When Brock Lesnar faced WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle at WrestleMania XIX for the WWE Championship, he did so in front of 54,000 people in Seattle, Washington.
Lesnar was a guest on The Michael Kay Show, and he spoke about the botched Shooting Star Press and about the match in which he won his second WWE Championship title.
"That was foolish on my behalf. You get people, producers, and people higher up in the company; they always want this WrestleMania moment, which would be fantastic. So I would practice it the night before. I was doing it in OVW when I was being trained. I'm 310 pounds, 6'3", doing a front backflip off the top, hitting guys, and winning matches. Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig, bless his soul; you don't need to do that. Stop doing that.
"Thankfully, I didn't break my neck or anything. I shouldn't have done it. I finished the match, had a concussion. Thankfully, that was the worst of it. Kurt helped me through and was talking to me. He should have rolled me over and pinned me, went off script."
Kurt Angle spoke about the botched incident on The Kurt Angle Show Podcast in January 2021.
On April 3rd, Brock Lesnar will face Roman Reigns in Arlington, Texas, on night two of WrestleMania 38. This will be Lesnar's 11th WrestleMania match. Fightful will have live coverage of WrestleMania 38 on both nights. If you want more information on the event, you can click here for Night One and Night Two.
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