5 WWE matches that were affected by real-life events

#1 Kurt Angle wins the WWF Championship after 9/11

Unforgiven 2001 was the first WWE pay per view after 9/11

The September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 shook the U.S to its core.

Never before had American citizens felt so helpless and scared for their safety, feelings that were only matched by a sense of resolve and determination to help each other.

In the WWF at the time, the villainous Alliance leader Stone Cold Steve Austin was preparing to meet Kurt Angle, with the WWF Championship on the line.

In Angle's home-town no less, the Olympian's family were able to watch in glee as their boy won the WWF Championship, his first title win as a full-fledged babyface.

With 9/11 still in the minds of people, having Angle win the title helped show the American people that good guys could still win, even in those troubling times.