thing about Kurt here is that for roughly 12-24 months (01-03), it seems like the company understood him completely. 15:00~, helped by booking & greater opponents, etc. Not great but usually really good. That went away and TV ironmans/formula/longer matches eventually followed.
I probably have to revisit Angle. In the 2010s, I was primarily focused on coherence and compelling in-ring narratives, but in the 2020s, I'm more focused on immersion and living in the moment. Coherence is a part of that but Angle might be the one person who can brute force it.