10 Monster Pushes That WWE Totally Wasted
1. Kane
History will be kind to Kane, and he’ll likely be remembered as one of the best monster characters in wrestling history.
For all he has accomplished with WWE, however, Kane could have been so much more. The company have made more mistakes with him than any other wrestler since he debuted, and he has continually been on the receiving end of some of WWE’s worst creative decisions.
Kane made an incredible debut when he tore the door off Hell In A Cell as The Undertaker wrestled Shawn Michaels at Badd Blood in 1997. He immediately became the WWF’s most destructive force, and routinely obliterated anyone who crossed his path. The Undertaker feud continued through 1998, and at King of the Ring, Kane defeated Steve Austin to become WWF Champion.
The reign lasted just one day; Kane dropped the belt back to Austin the following evening. He has mustered just a single World Heavyweight Title run since then, but the day-long reign isn’t the only way WWE have squandered Kane’s monster push.
2002 brought the Katie Vick/necrophilia saga, which remains one of the most maligned angles in WWE history, and Kane’s 2003 unmasking was horrendously botched. The Lita marriage storyline dealt further damage to Kane’s credibility in 2004 and made it impossible to ever see him as a major force again.
Finally, in October 2013, WWE killed-off the Big Red Machine for good: he donned a suit, became Corporate Kane, and has been listless ever since - even as his "Demon Kane" alter-ego.