Kurt Angle Reflects On Matches With Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero & Shawn Michaels

Kurt Angle recently looked back at his matches with Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero & Shawn Michaels in WWE. Angle named the three as his best opponents during an appearance on Talk Is Jericho and you can see some highlights from the discussion below (h/t to Wrestling Inc):

On his matches with Benoit: “Benoit, I felt like I was looking a mirror. He was so intense, he had that intensity, he might have perhaps been more intense than I was, and I loved the way he worked, the way he moved. We had such incredible chemistry that every match we ever had was a classic. I had so much respect for Chris and what he was able to do in pro wrestling, especially for his size. He was a man that was probably what? 5’8? 5’9? But he wrestled like he was a monster, he was huge. I had so much respect for him and the chemistry that we had.”

On facing Eddie Guerrero: “I don’t want to say he was better in WCW, but he was healthier. Once he had that car wreck and he busted his femur, his leg, he wasn’t the same. But Eddie was still better than everybody else, even after that, so I would have loved to have wrestled Eddie in his prime, and not to say he wasn’t in his prime when I wrestled him, but we knew that Eddie had to work around that stuff.”

On Shawn Michaels: “Shawn was so magical, he had so much talent, he looked effortless when he was out there doing whatever he did. He made everything look so easy, he just had a knack for pro wrestling,” Angle said. “He didn’t want to tie up, he didn’t want to practice anything, we practiced one thing…I mean that match was incredible.”