by Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar have known each other for a long time. Kurt Angle is a Olympic Gold medalist in wrestling, and Brock Lesnar is a NCAA Champion.
Kurt Angle made his WWE debut in 1999, Brock made his debut in 2002. So they crossed path in WWE, they wrestled each other multiple times, their backstage segment was very hilarious, chemistry between them was widely appreciated by fans.
Kurt Angle recently was on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, where he talked about Brock Lesnar. Kurt also reflected on wrestling a real wrestling match against Brock Lesnar.
“He’s adapted to everything in his life. He’s the best athlete I’ve ever been in the ring with.”The kid is unbelievable. For his size — he’s 310 pounds — he’s the best athlete I’ve ever been in the ring with.”
“I did wrestle him one time for real. “When he came up from training, from OVW, someone went up to him and asked him how he’d do against Kurt Angle. He said, ‘I’d kick his ass.’ … So the guy comes to me and says, ‘Hey, Brock said he can beat you in a wrestling match.'” (H/T: WrestlingInc)
