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Brock Lesnar Gave Strong 8-Word Response When Asked About an Embarrassing Moment With Olympic Legend

Published 10/09/2022, 8:30 AM EDT

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Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar’s relationship goes way back in WWE. Both superstars faced each other several times in the ring. But outside the ring, both of them are good friends. The Olympic Gold medalist even once confirmed that he and Lesnar are good friends off camera.

Both Lesnar and Angle played freestyle wrestling before joining WWE. Although King Kurt went on to win a Gold Medal in Olympics for his wrestling skills, Lesnar was an NCAA champion. But this didn’t stop both wrestlers from going toe to toe in the ring. The story of The Beast’s Unofficial match with Angle is still famous among wrestling fans.

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But in his interview with The Power Slam magazine, Brock got furious when asked about his unofficial match with Kurt Angle. Lesnar said, “Yeah. I pinned him in 30 seconds and it was over.” Although when the interviewer contradicted Brock’s statement by saying, “The story I heard was that he defeated you.” he replied in The Beast mode. “Well, I don’t know where you’re getting your information,” said Lesnar.

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It’s hard to know who would have won between the two superstars in the unofficial match. There is no video proof of the match. The Gold Medalist had another story about the incident.

Kurt Angle’s side of the story on the match

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While talking on HANNIBAL TV, Kurt Angle also recalled the story of his match with Brock Lesnar. According to The American Hero, when The Beast first came to WWE, he challenged Lesnar to an unofficial match. 

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Kurt Angle said, “We wrestled for about 10 minutes. There were a couple of takedowns I almost took him down and he fell into the ropes. I did take him down once and that was it. I didn’t kick his a**. He’s a great amateur. wrestler he could have went on to the Olympics I don’t know if he would win a gold medal but he was good enough to make it. He was a far superior athlete.”

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Kurt Angle also appreciated Brock Lesnar for his athletic skills. That goes on to show the respect Angle has in his heart for The Beast. But still, there is no way to know who came on top of that match. 

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Ritesh Kumar is a WWE author at EssentiallySports. After completing his graduation in Philosophy, he went on to travel and explore undiscovered locations in Uttarakhand, which eventually led him to being a content writer. His passion for wrestling began when he watched Goldberg and Brock Lesnar in WrestleMania 20.
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