Really? 9/10 I find myself re-watching his promos again because I find them entertaining. Kane's recent promo was easily the highlight of Smackdown for me this week, dare I say it was the best thing I witnessed from both WWE and TNA this past week. Can't speak for everyone though and there's far more embarrassing things going on than Kane's promos...
I don't see them. I'd put Kane's promos right next to Orlando Jordan as one of the most embarrassing things in wrestling today. Are we supposed to be taking him seriously? Because I can't every time he cuts a promo right out of a 3rd rate B movie.
But isn't over-the-top allowed in the over-the-top world of main stream pro wrestling,
Sure, when it's ya know, well done. Which this isn't. This is sad, this is Kane trying desperately to cut a good promo by trying to be over-emotional and failing miserably. The guy is the World champion right now and no one gives a shit, he's probably like the 5th or 6th most disliked heel on the roster. Pretty bad for a world champ.
especially when the promo is being delivered by one of the last true 'cartoon gimmicks' the WWE has in Kane? I mean think about it, all of the great orators have been over the top from Hulk Hogan to Ric Flair to Roddy Piper to The Rock. This is the WWE, not a Hollywood masterpiece...
Please, please tell me you did not just compare Kane to Piper, Flair, Hogan, and The Rock. That's almost offensive to even suggest such a thing. Kane couldn't spit-shine any of those men's boots, let alone compare to them on a microphone. See because unlike Kane, Piper, Flair, Hogan and the Rock all made the crowd care about their matches and their promos got the crowds riled up. Kane is met with dead silence, every time. He's lucky to get a few 12 year olds booing him in the front row.
But let's be fair here, it's not like he screams for an entire promo, take the most recent one for example, he literally just sat on the chair talking and yet I felt he came across as the 'intelligent monster' so to speak. So in actual fact, Kane did employ subtletly in this promo and only raised his voice at select moments, which came across well in my opinion (as it nearly always does).
His promo about a week or two ago on Smackdown was literally like 90% yelling. He spits and slobbers on the mic from how much he overacts, it's absolutely awful to watch. Subtlety? What exactly is subtle about yelling about the same shit you've been saying for 13 years while giggling like a madman from a horror movie and trying to sound "scary"?
It didn't come across well, it came across very very poorly. Like if someone walked into the room and saw me watching that, I'd literally be embarrassed to be seen watching it, that's how bad he is on the mic.
You want someone who just screams to try and come across as scary, watch Abyss but if you want someone who can actually talk and cut a good promo, watch Kane instead of fast forwarding through him. Kane is a character let's not forget, so you have to allow him some leeway in that regard, surely?
His "character" has been dead for years now, let's not pretend otherwise, this title reign of his is his first in 13 years for a valid reason---he's simply not very good anymore. Oh sure he used to be awesome about 10 years ago. Unfortunately not he's as intimidating and frightening as a bunny rabbit and both his in-ring work and mic work is subpar at
best.
I've given Kane promos a chance, one after the other week after week, I can't take it anymore. I give him about 60 seconds and by then it's usually too cringe-worthy to continue watching.
Well when Kane first feuded with 'Taker he didn't actually speak or cut a promo but fair enough, I accept your point - no, Kane doesn't like The Undertaker. But in fairness, when Kane's playing the heel in a fued with 'Taker, it's not like he's going to come out and declare his love for him either, is it?
So are you agreeing with me then that Kane's heel shtick against Taker is old as hell now? It hasn't been entertaining in years, it's a horse that's been beaten to death and literally no one gives a shit about seeing yet another terrible Taker-Kane match.
The Undertaker himself has been talking about souls and whatnot for two decades now, yet people rarely complain
See because The Undertaker doesn't sound like a baffoon when he says those things. He's been doing it for 20 years and unlike Kane, knows how too cut a subtle promo. You never see Undertaker screaming and yelling and slobbering all over a microphone like Kane, he's always calm and collected and it adds to his character.
People don't complain because unlike Kane, the Undertaker is a legend and probably one of the best to ever lace up a pair of boots. Unlike Kane, who hasn't been good in about a decade now.
Ric Flair has been crying 'Woooooo!' for thrity plus years, Austin gave people the middle finger his entire run on top, The Rock told people to 'Just bring it!' for years, John Cena has been thinking we 'Can't see him' for a long time now....the point being here, a lot of people talk about the same thing in their promos and it's unfair to just single out one person, whether it be Kane or anyone else for that matter.
I never singled out Kane for being repetitive. I never said that he was repetitive in fact, so I'm not sure what you're getting at here. My point is that he's not good at what he does, and the lukewarm at best crowd reactions to his promos and matches would seem to validate that point.
See, I'm not baffled by the fact people are raving about how good his promos are, but what I am baffled about is how people can come on here and say they're shit or one of the 'worst things going on in wrestling today', I find that a total exaggeration.
And I literally find it baffling that you guys are all creaming over this shit. I saw a better promo cut by the Dudebusters on Superstars a few weeks ago.
But hey, fair enough, that's your opinion and I have the gumption to respect it but please try to do the same for those who like and are entertained by Kane's promos and from the looks of what's being said in this thread, there are a lot of people who like them.
When did I ever say I didn't respect you if you liked Kane? Don't recall saying that. I'm just explaining my point of view, which is that Kane is terrible on the microphone. Which he is.
