BROKEN NEWS: WWE PLANS TO MESS WITH KURT ANGLE FOR THE FUN OF IT, USE MORE OF HIS SO-CALLED TRADEMARKS
Apr 5, 2011 - 3:34:11 PM |
BY NICHOLAS VILLARREAL, PWPOTATO REPORTER
Most wrestling fans are aware of the fact that Kurt Angle was using his Twitter account during WrestleMania to voice his ire at the use of certain moves during specific matches. According to Angle, these moves should be his and his alone, and anybody else who uses them should be ostracised. (Obviously, he was somewhat less eloquent.)
Throughout the night, it became clear that Angle was not just taking the proverbial piss, and was serious about his criticisms. Randy Orton replied in a chastising tweet of his own, and most people believe that that was the end of the issue.
WWE Creative has apparently decided that not only is this not the end of it, this is just the beginning. Although the use of moves during WWE's biggest event occured simply because they were devastating, or, in the case of Michael Cole, one of the few moves that could be used realistically, Angle's criticism drew enough attention that Creative has decided to "goof" on Angle in the upcoming months.
WWE workers are currently being encouraged to watch footage of Angle throughout his WWE career in order to learn his mannerisms, catch phrases, buzz words, and clothing styles, as well as his in-ring performances. Thus far, the only thing that Angle has done in the past that WWE's Corporate offices have told workers to avoid are triple German suplexes, at least as a goof on Angle.
As Monday Night Raw proved, Sheamus was the first one to really get in to the spirit, coming out decked in gear patterned on the flag of the United States of America. Although some fans believe that he got the new gear for WrestleMania, akin to Daniel Bryan's new clothing for their match, this was a change that was made that day. The original plan was for Sheamus to wear gear resembling the Irish flag in order to declare his heritage as superior to that of the United States.
With Angle's complaints on hand, the WWE had some people whip up new gear for Sheamus on the fly. Although the given reason is that Sheamus is the United States Champion, most people know better. In the futire, Sheamus is going to begin wearing two necklaces with similar Celtic crosses on them, regardless of whatever feud he might have, including the rivalry that has seemingly begun with Sin Cara.
Further plans for stealing from Kurt Angle's career include R-Truth repeatedly using the phrase, "It's true. It's DAMN true!", Jack Swagger pulling down the straps on his singlet (in addition to using an Ankle Lock that is more in homage to Ken Shamrock, but which Angle claimed rights to), Alberto Del Rio misspeaking in front of other "heels" and then correcting himself, and an as-yet-unnamed wrestler facing Edge in a hair-vs-hair match (though we at the Potato are expecting it to be Cody Rhodes, given his current storyline).
Vince McMahon has little input in to any of this, as he's been given other reasons for practically every "goof" on Angle that the WWE Creative staff is planning. However, he did thank Kurt for paying his hard-earned money (he paused for a slight chuckle) on WrestleMania this year, and hopes that "he tunes in to every WWE Raw, SmackDown, and also every Pay-Per-View - almost forgot about Superstars, that, too (sic) - to make sure that he can document any time that somebody uses one of his trademark moves or phrases or whatever (sic)."
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