Kurt Angle, jack of all trades, holder of titles

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

So a few years back, Kurt Angle ended up holding all of TNA's titles at once.

What are people's thoughts on this looking back? Personally, I really liked it. I felt like it made all of those belts seem like something worth having, when Kurt Angle was so gold hungry that he had all the titles at once (and I think he had the IWGP title at the same time at that point?).

Saying that, if there's one thing I think a lot of people might have an issue with, it's the angle's conclusion - namely Black Machismo winning the X-Division title by fluke (meh, I never liked the gimmick anyway but it was a babyface beating a 'superior' main event heel clean, what's not to like?) and Pacman Jones ending up being a tag-team champion when everyone and his dog knew that he contractually was barred from wrestling.

So what did we think? Did we like it?

[Michael Coello]

I think the problem wasn't so much the conclusion, as it was the start. The build to the match with Kurt and Joe for all the belts (cause I think Joe had the tag and x-belt, while Kurt had the world and "fake" IWGP belt) was a bit weak, and the match itself was screwy.

[Error]

Hated it. It killed my interest in TNA for months.

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

I liked the idea, but hated the execution. Plus the whole Karen thing was just so unnecessary. It wasn't like they had overdone Angle/Joe at that point, people were still clamouring to see it, so I don't understand why they needed to add the Karen element to "freshen up" the story.

[________ has left the building]

I wasn't a fan of that move. It came off as "Thank you, Kurt, for joining TNA. Here's all of the titles.". Nothing was gained from Angle holding all of the titles besides overkill.

[Young Game]

No one man should have all that power.

[TGM]

I think it was a stupid idea, like the time they gave Samoa Joe the tag titles on his own. Sometimes, TNA just did things because they'd never been done before and tried to be an alternative to WWE, not because they were good ideas. (Reverse Battle Royale)

Imagine if Triple H did this in WWE.

[bob]

Sept 5, 2013 17:07:29 GMT -5 AdamAFL was sooooo wrong said:

I liked the idea, but hated the execution. Plus the whole Karen thing was just so unnecessary. It wasn't like they had overdone Angle/Joe at that point, people were still clamouring to see it, so I don't understand why they needed to add the Karen element to "freshen up" the story.

I came here to post this.

[JTG Fan]

I kind of can't believe 'yes' is winning this poll.

[Kevin Hamilton]

I dug it, but then I'm a big Kurt mark; less so in recent years, but certainly back then.

[Clueless Steve]

The ONLY good thing to come from it was Jay Lethal getting the biggest win of his career. They did f*** all with it, but still.