“He Wasn’t Listening”- Kurt Angle Details an Intense Backstage Altercation With Eddie Guerrero

Eddie Guerrero was one of the standout performers in WWE. His work and charisma in the ring earned him worldwide fame. He was also known to be a jolly man outside the squared circle but also had his heated moments. One such moment came with WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle.

Angle and Guerrero shared a friendly relationship. The two worked well together, but they once had a fallout over an issue backstage.

In a recent interview with Lucha Libre Online’s Michael Morales, Kurt Angle revealed the true reason why Eddie Guerrero lost his temper and lashed out at him backstage.

“One night Eddie and I got into a little bit of a fight. It was me, Jindrak, and Luther Reigns. We were in the ring and we had to get heat on Eddie at the end of the night and we were feeding them up and after the match was over I waited backstage for Eddie at the Gorilla,” said Angle. 

“He came back and he just went crazy and said: ‘What the hell you guys stiffing me for? You hit me for real’. And I said: ‘I didn’t touch you’. And he said. ‘Yes, you did’. I said: ‘no, these guys did’. And Eddie was so mad. He wasn’t listening,” revealed Angle.

Kurt Angle got the better of Eddie Guerrero in the fight

“He pushed me. I pushed him back. And then he went to double leg me. Yeah, amateur wrestling move; and I sprouted got him in a Front FaceLock and started choking him out and Big Show was there and he broke it up,” revealed the former WWE Champion.

Guerrero felt that he was being hit unnecessarily hard by the three of them. This is probably why he didn’t listen to reason and attacked Angle.

In retrospect, we can look back and laugh at the entire incident. The mental image of Big Show carrying the two wrestlers away from each other is humorous enough.

WWE recently celebrated the death anniversary of Eddie Guerrero. Superstars paid tribute to the legend through various gestures on SmackDown. Eddie Guerrero did have his short-tempered moments, but that was all part of the ‘Latino Heat’.