Mark Henry on the Six Feet Under podcast told the story about the time Eddie Guerrero threw a punch at Kurt Angle backstage and Angle immediately took him down and lectured him on the ground, delivering the same line he used as his on-screen character.
Henry said Guerrero felt Angle had shown him up. Angle took Guerrero down without difficulty and began talking to him while holding him on the mat.
"He said, 'You trying to fight me. Do you know I'm an Olympic champion?' Like the joke, the character Kurt Angle was real."
Henry said Guerrero's response from the ground was what made the moment unforgettable: "Eddie said, 'Because I'm stupid.' It was like it was written, something that they wrote in a movie."
Henry said the confrontation ended with everyone standing around laughing. Guerrero then told Angle he needed to respect the business and never show anyone up in the ring, even if he has the ability to do so.
"Kurt learned a valuable lesson that day, as did Eddie. They both l...
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