As “The Deadman” made his way to the ring, WWE’s cameras zoomed in on the terrified faces of fans in the crowd, while footage later showed children in tears during his matches.
Speaking on the latest episode of ‘WWE Untold’, the man behind the character, Mark Calaway, opened up on how he brought out a dark side of his own personality in his WWE gimmick.
The Undertaker’s opinion of Kane
Glenn Jacobs became the Kane character in WWE in 1997 after previously working as various different personas, including Unabomb, Dr. Isaac Yankem and Fake Diesel.
Kane made an instant impression at In Your House: Badd Blood in October 1997 when he interfered in the first Hell In A Cell match in WWE history to help Shawn Michaels defeat his storyline brother, The Undertaker.
Twenty-two years on from that match, ‘Taker said Kane is a “really nice human being” but both he and Vince McMahon felt that he needed to be more aggressive early on in his career if he wanted to succeed in the cut-throat wrestling industry.
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