6 WWE Superstars who had gimmicks inspired by famous movies

#2 Kane – Halloween

Kane was inspired from the Halloween films

The mastermind behind the Kane character is none other than Jim Cornette. Cornette got the idea for Kane from the character of Michael Myers from the Halloween franchise of films. He also added that one of the initial cornerstone’s for the character was an evident lack of empathy and a sense of evil.

Cornette was a guest on Inside The Ropes in 2014 and gave more insight into his thought behind the Kane character:

“The thing that put Kane over the top is that he didn’t just appeal to the wrestling fan, he appealed to a mass audience because my original vision was….my favourite horror movie was Halloween, Michael Myers and that was my original vision for Kane when I was told that Kane would be the Undertaker’s evil brother who’s existed all this time.

"I thought what if he was like Michael Myers, the main character in Halloween, what if he was like the embodiment of evil. That’s the flavour that not just wrestling fans but everyone watching the show, they got. This guy is the embodiment of evil, he’s somewhat inhuman,he doesn’t feel pain, he doesn’t feel remorse.” [sic]