So what's next for Kane?

["Cool Guy" Jensen]

This past week on Smackdown, it seemed that Kane took out The Great Khali for an extended period of time. He completely shattered Khali's leg with those steel steps. I could be wrong, but I'm guessing that was a cover-up for some real injury that Khali may have suffered.

Assuming that Kane really did "take out" The Great Khali, what's next for him? Who on Smackdown could be fued with next? I mean, this fued was less than legendary, but it was pretty much the only real fued Kane has been involved in since Rey Mysterio last year, I believe.

Now that Khali seems to be out of the picture for now, what role with Kane play on Smackdown? That is until Khali returns in what will most likely become a "revenge angle".

Will he go back to his jobber ways? Will he quickly be involved in a new fued? Will he go after a title? Thoughts?

 

[Bullseye]

Matt Hardy?

Putting these together would make sure neither gets buried and could hopefully raise the profle of both men, giving the fans some decent wrestling and mic skills in the process.

Better than that, as is being discussed on another thread, give Kane's persona a much-needed overhaul. I know he's meant to be mad, but currently he just attacks people for no apparent reason then leaves.

 

[Suneeboy]

What are his options? Hardy, Batista, Mysterio, Morrison, or Undertaker. Only logical one to me right now is Hardy. He has nothing to do right now.

Good upper mid card feud, with the winner moving on as a credible Armageddon/Royal Rumble title contender.

Would like to see a Kane vs. Undertaker feud over the title, don't think they've ever feuded one on one for the strap have they?

 

[Chill]

Who knows? I find it harder and harder to predict what they are going to do with Kane. Each time I think he will be involved in something meaningful it just seems to get kicked to the kerb in favour of Great Khali feuds. I heard that Kane would be feuding with John Morrison this fall so that would obviously mean they would be going down the route of Kane helping to put Morrison over. This feud could work based on the match they put on on Superstars a few weeks ago, it really was quite good and entertainig in my opinion. However, what I would really like to see is CM Punk v Taker in a Cell match in a few weeks only to have Taker lose by having Kane come out and interfere on Punk's behalf thus setting up a Kane/Taker feud...but then again that's just my own wishful thinking.

 

["Cool Guy" Jensen]

I really like your idea Chill. However, I believe the better scenario would be for C.M. Punk and The Undertaker to have a Hell in a Cell match. But instead, have Kane help Undertaker win the World Title. This would tease a Kane face turn, which would really be Kane getting Undertaker right where he wants him, and then when the time is right... he turns on him and we have Undertaker vs. Kane for the World Heavyweight Championship. That would be more wishful thinking than yours.

In the mean while, C.M. Punk can stay out of the title scene for just a few months, where he can properly fued with Matt Hardy.

 

[JBK2008]

Plug Kane into the Taker/Punk feud. He could come through the ring at Hell in a Cell and attack Taker like the first HIAC match! He could be the higher power. Forget money. What if Teddy Long and Scott Armstrong were in fact covering money up because their very well safety was being threatened by the twisted younger brother of the deadman?!? It would be a great twist and a nice way to put Kane into the main event scene. How's that sound???

 

[ManOfSteel]

I gotta be honest. I've been a fan of Kane ever since his first appearance, and I think they are totally screwing him over. In all the time he's been in WWE, he's held the title....once.....for ONE DAY?! What the hell? I mean Vince even had the freakin' title. Come on. I just want them to give Kane a new breath of life, and start to push him back into the main even scene again. Or at least after the IC title or something. He's wasting away. Now I've heard he said no basically about going to TNA but with the way they treat him on screen, I wouldn't blame him if he left.

 

[ManOfSteel]

by the way, JBK2008, I agree with you on putting Kane into that feud

 

[TheTruNoLimit]

Who knows? I find it harder and harder to predict what they are going to do with Kane. Each time I think he will be involved in something meaningful it just seems to get kicked to the kerb in favour of Great Khali feuds. I heard that Kane would be feuding with John Morrison this fall so that would obviously mean they would be going down the route of Kane helping to put Morrison over. This feud could work based on the match they put on on Superstars a few weeks ago, it really was quite good and entertainig in my opinion. However, what I would really like to see is CM Punk v Taker in a Cell match in a few weeks only to have Taker lose by having Kane come out and interfere on Punk's behalf thus setting up a Kane/Taker feud...but then again that's just my own wishful thinking.

Why isn't the feud with Khali meaningful? Kane missed two months of action and both he and Khali needed something to do for Kane's return. I agree that another Kane and Khali feud wasn't what I wanted to see, but it certainly served its purpose.

They actually managed to do a 3 month feud with Kane and Khali, which in itself, is remarkable. The match for Summerslam had 2 months of consecutive build up with no match and was one of the more nicely built up matches on the card. While CM Punk and Jeff Hardy were holding down the main event scene, the Kane/Khali feud together with the Rey/Ziggler feud and to a lesser extent Jericho/Big Show as Unified Tag Team Champions held the Smackdown! mid-card together for the entire Summer. How is Kane being one of his brands top feuds not meaningful?

As for what's next, it seems like a good time for Taker/Kane oddly enough. It would really work to start something at Hell in a Cell. Fact of the matter is, Kane hasn't lost a match in 3 months since he came back, sure he's been DQ'd a few times, but he hasn't been pinned, or tapped out. He's been booked to look strong, and sadistic and ruthless. He has either won, relatively cleanly at that, or he is DQ'd for being sadistic and taking his opponents out with weapons. Whether this feud was meant to make him look strong for bigger plans, or whether WWE just decided to give Kane a decent mid-card push and a few nice wins is yet to be seen, but lately, he hasn't jobbed at all and has looked good. That could all change next week, who knows really? Crazier things have happened.

 

[JBK2008]

Thanks ManofSteel it popped right into my head. Plug him into the Punk/Taker feud and do it now! The guy doesn't need build up to be put into the title picture, just have him be the one to screw Taker over the title at Hell in a Cell and then have Kane/Taker battle it out and keep Punk in the picture.

 

[Chill]

Originally Posted by TheTruNoLimit:
Why isn't the feud with Khali meaningful? Kane missed two months of action and both he and Khali needed something to do for Kane's return.

Well I think in that it has gave both Kane and Khali something to do that it was meaningful in that sense but at the end of the day I believe Kane's return could have been more impactful than simply feuding with Khali again. It was not a great feud to begin with and in my opinion it still isn't. One of the few positives I take from this feud is that Kane won the two PPV matches, but Khali was already made into a great comical jobber so in actual fact beating him isn't that special, at all. But, yay, at least Kane won...very meaningful indeed.

I agree that another Kane and Khali feud wasn't what I wanted to see.

Same here.

They actually managed to do a 3 month feud with Kane and Khali, which in itself, is remarkable. The match for Summerslam had 2 months of consecutive build up with no match and was one of the more nicely built up matches on the card.

Yeh, you're right there in that they have done a decent enough job of building up the feud but the problem is the great majority of people don't want to see it (at least that's what I think, I could be wrong) and if people don't want to see it then it becomes one of those blah feuds which only exists entirely to give the 2 performers something to do...and I get that feeling with this feud. I suppose in the very least this feud has made Kane look slightly dominant again with how he has been permitted to get the better of Khali on a few occasions.

How is Kane being one of his brands top feuds not meaningful?

I would say it was the least meaningful of the mid card feuds (the shortness of the Summerslam bout indicates that) on Smackdown and many people on here at least were annoyed that it took PPV time away from the likes of John Morrison and such...I'm sure others felt the same way. WWE could have put Kane and Morrison in a feud even and that way it would have allowed a younger star some Summerslam spotlight but no, that went to Khali instead. All I'm saying is that I feel Kane could have returned and engaged in a much more meaningful and useful feud than the one currently going on.

Overall, I get what you're saying...there have been a few postives to take from this feud, namely in that it has allowed Kane to regain some much needed dominance. Nonetheless, I feel he could have done all this with someone else and I'm sure the in-ring action would have been much better. It is what it is at the end of the day and now I just hope it's coming to an end.

 

[TheTruNoLimit]

Well I think in that it has gave both Kane and Khali something to do that it was meaningful in that sense but at the end of the day I believe Kane's return could have been more impactful than simply feuding with Khali again. It was not a great feud to begin with and in my opinion it still isn't. One of the few positives I take from this feud is that Kane won the two PPV matches, but Khali was already made into a great comical jobber so in actual fact beating him isn't that special, at all. But, yay, at least Kane won...very meaningful indeed.



Same here.



Yeh, you're right there in that they have done a decent enough job of building up the feud but the problem is the great majority of people don't want to see it (at least that's what I think, I could be wrong) and if people don't want to see it then it becomes one of those blah feuds which only exists entirely to give the 2 performers something to do...and I get that feeling with this feud. I suppose in the very least this feud has made Kane look slightly dominant again with how he has been permitted to get the better of Khali on a few occasions.



I would say it was the least meaningful of the mid card feuds (the shortness of the Summerslam bout indicates that) on Smackdown and many people on here at least were annoyed that it took PPV time away from the likes of John Morrison and such...I'm sure others felt the same way. WWE could have put Kane and Morrison in a feud even and that way it would have allowed a younger star some Summerslam spotlight but no, that went to Khali instead. All I'm saying is that I feel Kane could have returned and engaged in a much more meaningful and useful feud than the one currently going on.

Overall, I get what you're saying...there have been a few postives to take from this feud, namely in that it has allowed Kane to regain some much needed dominance. Nonetheless, I feel he could have done all this with someone else and I'm sure the in-ring action would have been much better. It is what it is at the end of the day and now I just hope it's coming to an end.

Sure, Khali is a comical jobber, but let's remember that Khali is still a former World Champion. Also, how many times is Khali defeated cleanly? Hardly ever. Ziggler beat him by DQ, Count out, and then because Kane took Khali out. Not one clean win for Ziggler in that feud. As a matter of fact, even when Khali was feuding with MVP, he always dominated him. I remember him losing to Finlay only with illegal use of Finlay's weapon, etc. In that respect, Kane beat the guy cleanly both times which no one ever does except the likes of HHH, Cena, Batista, you get it.

 

[Baximus]

I hope Kane goes after Batista and puts him out of action like he did Khali. Keep both of them out of the main event.

Honestly, I've had a lot more trouble taking Kane as serious since he unmasked and shaved his head. He lost a lot of his aura because of it.

 

[colalella2891]

Kane and Matt Hardy is the only thing that can be done right now. If you ask me I love that. First, Matt is a good wrestler, so he'll make Kane look better than he was with Khali (hopefully). Also, kane and Matt have history and have feuded before, so they should be used to wrestling each other and they should have good chemistry. This can be a good feud. And obviously, it is WAY GOD DAMN BETTER than feuding with khali. Kane vs Matt Hardy for a while would be a breath of fresh air too, so I hope this happens, because both of these talented guys have nothing to do ATM anyway.

 

[TheTruNoLimit]

Kane and Matt Hardy is the only thing that can be done right now. If you ask me I love that. First, Matt is a good wrestler, so he'll make Kane look better than he was with Khali (hopefully). Also, kane and Matt have history and have feuded before, so they should be used to wrestling each other and they should have good chemistry. This can be a good feud. And obviously, it is WAY GOD DAMN BETTER than feuding with khali. Kane vs Matt Hardy for a while would be a breath of fresh air too, so I hope this happens, because both of these talented guys have nothing to do ATM anyway.

That could very well be the way they're going. WWE is advertising Kane vs. Matt Hardy for Superstars this week. I guess a feud could very well start there. Although, they should have the feud start on Smackdown! if it is indeed going to be a feud.

 

[bealzer1010]

I think if they can stop the Bourne/Hornswoggle/Chavo angle for good, Have Evan go to Smackdown find Kane backstage, tell him he see's him angry trying to take his frustrations out on the Smackdown roster and he knows a great way to take out that anger, he can follow him to Raw and challenge Jerishow for the unified tag belts. It could be a good way to get Kane back some gold even though it would be a tag belt again. Plus Bourne could probably do some sweet ass move off Show onto Jericho for the win!

 

[mabuza]

The problem with Kane has never been how he's fueds start,but rather how they end.He's 2002 push against HHH for the WHC+Intercontinental title ended in him jobbing to HHH&Batista and having a pointless tagteam run with RVD.In 2003,his push(unmasking) was pretty decent, but only lead to one championship match at Armageddon in the HHH/Goldberg triplethreat and only served to set him up to job to Taker at WMXX.In 2004 he jobber to Beniot and HBK and 2005 didn't provide much promise either.Once again he jobbed,this time to Edge.And it's been the same story ever since.If he does get a decent push on SD! it will most likely end in him getting flatlined by Batista or Jericho

 

[ManOfSteel]

I wish Kane would get another push towards the title, and main event. He's just wasting with stupid feuds like with The Great Khali. I'm sorry but TGK is one of the most boring wrestlers I've ever watched. He's just not interesting to watch.

 

[Henry Hill]

Kane doesn't really need a title to be over, he can be plugged in and out of anything as face or heel pretty effectively. At this point in his career he works better as a stepping stone for some of the younger guys. Perhaps Kane could go up against John Morrison after the Dolph Ziggler feud is over, though probably only if Ziggler wins the belt and Morrison is freed up, which is entirely possible after Hell in a Cell. The other choice is Matt Hardy, which to me is an "eh" feud. The really obvious choice is to have Kane get involved in the Taker-Punk feud, similar to how he debuted at the 1997 Badd Blood pay per view, though i'd rather he got involved on Taker's behalf this time, as Punk already has "management" on his side and works better being a solo self righteous prick, anyway. The problem there is how are you going to put a little guy like Punk over those two monsters? so if Kane does get involved it'll likely be to help Punk, but as i said i'd rather see Kane help Taker.

 

[rfstudios]

this isnt likely but with batista now on smackdown,i say send him back to raw,their isnt anything for him on smackdown at the moment,and cena will need a filler feud

id love to see kane vs cena,hhh,and orton

but then again after morrison/ziggler is over we could see kane vs morrison,gosh smackdown needs to build their midcarders other than morrison and ziggler who is their,finlay and knox are great but they lose all the time,atleast raw's midcarders are credible even though they dont push them

 

[bearbrick]

How about put Kane on a tag team partner (Mike Knox? 2 monster heel) then they can chase up the tag team gold along with Hart Dynasty / Cryme Tyme / Batisita & Rey, and bulit up the tag team division

 

[CMCoke42381]

I really cant think of anything they can do with Kane honestly. It's sad at what the once feared big red machine/monster has become. I really think the last time Kane was any effective what so ever was his feud with Matt Hardy over Lita. He could MAYBE go after Morrison and the I.C. Title "if he still has it after HIAC" but that could be a styles clash no pun intended. Im not sure man...it might be best if Kane took 8 months or so off or maybe went to ECW to give the roster a bit more depth.

 

[TheTruNoLimit]

Why can't Kane just be in some feuds like all the other guys? Everyone is always asking questions like "what next for Kane" and "how is Kane going to be pushed" and etc., etc. Why can't he just have feuds? That is what the WWE is all about.

Why does a Kane feud have to be any different than a John Morrison feud? Or a Dolph Ziggler feud? Or a Randy Orton feud? Sure, they will be different based on the different personas of the individuals involved, but Kane is very firmly seated at the top of the Smackdown! roster, so how can people complain and say that they can't find anything for him to do and so on and so forth?

Kane's star power and his name is very much needed on Smackdown!. Right under CM Punk and Chris Jericho, Kane is currently the next best heel on the show. He will be VERY important in helping to hold down the middle of the card on Smackdown! for quite a long time considering Edge is out.

He can turn face basically on any given night and turn heel right back and his instant ability to do things like that make him much more versatile than the average WWE superstar. Not to mention, he's a believable opponent for the mid-carders and the main eventers. He could mix it up with Batista and the Undertaker, and then he can feud with Matt Hardy, Rey Mysterio, John Morrison, or even a Dolph Ziggler and do it believably. He is one of the FEW individuals in WWE who possesses this talent to move up and down the card whenever WWE needs it. Another who has that skill is Chris Jericho.

Right now, I think he'll either move into a feud with Matt Hardy or just squash some jobbers for a little until his next feud starts. There's still plenty he can do.

 

[JBK2008]

Matt vs Kane wouldn't be too bad and it may turn into a nice feud. They have history so who knows.

 

[Super Crazy]

Here is what is next for Kane. At Hell in a Cell Undertaker will be screwed again by Teddy as he wins the match with Hell's Gate and Teddy bans it again. Then at Bragging Rights it will be The Undertakers vs Cm Punk again and Vince will come out and screw Taker again and it will be revealed that Vince was behind it the whole time. Then at Survivor Series Undertaker will face Vince and Cm Punk will come out and side with Vince/attack Taker when BOOM Kane's pyro comes out and he fights off Vince and Punk setting up a tag match for Armageddon where Kane will screw Taker over in the end. Then at the Royal Kane will beat Taker and Taker will play mind games with Kane and Taker won't appear again until Wrestlemania 26 where he will come back even darker and take out Kane and hang him from the ceiling after the match on a Taker cross...thus reigniting beginning the New Ministry of Darkness. There. It plays out the next several months for Undertaker and Kane.