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Kane's impact was immediate. Teased for months on end and having Paul Bearer howl that he was coming and that Undertaker was going to burn in hell. A brief few months of silence with no mention go by and then he arrived at Hell in the Cell, tearing off the door, bursting flames out of the ring post and costing Taker the match, just as promised.
That cut to black of the arena lights, the long droning organ music, the explosion of fire, the slinky and mysterious and foreboding guitar rifts as this immense red specimen emerges from the smoke with that fat bastard howling like a mad scientist fascinated with the prowess of his new creation, the step over the top rope to get into the ring, the mask, the tights, the way he would flip his hair, the way he would pulkl on his glove to signal for the chokeslam, the corpse with rigor mortis sit up after taking immense punishment without seemingly feeling any pain, the story of him being burnt in a fire, his imposing size made it legitimately seem like he was related to the Undertaker and the most crdible threat and foe and frenemy he ever faced at that point. Everything about him screamed slasher movie villain, but the outfit and red fire motiff along with the mask made him look like a superhero to kids. Not being able to talk forced his physique and his appearance to tell the story for him.
Kane worked from day one.
