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#1 Jim Ross gives his opinion on Kurt Angle becoming WWE Champion

Kurt Angle is one of the biggest names in WWE and was a key component for the success of the Attitude Era. Kurt Angle won his first WWE Championship in 2000 by beating The Rock at No Mercy. Former WWE star Jim Ross talked about the match during his podcast Grilling JR and discussed Kurt Angle's victory.

Jim Ross praised Kurt Angle saying that he is a world-class guy. Ross further talked about how hard-working Kurt Angle was and how his determination and skill led to him becoming an Olympic Gold Medalist.

We had built Kurt with all this momentum, with all these successes and the titles you had eluded to. He was on a roll. If you didn’t follow through with it and get him to the promised land, then you’ve gotta have a great reason why he’s not at the promised land. He’s gotta be injured or some storyline issues or something. He was ready, and if you don’t follow through with it and take him to the next step, you might miss an opportunity you can’t regenerate. He had the momentum, it was a good move, it shows the professionalism of Rock who didn’t have to lose. If Rock had not wanted to do the honors, he wouldn’t have been forced to do the honors. Rock saw it was the best thing for business, and he knew that his matches with Kurt were gonna be terrific. How could they not be? You have two legit athletes who both want to be as good as they can possibly be. They have a lot of the same DNA. I thought it was the right thing to do. H/T: 411Mania