May 19: The True Story Behind Kane’s Most Out There WWE Storyline
Now, one could make the argument that Shawn Michaels’ voice was well-known. Unmistakeable, even. He had only starred in WWE for 18 years at that point in his role as an actual living legend. And yet, Kane did not recognise it.
“Hey, do you wanna go to the movies? This new horror flick looks pretty cool.”
“What’s it about?”
“Some dipsh*t who can’t tell the difference between Shawn Michaels and Rob Conway.”
The real story behind the angle, of course, is that WWE wished to cross-promote Kane’s See No Evil movie vehicle on WWE television. The film, in which his monster gouged out the eyes of his prey, hey, see what they did there on RAW, was released on May 19, and so this date was relentlessly repeated across the flagship in a strategy borrowed from the Marge Simpson school of conditioning. It f*cking worked, too, you know. May 19 remains a part of us all.
A part of us all.
A part of us all.
The better story, the juicier story, the more batsh*t story revolves around Vince McMahon’s outrageous studio note.
Kane was likely so demented at the mere mention of this date because his mind flashed back to perhaps Vince McMahon’s most insane pitch ever (and think of the ground that covers, etc.), and how close he came to being lumbered, literally, with a three-foot penis (Katie Vick’s real cause of death confirmed).
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