“Hogan Wanted to Gripe”: Hulk Hogan Made a Special Request to Kurt Angle to Save His Reputation

Hulk Hogan has been one of the greatest wrestlers of all time who promoted pro wrestling in its initial years. Additionally, Hogan was renowned for never tapping out in his illustrious WWE career. However, he had once tapped out in the King of the Ring 2002 match.

The unexpected happened at the coveted event match against Kurt Angle. In that match, the veteran wrestler Hogan went up against the aggressive young Angle.

It surprised the spectators and everyone else watching the match when Angle trapped Hulk Hogan in the ankle lock, which was followed by Hulk Hogan’s eventual surrender.

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However, in a recent edition of the Kurt Angle podcast, the Olympian medalist revealed that the match was illegitimate. Additionally, he also revealed how he helped Hogan to keep his record of never tapping out.

In case you didn’t know, Hulkster never tapped out and had a history of breaking out of locks. The Iron Sheik encounter at Madison Square Garden is the greatest example of that, in which he escaped the camel’s clutch and triumphed.

How did Kurt Angle save the reputation of Hulk Hogan?

Talking about his famous King of the Ring match, Angle mentioned that Hogan had told him that when he got to the ropes, Angle should have left his lock. However, he didn’t break and pulled him, although he grabbed the ropes.

Angle stated, “So what he was going to do if we were going to continue on with the storyline between Hogan and I was go back on TV and say, Hey, I got to the ropes and you didn’t break the lock.”

“And so that match was illegitimate. So Hogan wanted to gripe he wanted to make sure that people knew that he didn’t really tap out. And I was cool. I said, Hogan, whatever you want to do, that’s cool. As long as you tap out and I’m fine with that.”

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One of WWE’s most lethal submission techniques is the ankle lock. When Ken Shamrock made his debut in the WWE, he brought it in, but Kurt Angle made it popular. Additionally, Angle used the same lock on Hogan and overpowered him.