YMMV / Daniel Puder

• Broken Base: When it comes to his Tough Enough and WWE career, what went down between Puder and Kurt Angle has remained to this day one of the most discussed controversial incidents and opinions on who's the bad guy and who's to blame in the situation will differ wherever you look. Some will point to Angle as being the bitter, disgruntled veteran who took out his frustrations out on new guys and pro-Puder voices will point to how Kurt seriously injured a previous contestant, leaving Puder no choice but to defend himself and do what he did. Others, including some in the industry like Hardcore Holly, believe that Puder was getting too big of a head for his own good and seriously crossed by line by going into business for himself, nearly crippling Kurt, and got what was coming to him in the 2005 Royal Rumble. Nowadays, you also have a third voice in the situation, blaming everything that went down on Vince McMahon himself for booking a shoot match in what's supposed to be a worked environment, not making anything clear, and ending up with a situation where either one of his big stars or a promising new prospect could have gotten seriously injured because of his lack of consideration.
• Never Live It Down: As a result of an extremely short career in pro-wrestling and despite going on to have a pretty successful MMA career, Puder to this day is almost exclusively known for nearly breaking Kurt Angle's arm with the Kimura and receiving a stiff beating from Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, and Hardcore Holly as punishment in the 2005 Royal Rumble.