[2002-07-18-WWE-Smackdown] Kurt Angle vs The Rock

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This was the go home show before the Angle vs. Rock vs. Undertaker Triple Threat match at Vengeance, and as you can imagine it was a well produced piece of TV from the WWE. Taker was looking on at ringside and predictably he got involved, but it's all part of the hype. The crowd was dead for the heat segment where Angle picked The Rock apart, but I think that was mainly because they wanted to see the returning Rock kick some ass. They put Angle over strong with this segment, and at this stage he had made pretty much every big star tap to the Angle Lock. Ross mentions that Angle could go on to the greatest superstar in WWE history. You have to wonder how high Angle's ceiling was at this point.