10 Most Overpaid WWE Stars Of 2017
6. Kane
Christ, Kane.
He's put up with so much sh*te (and cumulative pain) over the years that you almost cannot begrudge what must rank well up there as a massive downside guarantee - but since we've put up with so much of his sh*te, the rumoured seven-figure sum ($1.5M) is, if nothing else, an indictment of WWE's ability to create genuine new stars in the post-Attitude Era.
Writing subjectively, Kane is abysmal in 2017 - treacle slow, and bereft of dynamism and aura, he stalks the ring with precisely the wrong sort of lurching dread. A performer in his position really need do only one thing: flatter the younger, fresher opponents with whom he's working, even in defeat. This hasn't been the case. The tail of 2017 acted as a winter of discontent - bitter cold months pure tedium, generating apathy and silence. That silence is an objective gauge of Kane's currency heading into the 21st year of portraying the character. Audibly, nobody cares.
He's only doing his job, but what a boring job that is. Braun Strowman has never generated less enthusiasm. He's almost single-handedly stripped Finn Bálor of any legitimacy. He is the least enticing opponent of Brock Lesnar's since Triple H at WrestleMania 29.
If that figure represented his retirement fund, it would seem fair. Since it doesn't, it's a dire state of WWE's creative affairs.