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God I hate zoomers
UFC was barely a thing when this happened. It wasn't very popular yet. Nobody trained for MMA, nobody knew a lot about MMA.
When you were told to shoot in wrestling at this time, nobody meant "do some gay Brazilian jiu-jutsu," they were talking about amateur wrestling, like when Brock and Angle had their famous impromptu shoot match in the locker room -- it was pure wrestling. That's what was expected.
What Puder did was essentially an underhanded ambush tactic, using a move which is specifically and explicitly not allowed in amateur wrestling (kimuras/double wristlocks). He took advantage of the gentleman's agreement and overstepped his bounds. I honestly don't know what he was thinking. It wasn't going to prove his toughness, it was just going to piss off every single guy in the back.
If he had came out and beat Angle in an amateur wrestling shoot, he would've gotten respect but it never would've happened.
