Joining in all the fun as yet another celebrity ostensibly booked for being a heel rather than a smiling face of the small or silver screen, disgraced baseball player Pete Rose was in amazing form winding up the Bostonians for their "cursed" World Series' drought.
The heat was cheap, but its purity was distilled through the dynamite delivery of Rose. The patter saw him brought back to WrestleManias twice more after Kane's arrival resulted in 'Charlie Hustle' taking a Tombstone here.
A feared heel going into the match, Kane was briefly the biggest babyface in the building until yet another iconic entrance from his beloved brother reminded audiences what it was they were about to watch...
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett
