Post by cordless2016 on Apr 15, 2018 12:27:34 GMT -5
I have recently been re-watching WWF shows from ‘97-00 the last few months and it got me thinking about Kane and his lack of importance in the main event post 1998.
Kane had a pretty great 1998. Despite loosing to Taker a lot, he still grabbed the WWF Title and tag titles, and was featured in the WWF Title picture for much of the year. Then we get to 1999 and he seemed to be dropped from the main event almost instantly. He definatly needed a break from the WWF Title picture for a bit, but besides a few multi-man matches for the title, he never got into a 1v1 feud over it until years later.
We also got Paul Wright, aka The Big Show, debuting early in ‘99. Despite having a very up and down ‘99 himself, he was still a pretty prominent fixture in the main event scene throughout ‘99 and the first half of ‘00.
This is where I got thinking...did Big Show coming into the WWF make Kane less important, atleast in Vince’s eyes? Putting aside the rumor that Vince promised him a WM main event spot, was Kane’s inability to break out of the mid-card post-‘98 due to Big Show taking his spot? Big Show was physically bigger, and could talk, so I can see where Vince was coming from if this is the case.
Anyone else think that Vince signing Big Show was the nail in the coffin for Kane being a fixture in the main event? If not, any other ideas as to why Kane was never presented as the dominant monster he was in his first year. He always seemed to be more over with the crowds than Big Show, so it was always strange that he was never given a serious shot again at holding the top title until 2010.
Kane had a pretty great 1998. Despite loosing to Taker a lot, he still grabbed the WWF Title and tag titles, and was featured in the WWF Title picture for much of the year. Then we get to 1999 and he seemed to be dropped from the main event almost instantly. He definatly needed a break from the WWF Title picture for a bit, but besides a few multi-man matches for the title, he never got into a 1v1 feud over it until years later.
We also got Paul Wright, aka The Big Show, debuting early in ‘99. Despite having a very up and down ‘99 himself, he was still a pretty prominent fixture in the main event scene throughout ‘99 and the first half of ‘00.
This is where I got thinking...did Big Show coming into the WWF make Kane less important, atleast in Vince’s eyes? Putting aside the rumor that Vince promised him a WM main event spot, was Kane’s inability to break out of the mid-card post-‘98 due to Big Show taking his spot? Big Show was physically bigger, and could talk, so I can see where Vince was coming from if this is the case.
Anyone else think that Vince signing Big Show was the nail in the coffin for Kane being a fixture in the main event? If not, any other ideas as to why Kane was never presented as the dominant monster he was in his first year. He always seemed to be more over with the crowds than Big Show, so it was always strange that he was never given a serious shot again at holding the top title until 2010.
