Kurt Angle Believes WWE Could Have Done More With Samoa Joe

When Kurt Angle left WWE and went to TNA in 2006, his first major rival was Samoa Joe.

The Olympic gold medallist and Samoan Submission Machine would go on to have some of the most memorable matches in TNA history, including several pay-per-view main events. Angle was also the man who ended Joe's eighteen-month undefeated streak in the company.

Discussing his former foe's WWE run on a recent edition of The Kurt Angle Show podcast, the Wrestling Machine said:

"I think that WWE could have done more with him. They did do some, they did a lot, but I know they could have done more. He was that talented. I'm not sure if it had to do with his look. I love his look. I think that everybody should be different; big, tall, short, wide. Doesn't matter. I don't know if it had to do with his look, but Samoa Joe was so talented. He deserved to be a WWE Champion, he really did. Probably and that's not me blowing smoke, that's me being honest," said Angle.

Speaking about their chemistry together, Angle offered:

"Joe and I had the best chemistry. We always threw our two cents worth in, and we were always agreeable. I mean, if there was an idea that Joe liked, I liked it, too. If there's an idea that I liked, Joe liked it, too. We were more compatible than any other wrestlers, even more than AJ Styles and myself. Joe and I, it was almost like we were Frick and Frack like we were related. You know, like we were twins because we thought the same way. We both had the same ideas, the same concepts". 

Angle and Joe had one singles match in WWE, which ended up being Kurt's third-last in-ring outing before he retired.

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