Bruce Prichard Shoots on Kane's Debut
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In this clip from Something to Wrestle, Bruce Prichard shoots on the debut of Kane !
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Kane is one of the greatest creations in pro wrestling in the last 20 years. The character endures to this day.
@lockedinnn
3 жыл бұрын
2nd best...
@danieldrayet2364
3 жыл бұрын
Kane and the Undertaker are the 2 greatest character creations and if those characters were given to anyone other than glen jacobs and mark calloway they would not have worked
@JDwJC11
2 жыл бұрын
But the mystique of Kane is no longer there. It's more of a clown show now
being 11 yrs old at the time, Kane scared the shit outta me. ITS STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT!
@daveboone7432
4 жыл бұрын
I can remember never knowing what hell was gonna happen when Kane was came out. I bought in to the whole brother story line and tuned in every Monday night.
@chazgirl6186
Жыл бұрын
I was such a mark, fell for the burnt brother! hook line and sinker 😅
"That's gotta be KANE"!
@thesupervisor3270
6 жыл бұрын
The greatest debut ever
@FreneticZetetic
6 жыл бұрын
"It's...It's...It's GOTTA BE KANE!" One of my favorite "WTF Vince" moments ever. Guy is barely through the curtain and Vince is telling us what Glen eats for breakfast etc.
Kane's debut may well be the greatest debut in the history of pro wrestling. The creation and coming of Kane was so well told by Paul and Taker and then those Glorious organs hit 🔥
@mushroom13cfh
11 ай бұрын
Best angle in history. They built it up perfect. Shawn Michaels vs Owen Hart woulda been the best angle in history but they dropped the ball with that
Kane/Undertaker Fire was the BEST storyline in WWE history! Paul Bearer made it great.
@coltsfan69
6 жыл бұрын
B Strong Paul was awesome at doing storylines.
@frankcostanza4024
5 жыл бұрын
"rotten little red haired brat"... that promo is wrestling history
@rooneye
5 жыл бұрын
It really was, man. Kane's debut was so awesome. The all time scariest wrestler ever IMO so it's such a shame how they ruined the character after this with the speaking "Suck it" (sigh ffs) and the unmasking and the comedy shit. Totally ruined one of the all time greatest characters in wrestling, totally took away his mystique and aura.
I was lucky enough to be at that PPV event in St. Louis with my best friend when Kane made his debut. When the lights when out and everything turned red, we both looked at each other and said "KANE!" Hearing his theme song for the first time and seeing him, live, in person was a jaw dropping experience. One of my favorite moments ever at any wrestling event I've gone to. By the time we left, we realized the name of the PPV "Bad Blood" was appropriate on multiple levels.
Just a little side note, the leather worker who made the mask, under Terry, was Matthew Mansour. He's very big in Renaissance festivals for making unbelievably high quality leather masks. He also made the Mankind mask for Mick Foley.
@fuscinula
6 жыл бұрын
So, he's the one who made the infamous Faarooq Asad helmet!
KANE never wore his cape on television BRUCE! ONLY on house shows
@nachoman
4 жыл бұрын
yeah i dont remember a cap at all
@danieldrayet2364
4 жыл бұрын
You are right He never wore the cape on TV
@breauxcewayne1971
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@acidchurch7619
3 жыл бұрын
bruce is well known for making shit up
We couldn't see his face at all, he played not being able to speak so we never heard a sound verbally yet he was able to capture and invoke emotion every time... Incredible!
"Ooohhh yessss I was really doin the nasty with your mother, undertaker." Lmao yoo bruce kills me
Best storyline in WWF history! Bruce is a genius! You and the team did a magnificent job
The sickest thing I saw in WWF was when Kane and Paul Bearer dug up the Undertaker's parents caskets. Kane slammed Taker into it and you saw bones.
@rockysworld4872
5 жыл бұрын
Best part of the show the bones added to the awesomeness
Kane spoke 8 months after his debut. Not “years”. And he never wore a cape on TV either
@JonBap42680
5 жыл бұрын
I think he wore it at a house show at Madison Square Garden.
@devinmorrison2751
5 жыл бұрын
He wore a cape at a house show or something and it looked bad ass
@rosiegratz8377
5 жыл бұрын
Devin Morrison definitely I thought the cape make the character darker and more evil 😈
I don't remember Kane on TV with a cape
@danieldrayet2364
3 жыл бұрын
Wrong bruce, he never wore a cape to the ring on TV
@albertross2456
Жыл бұрын
Yup. Only time a cape was involved was in the sketches of the character during its creation
Love how Bruce is so sure he wore a cape but I've watched him since his debut and have never seen a fuckin cape. Anyone else?
@Hunter14
4 жыл бұрын
Joseph Ski he wore it at least once for sure but it was never on tv. He was working house shows as Kane before he debuted at badblood. Look it up on here on KZread, type in kane wearing a cape or try it on google the picture comes up and both are legit.
@dontreldontrel416
3 жыл бұрын
Facts bro, he do be wrong sometimes and try to make it like he is sure but he was wrong about the cape
@thub7637
2 жыл бұрын
It was wore on a house show that wasn’t aired. But it didn’t go over well so it wasn’t used again.
Thanks to this angle, and Paul Bearer, I'll never hear the name "Kane" again, without hearing that extended way Paul hollered it! LMAO
Kane wore a cape on live television? I don't remember that
@NecroniKDrummer89
5 жыл бұрын
He did for a few times. It was red/black like his original attire
@oshea900
5 жыл бұрын
Not on television, but during house shows... There is a photo circulating with the cape.
@19091975
5 жыл бұрын
@@dhavalpatel6155 kzread.info/dash/bejne/oaKYqLV_oqqWiJs.html
Kane is probably the most underrated wrestler of all time. He managed to stay on top in different incarnations of the character whether comedic or serious in an era with Austin, rock, hhh, hbk, mankind then Cena, batista, Orton, Bryan, punk, edge, jericho etc
@albertross2456
Жыл бұрын
The big red machine gets his due
My 14 years questions got answers finally of Kane wwe character and outfit design....
Thank u for the creative services
This was my all time favorite debut! I loved it. I was 15 at the time. I just wish they made him more dominant than they did
I remember whenever Undertaker or Kane went heel they'd take credit for starting the fire.
The first ever Hell in a Cell is my favorite match of all time. That was like an "oh my fucking god" moment when the lights went out at the end. I still get chills.
Bobby Heenan wasn’t in WWF when Jacobs came in as Yankem he had left 13 months previously.
Conrad deserves more credit, always. By being prepared on the background of the questions that he asks he gets better answers and ones you wouldn't get as easily. No one has to get lost and stuck on dates, you just get a smoother story of the things you'd want to know
Stone Cold, DX, UnderTaker and most importantly KANE is why I watched WWF as a kid.
As a kid, kane was my favorite wrestler of all time. Still is. I still remember his debut like it was yesterday.
Kane and Undertaker's storyline could have gotten so much darker. Would have been even better. Still a great debut and storyline. Especially when Kane put Taker in the casket and set it a light. Just for Taker to return on Raw and get revenge. Good memories.
Am I the only one who LOVED when Kane used to beat up Pete Rose at wrestle mania 😂😂
That's gotta be, that's gotta be Kane, that's gotta be Kane!
Need a full show on kans
Thank you Bobby
one of the greatest gimmicks I love Kane always been a big fan
Prichard is the biggest legend of them all!!
I’m more than positive Kane never wore a cape on TV. I didn’t miss a show in those days. Never saw it
Glenn Jacobs a such a great athlete, especially for that size
Kane = underappreciated
One correction ...it wasnt "for years" that Kane didnt use the voice box.... Kane used it within 7,8 months in ..that one time ,on the Raw before KOR 98 ... "Austinnn ,this sundayyy... the blood on u will be forrreeaalll" lol
@Joeromans116
5 жыл бұрын
Jarvis Walker all the cocaine use and age is showing
I remember when they used to make cane stalks through the voice box thing lol
The voice box was used in mid-1998.
the voice box wasnt years later
Isaac Yankeem should have been a good looking character with perfect teeth. And bad mouthed the fans for having poor dental hygiene. Kind of like a dentist version of Irwin R. Schyster. Could have been a decent mid card gimmick.
@chefmastershake
6 жыл бұрын
B Strong It's a good thing they didn't go that way. The Kane gimmick worked so much better.
@Zero8880
5 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a Dentist version of Dean Douglas, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, the Genius etc etc
When are they gonna do a full episode on kane??🙄
What episode is this from?
Heenan was in WCW in 95 how did he create Yankem?
A Cape? I totally cant remember that...
Heenan was already in WCW during the time Glen did the Issac Yankem gimmick.
People bought into them being brothers for real. I knew a big name wrestler in the WWE at that time and knew it was Glenn Jacobs. I knew he had been Diesel and The terrible Isaac. When people found out I knew the guy the first question I was asked was “ Are Kane and Undertaker really Brothers.” Aside from my friend, Kane is my all time favorite wrestler. He’s a real nice guy. I remember the first time I met him. I’m 6’ and this guy towered over me and was huge! My friend told me that Kane was one of if not the strongest guys in the WWE. Perfect guy, perfect gimmick, perfect build up to him coming in and he was a hit from the minute he came on screen. Showing off Kanes ungodly power on RAW the next night was a great idea too. The way he tossed and pressed guys over his head like children was a great way to show how he had would destroy the Undertaker given the chance. The only thing is I think Kane should have gone over on the Undertaker their first match. In other words have a Match before Wrestlemania where Taker loses.
Paul made this so much better too.
@QuentinDude
6 жыл бұрын
OOOOOOOH YEEEESSSS
All them strokes and heart attacks fucked with Bruce memory. He ain’t wear no damn cape on taping except dressed as taker
Is there a whole Kane episode yet?
had no idea Pritchard came up with the Kane character. the stuff he's saying about Taker being believable/competitive after the New Generation when everything was cartoony was something ive never really thought about.
Kane is the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee that's pretty cool
I've NEVER seen Kane with a cape, and I probably watch Kane/Undertaker 97-99 clips more than anything outside of the nWo
@fabianmarshall4120
Жыл бұрын
House shows is the only time he wore it
@bubbacalling
Жыл бұрын
there is a picture or two out there, it looks a bit silly really.
What episode is this from
Kane never wore a cape on TV
I don’t remember Kane wearing a cape on television. At house shows, yeah, I remember it and thought it was weird, but I don’t remember it on tv. Anybody else?
@kaneresurrected196
6 жыл бұрын
FellOnBlackDayz yeah he never wore it on tv.
@homeyiommi1921
5 жыл бұрын
goo.gl/images/nv2mF3 Never on TV
" your brother is ALIVE, ohhhh yeeeesss"
So anyway Bruce chat me up what's the rumor and inuendo
After Kane retires they should bring in a new "phenom." Maybe Kane has a storyline son or nephew that can become a supernatural character in the WWE. The WWE needs a character like that. Bray Wyatt is a joke compared to Undertaker and Kane. Bray Wyatt is on Gangrel's level.
@PSonak
6 жыл бұрын
B Strong WWE booked Bray like crap, he could have been huge.
@FellOnBlackDayz
6 жыл бұрын
Aleister Black
@killaseason82
6 жыл бұрын
B Strong at one point brey was on his way to succeeding taker but wwe creative buried him
@rleonardgreen78
6 жыл бұрын
UnderTaker and Kane wouldn't be the huge stars they are if they had to deal with this era of creative and booking. Neither would HBK, Bret Hart, Goldberg.
@NecroniKDrummer89
5 жыл бұрын
It would be cool if Kane and Taker manipulated younger wrestlers into factions and fought each other through proxy.
On a different note I wanted to get this off my chest and see what people thought bout it. Please read, sorry about the length but I think I have a really good point. I want feedback. Finn Balor, while I understand his desire to be known for his own wrestling and not a gimmick, which is why he has all but abandoned the paint job, I feel like he has missed a really rare and unique opportunity to do what only a very few handful of wrestlers have done through out the past forty years. Single handedly build a legend that is only reserved for the likes of Sting, early Kane, Undertaker, honestly that's really all that comes to mind. Being able to become the boogey man of the WWE. Only come out in the paint, NEVER speak, never promo. Just show up the way Sting would back in 1999. He could still do this. Obviously not do it exactly the same way. Come up with some ideas, but the point is to create something unpredictable. "Will The Demon show up tonight?" They ask not because the may get Balor, but because there is no balor with out the demon. And given his injuries, it would keep him out of the ring for awhile. Which is actually great. Sting didn't wrestle much when he dawn the black and white paint. He because the hottest thing in wrestling of all time. The most desired, the most loved, and you only saw him pop up to put a stop to something he wasn't cool with, then he'd strut off quietly and slowly. It was great. What Balor has with his alter ego is a chance to build something even bigger and far more mysterious than Sting himself. More intimidating than Kane was when he debuted. (Kane was the only character to ever legitimately scare me.) Never saw anything like him. No one ever saw anything like late 90's Sting. And certainly no one has ever seen anything like Balor's Demon. I get it though. He doesn't want to be a gimmick. But if he does it right, it will never be seen as a gimmick, it could be legendary. Sting was never looked at like a gimmick once everyone got used to the whole "Crow" thing. No one would have Sting any other way. Shame no one has told Balor this. He's amazing on his own. Could carry a five star match when ever he wanted. But the Demon, could make him unforgettable for the next 50 years of wrestling. Even if he's not wrestling. Be elusive Balor. Embrace the demon. Every generation has a boogey man in wrestling. Late 90's it was Sting. 2000's it was Kane. It could be the Demon now. If done properly. And handled by Balor himself. No writers. Kane had no writers, Sting had no writers. They knew what they wanted to do with their characters. This needs to happen. There needs to be that one guy, that doesn't go for titles, or promos, or tv time. He needs to be a myth with in the wrestling world. Thoughts?
Welcome to your worst nightmare! Best Story in Wrestling,never forget it.
The voice box came within 8 months of his debut
How could Bobby Heenan have come up with the Isaac Yankem name for Glen when Bobby had been in WCW over a year by the time Glen came to WWF? 🤔
Funniest shit ever at 8:09 😂😂
LOL'd at when Conrad said Bruce said the thing about the eye so matter of fact. "Yeah, it was damaged in the fire dumbass."
Just so we’re clear: Warrior and Shango voodoo curse is bad. Kane Taker and Bearer backstory is good. Sounds legit.
Bobby Heenan was in WCW when Isaac Yankem debuted in 1995 🤓
@henryweiner9581
4 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing. But it doesn't mean bobby didnt keep in touch with his friends
i wish they never would have unmasked or atleast kept his face looking crazy or weird now the whole story doesnt make sense
@Hunter14
4 жыл бұрын
Jake Lang I agree, but I mean they did explain why he had no scars after he unmasked. He escaped the fire with out being burned but psychologically he had thought he was scared and he projected that onto his image and seen himself as burned and disfigured.
Just Curious How could it have been a bobby Heenan Idea since heenan left in 1993 But Isaac yankem Was 1995
As a kid I always thought that was his real hair hell I wanted to grow my hair out like him haha
@KiloMafia9
6 жыл бұрын
Lalos Rizo it was his real hair
@IAmNeomic
6 жыл бұрын
It was his real hair, all the way up until the night he unmasked. The idea to have it be a wig was decided then. There are all kinds of pics over the years of Glenn with long hair.
@rockysworld4872
5 жыл бұрын
It was his real hair until he unmasked then he cut it it's now a wig because of he is mayor now
@allencollins1617
5 жыл бұрын
Me Too.
A beautiful storyline lol
My six year old brain had white hot heat for yank em
@ScottdaleStill
5 жыл бұрын
Major heat!!!
Heenan came up with the name in 93 but a character wasn’t created until 95
So is Bruce Prichard lying or is Jim Cornette lying? Cornette made it seem that he played a much larger role in developing the Kane character.
@AngelMartinez-fl7vg
4 жыл бұрын
I believe Cornette
Can I get a genuine hello from Brother Love please
Ok someone show me one time Kane wore a cape.
@skincarver1797
5 жыл бұрын
Jeff Brister There are several pic's of Kane wearing a cape google it
@TheBrister
5 жыл бұрын
SkinCarver he had no cape when he debuted at hell in a cell. He had no cape on any Monday night raw after. I mean there might be a picture but when did he ever wear it on tv? That’s what Bruce implied
@skincarver1797
5 жыл бұрын
He didn't wear it on t.v. Bruce is wrong. He did wear one but for a very short period.
Kane was awesome when he walked like Michael Meyers
@albertross2456
Жыл бұрын
He managed to get the move.ents down so well. All of it
I've always assumed the name Kane was derived from the bible story of Cain and Abel, given that Cain eventually murders his brother
Wasn’t Bobby Heenan in WCW during that dentist gimmick?
@corybeardsley5929
4 жыл бұрын
I said same thing ???
@corybeardsley5929
4 жыл бұрын
I thought he left early 94
11:52 You lying son of a bitch! Kane did not wear a cape "for a long time", and he damn sure never wore it on television! He wore it to a house show or 2, before his television debut, then dropped it from his gimmick, just like Jim Cornette said! I watched EVERY televised WWF event during that time period, and went to EVERY live event in my area, but I didn't know that he ever wore a cape, until several days ago, which is over 2 decades since Kane's WWF debut.
Support Kane for Becoming Big Red US President
Bruce is wrong. KANE never wore a cape on tv. he wore it for some house shows which are hard to find pieces of footage but never wore one on tv and the voice box came in 1998 just before king of the ring which was about 8 MONTHS later. not years. sorry but Ive followed Kane's career prertty close
The character and story was great but then once again WWE tried to mess all that up with their typical continuity errors in their stories and destroying characters.. like in 2002 with the Katie Vick shit and then the way they handled the unmasking a year later. Then numerous other things since then
I'm sorry, but Bruce is wrong. Kane never came to the ring with a cape on TV. I watched WWE religiously during Kane's debut, and when I first saw the picture of Kane with a cape it surprised the hell out of me.
I always presumed as a kid the bloke that played Kane was the other ‘Undertaker’ when they did that awful undertaker v undertaker angle. Defo not looking back, Kane could wrestle...
You guys should never have taken off his mask or made him talk before that time he was one of the best. The first two years were awesome
@albertross2456
Жыл бұрын
I agree on the mask. But I thought the vocal box thing was cool too. Shouldve done that and never his actual voice
Hot take: the angle with Kane is the ONLY time I've ever enjoyed the Undertaker. Look, I respect the man immensely, but I hated the character because he felt phony and was unbeatable. KANE was the first and only time I thought, "Oh shit....an even more OP'd character. Go Taker!"
He always had long hair!!!!! They had shaved his head before the show so obviously he couldn’t come out with no hair. So that mask had hair attached. So people didn’t think something was up.
Conrad How About You Book Something Man Like It's Wrestling It Is What it Is
Actually Kane's debut was in 90 Kane the Undertaker before they just started calling him the Undertaker.
@AshesHereos
5 жыл бұрын
I've never heard him be called "Kane/Cain the Undertaker" on WWE television, not even during his first years in the early '90s.
@HereIsWisdom1318
5 жыл бұрын
Cricket4Ever They announced the undertaker as Kane....The Unnnnnndertaker for like 2 weeks. Then they silently dropped it.
@allencollins1617
5 жыл бұрын
I Thought Kane Made His Wrestling Debut In WCW In 1993 & Wrestled His Only Match Against Sting.
I seriously doubt yankem was heenans idea. The same classy manager of nick bockwinkle and ric flair and andre the giant and probably the most quick witted and creative managers in wrestling history cannot have came up with a fucking dentist.
Bruce named his daughter Katie Vick Prichard
If you drink every time he says rumors and innuendo you'd be shit-faced before he does his Vince McMahon impression
The Isaac Yankem-joke seems to be proof that Bobby Heenan was hit and miss. How utterly unfunny.
@jediknightgeo
4 жыл бұрын
LMFAO shut the fuck up
Yeah, the dentist almost made me stop watching wrestling...that whole angle threw me for a curve ..I was like wtf? Before wtf, was wtf
Kane might have wore a Cap at house shows before his debut....but when he debuted he was NOT wearing a cap or in the future on TV. so Bruce is wrong when comes to His Debut and TV appearances.
Kane and Undertaker’s mom must’ve been a HUGE woman,considering they’re both about the same size and have different dads. Kane is definitely not big because of his dad being Paul. Lmao
Kane beat Austin at King of the Ring '98. In a first blood match. He lost the title, a day later on RAW
@binxboi7156
3 жыл бұрын
Russo Voice: It was for the swerve, brooooo
It was a great debut but the Tombstone looked terrible!
@BossChronicles
5 жыл бұрын
20 TIMES seemed like he wasn’t sure where to do the move he kept changing his spot
@retepoteil
3 жыл бұрын
@@BossChronicles according to JR the reason he kept taker up for so long was he couldn’t find the hard cam.