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This match between **Rey Mysterio and Kurt Angle on the September 12, 2002 episode of WWE SmackDown! ** was a fast-paced, competitive singles bout that showcased Rey’s high-flying agility against Angle’s technical and power-based offense. The two men traded counters, headscissors, and explosive maneuvers throughout the match — Rey used his speed and springboard offense to keep Angle off balance, even hitting a corkscrew dive to the floor and a top-rope moonsault for near-falls — while Angle responded with German suplexes, backbreakers, and methodical control on the mat. Mysterio hit a 619 and nearly followed up with a West Coast Pop, but Angle ultimately regained control and finished the match by hitting a top-rope Olympic Slam for the pinfall victory. The bout, which featured crisp exchanges and frequent momentum shifts, was considered a strong TV match that highlighted the chemistry between the two competitors.
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00:00And welcome to the season premiere of SmackDown.
00:07The only place you can see the Olympic gold medalist, Kurt Angle.
00:24And Kurt Angle on his way to the ring set for action against Rey Mysterio.
00:28And Angle will be a part of SmackDown next week in Colorado Springs.
00:32Who knows what awaits us there.
00:34Well, let's talk about the major media coverage for the season premiere of SmackDown.
00:37That's tonight. Good job.
00:39Billy and Chuck right in the thick of it.
00:41They did the Today Show with the Tomato.
00:43They did Howard Stern.
00:44Well, they didn't really do Stern, but they were on a show.
00:47They were in the New York Post.
00:49That covers the newspaper in New York.
00:51And in the USA Today, which covers America.
00:55America, America.
01:04How appropriate.
01:08We're here in mini.
01:11And I have a return match with Rey Mysterio.
01:16Pretty funny, huh? Get it?
01:21Rey Mysterio being mini.
01:24What segway?
01:25You know, short.
01:26Oh, come on, people. That's funny.
01:30I think it is. I hate short people.
01:32I hate short people.
01:33It's a heck of a lot funnier than me getting a stink face last week.
01:40Oh, yeah. People were yucking it up then.
01:42They thought it was hilarious.
01:47Well, I'll tell you what's not going to be so funny.
01:51What I'm about to do to Rey Mysterio tonight.
01:53What?
01:58You people like Rey Mysterio, huh?
01:59What?
02:03That figures.
02:04What?
02:06Since most of you would benefit from wearing a mask yourselves.
02:09What?
02:11Oh, yeah. You betcha.
02:13You betcha.
02:14You betcha.
02:16You betcha.
02:17Hey, Chris Benoit, if I even see you laugh at me again, there's going to be two holy
02:44unions tonight, Billy and Chuck, and your face in my fist, and Rey Mysterio, I want you
03:01to remember one thing, you're a boy in a man's world, and I'm a man who loves to play with
03:14the boys, no, no, no, wait a minute, wait a minute, shut up, hold on, no, no, no, shut
03:20up, hold on a second, hold on a second, what I meant to say, listen, Mysterio, Rey Mysterio,
03:42what I meant to say, is you're a boy, and I'm a man, and tonight, I'm gonna love to manhandle
03:50you, no, wait a minute, Kurtz, put the mic down, hold on a second, put the mic down, hold
03:57on, shut up, shut up, shut up, Rey Mysterio, you remember this, pal, you're a boy, and I'm
04:11a man, when you and I get together here tonight, I'm gonna get on top of you, and, no, no, no,
04:18what is my goal, Mysterio, get your butt out of here, he's not gonna kick your butt.
04:23Oh, man, oh, Kurtz, he's a hell of a wrestler, though.
04:28The Olympic champion, Kurt Angle, meets Rey Mysterio, next.
04:33We are back on SmackDown, a rowdy, raucous crowd at the Target Center of Minneapolis,
04:44Kurt Angle, set to take on Rey Mysterio, get ready for a rollercoaster ride.
04:51What?
04:58Yeah, hold on, Kurtz, he's gonna fall, making his run away from San Diego, California,
05:07weighing in at 175 pounds, Rey Mysterio.
05:13The season premiere of SmackDown with Rey Mysterio, a return match from SummerSlam.
05:18And still to come tonight, the controversial commitment ceremony between Billy and Chuck.
05:23Yeah, let me tell you, this is gonna be one classy presentation.
05:26This is not some last-ditch Raiders boy like Eric Bischoff driving this, uh, what do you call that, HLA?
05:33I don't know, I don't watch Raw.
05:35Yeah, hot lesbian action, desperate act by a desperate man, evidence that Eric Bischoff,
05:41who Vince McMahon named as Raw General Manager, is afraid of SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon.
05:49Here's how I see it, and it may just be me, but Eric Bischoff pleading the audience to chanting the HLA on Raw
05:55and Raw is a public acknowledgement of Bischoff's desperation.
05:59Desperate for Raw to catch SmackDown in the rating.
06:02The fact is, SmackDown is quality programming.
06:05No, it's the 175-pound Rey Mysterio, the high flyer, the cruiserweight,
06:11against the Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle.
06:15Oh, look at this.
06:16Kurt Angle showing no respect for Mysterio.
06:19Upset that Mysterio turned away from Angle as Angle was talking to him.
06:24Look at the smirk on Kurt Angle's face.
06:26He is cocky.
06:27Why shouldn't Angle be cocky?
06:29Because Rey Mysterio gave him the match of his life at SummerSlam a couple of weeks ago.
06:32Kurt Angle's a two-time WWE Heavyweight Champion.
06:35Look at that!
06:36Boom!
06:37A nice claw to a clutch into a slam, beautiful.
06:39Kurt Angle and Rey Mysterio on the season premiere of SmackDown on UPN.
06:44You can only see these two tremendous athletes right here on SmackDown.
06:49Angle, lock up, center of the ring.
06:51Goes right for the leg of Rey Mysterio.
06:53Yep, single leg into a front sweep right into a spin and a little slap in the back of the head.
06:58Embarrassing.
06:59Angle can do that.
07:00I mean, Kurt Angle, 96, gold medalist, well documented.
07:04And Kurt Angle is also in a foul mood tonight because of what happened last week.
07:08The stink face at the hands of Rikishi and his own partner Chris Benoit laughed at him.
07:13Boom!
07:15Locked up center of the ring again.
07:16And Kurt Angle, who will overpower-
07:18Look at Rey Mysterio!
07:19He landed on his feet, there's the practice of Rey Mysterio!
07:22Rocked off!
07:23Oh, what a foul!
07:24He's carried!
07:25Rey Mysterio finally carried Angle?
07:28Big up to Mysterio!
07:30And Kurt Angle shoving Mysterio down.
07:33Kurt Angle, 237 pounds.
07:35Mysterio's a buck 65.
07:37And Rey Mysterio slapping Angle, mid-angle man, and Kurt Angle's not gonna help run Rey Mysterio!
07:46Check that out!
07:47Kurt Angle was suckered into it, but flying through the ropes, and now Angle's upset!
07:52Oh, get the...
07:53Double leg, Rey Mysterio!
07:54Oh!
07:55My leg scissors!
07:56Angle has flopped on Mysterio to stop running around here!
07:59You gotta grab Mysterio to Kurt Angle!
08:02Keep him on the mat!
08:03Right, right!
08:04Oh!
08:05Kurt Angle, shoulder first into the post, and Mysterio is gonna fly early!
08:09Check this out!
08:10Look at that!
08:11Wow!
08:12Here's the cover!
08:13Hook to the leg!
08:14And Angle gets the shoulder off!
08:15Springboarding through a moonsault!
08:17Almost got the win over Kurt Angle!
08:18A shot to the midsection!
08:20Rey Mysterio, look at Angle going for the Angle Slam!
08:23And over drive!
08:25Rey Mysterio is like that gnat that you can never quite get hit of!
08:28Look down!
08:29Angle into the corner!
08:30Rey Mysterio!
08:31He rolls him up!
08:32Kurt Angle!
08:33It's double!
08:34Two!
08:35And Mysterio almost had a three-pound!
08:37Half-for-pound, Mysterio is probably one of the most exciting competitors in the history
08:41of this great business!
08:42Yeah, the nephew of the Great Luchador of the Slam!
08:44Rey Mysterio!
08:45What a man!
08:46What a throw by Kurt Angle!
08:48Almost a desperation throw from Angle!
08:50I don't know about desperation, but Mysterio flew around in a different manner!
08:55Check this out!
08:56The speed of the invisible 619!
09:01This waistline with a German flipping right to the belly!
09:06And now Kurt Angle begins the aggressive assault on Rey Mysterio!
09:10Looks like Angle might be pinpointing the midsection of Mysterio backbreaker!
09:16This is such a fun matchup because of the contrasting styles of two individuals!
09:21You got the high flyer, then you got the matte face wrestler in Kurt Angle!
09:24I don't think Mysterio's having fun right now!
09:26He's getting his ribs shattered!
09:27Oh!
09:28And again!
09:29Here's the cover by Angle!
09:30Outside leg!
09:31What did Mysterio do?
09:32What Kurt Angle did was he hit that German where Mysterio landed on his gut!
09:35And now Angle, simple, right to the midsection with his rib-breaking, smack-breaking Mysterio!
09:41And Angle setting Mysterio up!
09:44Look at this!
09:45Angle, oh!
09:46Heel kick by Mysterio!
09:47That was out of desperation!
09:48And now Mysterio tries to build some momentum!
09:52A throw by Kurt Angle!
09:54Over the top, belly to belly!
09:55Into the cover, hook of the leg!
09:56Angle has it!
09:57No, Mysterio, you gotta admire the guts of this kid!
10:02At $1.75, Kurt Angle outweighs Mysterio by some 70 pounds!
10:08Look at this!
10:09Kurt Angle with a bear hug and the legs in his rib-finding Mysterio!
10:13And he's got a high, looks like he's pinpointing the sternum, a high clasp around the sternum area, ribs!
10:18Again, with these body scissors, he's trying to suck it up!
10:21He's trying to suck the breath out of Mysterio!
10:23Make it hard for Mysterio to bring air into the lungs!
10:25What he's doing with that grapevine, the body scissors, he puts his hips above Mysterio's,
10:30and pushes his legs down, which brings his sternum up higher and squeezes his sternum!
10:34Believe me, I've been in that hole by other guys, it hurts a lot!
10:37And this crowd at the Target Center!
10:39They have been a wonderful crowd all night long!
10:41They've been raucous and rowdy!
10:42And they're trying to will Rey Mysterio to get back into this match!
10:47Mysterio's not in the world he wants to be!
10:49He wants to be on the mat with a devastating Kurt Angle!
10:52He's in a bad world for Mysterio!
10:54But look at that!
10:55Mysterio's got him!
10:56And Angle just kicked out!
10:58You're gonna watch if I get some teeth knocked out!
10:59Oh, look out!
11:00Went for the enziguri!
11:01Kurt Angle!
11:02Oh, boy!
11:03Oh!
11:04Mysterio!
11:05Angle stuck Mysterio with that throw!
11:07And I think he's gonna stick him again!
11:08Because the arms are still locked in!
11:10Mysterio's done!
11:11Mysterio is done!
11:12He's in Kurt World!
11:14Hurt Street, as I call it!
11:15Right next to Dream Street!
11:16The referee, Brian Heppner, he's in there!
11:18Look out now!
11:19Oh!
11:20Kurt Angle faced first!
11:21Mysterio!
11:22What a counter!
11:23But does Mysterio have anything left?
11:24Mysterio can't get off his back!
11:26Look at Mysterio!
11:27He's hurting!
11:28He's sucking wind and his ribcage is hurting!
11:31And again, Mysterio's offense is all based on stamina!
11:35Having the ability to fly high and quick in the pace of the ring!
11:38And he can't do that now!
11:39That's a tremendous point!
11:40You're correct!
11:41And Mysterio struggling to the corner!
11:44Trying desperately somehow to use his valuable time to regain his
11:48pose!
11:49Exactly!
11:50You've got a guy like Kurt Angle on the mat!
11:51You've got to take advantage of him!
11:52It is valuable time!
11:53Oh, look out!
11:54Oh!
11:55Put to the face by Mysterio!
11:56Hasn't played possum!
11:57And look at Mysterio!
11:58Shot to the chest!
11:59Angle into the corner!
12:00Mysterio's starting to build something here!
12:03Mysterio up top!
12:04Nice feet!
12:05Can you believe that?
12:06He's got it!
12:07He's got it!
12:08He's got it!
12:09He's got it!
12:10Kick out!
12:11Holy!
12:12Kurt Angle's in the-
12:13He's gazing, man!
12:14His eyes are dripping!
12:16Rey Mysterio now's angle out of the ring!
12:18I cannot believe this kick!
12:19I think Mysterio's near his boot!
12:21Good angle in the head with that moonsault off the top!
12:24How the hell do you land on your feet like that?
12:26Man, it's me!
12:27Mysterio gonna fly!
12:28Oh!
12:29Crunch through!
12:30Over the top rope!
12:32Taking Angle down!
12:34Check this out!
12:35Look at this!
12:36Look at the balance!
12:37Right there!
12:38Foot right in the head!
12:39There goes the knee of Mysterio!
12:41I don't know what Mysterio's gonna get under those pants!
12:43Whatever knee breaks off where we go!
12:44The metal catches Angle in the head!
12:46Not only is it hard to balance yourself on a top rope like that,
12:49but look at Rey Mysterio!
12:50He wants a win here!
12:51He knows how important it is to get his injured man back into the ring
12:53to try to pick up the pinball!
12:55Mysterio still sucking wind!
12:57Angle had heavy outfits on that rib in the midsection!
12:59Mysterio!
13:00With a leg drop off the top rope!
13:01He used the rope on his cover board!
13:03Cover Rey!
13:04And Rey Mysterio!
13:05Here's the cover on Angle!
13:06And Kurt Angle reverses!
13:07Wow!
13:08And quickly into the ankle lock!
13:10Beautiful!
13:11He's knocked in!
13:12And Mysterio comes to kick out!
13:14Kurt Angle's still a little groggy!
13:16Look at the second rope goes Angle!
13:19Look at this!
13:20Look out!
13:21619 rope!
13:22Get out the cell phones!
13:24It's time to dial 6!
13:26Bam!
13:29Mysterio feeling it!
13:31West Coast pop time!
13:33Kurt Angle had it scouted nicely!
13:35The leg scissors!
13:36By Mysterio!
13:37The cover on Angle!
13:38What an up-
13:39Two!
13:40Bang!
13:41Just coming ahead!
13:42Mysterio's so close!
13:43What a match!
13:45People are pulling!
13:46It don't matter!
13:47Reverie called through and I agree!
13:48Angle did kick out at 2 and a half!
13:50Ray Ray can't believe it!
13:52If both of these warriors, I don't know how much either one of them have left!
13:55Kurt Angle's so good, Cole!
13:56He could be knocked out and hit at 1-2!
13:58And just instinct he kicks out after 4-3!
14:01And Rey Mysterio!
14:02Just do it, Rey!
14:03Don't tell people!
14:04Get up there, buddy!
14:05Come on!
14:06Now you've got a big win opportunity here!
14:08Up to the top rope!
14:10Look at Kurt!
14:11Kurt!
14:12Rey Mysterio!
14:13And Kurt Angle!
14:14Look at this!
14:15From the top rope!
14:16And Angle's slam from the top rope!
14:17There is only one Kurt Angle!
14:18Amazing!
14:19The cover by Angle on Mysterio!
14:20And it's over!
14:21Angle wins!
14:22What a match!
14:23Here's going on Kurt Angle!
14:24I can find you to find me somebody who's better than that man Kurt Angle right there!
14:30In the middle of that ring!
14:32Kurt Angle is wicked awesome!
14:33We saw a lot of Rey's highlights, but check out here one for Kurt Angle!
14:34Oh, unbelievable!
14:35Look at this!
14:36Angle slam!
14:37Boom!
14:38Almost like a small drop!
14:39Blanket!
14:40Again, back to the rings!
14:41Of Mysterio!
14:42You've got to give it up, though, for Rey Mysterio!
14:43What a battle against Rey Mysterio!
14:44You've got to give it up, though, for Rey Mysterio!
14:46What a battle against the Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle!
14:48Kurt Angle knew he was in the...
14:49We saw a lot of Rey's highlights, but check out here one for Kurt Angle!
14:51Oh, unbelievable!
14:52Look at this!
14:53Angle slam!
14:54Boom!
14:55Almost like a small drop!
14:56Blanket!
14:57Again, back to the rings!
14:58Of Mysterio!
14:59You've got to give it up, though, for Rey Mysterio!
15:01What a battle against the Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle!
15:05Kurt Angle knew he was in the...
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