#7. Kurt Angle- European and Intercontinental Championship
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The third Eurocontinental Champion in history
Within the first two years of his time with the WWF, Kurt Angle had managed to establish himself as one of the most well-reputed in-ring performers of all time. I mean, the man was coming off a historic Gold Medal win at the 1996 Summer Olympics and had all the momentum in the world in his early tenure with the WWF.
In order to mark his first title win in the promotion, Angle captured the WWF European Championship on an episode of Smackdown from Val Venis and in less than a month, The Olympic Gold Medalist won the prestigious WWE Intercontinental Championship at No Way Out, 2000, making him the third man to hold both the WWE European and IC Title at the same time. Thus, making him a Eurocontinental Champion.
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