One MIND-BLOWING Secret From EVERY WWE WrestleMania

Name a good Kane singles match without a stipulation. There’s that unexpected treat against Albert on SmackDown. That was good. 

Other than that, Kane struggled. He wasn’t positioned as a guy who wrestled lengthy, dramatic, back-and-forth epics, in fairness. But then, fans had to endure the Monster of the Week as a full-time act for effectively two decades, which doesn’t seem fair at all. 

When his matches weren’t just the thing he had to do to advance his heightened and very dumb storylines, Kane was often involved in daft gimmick attractions, which made the best use of his talents. One such idea never ended up happening. 

X-Pac, who confirmed the hardcore fan folklore on an episode of his Pro Wrestling 4 Life podcast in 2021, said that WWE “f*cking ended up not letting us do” his “exploding bomb death match” pitch with Kane at WrestleMania 2000. On his podcast, Bruce Prichard explained why the company was reluctant. 

Without putting words in his mouth, Prichard’s pro-WWE, anti-everything bias seems to come into play. The Exploding Death match was of Japanese origin. Prichard, who never watched the 1995 Atsushi Onita Vs. Hayabusa match, said the explosion match finish was always an anticlimax. Bruce also rubbished the idea of WWE fans going nuts over an explosion, reasoning that they saw a ridiculous pyrotechnic display every week. Prichard thought such a match was a tough sell irrespective of where the show was held, but had particular misgivings about promoting it indoors. 

WWE has never touched the idea since, which is no surprise. It’s the worst risk:reward scenario in the sport.