Thread: Random Drunken Question: Masked Kane...would he get a push?
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Old 02-09-2008, 03:07 PM   #10
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I'm going to disagree and say that it would. Nostalgia is a proven force in professional wrestling, even acts that really shouldn't be remembered. Hacksaw Jim Duggan, for example, actually has a contracted place on the roster.

Kane putting on the mask, even if Kane in general has been treated without the utmost care, would probably give him all this (probably wrong) "Hey! Look! It's Kane, and he has a new mask!" attention. The WWE could also market Kane a lot easier with it. I know a lot of people like him without the mask, as do I, and it's sure got to be liberating for Glen Jacobs, but the mask made Kane stand out, and really made him marketable, I think.

While the mask itself would not be getting the push, and the performer would be, which stands to reason he does not need the mask, and rather just destroy people left and right, I think the renewed image would do Kane a lot of good as far as the writers and people in charge being interested in him goes. Then the monster booking follows. Think of the mask as an instigator to Kane getting booked as he should, even if it is for the stupid reason of the writers' ADD.
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