You can not spell ‘Ruthless Aggression Era’ without Y2J.įollowing his historic one-night victory over both The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin to capture both the WWF and WCW World Titles, he ushered in the Ruthless Aggression Era as the first ever Undisputed Champion. He would leave WWE in the summer of 2006. This would be his last title run with the company. The following year Angle had an incredible match against Shawn Michaels at the show of shows, before entering WrestleMania 22 a year later as World Heavyweight Champion. In the spectacular main event of WrestleMania XIX Angle dropped the title to Lesnar, dropping out of competition with a neck injury.Īngle would win the WWE Title one more time later that year, before entering a WrestleMania XX program for the strap against Eddie Guerrero.

He was set to square of against the Royal Rumble winner: a young and hungry Brock Lesnar. When questioned by Angle what makes him think he could go head to head with a Kurt Angle, Cena’s answer was simply: ‘Ruthless Aggression’.Īfter a short WWE Tag Team Title run with Chris Benoit, Angle entered 2003 as the WWE Champion. However, much like Big Show, the Olympic hero would not be a true legend today if it wasn’t for the years 2002 to 2006, where Angle was on his highest of highs.ĭuring this time he went face to face with a debuting John Cena, who would go on to become one of the biggest stars the business has ever seen. Kurt Angle is another star that already began making waves in the early 2000s, before becoming one of the pillars of the WWE during the Ruthless Aggression Era.

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