Kurt Angle, Shelton Benjamin, and Charlie Haas, also known as the World’s Greatest Tag Team, rose to prominence after beginning their run in 2002. They quickly established themselves as a prominent faction on SmackDown.
Evolution were their counterparts on RAW, as Triple H, Randy Orton, Batista, and mentor Ric Flair dominated the proceedings on the red brand.
Stable wars would have been a great way to raise the levels of the two groups, but Triple H likely saw Team Angle as a threat to Evolution’s spot at the top. Splitting up the Kurt Angle-led collective was the easier option for WWE, as Charlie Haas speculated below while speaking to Steve Fall for WrestlingNews.co:
Charlie Haas claimed that while other creative reasons contributed to Team Angle’s end in WWE, he’d heard about Triple H allegedly not being thrilled about the emergence of another prominent group on the rival brand.
Charlie Haas on WWE legend Kurt Angle’s regret about his former faction
Team Angle might not have been around together for long, but Kurt Angle and his stablemates won some significant accolades, including a World Championship reign for the Olympic Hero. Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas also won the Tag Team Championship twice before WWE abruptly booked them to go their separate ways.
Charlie Haas noted that Vince McMahon, the then-boss of WWE, would have been on Triple H’s side in case of a potential conflict regarding the stables. The former tag team champion added that Kurt Angle also wished he’d done more to keep their faction together for longer:
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