>>15597341Angle matches got written about as an Olympic Wrestler despite him wrestling a style that featured NEXT TO NO ATTRIBUTES of his gold medal winning style. Kerry von Erich wrestled more like a gold medal discus champion than Kurt Angle wrestled as an Olympic wrestling champion.
Kurt Angle was treated as someone with Imminent Death Syndrome. Retired wrestlers tripped over themselves to praise him for ability he never showed, because all of them wanted to be associated publicly as legitimate wrestlers. Angle being The Greatest legitimized them, they felt.
Every single person watching WWF when Kurt Angle debuted WANTED him to be the Best Wrestler in the World. He was willed into that position by the people who just wanted it to be true even if he never lived up to that. I don't think you could call him a Top 10 guy in any WWE year.
