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First Kurt Angle messed with Booker T’s chances at winning the WWE Championship Series. Then, Angle messed with his wife.
That wicked combination proved more than enough to force the two SmackDown! Superstars to face off in a match at Judgment Day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 22.
The problems between Angle and Booker T started two weeks ago when both were part of the Fatal Fourway in the United Kingdom to determine the No. 1 Contender for John Cena’s WWE Championship.
With the referee down, Angle blasted Booker T with a steel chair, getting him eliminated from the match. Moments later, Booker T walloped Angle, eliminating the Olympic Champ and ultimately giving the victory to former WWE Champion JBL.
“I felt like I was in contention just as much as Kurt,” Booker T said. “He got me eliminated with the chair, and at that point, it was over for me. All I had left was revenge. So I got even.”
Angle, a four-time WWE Champion, sees things a little differently.
“There’s a big difference,” Angle said. “I saw an opportunity during the match and I took it. What he did was wrong. He was out of the match and had no opportunity left so he stole mine. I should feel anger toward Booker, not the other way around.”
When SmackDown! came to Trenton, New Jersey, on May 5, the tempers of both men really came to a boil. Booker T’s new wife Sharmell, who was been by her man’s side for a few weeks now, actually got in Angle’s face.
Angle insulted Sharmell, who in turn slapped Angle in the face, leading to a brawl outside the ring, where Angle nearly put Sharmell in the ankle lock.
“That’s Kurt’s nature,” Booker T said. “He has no class outside of the ring. In the ring, he’s one of the best, but outside, he’ll do anything to get me upset. But that whole incident just added fuel to my fire for Judgment Day.”
Angle had no apologies for his actions.
“This girl has been here for like a month and she walks around flapping her gums and acting like she runs the place,” Angle said. “She can kiss my ass. And after I break her husband’s ankle I’ll break hers.”
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Ever since John Cena defeated JBL at WrestleMania 21, the former WWE Champion has had a hard time coming to grips with his defeat.
JBL, after all, held the coveted championship for nearly 10 months. So he watched in horror as the young and talented Cena became a first-time WWE Champion and then had the audacity to alter the WWE Championship to reflect his hip-hop persona.
JBL has even gone as far as to continue to wear the old WWE Championship in recent weeks. But now, at Judgment Day, JBL can do something about it.
JBL outlasted Kurt Angle, Booker T and Big Show in a Fatal Fourway to emerge as the winner of the WWE Championship Series. So Cena's first WWE Championship defense will come against the same Superstar he took it from.
Cena, who has grown tired of JBL's constant verbal jabs, finally proposed an "I Quit" Match for Judgment Day. A brutal match where the only way to claim victory is to make your opponent utter the phrase "I Quit."
Can Cena retain his WWE Championship, or will a wise veteran like JBL find a way to take back the championship and retire Cena's lavish spinner belt? Don't miss Judgment Day to get all of the answers.
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