10 Worst WWE Moments Of 2000
6. Kane Gets Unmasked For…Reasons!
2003 saw Kane rip off his mask "for the first time" to show that he had a bit of coal dust (they missed a crossover with Goldust there, eh?) on his face. The unsightly burns and chargrilled flesh that we'd been told about since his debut in 1997 didn't exist. Kane just looked like any other terrifying 7ft monster wrestler, albeit one who'd been climbing up chimneys without washing his face afterwards.
That wasn't even the first time he'd unmasked anyway. At SummerSlam 2000, The Undertaker exposed Kane's face following a pretty middling brawl. The pair weren't helped by their placement on the card, to be fair. They went on in the "death spot" right before the main event, and a no contest finish mired them further in mediocrity come the end.
'Taker tore his kayfabe brother's mask off, then Kane ran away trying (and failing) to cover his face. That was that. This didn’t even really lead to anything, so nobody really has a clue why the WWF's creative team bothered to book it in the first place. Kane unmasking at all should’ve been massive, especially in 2000. Instead, this meant nothing; the 'Big Red Machine' took a jaunt to WWF Shopzone and purchased himself a replica, then showed up on TV afterwards like fans had imagined the angle.
There was a rumour at the time that Undertaker slipped Kane's mask off by mistake. That's far-fetched, and it sounds like someone trying to justify crap booking anyway. The truth is that these guys didn't need to be on the card at all, certainly not in a spot like this one.
Keep in mind, this was just a few months after 'Taker's biker return.