10 Times WWE Wrestlers Played Two Gimmicks At Once

9. Kane - The Corporate Demon

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Sticking with the supernatural for a bit, the killing of the Kane character once and for all came not from his brother The Undertaker nor Bray Wyatt himself bulldozing through the scary figures of the past to lay out his future as the 'New Face Of Fear', but from Stephanie McMahon simply taking control of his mask.

It was a good idea to have Kane (infuriatingly and patronisingly subtitled either "Demon" or "Corporate" depending on if he was wearing red and black spandex or school trousers for a match, because we're all f*cking idiots, evidently) be the hired gun for the heels. He was washed up and dishwater dull in a time where CM Punk and Daniel Bryan had paved the way for top level in-ring work to make a formal return to the company after years in John Laurinaitis' blind spot.

He was not going to garner cheers bell-to-bell, which is quite a sad conclusion to life as a full-timer considering how hard he worked to turn one Undertaker monster-of-the-week feud into a 20 year run. But he could play both roles proficiently without anybody kicking up a fuss. This, per WWE's ever-decreasing quality bar, was enough.

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