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I'm not arguing who as the more credible champion; WWE or TNA. I'm simply saying the NWA Title is not the one Angle is wearing right now. And as for TNA ruining it's legacy, nothing can ever be as bad as putting a belt on Arquette. And no matter what TNA does I will always say I'm glad the Thesz belt was not the belt Arquette had. Obviously Angle is a more credible champion than Jarrett, but thanks to rape angles, trashing troops, and a whole bunch of other shit, he'll never be remembered like Thesz.WWE doesn't give a shit about tradition. I think the only reason the belt was held so high was because it was Flair's belt and Hunter wanted to run with it. We all know how much Hunter loves Flair and how much stroke he has in the company. It doesn't hurt that the belt looks amazing.As for shooters, I don't think Angle has the submission skills to compete with too many old timers like Gotch. We saw how well Angle did against Puder. Angle is a great takedown wrestler, and he could probably throw a hell of a punch but he isn't a boxer and he isn't a submission fighter. Severn could probably beat Angle; Shamrock, Stu Hart, and Danny Hodge would fucking destroy Angle.As for the great workers holding the title, outside of Dusty and Von Erich you could probably take any NWA World Champion pre '89 and put them right up there with the best. I think HBK is better in ring career vs career than HHH and Angle, and Benoit is better than all three. But all 4 are great workers.
Quote from: Shallow on January 15, 2006, 08:24:43 AMI'm not arguing who as the more credible champion; WWE or TNA. I'm simply saying the NWA Title is not the one Angle is wearing right now. And as for TNA ruining it's legacy, nothing can ever be as bad as putting a belt on Arquette. And no matter what TNA does I will always say I'm glad the Thesz belt was not the belt Arquette had. Obviously Angle is a more credible champion than Jarrett, but thanks to rape angles, trashing troops, and a whole bunch of other shit, he'll never be remembered like Thesz.WWE doesn't give a shit about tradition. I think the only reason the belt was held so high was because it was Flair's belt and Hunter wanted to run with it. We all know how much Hunter loves Flair and how much stroke he has in the company. It doesn't hurt that the belt looks amazing.As for shooters, I don't think Angle has the submission skills to compete with too many old timers like Gotch. We saw how well Angle did against Puder. Angle is a great takedown wrestler, and he could probably throw a hell of a punch but he isn't a boxer and he isn't a submission fighter. Severn could probably beat Angle; Shamrock, Stu Hart, and Danny Hodge would fucking destroy Angle.As for the great workers holding the title, outside of Dusty and Von Erich you could probably take any NWA World Champion pre '89 and put them right up there with the best. I think HBK is better in ring career vs career than HHH and Angle, and Benoit is better than all three. But all 4 are great workers.TNA fans.. The NWA title that you cheered for ended when WCW left and took the title. Then the TRUE NWA tradition ended when they stripped Dan Severn. The WWE holds the true World Title, and they should reunited the titles.As for Angle, he took down Brock Lesner, his a gold medal winner, and I doubt any former wrestler can out wrestle Angle, or beat him in a shoot fight. Put him in UFC, and people are tapping. His beaten real wrestling legends, and he can out work anyone today. His better than HBK, and this is coming from an HBK fan. His better than Benoit, though I consider them the two best, and I think they should have Angle wrestle Japanese wrestlers to truly define his reign. Angle will go down as the best of our generation, like Hart in the 90's. Flair in the 80's, Race in the 70's, Sammartino in the 60's and Thesz in the 50's. Hate it or Love it.
Jesus Christ, now you're contesting the legitimacy of Angle's gold medal. Unbelievable.
Angle is a bigger draw, better REAL wrestler, and his got more world titles than Benoit.
As a matter of fact, I did see the match live in 1996. I had no idea who Angle was at the time, but I remember the guy who wrestled and after he won cried like a baby.To my recollection, there was no controversy surrounding his victory. I think you just wanna take away any credibility Angle has to make your point valid.