Breaking Down the Career of the WWE Monster Kane

With Kane coming back on the most recent episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, a lot of people may wonder what he will do next. He was injured originally by Mark Henry, but when he came to the ring on Raw, he attacked John Cena instead. Now, there were thoughts he might turn on Big Show, helping Henry retain the World title at the WWE TLC PPV on Sunday, but word is he has moved to the Raw brand.
 

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With Kane coming back to WWE and Monday Night Raw with his mask back on, here is a look at how things got to this point.
 

It all started at Badd Blood in 1997 when Kane showed up and ripped the side off of the Hell in the Cell steel cage and attacked his brother, The Undertaker, helping Shawn Michaels beat Undertaker. The story was that Paul Bearer brought in Kane to battle Undertaker for revenge and that Kane hated his brother because Undertaker burned down their home, killing their parents and scarring Kane for life. Undertaker denied this and said Kane started the fire.
 

Regardless, the two began a feud that stretched for years.
 

Of course, in real life Kane was wrestler Glen Jacobs. WWE fans had seen him before as the evil dentist Dr. Isaac Yankem DDS. He disappeared for awhile and then returned as the Fake Diesel after the real Kevin Nash left for WCW. Finally, as Kane, he reached success.
 

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Kane won the WWE title and then teamed with Mick Foley, another Bearer charge, and won the tag team titles. After a few years, Kane turned good and befriended X-Pac. The once mute monster began to talk with a voice box and soon his persona as a monster dulled.
 

In 2001, he returned from an injury and teamed with The Undertaker to form the Brothers of Destruction, one of the most physically dominating tag teams in WWE history. In 2003, Kane finally took off his mask and turned out to not be scarred like he claimed. He could also talk by this time and the WWE tried to rebuild the monster by having him light Jim Ross on fire during an interview.
 

Since that time, Kane has been less and less intimidating. He won the ECW Championship when the brand was reestablished and then the World Championship in 2010 and held it until December 2010 when Edge beat him for the title.
 

Kane, once a dominant monster, has not really been relevant in the WWE for a long time. Even when he held the World Championship, he wasn't a real monster or threat on the surface. Hopefully, the return of the mask, will help him gain some of his fire back. Hopefully, they don't let him talk and let him just fight. Maybe Kane has one more push left.
 

Author Shawn S. Lealos has been a professional wrestling fan since the rock and roll days of the 80s. Shawn watched all the promotions, but held an affinity for the more rugged ones in the Mid South and Dallas focused World Class regions. He still watches wrestling today, enjoying the WWE, TNA and ROH, watching all three on television weekly.