Can/Should we recreate the Angle/Taker incident.

[TheOrtonRevolution]

If you all remember back then, when Angle and Taker were in a match for the WWF title, Kurt Angle had him in a Triangle Choke while Taker was pinning him. It was a controversial moment and he retained (I don't know what happened the week after). Should the WWE recreate a similar moment? I think they can pull it off. It might work with The Miz already has some solid ground for that to happen.

 

[LSN80]

Actually, what happened was the opposite of what you described.

It was No Way Out 2006, and Undertaker had Kurt Angle trapped in the Triangle Choke. Angle's hand was going down twice, but he used his leverage to force Undertaker's shoulder's to the mat, gaining the controversial pinfall. The week after, Undertaker was given a rematch, but the match was interrupted by Mark Henry, who destroyed Undertaker, setting up their Casket Match at Wrestlemania.

But to your question, I dont see them being able to "re-create" that moment with Miz. It's no knock on Miz as a wrestler, but Angle was a superior mat technician who knew a counter for every hold. With him, it was believeable that he could counter said submission attempt into a leverage pin, because he was, well, Kurt Angle.

Miz just doesn't have the mat proficiency for this to be believable. He could "steal one" with a quick rollup or something of the like, but he's shown his inability in the past to last long in moves such as the STF from John Cena or the LaBell Lock from Daniel Bryan. It would be hard to suspend disbelief that he had suddenly become proficient in mat wrestling that he had learned counters for various submission holds, unless that's something they start to push now with him. They havent done that yet, so id say it's highly unlikely.

 

[King Blitzkonic]

Oh I'm sure that WWE COULD do it. You're right, it would likely involve the Miz and it would probably work to get him more heat than ever. However, SHOULD WWE do it? No. Really? What Miz needs is a string of clean wins to solidify his reign. Let's look at some of the more recent heel champions. Sheamus - Maybe one clean win if that. Swagger- Closest to a clean win was his title win! I think the only one that's had a couple clean wins recently is Kane.

 

[Dzone]

I'm not a fan of "iffy-endings" but it could get some serious heat, for example if Del Rio does it to Mysterio in the near future people would hate him even more than they already do *especially if Mysterio was champion and Del Rio got the belt through this*. Also Del Rio seems like the only person who is relatively new in WWE that arguably "needs" a win like this ("arguably" because I'd say he'll get over as a heel anyways *like even more so than he already is... ME heel*). There are guys like CM Punk and Jericho who could pull this off very easily but do they need to... no.

 

[Cruiser]

Actually, what happened was the opposite of what you described.

It was No Way Out 2006, and Undertaker had Kurt Angle trapped in the Triangle Choke. Angle's hand was going down twice, but he used his leverage to force Undertaker's shoulder's to the mat, gaining the controversial pinfall. The week after, Undertaker was given a rematch, but the match was interrupted by Mark Henry, who destroyed Undertaker, setting up their Casket Match at Wrestlemania.

But to your question, I dont see them being able to "re-create" that moment with Miz. It's no knock on Miz as a wrestler, but Angle was a superior mat technician who knew a counter for every hold. With him, it was believeable that he could counter said submission attempt into a leverage pin, because he was, well, Kurt Angle.

Miz just doesn't have the mat proficiency for this to be believable. He could "steal one" with a quick rollup or something of the like, but he's shown his inability in the past to last long in moves such as the STF from John Cena or the LaBell Lock from Daniel Bryan. It would be hard to suspend disbelief that he had suddenly become proficient in mat wrestling that he had learned counters for various submission holds, unless that's something they start to push now with him. They havent done that yet, so id say it's highly unlikely.

I think what the OP was describing was at a Smackdown in 2002. I remember this incident because I was at the show in Boston. This is the video he was talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjxYmaWCw-4
The OP was pretty unspecific and didn't really have any details to it so hopefully this clears it up a bit. I assume that's the event described

I don't get why having this situation used again would be hugely important. In the end all this situation provides is something the WWE does ALL THE TIME: An ambiguous and open-ended conclusion to a match. Something that does not have a final result and allows the feud to continue. It happens with run-ins, disqualifications, and many many other things. If that match ended with Taker pinning Angle clean then where's the buildup to the pay per view? The feud would pretty much be over. Taker beat Angle, that's it. I suppose used now it would be a different situation than the typical run-in or DQ but it's not like it adds a ton to the feud.

Also, like LSN80 said, Kurt Angle was a wrestler known for his submission holds so it would make sense involving him. The Miz is not really a submission wrestler so something like this happening would be pretty weird and out of character. It makes more sense for Miz's character to take the easy way out through a DQ or something. I like the Miz but let's face it, his whole gimmick is from the mic and not in the ring. Maybe this situation could work for other mat wrestlers but doing this again with the Miz doesn't make much sense to me.