Of all the moves Kurt Angle has taken in his 20-year career, apparently, The Undertaker's Last Ride was the most painful.
Current Raw General Manager Kurt Angle is renowned for being one of the quickest people to ever adapt to the wild and wacky world of professional wrestling. In 1996, Angle was busy winning a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the Olympic Games in Atlanta and two years later he was signing his first WWE contract.
From then until now, Angle has established himself as one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time. A multiple time World Champion and WWE Hall of Famer, the Olympic gold medalist really has done it all in the industry. He's not done yet either and continues to wrestle for WWE as well as fulfill his GM roles, albeit on a very part-time basis.
Angle wrestled some of the greatest Superstars of all time, from Eddie Guerrero to Brock Lesnar, to Shawn Michaels, to AJ Styles. That impressive resume means he has also taken an awful lot of different moves from his opponents, but apparently, there was one that hurt more than any other. PWStream posted the quote from Angle on Twitter revealing that The Undertaker's Last Ride is the most painful maneuver he has had to endure.
"Undertaker is 7 feet tall… when he lifts you over his head you’re 8 feet in the air. It’s a long ride down to the canvas," Angle explained. For those who have seen the move performed you can certainly see where he's coming from. The last thing you'd want when sitting on The Deadman's shoulders is to be lifted even further into the air before being slammed down to the mat.
Angle's answer is certainly pretty eye-opening, especially since we're talking about a man who went face first into the canvas after missing a moonsault from the top of the cage. Perhaps that instance doesn't count though since it technically wasn't a move being performed upon him. The Last Ride definitely seems like a fair choice to us. Being slammed on your back by a seven-foot man has to hurt—especially for a star with as many neck issues as Angle.