immaculate , Mike work was solid.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I'm literally looking for a reason to not give him a ten, because tens are truly transcendent guys like savage, Hogan, rock, Austin...but got damn, he had no flaws. He's a ten, and on that level.

Exactly how I feel. Kurt may never be on the Mt. Rushmore like Rock/Austin/etc, but there is nothing that Kurt couldn't do. Comedic heel, psycho heel, 100% face, goofy face, high flyer, technical wrestler, hardcore, etc. Even his Impact run featured the same. he also has tons of classics. I'd like to go into a bunch of detail, but Kurt is simply a GOAT. One of the greatest all-around wrestlers ever with the characters to match. There may some recency bias, but IDK, and 10/10 just seems right.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

10 at the highest degree.

Dude is the pound for pound GOAT.

He could be in any role & kill it.

A lot of people don't know it, but Daniel Bryan looks up to him like a father figure.

 

[El Poyo Loco]

When he first showed up He was a 7 just off of athletic ability. When he figured out how to be a pro wrestler and work a match he became a 9 and then he did something nobody really knew he had, he could be funny and serious at the same time and once even as a heel he got that over he became a 10

 

[El Poyo Loco]

Can you put Rick Martel up there for pending give some people who don't really know his work some time to watch. His AWA,WWF and WCW work is on the network