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#4. Reason why Vince McMahon made Kurt Angle the WWE Champion

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Kurt Angle revealed on his podcast, The Kurt Angle Show, why WWE Chairman Vince McMahon made him the WWE Champion in 2000. McMahon was highly impressed with him for completing his match against Triple H and The Rock at SummerSlam 2000 despite suffering a concussion:

''I think that night he decided to give me the world title, which I would win in the next couple of months against Rock at No Mercy, and I believe he told me after the match or the next day on RAW. He said, 'You really stepped up last night,'' said Kurt Angle.

Angle revealed that McMahon was impressed with him and was grateful for what he had done that day. It was just two months later that he became the WWE Champion.

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#3. Edge's masterplan for match against Seth Rollins

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WWE legend Gangrel recently spoke on the Fangin N Bangin podcast about Edge's recent attitude change.

Edge returned to his 'Brood' gimmick during his feud with Seth Rollins leading up to SummerSlam. He revealed that Edge initially wanted to have red blood dropped on Rollins on SmackDown instead of black ink:

"He [Edge] told me he was working on it for two and a half months. He said, 'You don't know how hard it was to get the blood bath thing because of the PG situation.' He wanted the red blood. It really came down to, if it wasn't black, it wasn't happening. It wasn't an idea overnight for him,'' said Gangrel.

He said that Edge was planning this for a long time and it meant a great deal to him. The Rated-R Superstar came out to the Brood's iconic theme music for his match against Seth Rollins at SummerSlam as well.