metylerca
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Post by metylerca on Jul 6, 2022 23:53:19 GMT -5
As the title mentions, I heard somewhere that the Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle match for the Undisputed Championship on tv was filmed twice to fix the finish. Apparently Undertaker tapped too early or something and it looked bad live, so Vince had them re-film it. Does fan footage or even satellite footage of this exist? I know the Hogan "I was the right gay" promo was ripped off satellite during the same time period, so I'm curious if anyone caught the original finish to this match?
I remember as a teen thinking it was a great match for SmackDown, and that Undertaker was basically a tweener out of nowhere.
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 7, 2022 0:00:44 GMT -5
Yes. Believe Angle mentions it in his book. They hauled every last person they had backstage into the stands for crowd shots.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Jul 7, 2022 0:03:01 GMT -5
I think if you pay attention to thecrowd during the finish its obvious something is wrong.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Jul 7, 2022 0:06:42 GMT -5
Yep just checked. July 4th Smackdown. While Kurt has Taker in the triangle choke, pay attention to the crowd.
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tirtefaa
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Post by tirtefaa on Jul 7, 2022 0:17:56 GMT -5
Was it just that the finish was messed up, or that the match was too short?
If the latter, why not just have them do some mat shots and edit them in later.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jul 7, 2022 9:32:51 GMT -5
I remember reading at the sites at the time the ending was refilmed... what that entails is beyond my memory but yeah its obvious cause the crowd at the side shots are reacting like the crowd in Space Jam 2
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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 7, 2022 15:33:19 GMT -5
Was it just that the finish was messed up, or that the match was too short? If the latter, why not just have them do some mat shots and edit them in later. The finish was messed up in some way. I think maybe Angle’s shoulders weren’t pinned or something like that. And so they re-shot in an empty arena and just put everyone from backstage into the camera’s view. |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 7, 2022 15:58:03 GMT -5
Was it just that the finish was messed up, or that the match was too short? If the latter, why not just have them do some mat shots and edit them in later. I believe this was the finish where Taker taps out exactly when the ref hits the mat for a three count on Kurt. It required perfect timing and I imagine something went wrong with it initially. |
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