Bruce Prichard Shoots on Kane's Debut 

Kane is one of the greatest creations in pro wrestling in the last 20 years. The character endures to this day.

being 11 yrs old at the time, Kane scared the shit outta me. ITS STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT!

"That's gotta be KANE"!

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 🔥

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.

Kane/Undertaker Fire was the BEST storyline in WWE history! Paul Bearer made it great.

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!

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.

KANE never wore his cape on television BRUCE! ONLY on house shows

Best storyline in WWF history! Bruce is a genius! You and the team did a magnificent job

I don't remember Kane on TV with a cape

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?

Kane wore a cape on live television? I don't remember that

"Ooohhh yessss I was really doin the nasty with your mother, undertaker." Lmao yoo bruce kills me

Thanks to this angle, and Paul Bearer, I'll never hear the name "Kane" again, without hearing that extended way Paul hollered it! LMAO

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.

Kane spoke 8 months after his debut. Not “years”. And he never wore a cape on TV either

My 14 years questions got answers finally of Kane wwe character and outfit design....

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

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

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

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.

As a kid, kane was my favorite wrestler of all time. Still is. I still remember his debut like it was yesterday.

Stone Cold, DX, UnderTaker and most importantly KANE is why I watched WWF as a kid.

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!

I’m more than positive Kane never wore a cape on TV. I didn’t miss a show in those days. Never saw it

Need a full show on kans

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.

Glenn Jacobs a such a great athlete, especially for that size

one of the greatest gimmicks I love Kane always been a big fan

Kane = underappreciated

Think back in 97 this made sense Taker had no believable opponents yet Austin Rock Triple H werent quite main eventers yet he had faced everybody they had to fabricate Kane.. It turned out to be a great storyline and a great character Glen hit it out of the ballpark

Prichard is the biggest legend of them all!!

All them strokes and heart attacks fucked with Bruce memory. He ain’t wear no damn cape on taping except dressed as taker

Thank you Bobby

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

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.

the voice box wasnt years later

Heenan was already in WCW during the time Glen did the Issac Yankem gimmick.

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.

Kane's character is just as good as Taker's

I've NEVER seen Kane with a cape, and I probably watch Kane/Undertaker 97-99 clips more than anything outside of the nWo

When are they gonna do a full episode on kane??🙄

A Cape? I totally cant remember that...

Just so we’re clear: Warrior and Shango voodoo curse is bad. Kane Taker and Bearer backstory is good. Sounds legit.

The voice box was used in mid-1998.

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?

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.

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.

I remember when they used to make cane stalks through the voice box thing lol

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?

i wish they never would have unmasked or atleast kept his face looking crazy or weird now the whole story doesnt make sense

Kane never wore a cape on TV

Heenan was in WCW in 95 how did he create Yankem?

Kane is the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee that's pretty cool

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

So anyway Bruce chat me up what's the rumor and inuendo

I've always assumed the name Kane was derived from the bible story of Cain and Abel, given that Cain eventually murders his brother

Funniest shit ever at 8:09 😂😂

" your brother is ALIVE, ohhhh yeeeesss"

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? 🤔

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.

As a kid I always thought that was his real hair hell I wanted to grow my hair out like him haha

Bobby Heenan was in WCW when Isaac Yankem debuted in 1995 🤓

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

Welcome to your worst nightmare! Best Story in Wrestling,never forget it.

The Isaac Yankem-joke seems to be proof that Bobby Heenan was hit and miss. How utterly unfunny.

Just Curious How could it have been a bobby Heenan Idea since heenan left in 1993 But Isaac yankem Was 1995

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.

Ok someone show me one time Kane wore a cape.

Kane was awesome when he walked like Michael Meyers

A beautiful storyline lol

My six year old brain had white hot heat for yank em

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."

The voice box came within 8 months of his debut

Heenan came up with the name in 93 but a character wasn’t created until 95

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!"

Can I get a genuine hello from Brother Love please

Wasn’t Bobby Heenan in WCW during that dentist gimmick?

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.

Is there a whole Kane episode yet?

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...

Support Kane for Becoming Big Red US President

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

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.

If you drink every time he says rumors and innuendo you'd be shit-faced before he does his Vince McMahon impression

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.

What episode is this from

What episode is this from?

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.

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

The original kane look was the best and to me only really good look kane had when he unmasked it kinda ruined the character for me he just became undertakers angry brother instead of the brother undertaker thought he burned alive

Bruce named his daughter Katie Vick Prichard