WWE Raw: 10 Things You Might Have Missed (Oct 16)
1. 20 Years Later
Though the company missed some obvious call-backs in not having the returning 'Big Red Machine' pull off the door of the steel cage whilst Michael Cole responded to his fearsome music and red lights with a Vince McMahon-esque 'THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE' wail, it was hard not to draw comparisons to his emphatic debut 20 years earlier.
With his Knox County mayoral pursuit still ongoing, Kane's remarkable return represented a shock few could have predicted, even if he's presumably just been drafted in to take the deciding pinfall in Sunday's show-closer before returning to the campaign trail.
The man behind the mask contributed to the tribute, dropping Roman Reigns with a tombstone as brutal as the one he delivered to The Undertaker in the memorable climax of October 1997's first ever Hell In A Cell match. Though the company won't have time to flesh the idea out beyond Sunday's destruction derby, Kane's involvement even at this late stage made complete sense. Avenging sins in a way his brother seemingly couldn't, Kane's contribution to Roman's demise was a curious dovetailing of The Shield's return with Reigns' separate conflicts with 'The Deadman' and Braun Strowman.
Expect the 'Hounds Of Justice' to take revenge far more swiftly than Undertaker himself did following the 1997 equivalent.