The 1-2-3 Killam
Mid-Card Championship Winner
Kurt Angle is a phenomenal wrestler that has won World Titles and accolades in everything he's ever done. Olympics...broke freakin' neck...blah blah blah. He's been in hardcore matches with some of the best sons of bitches in wrestling's history, and beaten most of them. So yeah, maybe Angle could grapple with Antonio Inoki and come out on top...
Not.
You think he's not a bad-ass because he's a "technical Asian wrestler"? Inoki forced Muhammad Ali to a 15-round draw.
Certainly Kurt Angle is a big enough name to go over Inoki, even if they are in Japan, right? Inoki defeated Ric Flair in front of one the biggest wrestling crowds of all time - admittedly it was in North Korea, but I still hold to that point. If that's not enough for you, he's beaten Hulk Hogan multiple times. In fact, the only reason Hogan EVER beat Inoki the one time he did was a botch, resulting in Inoki knocking himself out and Hogan having to improvise on the fly. Flair and Hogan couldn't get the job done in Asia, and you think Kurt Angle stands a muffuckin chance?
Oh, so Angle would win because it's a Street Fight? False. Inoki won an "Island Death match" that lasted over two hours against Masa Saito? What's an Island Death match, you might ask? It exists because Japanese wrestling is fucking insane! You think TNA comes up with some ridiculous shit? They dropped these guys on an empty island with no crowd and no rules, and they beat the hell out of each other for two hours... I know. What the fuck?
The man has had meetings with fucking Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein, and the crazy bastard is still alive. WCW and WWE Hall of Famer.
But no, go ahead and keep voting for Kurt Angle. I know how tempting it is to just push that button because doing any amount of research is difficult. Well, I did it for you. Angle has no angle, he's not winning this match. Inoki founded New Japan Pro Wrestling, wrestled there over the course of 30 years, ate one-off big-name challengers from America for breakfast, and beat a man to near-death on an island for two hours. Angle bitches on Twitter.
Not.
You think he's not a bad-ass because he's a "technical Asian wrestler"? Inoki forced Muhammad Ali to a 15-round draw.
Certainly Kurt Angle is a big enough name to go over Inoki, even if they are in Japan, right? Inoki defeated Ric Flair in front of one the biggest wrestling crowds of all time - admittedly it was in North Korea, but I still hold to that point. If that's not enough for you, he's beaten Hulk Hogan multiple times. In fact, the only reason Hogan EVER beat Inoki the one time he did was a botch, resulting in Inoki knocking himself out and Hogan having to improvise on the fly. Flair and Hogan couldn't get the job done in Asia, and you think Kurt Angle stands a muffuckin chance?
Oh, so Angle would win because it's a Street Fight? False. Inoki won an "Island Death match" that lasted over two hours against Masa Saito? What's an Island Death match, you might ask? It exists because Japanese wrestling is fucking insane! You think TNA comes up with some ridiculous shit? They dropped these guys on an empty island with no crowd and no rules, and they beat the hell out of each other for two hours... I know. What the fuck?
The man has had meetings with fucking Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein, and the crazy bastard is still alive. WCW and WWE Hall of Famer.
But no, go ahead and keep voting for Kurt Angle. I know how tempting it is to just push that button because doing any amount of research is difficult. Well, I did it for you. Angle has no angle, he's not winning this match. Inoki founded New Japan Pro Wrestling, wrestled there over the course of 30 years, ate one-off big-name challengers from America for breakfast, and beat a man to near-death on an island for two hours. Angle bitches on Twitter.