5 real-life WWE enemies who became good friends

#4. WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar

WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar's relationship started off on the wrong foot. When The Beast Incarnate joined WWE in the early 2000s, he and Angle initially got along. However, Lesnar made a mistake which turned their relationship sour.

Last February, Angle disclosed details of his heated backstage confrontation with Lesnar.

"Someone asked him how you’d do against me in an amateur wrestling match and Brock said, 'I would crush him, I’m too big for him,' And I was like, 'Okay, we have a problem. I’m gonna have to confront Brock'. Because when the boy started talking, you know, it just gets really crazy. Yeah, it really builds. So I approached Brock and said, 'So you said you could beat me in a wrestling match?' He said, 'Well, yeah'. And I said, 'Well, let's go right now.' And he said, 'No, no, I don’t want to get in the ring, I have my sandals on.' I said, 'Well, we'll wrestle barefoot.' And he said, 'No, I'm not gonna do that.' And I said, 'Well, just be careful what you say,'" Angle told the story on The Kurt Angle Show.

The Olympic Gold Medalist's negative feelings towards The Beast Incarnate soon vanished as the two started traveling together. Angle and Lesnar now have a long-running friendship.

The two friends battled each other several times in WWE during 2003. They also went head-to-head in Japan at IGF Toukon Bom-Ba-Ye in 2007.