In the lead-up to The Undertaker's match with Shawn Michaels at the In Your House: Badd Blood event in October, 1997, 'Taker's former manager Paul Bearer started to warn that someone called 'Kane' was about to appear. Selling the impact of Bearer's words, Undertaker was stricken with disbelief that this apparent brother was still alive. The story has changed so many times over the years, so much so that the history of The Undertaker and Kane has even been joked about onscreen by WWE. At first, the tale dictated that The Undertaker had burned down his family home, supposedly killing his parents and younger brother. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASmdxXaOzd4 What Bearer was telling the world was that this sibling, the aforementioned Kane, was still alive and kicking, and was ready to return to face The Undertaker. During the first ever Hell In A Cell match, Kane would appear, ripping the door from the cage and nailing 'Taker with a Tombstone Piledriver, proving that he hadn't passed away after all. This was treated like someone returning from the grave, and even though Kane was only earmarked for a short run, he's still on WWE TV all these years later.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
