5 WWE Dream Matches for Kurt Angle Had He Never Left

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1. Kurt Angle vs. Daniel Bryan

The best technical wrestler in the past decade vs. the Olympic Gold Medalist. There’s your tagline for a true dream match that everyone would be dying to see.

Daniel Bryan debuted on the main roster in 2010 and was main-eventing shows within a year, just like Kurt Angle. Bryan was a technical wrestling master that could tie up his opponents without breaking a sweat, just like Kurt Angle. Finally, he could go from serious to comedy in the blink of an eye, just like Kurt Angle.

These two were as close as you could get to twins, and if put in a match against one another, it would’ve been an instant 5-star classic, without a doubt.

Seeing Angle and Bryan trying to out-wrestle one another and constantly reversing each other’s holds and maneuvers would bring the audience to their feet and keep them there. They could tell a great story of Angle focusing on Bryan’s legs, preventing him from using his patented kicks and diving moves. He’d then be forced to rely mostly on submission wrestling, which has always been Angle’s forte. You’d then get two submission experts trying to get the other to tap out, akin to Angle vs. Benoit from WrestleMania X-Seven.

This would be the ideal opportunity for Angle to pass the torch onto Bryan. Had this match happened in 2012 or 2013, Angle could’ve played the veteran at the top of the mountain that still thinks he’s the best pure wrestler, only for Bryan to challenge him. That way, you’d have a stellar performance between Daniel Bryan and Kurt Angle at WrestleMania, with Angle taking a respectable loss, which would further elevate Bryan up the card in WWE.

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