Kane ‘97-99

Stats

• Height: 7’0”
• Weight: 323 pounds
• From: Parts Unknown
• Career Highlights: WWE Champion; World Heavyweight Champion; ECW Champion; Intercontinental Champion; World Tag Team Champion; WCW Tag Team Champion; Hardcore Champion

Signature Moves

Sidewalk Slam 3

Standing front or Irish whip rebound

Finishers

Chokeslam 4

Standing front, Irish whip rebound or catch

Tombstone Piledriver 4

Standing front or catch

Attributes

• Strike Power: 85
• Grapple Power: 90
• Submission: 70
• Strike Defense: 85
• Grapple Defense: 85
• Speed: 75
• Jump: 75
• Agility: 80
• Adrenaline: 80
• Recovery: 85
• Toughness: 95
• Durability: 90
• Charisma: 75
• Tag Team: 90
• Overall: 91

Abilities

• Hammer Throw
• Resiliency
• Move Thief

WWE Bio

If it seems improbable for hellfire and brimstone to be so utterly chilling, you haven’t met Kane. At seven feet tall and weighing in at more than 300 pounds, The Devil’s Favorite Demon is a monstrous abomination that seems to have been extracted directly from your childhood nightmares. The Big Red Monster has tormented WWE since his debut at Badd Blood in October 1997, when he tore off the cage door and unleashed hell during the first-ever Hell in a Cell Match between Shawn Michaels and his half-brother Undertaker. Kane is consumed by an infernal desire to set ablaze the lives of his fellow Superstars, leaving a scorched path of destruction behind his fiery footsteps. Some of The Big Red Monster’s more demented acts have included setting a WWE Hall of Famer on fire, hitting a WWE executive with a Tombstone, kidnapping too many Superstars to mention and forcing a WWE Diva to marry him. No one is safe from his twisted desires and demonic impulses. Least of all, it would seem, Kane himself. For years, the sadistic Superstar wore a ghoulish face mask designed to conceal hideous burns from a fire supposedly started by The Undertaker years before. But WWE fans received a shock on one of the most infamous nights of Kane’s career when,­ after losing a Mask vs. Championship Match on Raw, the tortured soul was forced to unmask and reveal his face to the world. Kane’s career has been marked by some stellar and brutally woeful contests in the ring against some of the biggest names in WWE including The Undertaker, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Edge and others. He’s also pioneered some of the most vicious stipulations of all time, including First Blood, Inferno, Stretcher and even Till Death Do Us Part Matches. Like his sibling, Kane wields a highly decorated mantle of WWE glory, including reigns as WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion and ECW Champion. He has shown near-unprecedented versatility in the tag team ranks as well, finding championship success with a litany of partners such as X-Pac, Big Show and even twice with The Deadman himself. Most notably, the famed Brothers of Destruction simultaneously held the World Tag Team Championships and WCW Tag Team Championships during the Alliance Invasion. Hidden beneath a mask in his earliest WWE haunts, Kane reverted to concealing his face under a scarlet leather shroud in late 2011. Now, The Big Red Monster has his sights set on Daniel Bryan. After undergoing a mandatory mental evaluation at the behest of Raw General Manager AJ Lee, the erratic Bryan was introduced to a unique brand of “anger management therapy” by Kane. Although the submission specialist got the best of his newfound rival at SummerSlam, he may have awakened a more uncontrollable fire in The Devil’s Favorite Demon. After Kane’s brutal attacks on Josh Mathews and Zack Ryder, Lee is now aiming to help him keep his anger under control. She’s forced The Devil’s Favorite Demon to join Bryan in anger management classes. Though Kane opened up about his tormented life during the first session, he still has a long way to go to reach inner peace, as he viciously chokeslammed David Otunga on Raw. Once again attuned with his twisted dark side, Kane looks to lock the WWE Universe in the grip of his grim black glove and leave the landscape of sports-entertainment in ember-laden ash.

Breakdown

Kane in the Attitude Era was fairly comparable to what we see today—with a bit more power and a boost from his tag team alliance with Undertaker. His move-set is a smaller and he has not incorporated the Claw Hold submission yet. Beat up your opponents with his 90 Grapple Power on the way to his Finishers. Since both of his Finishers attack the head, use the Kane Uppercut and Throat Thrust 1 (up and left respectively as you tap strike) to attack the head with strikes and follow with running grapples—both front and behind attack the head as well. This will soften up your opponent nicely for your Finishers. Team up with Undertaker ‘97-98 to take advantage of the assigned Atomic Drop & Big Boot Tag Team Finisher.

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