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Kurt Angle Reflects On Heated Backstage Incident With Eddie Guerrero

Kurt Angle Reflects On Heated Backstage Incident With Eddie Guerrero

WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle detailed a backstage confrontation with the late Eddie Guerrero that turned physical.

Speaking on Story Time with Dutch Mantell, Kurt Angle explained how a misunderstanding during a WWE segment involving Team Angle and Eddie and Chavo Guerrero led to the altercation.

“I was a part of a faction at this point in time with Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak, and we had to get heat on Eddie and Chavo that night. It was at the end of the show, and I never touched Eddie. I only grabbed a hold of Chavo and I got heat on him. The other two got heat on Eddie.”

However, Guerrero believed Angle had been too rough during the segment.

“When we came backstage, Eddie was pi**ed, he’s like, ‘What the f**k, you guys were shooting on me, beating me up for real.’ I’m like, ‘Eddie, I didn’t touch you.’ He said, ‘Yes, you did.’”

The disagreement quickly escalated when Guerrero pushed Angle.

“He pushed me, and I said, ‘Eddie, don’t do it again.’ He pushed me again, so I pushed him back, and he went to double-leg me. I sprawled on him, got him in a front headlock, and started choking him out.”

The fight was broken up by Paul “Big Show” Wight, who intervened by effortlessly lifting Angle.

“I was so pi**ed at Big Show because I got like little guy syndrome, I couldn’t believe how quickly he picked me up like I was nothing.”

Despite a second altercation later that day, Angle approached Guerrero to smooth things over.

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H/t to ITRWrestling.com