WWE Hall of Famer Kane who is also a former three times WWE World Champion recently revealed The Secret origin of his iconic character. He also revealed who came up with the idea of this legendary character.
The character of Kane is arguably one of the best characters that WWE ever came up with. It was unique and it has always been a fan favourite character. When he made his debut during the main event of the In Your House: Badd Blood pay per view event of 1997, the world of professional wrestling where left totally stunned. The debut of Kane is still considered as one of the best debuts in the history of professional wrestling.
Kane Reveals The Origin Of His Character
Kane worked in WWE for over two decades add in this time period he earned millions of fans. Even though he remained one of the most under achieved characters in the history of the WWE. Even after being such an iconic character he could only win the WWE championship one time in his whole career.
Before playing the character of Kane, the Big Red Machine played some different characters in WWE. His first gimmick was the evil dentist Isaac Yankem DDS, after that he played the character of Fake Diesel. And in 1997 he finally made his iconic character public.
Kane who is a former three times WWE World Champion recently spoke to Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw podcast where he revealed The Secret origin of his iconic character. He said;
“I was always under contract with WWE from 1995 when I signed that developmental deal through Isaac Yankem, the fake Diesel, and then Kane. I was back working with Lawler. I was under a mask because they didn’t want anyone to know that this was Isaac Yankem, then the fake Diesel guy.
“The Kane thing came about when Vader got arrested in Kuwait. They had that deal where Leon had roughed up the talk show host and literally got arrested in Kuwaiti jail. They needed someone to work with Mark (Undertaker).
“The thought was, ‘Ok, we’ll hotshot this deal. We needed an angle. Well, Glenn can do it. He matches up physically with Taker. What’s the storyline?’ I don’t know if it was Bruce or Vince that initially came up with the thought of, well, he would come back under a mask as the brother who got burned in the fire.
“Well, Vince liked it so much, he said, ‘Why are we going to waste this on just one match when we can turn this into an actual long-term angle?’ I’m down in Memphis and all this stuff is happening. I get a call, I think from Cornette, or it might have been Bruce, I don’t remember exactly who, and they run this thing by me. ‘Hey, you’re going to be working with Mark.’
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