Jey Uso defeated Bron Breakker to win the WWE Intercontinental Title on Monday Night RAW this week.
During a recent appearance on the “Spiegel & Holmes Show,” Punk reacted to Jey’s maiden singles title win in WWE.
Punk said, “Super awesome. I was excited about it. I don’t like to know what’s going to go down on the show. I like to watch it and be surprised. It was a huge moment in Jey’s career and I was happy that I was able to be there and watch it live. There is a huge difference to me watching wrestling, or sports in general, on TV or actually being at an event. Going to Wrigley Field is Church. I can sit on the couch and watch a Cubs game. It’s not the same as being there. The atmosphere, the sights, the sounds, the smells. It’s the same thing for wrestling. That crowd in Ontario, California, sold out, hanging from the rafters. Great energy. Universally, I don’t think I’ve ever seen so unified in wanting one person to win a championship like that. It was a special moment.”
On a recent edition of the “Insight” podcast, Ken Shamrock stated that he had no issue with Kurt Angle using the ankle lock, which the UFC legend made famous in WWE.
Throughout his career, Angle used the ankle lock as his finisher after Shamrock had popularized it.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On if Angle ever asked for permission to use the hold: “No, and he didn’t need to. I remember when that first started happening they were like ‘He stole your ankle lock,’ and I was like ‘Huh?’ That doesn’t even equate in my brain. I learned [the ankle lock] from somebody…If he would’ve done it while I was [in WWE] it would’ve been a problem.”
On people thinking about him when Angle used the move: “There’s the compliment…It’s like saying ‘That’s something that was important’… Were you part of making [wrestling] better? And by little things like that? Yes, I made it better.”
