Post by Pennyroyal_Tea (admin) on Feb 4, 2006 6:38:12 GMT -5
The following are excerpts from an interview with Kurt Angle, the link is at the bottom of this post.
On shocking fans by winning the world title upon his SmackDown return:
``I saw an opportunity, and Vince McMahon knew it was my turn to carry the ball. He was going to do it on Raw. Then this unfortunate incident happened [Batista injuries], and he brought me to SmackDown.
On doing things his way:
'For the first time in my life, Vince McMahon is letting me be me -- not some dorky goof ball, not some nerd. I've always played another person. For the first time, Vince McMahon gave me the microphone and said, `Say what you want to say. Do what you want to do.' It gave me a Stone Cold Steve Austin effect. It was a snowball effect. I was a bad guy but blown bigger and bigger, no matter who I faced: Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Triple H. The fans were cheering for Kurt Angle.
``So Vince McMahon said how do we get these fans to hate you? Vince McMahon likes me as a bad guy. So he came up with the anti-America thing. Basically, it wasn't so anti-America.
``Vince McMahon the first couple of times made me the dangerous dork, and then I was a gullible guy as a babyface. It worked, but it wasn't that great. This time he's going to let me be me. Hopefully, he will continue to do that because I like to say what I want to say.
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/wrestling/13721221.htm
On shocking fans by winning the world title upon his SmackDown return:
``I saw an opportunity, and Vince McMahon knew it was my turn to carry the ball. He was going to do it on Raw. Then this unfortunate incident happened [Batista injuries], and he brought me to SmackDown.
On doing things his way:
'For the first time in my life, Vince McMahon is letting me be me -- not some dorky goof ball, not some nerd. I've always played another person. For the first time, Vince McMahon gave me the microphone and said, `Say what you want to say. Do what you want to do.' It gave me a Stone Cold Steve Austin effect. It was a snowball effect. I was a bad guy but blown bigger and bigger, no matter who I faced: Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Triple H. The fans were cheering for Kurt Angle.
``So Vince McMahon said how do we get these fans to hate you? Vince McMahon likes me as a bad guy. So he came up with the anti-America thing. Basically, it wasn't so anti-America.
``Vince McMahon the first couple of times made me the dangerous dork, and then I was a gullible guy as a babyface. It worked, but it wasn't that great. This time he's going to let me be me. Hopefully, he will continue to do that because I like to say what I want to say.
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/wrestling/13721221.htm