[1999-11-14-WWF-Survivor Series] Kurt Angle vs Shawn Stasiak

[cactus]

This is Angle's televised debut. I love his 'clean-cut babyface but actually a heel' gimmick he debut with. It's rather subtle and it seems like the fans didn't pick up on it straight away. Stasiak and Angle had worked plenty of dark matches leading up to this, and it results in Angle looking like a pro and not a man who actually only has a year of experience. They work in a lot of impressive technical sequences, but the crowd aren't buying it. Despite not doing anything that a heel would typically do, Angle is able to get a sizeable chunk of the audience to boo him because of how clean-cut he is. He leaves the ring and lectures the audience for disrespecting a gold medallist. Angle still needs to add some finishing touches to his gimmick, but it's clear at this point that he shows a lot of promise. 

★★¼