Kane's storied legacy and the fall from grace

Brother vs. Brother

It wasn’t just the storylines that allowed him to stay at the forefront of WWF programming though. He was an excellent ring worker and being able to work with a veteran like The Undertaker every night can only have helped his cause. He is currently helping to train Baron Corbin and teaching him how a big man should navigate the ring.

If Baron Corbin’s in ring work turns out to be as good as Kane’s, we’re in for a treat.

As mentioned above, Kane was unable to talk when he first debuted. However, as the years went on, he was slowly allowed to talk more and more. He was given a voice box at first before having ‘voice therapy’. By the millennium, Kane could talk without assistance.

Fast forward even more and he would lose the bottom half of his mask so his mouth was visible. I remember wondering then just how scarred Kane really was, from this fire?

The voicebox added an extra dimension to his character. The distorted sound that came from this contraption also made him scarier than he already was. It added to the supernatural abilities he was given as part of his character development.

Something that will stay with me for the rest of my life was when Kane set a cameraman on fire just to show he had powers to rival that of The Undertaker’s.

It was a sickening display that showed the emotionless nature of this 7 foot tall behemoth. All the elements - the hidden identity, the mechanical voice and the unnatural powers combined to make him truly evil.

It was the pinnacle of character and creative rating in this era. It couldn’t be better. To get not just one supernatural character over with the crowd in the form of The Undertaker, but Kane too, was fantastic work.

This led him to a feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin and he beat him in a First Blood match to gain the WWF Championship. However, this reign would only last a day as Stone Cold would win the title back the next night on Raw. For all the time the WWE invested in his character, I guess they didn’t trust this demonic monster to carry the belt and represent the company.