Show: Wrestling Epicenter
Guest: Kane
Date: September 8, 2005
Your Hosts: Chuck D, James Walsh, & "The Queen of Extreme" Francine
Recap By: James Walsh
At Bad Blood 1997, a dark secret of one of the WWE's darkest warriors emerged through Hell, Fire, and Brimstone. Fully clothed to hide the burn marks, The Undertaker's brother returned for redemption. Lead in by Paul Bearer, we met "The Big Red Machine" who is simply known as Kane.
Kane recently sat down with the Wrestling Epicenter to discuss the brand new book, "Journey Into Darkness, The Unauthorized History of Kane." This book takes you further in depth with the Kane character than ever before explaining just what it is that makes this character able to withstand the test of time.
To hear the entire interview with Kane as well as listen to the entire show including "The Queen of Extreme" Francine of the hot and steamy web site www.MissyHyattandFrancineTV.com . , visit www.WrestlingEpicenter.com and hear it in glorious streaming media.
Or check out the interview in the Elite area of PWInsider.
Prior to dawning the character that made him a household name, Glen Jacobs wrestled in small territories with the hopes of making it to the WWE. His luck would change when Paul Bearer and The Undertaker would take a trip down to Smokey Mountain Wrestling and saw Glen in the ring performing as Unibomb. Upon questioning Glen on their impact on him getting to the big time with the WWE, Glen says, "Absolutely! Also, Jim Ross was our color commentator in Smokey Mountain Wrestling. He helped set some things up for me. Everything turned out good from there!'
Things did turn out good for Glen in the WWE. And, it wasn't long after he was brought to the WWE that he truly made a name for himself. First, he was an evil dentist known as Isaac Yankem DDS. But then, he dawned the character that launched him to super stardom. That character, of course, is Kane.
When asked what made Kane so special, Glen says "I think the mystery of the character. He was behind the mask and you couldn't tell what his motivation was for doing what he was doing. With the other superstars, you pretty much know why they are doing what you're doing because you can see it. But with Kane, he never told you why he did what he did. He just did it. It almost made him interactive with the audience in that respect because you could almost decide why he was doing what he was doing."
Under the mask, Kane was a menacing force in the WWE that climbed so high, he actually captured the WWE title, short though the reign may have been. But, times and things change. With it went the Kane character as the mask was removed. "I think it was time. We had gone as far as we could go with the character under the mask. I actually felt the mask was limiting my ability to do some things... For years, to portray emotion I had to do it with my body. I never could do it with my face as the other superstars were able to. So, it added another dimension."
The unmasking was met with mixed reactions. This did not Glen's notice as he states in a giggle, "There were a lot of people who weren't fans of it but those that were the ones that counted."