[2002-09-22-WWE-Unforgiven] Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit

[ohtani's jacket]

The catalyst for this match was ridiculous. Chris Benoit laughed at Angle while he was getting a stinkface, so Angle held Benoit down and forced him to get a stinkface of his own. And then he laughed at him. WTF is this playground shit? I like this match up, but this was all work, no story, though do be fair I don't know how much mileage you can get over being angry at a guy for laughing at you. We've seen X-Division matches that were all-workrate, so I'm happy to give this a pass, but it was kind of weird that they booked it in the first place. I was impressed by how hot the Staples Center was for the submission reversals. Who would have thought a WWF crowd would pop so big for submission holds?