SUCCESS: When you hear the name of Kane in WWE, what comes to your mind" The first thing that comes to most fans' minds are a hateful freak, a big bully, a deranged psychopath, and an evil being who lives off pain and misery. Yes, we've all heard it before for eight years. But this column I'm writing is to basically inform people who don't know that this same Kane character is really a big asset to WWE. The reason why is because he is such a good actor in his storylines and he knows how to entertain his face/heel fans.

As a face, Kane has had one of the biggest successful title reigns in WWE history. He has held the Tag Team Titles (WCW & WWE) at least 9 times with different partners like Rob Van Dam, The Hurricane, Mankind, X-Pac, and last but not least, The Undertaker. He has been a two-time Intercontinental Champion, WWE Hardcore Champion, and WWE Champion (sadly a short reign, although he was heel). As a heel, he has had memorable feuds and usually when he is a heel, he always does. Kane has had unforgettable feuds with the likes of X-Pac and Degeneration-X, Mankind, The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shane McMahon, Chris Jericho, The Rock, Matt Hardy, Chris Benoit, Vader, and others I can't seem to remember. Even during the ECW and WCW vs. WWE storyline, Kane, along with his brother, The Undertaker, was one the highest prolific superstars during that time since The Brothers of Destruction was defeating every tag team that got in their way and they were unstoppable.

Now as I watch recent episodes of RAW, some fans may think that Kane may be overlooked sometimes for a good WWE Championship reign, but if you're a fan of Kane like me, just be patient and its just a matter of time before we could see a new World Heavyweight Champion or even a WWE Champion, and since he is so good in his storylines, the creativity of this character will never be wasted in the near future. Due to the creativity of the Undertaker, since Kane was after all his idea, the Undertaker probably did not realize that his creation would become similar to him as far as success is concerned. Some people may feel that Kane has been misused too much to the point where WWE should just release him, but Kane is one of those characters where we as fans don't understand the full potential of Glen Jacobs' persona and feel that Kane is just another veteran who they just decided to keep around but Glen Jacobs' is just like Mark Callaway, he works his behind off just as much as Triple H, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, The Dudleyz, etc. I've been watching him on T.V. and at live events for the eight years he been with WWE so I know a hard worker when I see one. (An interesting storyline in the future COULD be is when The Undertaker decides to retire the Undertaker character should die by Kane's hands because Undertaker has laid to rest everybody including Kane, although he thought about his own flesh & blood killing him.)

The Mask: When Kane took off his mask, which I knew he would some day, this opened the doors for what was the biggest issue in the Big Red machine's career. Ever since Kane showed up in WWE, the mask of Kane was not just for hiding his screwed up face, but it really it showed us fans that the mask was a way of holding him back from being what he really was. A man who lives off of misery and evil and suffering and sometimes I think that this level for Kane's character at times still hasn't been achieved yet even without the mask. Now the Lita/Snitsky/Kane storyline was enjoyable, but yet it showed me how Kane can lose something he loves and become so strong from it physically, but yet at the same time, mentally, he is weak. When Lita hooked up Edge with WWE showed me that. So even without the mask, Kane can still become weak and still forget that there was a certain reason why he took off the mask.... TO BE AN EVIL, STRONG MONSTER, NOT A GOOD ONE.

Now like I said before this is my first column and I hope you like reading it. I don't hate Kane, I just acknowledged some good things and flaws in his character and remember ........THE FIRE IS STILL BURNING!!!!!

by Kashka Labbe ..