50 Absolute Worst Things WWE Has Done In The 21st Century

50. Imposter Halloween Outfit Kane Attacks (2006)

WWE has been sporadically obsessed with doppelgänger warfare for a long time. In 1994, "The Underfaker" temporarily replaced The Undertaker and set up a SummerSlam clash that almost bored people to sleep. Bizarrely, it was supposed to be even longer than it was, but Bret and Owen Hart went over their allotted time inside a steel cage. Thank God they did.

Approx 12 years later, creative recycled the idea for 'Taker's kayfabe brother Kane. He'd unmasked and turned into the bald psychopathic horror movie character who burned testicles and set announcers on fire by 2006, so some fans were missing the classic mute masked man of yesteryear. Good news! He was back. Well, sort of.

It was actually Luke Gallows in an unconvincing mask, wig and Halloween outfit combo who attacked on the 29 May '06 episode of Raw. That led to a singles bout between real and fake at Vengeance in June. The real deal actually lost that scrap, but then kicked "Masked Kane" into touch on the following night's flagship. Meanwhile, fans wondered why the promotion thought a repeat of Undertaker's clanger of a story from the mid-90s was going to fly with them - this was not a successful gimmick WWE was trying again.

Gallows was nowhere near as imposing as the original Kane had been when he first started showing up in 1997. He was a cold, almost-mechanical monster. This version was like someone's gangly uncle had decided to delight the kiddies by showing up to little Johnny's 10th birthday party as the 'Big Red Machine'.

Here's hoping WWE shelves such doppelgänger stuff in the future.