Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Kane who is also a former three times World Champion in WWE recently looked back at being unmarked for the first time in 2003 and how it felt to him working without the mask for the first time in six years.
Kane aka Glen Jacobs what is ultimate fame in WWE while working with the mask. It had always been a huge matter of curiosity among the WWE fans about what could be there under that scary mask. In 2003 WWE finally decided to remove his mask. It was the first time in six years that he got unmasked.
Kane Remembers Being Unmasked In 2003
He was the force to be involved in a match with Triple H for the World Heavyweight championship what the condition was, he would have to remove his mask forever if he loses. Kane could not survive the three on one assault from Evolution as he lost and was forced to unmask. Everybody was expecting a huge storyline after the unmask but come how WWE messed things up.
The unmasking of Kane storyline is still believed to be one of the biggest missed opportunities in WWE. Somehow He became a mid card and most of the fans always preferred him with the mask. Fans still wished The Mask was never removed. Even though he worked without the mask for most of the time period of his career, fans always remember him with the mask only.
Kane who is also a former three times World Champion in WWE recently spoke to PW Mania where he looked back at being unmarked for the first time in 2003 and how it felt to him working without the mask for the first time in six years. He said;
“I’ll always leave that door open. In WWE we never say never. I don’t know what will happen. I do some stuff here and there in the WWE. That’s a part of me and it’s something I enjoy and want to do for the rest of my life. If it’s something in the ring, I don’t know. Maybe you have to ask Kane that question.
“I was pumped about it. It was a change. I felt that Kane had gotten rather stale. The mask while it was a great asset because it provided a mystique and mystery that nobody else had, and also because we use our face a lot to show people emotion which is what WWE is all about and getting the audience to feel what you feel, I couldn’t do that they way I wanted to because of the mask and felt I was pretty limited.
“I was excited to do it. It was a different character. Kane went from being this physical monster that didn’t talk and the most emotion you got from him was a head tilt, which was very ambiguous and it meant that something bad was about to happen to somebody, to Kane now being a psychological monster. He went from being a Michael Myers to a Hannibal Lecter. To me, that’s more terrifying.
“Now you have a big, huge guy who is all messed up on the inside although he looked normal on the outside. The scars were on the inside and his psyche. To me, that’s much more terrifying than a masked dude running around. I was excited about it. I didn’t know it would do what it did and that it would be a completely different character. It was almost like debuting and starting all over again, except at a much higher level because you had all this history behind you.”