1 00:00:02,126 --> 00:00:03,751 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:03,918 --> 00:00:06,168 [shouting] 3 00:00:06,293 --> 00:00:08,293 - I think of how far I've come, 4 00:00:08,418 --> 00:00:12,043 and if you'd ask me back in 1995, 5 00:00:12,168 --> 00:00:15,626 "Here you are, and this is your first match 6 00:00:15,751 --> 00:00:17,043 "in Knoxville, Tennessee, 7 00:00:17,210 --> 00:00:18,918 "and you're gonna stay here 8 00:00:19,043 --> 00:00:20,376 "for probably the rest of your life, 9 00:00:20,543 --> 00:00:23,376 and at some point, you'll become mayor of the county," 10 00:00:23,501 --> 00:00:26,085 I'd have said, "You're crazy. You're nuts." 11 00:00:26,251 --> 00:00:29,793 But that's kind of how my life has turned out. 12 00:00:29,918 --> 00:00:31,960 It seems like a recurring theme-- 13 00:00:32,085 --> 00:00:34,710 didn't know quite what I was getting into, 14 00:00:34,793 --> 00:00:39,418 but I knew that I couldn't run from the WWE stuff. 15 00:00:39,543 --> 00:00:41,376 Didn't want to. It's part of my life. 16 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:43,210 ♪ ♪ 17 00:00:43,335 --> 00:00:48,168 - The time is drawing near! Kane is coming! 18 00:00:48,251 --> 00:00:51,751 - Kane is probably the greatest story 19 00:00:51,918 --> 00:00:53,710 WWE's ever told. 20 00:00:53,835 --> 00:00:55,960 ♪ ♪ 21 00:00:56,085 --> 00:00:59,376 But he paid heavy dues. 22 00:00:59,460 --> 00:01:01,543 - This is the Christmas Creature. 23 00:01:01,626 --> 00:01:03,168 - Bruiser Mastino. - This is Diesel. 24 00:01:03,293 --> 00:01:04,543 - Isaac Yankem. 25 00:01:04,668 --> 00:01:06,251 - You know, sometimes you make chicken soup 26 00:01:06,376 --> 00:01:07,710 out of chicken [bleep]. 27 00:01:07,835 --> 00:01:11,251 - He did not think this gimmick was gonna be the best. 28 00:01:11,376 --> 00:01:13,501 - The deck was completely stacked against me. 29 00:01:13,585 --> 00:01:16,460 - He persevered. It says a lot about him. 30 00:01:16,585 --> 00:01:19,710 - We needed to create an opponent for The Undertaker. 31 00:01:19,793 --> 00:01:24,376 - I got a call that WWE had an idea for me. 32 00:01:24,501 --> 00:01:25,710 I realized at that moment 33 00:01:25,835 --> 00:01:29,543 that this was the opportunity of a lifetime. 34 00:01:29,668 --> 00:01:31,710 - He looked like just an unstoppable machine, 35 00:01:31,835 --> 00:01:34,126 like Mike Myers or Jason. 36 00:01:34,251 --> 00:01:36,001 It was something out of a comic book. 37 00:01:36,085 --> 00:01:37,626 - My God, he's on fire! 38 00:01:37,751 --> 00:01:38,876 Chokeslam! 39 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:41,210 - What the hell is that? 40 00:01:41,335 --> 00:01:43,876 - He was portrayed as a bad guy for so long, 41 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:45,376 but he is a tremendous father. 42 00:01:45,501 --> 00:01:46,710 - Oh! 43 00:01:46,835 --> 00:01:49,668 - We learned early on as a family that... 44 00:01:49,751 --> 00:01:53,668 the WWE would always be right up there, 45 00:01:53,793 --> 00:01:55,835 equal to us. 46 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,043 - This looks on paper 47 00:01:58,168 --> 00:02:00,085 like a one-dimensional character, 48 00:02:00,210 --> 00:02:02,293 and he made it so much more. 49 00:02:02,418 --> 00:02:03,710 - That's got to be Kane! 50 00:02:03,876 --> 00:02:05,543 - If you needed something, you could go to Kane. 51 00:02:05,668 --> 00:02:07,376 You needed a monster. You needed a great match. 52 00:02:07,501 --> 00:02:09,960 You needed something entertaining and funny. 53 00:02:10,085 --> 00:02:12,210 - What you gonna do... 54 00:02:12,335 --> 00:02:14,501 - One of the greatest big men to ever do it. 55 00:02:14,585 --> 00:02:15,335 - Look at this. 56 00:02:15,418 --> 00:02:17,001 - Oh! - Look out! 57 00:02:17,126 --> 00:02:19,210 - I don't think any of us thought, 58 00:02:19,335 --> 00:02:21,376 "There's the future mayor of Knox County." 59 00:02:21,543 --> 00:02:22,876 - Are you bleeping crazy? 60 00:02:23,001 --> 00:02:24,335 - A big win for a big man. 61 00:02:24,460 --> 00:02:27,626 - My goal is to be the best Knox County mayor 62 00:02:27,751 --> 00:02:28,876 that I can be. 63 00:02:29,043 --> 00:02:31,876 ["Lions and Lambs" by Jordan Baum, Michael McNamara] 64 00:02:32,001 --> 00:02:33,835 - The big, red monster Kane! 65 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,543 ♪ ♪ 66 00:02:43,918 --> 00:02:46,710 [dramatic music] 67 00:02:46,835 --> 00:02:50,210 ♪ ♪ 68 00:02:50,376 --> 00:02:52,585 - This is Glenn's birth certificate. 69 00:02:52,751 --> 00:02:54,626 He was born in Spain, 70 00:02:54,751 --> 00:02:58,168 and we had to take him down to the St. Louis federal building 71 00:02:58,251 --> 00:03:00,085 and swear that this was our child 72 00:03:00,251 --> 00:03:03,418 we were bringing back from overseas. 73 00:03:03,585 --> 00:03:06,376 He was 17 months old when this old picture was taken, 74 00:03:06,501 --> 00:03:08,001 when he was naturalized here. 75 00:03:08,126 --> 00:03:11,168 ♪ ♪ 76 00:03:11,293 --> 00:03:12,626 - I was born in Madrid, Spain, 77 00:03:12,751 --> 00:03:13,835 at Torrejón Air Base. 78 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,168 My dad was in the military 79 00:03:15,293 --> 00:03:16,210 for 21 years. 80 00:03:16,335 --> 00:03:18,835 He was 10 years in the Navy. 81 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,543 He served in the Korean War on the "USS Antietam," 82 00:03:21,668 --> 00:03:23,876 and then switched services to the Air Force, 83 00:03:24,043 --> 00:03:25,335 and he was in the Vietnam War. 84 00:03:25,418 --> 00:03:29,626 He was the load master on C-130 cargo planes. 85 00:03:29,751 --> 00:03:32,085 - Glenn had a lot of attention... 86 00:03:32,251 --> 00:03:34,751 [chuckles] Because he was the youngest. 87 00:03:34,876 --> 00:03:36,460 This one... 88 00:03:36,585 --> 00:03:39,501 I think he was about six on this one. 89 00:03:39,626 --> 00:03:41,376 ♪ ♪ 90 00:03:41,460 --> 00:03:45,043 This was first grade, and this one was third grade, 91 00:03:45,168 --> 00:03:47,251 and... 92 00:03:47,418 --> 00:03:49,043 he was adorable little kid, wasn't he? 93 00:03:49,168 --> 00:03:51,543 [laughs] 94 00:03:51,668 --> 00:03:54,251 George was in military service. 95 00:03:54,376 --> 00:03:55,960 We did travel around a lot, 96 00:03:56,085 --> 00:03:57,251 and we came back to Missouri, 97 00:03:57,376 --> 00:04:00,085 went up to Bowling Green, Missouri. 98 00:04:00,251 --> 00:04:02,085 We bought a small farm up there, 99 00:04:02,251 --> 00:04:04,001 and the older kids in high school. 100 00:04:04,126 --> 00:04:06,251 Glenn was still in grade school. 101 00:04:09,126 --> 00:04:11,751 - My mom was a homemaker. She took care of the family. 102 00:04:11,876 --> 00:04:14,543 After Dad retired from the military, 103 00:04:14,626 --> 00:04:18,126 he worked a lot of graveyard shifts at factories. 104 00:04:18,251 --> 00:04:20,376 I didn't actually see him a whole lot 105 00:04:20,501 --> 00:04:22,376 because it seemed like he was just always working, 106 00:04:22,543 --> 00:04:24,043 trying to provide--ends meet. 107 00:04:24,168 --> 00:04:27,293 When you envision hardworking, 108 00:04:27,418 --> 00:04:30,376 just decent, average people, 109 00:04:30,501 --> 00:04:32,626 you think of folks like my mom and dad. 110 00:04:32,751 --> 00:04:35,585 [rock music] 111 00:04:35,710 --> 00:04:39,501 - He was almost a head taller than his friends, 112 00:04:39,626 --> 00:04:43,335 and his friends all teased him about being tall. 113 00:04:43,418 --> 00:04:45,168 - I was picked on a lot 114 00:04:45,293 --> 00:04:48,710 because I was just tall and awkward. 115 00:04:48,835 --> 00:04:51,293 And everybody made fun of me, and I couldn't hide 116 00:04:51,418 --> 00:04:53,043 because I stuck out like a sore thumb. 117 00:04:53,210 --> 00:04:54,293 ♪ ♪ 118 00:04:54,418 --> 00:04:57,876 By the time that I got to high school, 119 00:04:58,043 --> 00:04:59,293 I became a lot more popular 120 00:04:59,418 --> 00:05:01,668 because I fell in with the jocks 121 00:05:01,751 --> 00:05:05,876 and was a pretty good basketball player. 122 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,251 - [laughs] The other teams kind of wanted to beat up on him 123 00:05:08,376 --> 00:05:10,376 because he was pretty good. 124 00:05:10,501 --> 00:05:13,376 Sometimes the coach would put him in 125 00:05:13,543 --> 00:05:16,126 because he would intimidate some of the other teams. 126 00:05:16,251 --> 00:05:17,543 ♪ ♪ 127 00:05:17,626 --> 00:05:21,085 - I spent a year and a half at Quincy College, 128 00:05:21,251 --> 00:05:23,626 and then I decided to transfer-- 129 00:05:23,751 --> 00:05:27,210 Northeast Missouri State University. 130 00:05:27,376 --> 00:05:29,085 One of my great regrets in life was, 131 00:05:29,210 --> 00:05:30,543 I probably could've been 132 00:05:30,668 --> 00:05:32,335 a much better basketball player than I was. 133 00:05:32,418 --> 00:05:34,376 I didn't really work hard enough at that. 134 00:05:34,501 --> 00:05:35,668 But I still had this dream 135 00:05:35,793 --> 00:05:37,876 that I wanted to be a professional athlete. 136 00:05:38,001 --> 00:05:39,251 ♪ ♪ 137 00:05:39,376 --> 00:05:42,293 By this time, I weighed close to 300 pounds. 138 00:05:42,418 --> 00:05:44,210 The football coach actually came to me 139 00:05:44,335 --> 00:05:46,835 at Northeast Missouri State 140 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:47,918 and said, "With your body, 141 00:05:48,085 --> 00:05:50,168 you might be able to play professional football." 142 00:05:50,293 --> 00:05:51,376 ♪ ♪ 143 00:05:51,501 --> 00:05:53,585 So, yeah, if I switched sports, 144 00:05:53,710 --> 00:05:55,210 I had some eligibility left 145 00:05:55,335 --> 00:05:56,668 and just decided 146 00:05:56,751 --> 00:06:00,210 that I didn't have anything to lose. 147 00:06:00,293 --> 00:06:03,668 - And so, here, when he was in college, 148 00:06:03,793 --> 00:06:05,710 this is when he was playing football, 149 00:06:05,835 --> 00:06:09,043 and he loved-- he loved football. 150 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:10,001 ♪ ♪ 151 00:06:10,126 --> 00:06:12,710 And this is when he got hurt. 152 00:06:12,793 --> 00:06:17,418 - He got hurt last day of practice 153 00:06:17,585 --> 00:06:19,960 before the season started. 154 00:06:20,085 --> 00:06:22,960 - My cleat got stuck in a hole as I was turning my knee. 155 00:06:23,085 --> 00:06:25,376 Tore my ACL and some meniscus. 156 00:06:25,501 --> 00:06:28,251 [dramatic music] 157 00:06:28,376 --> 00:06:30,585 - He was devastated. 158 00:06:30,710 --> 00:06:33,168 He'd almost cried, because, you know, he said, 159 00:06:33,251 --> 00:06:34,376 "Why did I have to do that? 160 00:06:34,460 --> 00:06:37,626 Why did it have to happen to me?" 161 00:06:37,751 --> 00:06:40,043 And, yes, you know, I can understand that. 162 00:06:41,418 --> 00:06:44,043 - I've never gotten my knee fixed-- 163 00:06:44,168 --> 00:06:46,835 just never really had the opportunity to do that. 164 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,668 ♪ ♪ 165 00:06:48,793 --> 00:06:49,876 I did go to the Bears camp. 166 00:06:50,001 --> 00:06:52,376 I was invited to their rookie minicamp. 167 00:06:52,460 --> 00:06:55,710 The first day of an NFL camp back in 1991-- 168 00:06:55,835 --> 00:06:57,418 go through all these physicals. 169 00:06:57,585 --> 00:06:59,376 No one said anything about my knee. 170 00:06:59,543 --> 00:07:00,751 The next day came, 171 00:07:00,876 --> 00:07:03,918 got on the bus, went to the training facility. 172 00:07:04,085 --> 00:07:07,418 As everybody else was taken to the practice field, 173 00:07:07,585 --> 00:07:10,710 I was escorted up to the player personnel office 174 00:07:10,793 --> 00:07:13,043 and told that my knee injury precluded me 175 00:07:13,126 --> 00:07:15,460 from playing in the NFL and given a plane ticket home. 176 00:07:15,585 --> 00:07:17,210 I'd been there for less than a day. 177 00:07:17,376 --> 00:07:18,835 ♪ ♪ 178 00:07:18,918 --> 00:07:21,501 - I picked him up from the airport, 179 00:07:21,585 --> 00:07:25,793 and he says, "Mom, this is the worst day of my life." 180 00:07:25,918 --> 00:07:28,460 He was 24. It was his birthday. 181 00:07:28,585 --> 00:07:31,918 He had to give his $3,000 advance back. 182 00:07:32,043 --> 00:07:35,460 [chuckles] So he got absolutely nothing out of it. 183 00:07:35,585 --> 00:07:38,501 But, yes, that was really bad. 184 00:07:38,585 --> 00:07:41,543 - That trip home was one of the most devastating things 185 00:07:41,668 --> 00:07:42,876 that's ever happened to me, 186 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,710 because I wanted to play professional sports 187 00:07:46,793 --> 00:07:48,960 ever since I could remember. 188 00:07:49,085 --> 00:07:51,335 I went into a depression 189 00:07:51,460 --> 00:07:53,418 for weeks, months afterwards. 190 00:07:53,543 --> 00:07:55,418 ♪ ♪ 191 00:07:55,585 --> 00:07:57,668 I didn't want to leave my room. 192 00:07:57,751 --> 00:08:00,043 It was extremely difficult. 193 00:08:00,168 --> 00:08:01,543 ♪ ♪ 194 00:08:01,668 --> 00:08:03,626 There came a point where I realized 195 00:08:03,751 --> 00:08:06,251 that I had to quit feeling sorry for myself, 196 00:08:06,376 --> 00:08:08,251 that life was gonna go on 197 00:08:08,418 --> 00:08:13,210 whether I participated in it or not. 198 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:16,626 At the time, I was doing some substitute teaching. 199 00:08:16,751 --> 00:08:17,960 My degree is in English, 200 00:08:18,085 --> 00:08:22,210 so I wanted to teach and to coach. 201 00:08:22,376 --> 00:08:23,543 But, man, I still had this bug. 202 00:08:23,668 --> 00:08:25,460 I still wanted to play sports. 203 00:08:25,585 --> 00:08:26,376 ♪ ♪ 204 00:08:26,501 --> 00:08:29,376 That was my dream in life, 205 00:08:29,501 --> 00:08:31,460 and one night, friend of mine, 206 00:08:31,585 --> 00:08:35,793 Mark Morton and I are watching WWE on TV. 207 00:08:35,918 --> 00:08:37,085 ♪ ♪ 208 00:08:37,210 --> 00:08:38,585 Mark looked at me. 209 00:08:38,710 --> 00:08:40,918 He's like, "You know, man, you could do that." 210 00:08:41,085 --> 00:08:43,460 And I thought to myself, 211 00:08:43,585 --> 00:08:46,501 "I'm a really big guy like these guys on TV. 212 00:08:46,585 --> 00:08:50,710 "I'm a good athlete, despite having the bad knee. 213 00:08:50,793 --> 00:08:52,835 Yeah, I should try that." 214 00:08:52,918 --> 00:08:54,335 ♪ ♪ 215 00:08:54,418 --> 00:08:56,585 - Oh! - [screaming] 216 00:08:56,751 --> 00:08:58,126 - I didn't understand how he didn't break 217 00:08:58,251 --> 00:08:59,251 every bone in his body. 218 00:08:59,376 --> 00:09:02,043 - ♪ Problem with me, yo ♪ 219 00:09:02,168 --> 00:09:04,126 - They would throw each other out there in the yard, 220 00:09:04,251 --> 00:09:06,210 in our backyard in the grass. 221 00:09:06,335 --> 00:09:07,668 They would just get out there 222 00:09:07,751 --> 00:09:09,710 and just smack each other around. 223 00:09:09,793 --> 00:09:12,001 - [screaming] - Oh, no! 224 00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:13,418 [crowd shouting] 225 00:09:13,585 --> 00:09:14,793 - Well, yeah, I thought it was funny. 226 00:09:14,918 --> 00:09:15,918 [chuckles] 227 00:09:16,085 --> 00:09:18,626 - He did go to wrestling school. 228 00:09:18,751 --> 00:09:20,793 They had him in the ring in about two weeks. 229 00:09:20,918 --> 00:09:22,210 - Something's gonna happen. 230 00:09:22,376 --> 00:09:23,376 Oh! - Oh! 231 00:09:23,501 --> 00:09:24,960 - Knocks him out. 232 00:09:25,085 --> 00:09:26,793 - He thought it was so much fun. 233 00:09:26,918 --> 00:09:29,168 "Hey, maybe there's something to this." 234 00:09:29,293 --> 00:09:31,793 - My first lessons were actually in a barn, 235 00:09:31,918 --> 00:09:33,001 trained there long enough 236 00:09:33,126 --> 00:09:35,543 to kind of get some rudimentary-- 237 00:09:35,626 --> 00:09:38,751 how to fall down without getting hurt too badly, 238 00:09:38,876 --> 00:09:42,626 how to do some of the moves, and had some early matches. 239 00:09:42,751 --> 00:09:45,876 - ♪ Nah, y'all can't do that ♪ 240 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:50,751 - I made him a costume for him to wrestle as Angus-- 241 00:09:50,876 --> 00:09:52,710 more than one, and this is the only one 242 00:09:52,835 --> 00:09:55,085 I could find I had left. 243 00:09:55,210 --> 00:09:59,335 So this is one of his shirts, you know, that I made 244 00:09:59,460 --> 00:10:01,376 with "Angus" on it, 245 00:10:01,501 --> 00:10:03,710 and his pants would've been black, 246 00:10:03,793 --> 00:10:08,210 and they put those down the sides of the legs. 247 00:10:08,335 --> 00:10:09,710 So, yes, I made those. 248 00:10:09,793 --> 00:10:11,710 I made all of his costumes. 249 00:10:11,793 --> 00:10:13,710 - ♪ 'Cause they don't want it with me ♪ 250 00:10:13,835 --> 00:10:16,626 - You could say that professional wrestling 251 00:10:16,751 --> 00:10:17,876 lifted me out of that funk 252 00:10:18,043 --> 00:10:20,376 and gave me something to live for. 253 00:10:20,460 --> 00:10:21,876 I was on my way. 254 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:27,293 - My dad was a big wrestling fan, 255 00:10:27,418 --> 00:10:31,168 but George and I would never in 100 years ever thought 256 00:10:31,251 --> 00:10:33,376 that one of our kids would've been interested 257 00:10:33,460 --> 00:10:35,376 in something like wrestling. 258 00:10:35,543 --> 00:10:37,460 - The first group I trained with 259 00:10:37,585 --> 00:10:39,418 was some folks out of Hannibal, Missouri. 260 00:10:39,585 --> 00:10:40,876 Ooh! 261 00:10:41,001 --> 00:10:42,876 Traveling through the Midwest on weekends, 262 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,001 going to shows where you'd have, like, a dozen people 263 00:10:45,085 --> 00:10:46,251 in the audience. 264 00:10:46,376 --> 00:10:47,960 Wasn't learning anything because the people 265 00:10:48,085 --> 00:10:50,126 that I was working with, in many cases, 266 00:10:50,251 --> 00:10:51,710 only had as much experience as I did 267 00:10:51,793 --> 00:10:53,210 and had never really been 268 00:10:53,293 --> 00:10:57,710 outside of that very low-level independent circuit. 269 00:10:57,835 --> 00:10:58,960 - They were all wrestling, 270 00:10:59,085 --> 00:11:01,876 and Glenn was pretty near the last one, 271 00:11:02,001 --> 00:11:03,710 if not the last one, to come out, 272 00:11:03,876 --> 00:11:06,043 and this kid saw him, and they hollered, 273 00:11:06,126 --> 00:11:07,751 "Kill him, kill him! That's my teacher! 274 00:11:07,876 --> 00:11:09,710 Kill him!" [laughs] 275 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:12,418 We thought it was funny. [laughs] 276 00:11:12,543 --> 00:11:14,335 - George and I would go, 277 00:11:14,418 --> 00:11:15,668 and I would root. 278 00:11:15,751 --> 00:11:18,543 George is not very-- he's not very noisy... 279 00:11:18,626 --> 00:11:20,418 [laughs] As I am. 280 00:11:20,543 --> 00:11:22,001 Glenn finally told me, he says, 281 00:11:22,126 --> 00:11:25,085 "Mom," he says, "You can't go anymore." 282 00:11:25,210 --> 00:11:28,043 And I said, "Why?" He says, "You're too noisy." 283 00:11:28,126 --> 00:11:29,335 [laughs] 284 00:11:29,418 --> 00:11:30,668 - And there they are... 285 00:11:30,751 --> 00:11:32,418 - I was traveling all over the place 286 00:11:32,543 --> 00:11:33,710 just looking for a break. 287 00:11:33,793 --> 00:11:34,793 I did some work with Jerry Lawler. 288 00:11:34,918 --> 00:11:37,210 One year around Christmastime, 289 00:11:37,293 --> 00:11:39,626 Kevin Lawler, who's Jerry's son, called me. 290 00:11:39,751 --> 00:11:42,043 He's like, "Hey, I got this idea for a gimmick." 291 00:11:42,168 --> 00:11:45,585 - At this time, everybody had a character, 292 00:11:45,710 --> 00:11:47,793 all the way down to being a garbageman 293 00:11:47,918 --> 00:11:49,210 or an alligator skinner, 294 00:11:49,335 --> 00:11:51,210 or, you know, everybody was something-- 295 00:11:51,293 --> 00:11:52,376 even a plumber. 296 00:11:52,460 --> 00:11:54,876 One of them that really caught my attention 297 00:11:55,001 --> 00:11:56,876 was called the Christmas Creature. 298 00:11:57,043 --> 00:11:59,168 - This is the Christmas Creature. 299 00:11:59,251 --> 00:12:01,043 He is huge. 300 00:12:01,126 --> 00:12:02,501 ♪ ♪ 301 00:12:02,585 --> 00:12:05,793 The Christmas Creature is a little vicious, isn't he? 302 00:12:05,918 --> 00:12:07,210 - He sent me a picture, and he's like, 303 00:12:07,376 --> 00:12:09,376 "Hey, do you think you can have that outfit made?" 304 00:12:09,460 --> 00:12:10,876 So what did I do? 305 00:12:11,001 --> 00:12:12,418 I'm like, "Hey, Mom, do you think you can make this?" 306 00:12:12,543 --> 00:12:15,001 'Cause Mom was pretty good on the sewing machine. 307 00:12:15,085 --> 00:12:19,335 - I did have to sew the little light bulbs on 308 00:12:19,418 --> 00:12:21,793 and the tinsel and all that kind of stuff 309 00:12:21,918 --> 00:12:23,210 and the sleeves. 310 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:26,085 Yeah, that kind of stuff I put in there. 311 00:12:26,251 --> 00:12:28,043 And then he had to have white gloves, 312 00:12:28,126 --> 00:12:30,293 and they had to be decorated up and whatnot. 313 00:12:30,418 --> 00:12:31,876 Those light bulbs-- 314 00:12:32,043 --> 00:12:34,335 they had to have a battery so you could turn that on. 315 00:12:34,418 --> 00:12:35,668 ♪ ♪ 316 00:12:35,751 --> 00:12:38,085 - Christmas Creature waves off Ricky. 317 00:12:38,210 --> 00:12:39,710 - It was really ahead of its time. 318 00:12:39,835 --> 00:12:41,668 It was a technological innovation. 319 00:12:41,751 --> 00:12:43,251 - This guy is huge. 320 00:12:43,418 --> 00:12:45,418 - Jerry made him dress up like a Christmas tree... 321 00:12:45,543 --> 00:12:49,710 [laughing] 322 00:12:49,835 --> 00:12:52,126 And wrestle in a Christmas tree. 323 00:12:52,251 --> 00:12:53,460 Oh, my Go-- 324 00:12:53,585 --> 00:12:56,293 He still, to this day, gets pissed off about it. 325 00:12:56,418 --> 00:12:58,543 I don't know what people were thinking. 326 00:12:58,668 --> 00:12:59,668 I don't know how he did it. 327 00:12:59,793 --> 00:13:02,710 I really--I mean, that says a lot 328 00:13:02,835 --> 00:13:04,585 about the human being right there. 329 00:13:04,751 --> 00:13:06,418 - Coming through the curtains right now, 330 00:13:06,543 --> 00:13:07,710 I got the Christmas Creature. 331 00:13:07,835 --> 00:13:10,043 This guy is big and strange. 332 00:13:10,168 --> 00:13:12,835 - It gave me the chance to work with Jerry Lawler. 333 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:14,835 Over the years, people have seen Lawler, 334 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,376 and he's wrestled everybody, 335 00:13:17,460 --> 00:13:20,710 from Andy Kaufman to movie monsters. 336 00:13:20,876 --> 00:13:23,626 In that regard, the Christmas Creature 337 00:13:23,751 --> 00:13:25,793 wasn't that much out of the ordinary 338 00:13:25,918 --> 00:13:27,751 for the Memphis territory. 339 00:13:27,876 --> 00:13:30,418 - Jerry Jarrett, my partner, watched him, 340 00:13:30,585 --> 00:13:32,918 and afterwards, Jerry said, 341 00:13:33,043 --> 00:13:35,126 "Have him come to Memphis TV tomorrow." 342 00:13:35,251 --> 00:13:37,626 So that's how he got started. 343 00:13:37,751 --> 00:13:41,376 [country rock music] 344 00:13:41,460 --> 00:13:44,376 - ♪ You're about to see the hottest show in town ♪ 345 00:13:44,460 --> 00:13:47,210 ♪ The way you like it, the way it used to be ♪ 346 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:50,418 ♪ Smoky Mountain Wrestling's on TV ♪ 347 00:13:50,543 --> 00:13:53,376 - Ladies and gentlemen, this is your TV main event. 348 00:13:53,543 --> 00:13:56,876 - Smoky Mountain Wrestling was the Island of Misfit Toys. 349 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,460 You had a bunch of guys 350 00:13:58,585 --> 00:14:03,501 who really didn't fit anywhere else in the big companies, 351 00:14:03,585 --> 00:14:08,085 and Jim Cornette was the mad scientist behind it all. 352 00:14:08,210 --> 00:14:09,751 - I'm looking for a few good men, 353 00:14:09,876 --> 00:14:11,210 and so far, I found a bunch of 'em. 354 00:14:11,293 --> 00:14:13,876 - Jimmy liked me, saw some tapes, 355 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,668 and thought that I could do well there. 356 00:14:15,793 --> 00:14:18,585 - He was spawned in the Valley of Death-- 357 00:14:18,710 --> 00:14:21,918 the mighty Unabom is the demon of destruction. 358 00:14:22,043 --> 00:14:24,585 - Without him, I'd have never gotten my career 359 00:14:24,751 --> 00:14:26,043 off the ground. 360 00:14:26,126 --> 00:14:29,376 - We would do at least three to four live events 361 00:14:29,501 --> 00:14:30,626 every single week 362 00:14:30,751 --> 00:14:33,043 in Knoxville and the surrounding areas 363 00:14:33,168 --> 00:14:35,585 of West Virginia, Eastern Tennessee, 364 00:14:35,751 --> 00:14:36,918 Southeastern Kentucky. 365 00:14:37,043 --> 00:14:38,376 [indistinct shouting] 366 00:14:38,501 --> 00:14:42,543 - A lot of folks in Smoky Mountain Wrestling 367 00:14:42,626 --> 00:14:44,835 were either great performers 368 00:14:44,918 --> 00:14:47,710 with an established career 369 00:14:47,793 --> 00:14:50,668 or were folks that were headed to WWE. 370 00:14:50,793 --> 00:14:54,835 Jim Cornette had a relationship with WWE. 371 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,293 So it was kind of a front door for getting to WWE, 372 00:14:58,418 --> 00:15:00,168 which is ultimately where I wanted to go. 373 00:15:00,251 --> 00:15:01,210 ♪ ♪ 374 00:15:01,293 --> 00:15:02,835 I'd never been to East Tennessee, 375 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,376 never been to Tennessee at all. 376 00:15:05,501 --> 00:15:07,376 Didn't know what I was really getting into. 377 00:15:07,543 --> 00:15:08,585 [thuds on wrestling mat] 378 00:15:08,710 --> 00:15:09,960 - No one, thus far, 379 00:15:10,085 --> 00:15:13,043 has been able to derail this big, huge man. 380 00:15:13,168 --> 00:15:14,501 - Back in the day, 381 00:15:14,585 --> 00:15:19,710 you were so cognizant of things that were topical. 382 00:15:19,876 --> 00:15:22,168 That was something that was in the news--the Unabomber. 383 00:15:22,251 --> 00:15:24,001 So "Hey, let's have a Unabomber." 384 00:15:24,085 --> 00:15:26,210 - This is your invitation to my world-- 385 00:15:26,293 --> 00:15:29,168 a world of ugliness and a world of darkness. 386 00:15:29,251 --> 00:15:31,543 - I think it was just a way to put Glenn 387 00:15:31,668 --> 00:15:34,043 in a nondescript gimmick, 388 00:15:34,210 --> 00:15:36,085 give him an opportunity to learn from a guy like Al. 389 00:15:36,210 --> 00:15:38,668 - I have somebody that's a dear, special friend to me 390 00:15:38,793 --> 00:15:39,876 that I want to introduce. 391 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,001 The ultimate wrestler ought to take 392 00:15:41,126 --> 00:15:42,085 the ultimate killing machine. 393 00:15:42,210 --> 00:15:44,501 He was a giant guy with a-- 394 00:15:44,585 --> 00:15:47,335 kind of looked like a BDSM type of outfit with trunks 395 00:15:47,460 --> 00:15:51,251 and wore a red and black painted hockey mask. 396 00:15:51,376 --> 00:15:54,001 When we did our interviews or our promos, never spoke 397 00:15:54,085 --> 00:15:55,585 and had a cape. 398 00:15:55,751 --> 00:15:57,793 He was supposed to be this emotionless monster. 399 00:15:57,918 --> 00:15:59,876 And he would have the mask on, 400 00:16:00,043 --> 00:16:02,335 and I would intentionally try to say things 401 00:16:02,418 --> 00:16:05,210 to see if I could get him to crack, to start laughing. 402 00:16:05,376 --> 00:16:07,085 - Why? Where are you going? - Where do you think I'm going? 403 00:16:07,210 --> 00:16:09,043 I'm going back to have some sex. 404 00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:10,751 And I'd just see him over there kind of... 405 00:16:10,876 --> 00:16:12,126 [chuckles] You know? 406 00:16:12,251 --> 00:16:14,585 Trying not to laugh but he'd have the mask on. 407 00:16:14,751 --> 00:16:17,835 - The demon of destruction... 408 00:16:17,918 --> 00:16:20,085 Unabom! 409 00:16:20,210 --> 00:16:22,876 - I met Glenn probably in the mid '90s. 410 00:16:23,001 --> 00:16:24,710 He was working for Jim Cornette 411 00:16:24,835 --> 00:16:27,043 in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. 412 00:16:27,126 --> 00:16:29,210 And he was their top heel. 413 00:16:29,335 --> 00:16:31,876 We detoured and made a trip to Knoxville. 414 00:16:32,001 --> 00:16:34,210 And as soon as I worked with him, I knew. 415 00:16:34,376 --> 00:16:37,126 I said, "This guy needs to come to WWE." 416 00:16:37,251 --> 00:16:40,501 He's just so talented and such a nice guy. 417 00:16:40,585 --> 00:16:41,960 I got back, and I talked to Vince, 418 00:16:42,085 --> 00:16:44,210 and I was like, "We need to get this guy up here." 419 00:16:44,376 --> 00:16:46,501 It took a minute for him to work his way 420 00:16:46,626 --> 00:16:48,126 through some horrible gimmicks. 421 00:16:48,251 --> 00:16:50,501 [indistinct shouting] 422 00:16:50,585 --> 00:16:52,001 - Ladies and gentlemen, 423 00:16:52,085 --> 00:16:55,543 introducing to you from the land of the giants, 424 00:16:55,710 --> 00:16:57,751 Unabom! 425 00:16:57,876 --> 00:17:02,043 ♪ ♪ 426 00:17:02,126 --> 00:17:06,710 - I had to go to Memphis and to USWA 427 00:17:06,835 --> 00:17:09,460 and spent a lot of time on the road not making any money. 428 00:17:09,585 --> 00:17:11,043 And then go to Smoky Mountain Wrestling-- 429 00:17:11,168 --> 00:17:13,751 - Gosh almighty! Look at the size of that guy! 430 00:17:13,876 --> 00:17:15,251 - I wasn't a goofball. 431 00:17:15,418 --> 00:17:17,668 I was serious about this, and I wanted to succeed. 432 00:17:17,751 --> 00:17:20,210 It wasn't just like I got this handed to me. 433 00:17:20,376 --> 00:17:22,043 I mean, I had to work really hard 434 00:17:22,210 --> 00:17:24,043 just to get into WWE. 435 00:17:30,710 --> 00:17:34,918 - What made me fall in love with wrestling was... 436 00:17:35,043 --> 00:17:39,085 the mixture of storytelling with an athletic endeavor 437 00:17:39,210 --> 00:17:41,460 To have something where you could combine 438 00:17:41,585 --> 00:17:46,001 good and evil and these stories of nobility and betrayal 439 00:17:46,085 --> 00:17:49,960 and dastardly characters and noble characters. 440 00:17:50,085 --> 00:17:51,293 There's nothing else like it. 441 00:17:51,418 --> 00:17:53,043 It's always scary whenever Tom gets a great idea. 442 00:17:53,210 --> 00:17:54,460 - [laughs] Oh, man. 443 00:17:56,876 --> 00:17:58,626 - I think it's the greatest entertainment in the world. 444 00:17:58,751 --> 00:18:01,793 [rock music] 445 00:18:01,918 --> 00:18:09,043 ♪ ♪ 446 00:18:09,126 --> 00:18:11,376 When I first got into professional wrestling, 447 00:18:11,501 --> 00:18:14,293 I had no idea where it was going to end up. 448 00:18:14,418 --> 00:18:16,668 I didn't have any other plans for my life. 449 00:18:16,793 --> 00:18:18,543 I was making a living, 450 00:18:18,626 --> 00:18:20,376 although sometimes barely eking by. 451 00:18:20,543 --> 00:18:22,126 But nevertheless, I figured, 452 00:18:22,251 --> 00:18:26,543 as long as I could do that that things were okay. 453 00:18:26,626 --> 00:18:29,376 ♪ ♪ 454 00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:33,085 - Smoky Mountain Wrestling was big at the time, 455 00:18:33,210 --> 00:18:35,585 and it was at Freedom Hall, 456 00:18:35,751 --> 00:18:38,168 which is a little center in Johnson City. 457 00:18:38,251 --> 00:18:39,710 And we would go there, 458 00:18:39,793 --> 00:18:42,543 and sometimes we would go to some of the high schools 459 00:18:42,668 --> 00:18:44,918 where they were gonna be performing. 460 00:18:45,043 --> 00:18:46,043 The girls loved it. 461 00:18:46,168 --> 00:18:47,876 - A friend introduced me to Crystal. 462 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,168 I thought that she was beautiful 463 00:18:49,293 --> 00:18:50,418 the first time I ever saw her. 464 00:18:50,543 --> 00:18:51,668 ♪ ♪ 465 00:18:51,751 --> 00:18:55,126 She was a single mom with two daughters. 466 00:18:55,251 --> 00:18:57,210 She was going to school 467 00:18:57,293 --> 00:18:59,210 at East Tennessee State University, 468 00:18:59,376 --> 00:19:02,876 pursuing a master's degree in counseling 469 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,210 while she was also working full-time 470 00:19:05,335 --> 00:19:06,918 and then working on weekends. 471 00:19:07,043 --> 00:19:08,376 [grunting] 472 00:19:08,501 --> 00:19:12,043 - And Unabom catching there, Matt Hardy-- 473 00:19:12,210 --> 00:19:14,876 slingshot into the turnbuckles. 474 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,085 - Just like he was a five-pound sack of flour. 475 00:19:18,210 --> 00:19:20,210 - Crystal's daughters, Devan and Arista, 476 00:19:20,335 --> 00:19:22,043 were big fans of Smoky Mountain Wrestling. 477 00:19:22,168 --> 00:19:25,376 So she was aware of what I did, 478 00:19:25,501 --> 00:19:27,710 and she'd taken the girls to some shows. 479 00:19:27,876 --> 00:19:29,085 [crowd shouting] 480 00:19:29,251 --> 00:19:31,293 - I loved it. I loved every bit of it. 481 00:19:31,418 --> 00:19:33,501 We would spend hours beforehand-- 482 00:19:33,626 --> 00:19:35,376 I would make my signs to hold up. 483 00:19:35,501 --> 00:19:37,710 And I loved it. [chuckles] 484 00:19:37,835 --> 00:19:40,876 ♪ ♪ 485 00:19:41,001 --> 00:19:42,251 - We were just kids, 486 00:19:42,376 --> 00:19:44,710 so everything was fantastic and big and real. 487 00:19:44,793 --> 00:19:47,501 It was fun. I just loved the performers. 488 00:19:47,585 --> 00:19:48,710 ♪ ♪ 489 00:19:48,793 --> 00:19:50,293 Something we always looked forward to. 490 00:19:50,418 --> 00:19:53,418 - And he's going for the powerbomb. 491 00:19:53,543 --> 00:19:56,376 - I remember that I thought he was athletic-- 492 00:19:56,543 --> 00:19:58,585 from what I watched of the shows, okay? 493 00:19:58,710 --> 00:20:00,626 - She was not impressed with my career 494 00:20:00,751 --> 00:20:02,001 at that point. 495 00:20:02,126 --> 00:20:07,251 - It seemed like he was much more agile in the ring. 496 00:20:07,418 --> 00:20:09,418 - She told me that if her father 497 00:20:09,543 --> 00:20:10,835 had still been alive 498 00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:12,960 that she would have never been allowed to date me 499 00:20:13,085 --> 00:20:14,710 'cause he held a very low opinion 500 00:20:14,835 --> 00:20:17,251 of professional wrestlers. 501 00:20:17,418 --> 00:20:18,960 - He had been apparently wanting 502 00:20:19,085 --> 00:20:20,710 to go out with me for some time, 503 00:20:20,793 --> 00:20:22,376 and I kept saying no. 504 00:20:22,501 --> 00:20:24,543 I never wanted to date a wrestler. 505 00:20:24,668 --> 00:20:26,876 I had friends that were wrestlers, 506 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,876 and I didn't see myself 507 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,543 with someone that was a professional wrestler. 508 00:20:33,626 --> 00:20:35,418 My oldest daughter, Devan, 509 00:20:35,543 --> 00:20:39,168 she had broke her femur in three places 510 00:20:39,251 --> 00:20:41,001 and was in traction at a hospital. 511 00:20:41,085 --> 00:20:43,501 When I walked in one day, 512 00:20:43,626 --> 00:20:45,501 he was sitting there with her, and he had brought her, 513 00:20:45,585 --> 00:20:50,210 you know, coloring books and stuff to do and flowers. 514 00:20:50,376 --> 00:20:53,293 And I was like, "Yeah, I got to go out with him now." 515 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:55,668 So, you know, it was a guilt-trip thing, right? 516 00:20:55,751 --> 00:20:58,001 - I was able to convince her to go out with me, 517 00:20:58,085 --> 00:21:01,626 and she realized that I'm a nice guy 518 00:21:01,751 --> 00:21:04,418 and really just an average, ordinary person, 519 00:21:04,543 --> 00:21:07,210 other than doing this thing that I did on TV. 520 00:21:07,335 --> 00:21:10,376 - I knew that he would... 521 00:21:10,501 --> 00:21:13,043 be doing this. 522 00:21:13,168 --> 00:21:14,293 Didn't know on what scale, 523 00:21:14,418 --> 00:21:16,335 but his thoughts were, you know, 524 00:21:16,418 --> 00:21:18,460 he would do it for a year or two, 525 00:21:18,585 --> 00:21:20,835 make enough money to buy a house, 526 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,376 and be done. 527 00:21:22,501 --> 00:21:25,293 That wasn't what I thought was gonna happen. 528 00:21:25,418 --> 00:21:28,126 That's not what happened. [chuckles] So... 529 00:21:28,251 --> 00:21:29,460 [indistinct shouting] 530 00:21:29,585 --> 00:21:31,210 - She became supportive of it. 531 00:21:31,335 --> 00:21:32,418 But that's never been 532 00:21:32,543 --> 00:21:34,876 what's defined our relationship. 533 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,001 That's just something that I did for a living. 534 00:21:38,126 --> 00:21:39,376 ♪ ♪ 535 00:21:39,501 --> 00:21:43,168 - It is not a powerbomb that this man does. 536 00:21:43,251 --> 00:21:45,335 We call it the Unabom. 537 00:21:45,460 --> 00:21:46,626 - I'll remember that from now on. 538 00:21:46,751 --> 00:21:48,376 - When I came to Smoky Mountain Wrestling, 539 00:21:48,543 --> 00:21:50,710 Jim Ross was doing their commentary. 540 00:21:50,835 --> 00:21:52,626 He was person that got me my tryout 541 00:21:52,751 --> 00:21:55,210 that led to being signed with WWE. 542 00:21:55,293 --> 00:21:56,876 Can't keep up with me, that's just too bad. 543 00:21:57,043 --> 00:21:58,043 No one beats Unabom. 544 00:21:58,210 --> 00:21:59,960 - ♪ From mountains high ♪ 545 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:02,585 ♪ All way down valleys low ♪ 546 00:22:02,710 --> 00:22:04,168 ♪ ♪ 547 00:22:04,293 --> 00:22:05,543 - I was really excited 548 00:22:05,668 --> 00:22:08,501 because I had previously had a tryout. 549 00:22:08,585 --> 00:22:11,043 It didn't turn out very well, just 'cause I wasn't ready. 550 00:22:11,126 --> 00:22:13,376 I knew now that I was ready. I knew that I could do this. 551 00:22:13,460 --> 00:22:16,626 So WWE signed me within a few weeks 552 00:22:16,751 --> 00:22:20,043 and told me that they wanted me to fly to New York 553 00:22:20,168 --> 00:22:22,126 to meet with Vince McMahon. 554 00:22:22,251 --> 00:22:23,918 This was the guy who was gonna dictate 555 00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:25,210 where my future went. 556 00:22:25,335 --> 00:22:29,543 Ultimately, he was that outside factor 557 00:22:29,668 --> 00:22:32,335 that would control where my life was gonna go. 558 00:22:32,460 --> 00:22:33,835 ♪ ♪ 559 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,918 - What is that look on your face for, Jerry Lawler? 560 00:22:36,043 --> 00:22:37,043 - What? 561 00:22:37,168 --> 00:22:39,293 - I flew from Knoxville, Tennessee, 562 00:22:39,418 --> 00:22:41,543 to LaGuardia Airport in New York. 563 00:22:41,668 --> 00:22:43,335 I was picked up in a limousine. 564 00:22:43,418 --> 00:22:45,710 Never been in a limousine before in my entire life, 565 00:22:45,793 --> 00:22:47,710 so I'm thinking to myself, "Man, I've made it. 566 00:22:47,835 --> 00:22:49,876 This is the big-time. I'm a WWE superstar." 567 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,210 Limo takes me to Stamford, Connecticut, 568 00:22:52,376 --> 00:22:53,710 and Vince looks at me... 569 00:22:53,793 --> 00:22:55,710 ♪ ♪ 570 00:22:55,835 --> 00:22:58,043 And he asked me, "Glenn, have you ever been afraid 571 00:22:58,168 --> 00:22:59,418 to go to the dentist" 572 00:22:59,543 --> 00:23:02,460 And I said, "No," because I'd never been afraid 573 00:23:02,585 --> 00:23:03,710 of going to the dentist. 574 00:23:03,876 --> 00:23:06,168 So then he looks me square in the eye 575 00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:07,793 and straight-faced says, 576 00:23:07,918 --> 00:23:11,501 "Good. I've always had this idea 577 00:23:11,626 --> 00:23:13,918 for a wrestling dentist." 578 00:23:14,043 --> 00:23:15,293 ♪ ♪ 579 00:23:15,418 --> 00:23:17,168 "Isaac Yankem. 580 00:23:17,251 --> 00:23:19,918 "I. Yankem. 581 00:23:20,043 --> 00:23:21,376 [chuckles] Get it?" 582 00:23:21,460 --> 00:23:23,210 And then he starts doing the Vince McMahon laugh, 583 00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:24,085 which I had never heard before. 584 00:23:24,210 --> 00:23:27,210 [laughter] Next! 585 00:23:27,335 --> 00:23:30,418 [drill whirring] - Isaac Yankem, DDS. 586 00:23:30,543 --> 00:23:32,460 [crowd shouting] 587 00:23:32,585 --> 00:23:35,793 - Outside of my knee injury in football, 588 00:23:35,918 --> 00:23:38,460 it was actually one of the most devastating moments 589 00:23:38,585 --> 00:23:39,960 in my entire life 590 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:43,418 because I had no idea how I was gonna pull this off. 591 00:23:47,418 --> 00:23:48,585 - Talked to Jim Cornette, and Jim told 592 00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:50,626 "Aw, don't worry about it, man. 593 00:23:50,751 --> 00:23:52,126 "They have these ideas. It'll be fine. 594 00:23:52,251 --> 00:23:53,501 "That's not gonna happen. 595 00:23:53,626 --> 00:23:55,043 They'll figure out something better for you." 596 00:23:55,168 --> 00:23:58,418 Then a few weeks later, Jim comes to me, and he's like, 597 00:23:58,543 --> 00:24:01,376 "Well, I heard from WWE. It's the dentist." 598 00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:02,793 And I'm just like, 599 00:24:02,918 --> 00:24:05,501 "I thought you said that they weren't gonna do that?" 600 00:24:05,626 --> 00:24:07,210 Of course, the whole thing came about 601 00:24:07,335 --> 00:24:09,585 because Jerry Lawler had lost 602 00:24:09,751 --> 00:24:12,126 the Kiss Your Foot match to Bret Hart 603 00:24:12,251 --> 00:24:15,001 and figured the way to get revenge on Bret Hart 604 00:24:15,085 --> 00:24:17,918 was to introduce his wrestling dentist, 605 00:24:18,043 --> 00:24:21,418 Isaac Yankem, to take care of Hitman. 606 00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:24,335 - He was being given a great opportunity... 607 00:24:24,418 --> 00:24:25,501 - Isaac Yankem, coming in from behind! 608 00:24:25,626 --> 00:24:27,668 - Being tied into Lawler and Bret Hart. 609 00:24:27,751 --> 00:24:29,793 - Yeah! - Yankem... 610 00:24:29,918 --> 00:24:32,043 extremely aggressive. - One, two, three. 611 00:24:32,126 --> 00:24:33,960 - Weighing 304 pounds... 612 00:24:34,085 --> 00:24:37,460 - Oh, my goodness, take a look at Isaac Yankem. 613 00:24:37,585 --> 00:24:39,668 - The big, powerful Isaac Yankem in control-- 614 00:24:39,751 --> 00:24:42,085 to the buckle and moving right in. 615 00:24:42,251 --> 00:24:43,710 Oh, my goodness! - [groans] 616 00:24:43,793 --> 00:24:45,918 - [speaking indistinctly] 617 00:24:46,043 --> 00:24:49,668 - Isaac Yankem! - His breath is so bad! 618 00:24:49,751 --> 00:24:53,210 - The Warrior off the ropes and down on Yankem! 619 00:24:53,293 --> 00:24:55,210 - One, two... 620 00:24:55,376 --> 00:24:57,251 - Yes, he got it! [bell dinging] 621 00:24:57,376 --> 00:24:59,876 - Isaac Yankem was a terrible character for Glenn, 622 00:25:00,043 --> 00:25:02,626 and it didn't make any sense, so far as what Glenn could do. 623 00:25:02,751 --> 00:25:04,710 It don't think WWE understood it. 624 00:25:04,793 --> 00:25:05,960 They just said, "We're gonna put out 625 00:25:06,085 --> 00:25:07,418 "this bad-guy dentist out there," 626 00:25:07,543 --> 00:25:10,585 that just was kind of doomed to fail. 627 00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:12,293 - It clearly was not the greatest concept 628 00:25:12,418 --> 00:25:14,876 or storyline or gimmick. 629 00:25:15,001 --> 00:25:17,793 I could see that there wasn't a lot of mileage in it. 630 00:25:17,918 --> 00:25:20,543 It just didn't make any sense to me. 631 00:25:20,668 --> 00:25:22,085 - Why did I get stuck with this? 632 00:25:22,251 --> 00:25:23,501 Why did he think 633 00:25:23,626 --> 00:25:25,085 that I was gonna be a great wrestling dentist? 634 00:25:25,210 --> 00:25:27,210 I mean, I have a gap between my front teeth. 635 00:25:27,293 --> 00:25:28,460 Is that it? I have no idea. 636 00:25:28,585 --> 00:25:30,793 - At one point, you're really happy for him 637 00:25:30,918 --> 00:25:33,376 because he's doing what he loves-- 638 00:25:33,460 --> 00:25:34,793 maybe not the character he loves, 639 00:25:34,918 --> 00:25:39,168 but he's doing something to begin that stepping stone 640 00:25:39,251 --> 00:25:41,710 of showing other people what he could do. 641 00:25:41,835 --> 00:25:45,210 But just the whole rotted teeth... 642 00:25:45,376 --> 00:25:46,626 'Cause I was like, 643 00:25:46,751 --> 00:25:48,668 "What have they done to your teeth?" You know? 644 00:25:48,751 --> 00:25:50,001 [both laughing, person whimpers] 645 00:25:50,085 --> 00:25:52,835 - Isaac Yankem, DDS! - [chuckling evilly] 646 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,251 - He's gonna drill his way to the top 647 00:25:55,418 --> 00:25:57,418 of the World Wrestling Entertainment. 648 00:25:57,585 --> 00:25:58,876 [drill whirring] Whoa, get it! 649 00:25:59,001 --> 00:26:00,376 [person whimpers] 650 00:26:00,543 --> 00:26:01,543 - I felt ridiculous. 651 00:26:01,668 --> 00:26:03,043 I just never felt 652 00:26:03,210 --> 00:26:05,001 that I could sink my teeth into the character-- 653 00:26:05,126 --> 00:26:06,501 pun intended. 654 00:26:06,626 --> 00:26:08,418 I never felt like the audience gravitated 655 00:26:08,585 --> 00:26:09,751 like they should have. 656 00:26:09,876 --> 00:26:11,418 I always felt it just came across 657 00:26:11,585 --> 00:26:13,668 as very campy and unrealistic. 658 00:26:13,793 --> 00:26:14,960 I'm gonna kick in 659 00:26:15,085 --> 00:26:17,793 all of the dirty, rotten, stinking teeth. 660 00:26:17,918 --> 00:26:19,751 - Are you ready, SummerSlam? [drill whirring] 661 00:26:19,918 --> 00:26:22,876 - I thought it was a really monumental match 662 00:26:23,043 --> 00:26:24,751 for a guy that young in the business. 663 00:26:24,876 --> 00:26:28,501 - Here he comes! - Bret "Hitman" Hart! 664 00:26:28,626 --> 00:26:30,043 - I just never felt like I belonged. 665 00:26:30,210 --> 00:26:33,751 I felt that the deck was completely stacked against me 666 00:26:33,876 --> 00:26:36,085 with the Isaac Yankem character. 667 00:26:36,251 --> 00:26:39,043 - I remember the SummerSlam match I laid out for him. 668 00:26:39,168 --> 00:26:41,668 It was one of the most complicated, 669 00:26:41,793 --> 00:26:44,710 very layered matches that I ever put together. 670 00:26:44,835 --> 00:26:49,168 I was trying really hard to really get him over 671 00:26:49,251 --> 00:26:50,376 for the company's sake. 672 00:26:50,501 --> 00:26:53,168 - Caught in midair and slammed down to the canvas. 673 00:26:53,251 --> 00:26:55,585 - He did a good job, and I was really proud of him. 674 00:26:55,751 --> 00:26:56,751 I feel like a teacher, 675 00:26:56,876 --> 00:26:58,376 and he was, like, one of my students. 676 00:26:58,501 --> 00:27:00,126 And he was one of my best students. 677 00:27:00,251 --> 00:27:03,001 - [shouts indistinctly] Look at that! Look at that! 678 00:27:03,085 --> 00:27:04,793 - I don't know if Glenn ever reached 679 00:27:04,918 --> 00:27:06,043 a crossroads where he thought, 680 00:27:06,168 --> 00:27:07,418 "Maybe I should do something else." 681 00:27:07,543 --> 00:27:08,876 Glenn never said anything 682 00:27:09,001 --> 00:27:12,543 about the fact that, "Maybe this isn't working out." 683 00:27:12,668 --> 00:27:14,376 I'm sure he felt that way, 684 00:27:14,543 --> 00:27:16,168 because I've been in that position, too, 685 00:27:16,293 --> 00:27:17,751 where you're somewhere and you're thinking, 686 00:27:17,876 --> 00:27:19,710 "I don't know if I'm ever gonna get a chance." 687 00:27:19,835 --> 00:27:20,960 I have a hard time believing 688 00:27:21,085 --> 00:27:23,918 that there wasn't some doubt in his mind. 689 00:27:24,085 --> 00:27:24,710 - Yankem... 690 00:27:24,793 --> 00:27:26,918 you seem to be on the rise 691 00:27:27,043 --> 00:27:29,210 in the World Wrestling Entertainment. 692 00:27:29,293 --> 00:27:32,251 - While I was struggling as the Isaac Yankem character, 693 00:27:32,418 --> 00:27:33,710 I had a TV match with Undertaker. 694 00:27:33,876 --> 00:27:37,585 - We've got Isaac Yankem against the Undertaker. 695 00:27:37,751 --> 00:27:39,710 - I can't wait, McMahon. This is what I've been-- 696 00:27:39,835 --> 00:27:42,126 I've been laying awake at nights dreaming of this! 697 00:27:42,251 --> 00:27:44,168 - It was terrible. That was all my fault. 698 00:27:44,251 --> 00:27:45,710 ♪ ♪ 699 00:27:45,835 --> 00:27:48,793 My heart wasn't in it, and the match was terrible. 700 00:27:48,918 --> 00:27:50,876 If you can't have a good match 701 00:27:51,043 --> 00:27:52,793 and you're just out there going through the motions, 702 00:27:52,918 --> 00:27:54,876 you just don't make your opponent look good, 703 00:27:55,001 --> 00:27:57,543 which is what had happened that night. 704 00:27:57,710 --> 00:27:59,001 - Undertaker could very well be 705 00:27:59,126 --> 00:28:01,501 the next World Wrestling Entertainment champ! 706 00:28:01,626 --> 00:28:02,835 - Oh, my goodness! 707 00:28:02,918 --> 00:28:04,710 - I felt bad for him. I really did. 708 00:28:04,876 --> 00:28:08,418 It was really frustrating, 'cause I knew... 709 00:28:08,543 --> 00:28:09,710 I knew the upside with him. 710 00:28:09,876 --> 00:28:14,210 I just knew Isaac Yankem was not it. 711 00:28:14,293 --> 00:28:15,501 It was not gonna last. 712 00:28:15,626 --> 00:28:16,501 - Oh! 713 00:28:16,626 --> 00:28:19,418 ♪ ♪ 714 00:28:19,585 --> 00:28:21,293 When your audience sees something 715 00:28:21,418 --> 00:28:23,460 and they go, "Oh, my gosh, that's awful," 716 00:28:23,585 --> 00:28:25,626 it's hard to get 'em back. 717 00:28:25,751 --> 00:28:27,543 I mean, there's only so much you can do. 718 00:28:27,626 --> 00:28:29,543 ♪ ♪ 719 00:28:29,710 --> 00:28:30,710 - Mark, afterwards, told me, 720 00:28:30,835 --> 00:28:33,043 "Look, dude, if you want to stay here, 721 00:28:33,168 --> 00:28:35,335 "you're gonna have to act like you belong here. 722 00:28:35,418 --> 00:28:36,876 You can't mope around." 723 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,126 - And Isaac Yankem gets a boot to the midsection. 724 00:28:39,251 --> 00:28:40,126 - He was not a fan 725 00:28:40,251 --> 00:28:42,335 of the Isaac Yankem character either. 726 00:28:42,418 --> 00:28:45,626 But, nevertheless, I made Undertaker look bad... 727 00:28:45,751 --> 00:28:47,626 - Check it out. Scoops up Yankem! 728 00:28:47,751 --> 00:28:49,043 Look at this! - I was telling him, 729 00:28:49,210 --> 00:28:51,418 "Like, Glenn, if you're gonna survive here, 730 00:28:51,543 --> 00:28:53,085 "you've got to develop 731 00:28:53,251 --> 00:28:56,751 "a little bit of [bleep] in you. 732 00:28:56,918 --> 00:28:58,210 "Not an [bleep] just to be an [bleep], 733 00:28:58,335 --> 00:29:02,168 "but an [bleep] for the sake of the business. 734 00:29:02,251 --> 00:29:05,043 "You've got to stand up for yourself"... 735 00:29:05,168 --> 00:29:06,960 - [grunts] 736 00:29:07,085 --> 00:29:09,210 - "Or you're not gonna be here." 737 00:29:09,335 --> 00:29:10,751 [indistinct shouting] 738 00:29:14,626 --> 00:29:15,793 - When I was in WWE, 739 00:29:15,918 --> 00:29:18,835 I was often on the road 250, 300 days a year. 740 00:29:18,918 --> 00:29:20,668 Getting in the ring and performing 741 00:29:20,751 --> 00:29:24,001 was really the fun part. 742 00:29:24,085 --> 00:29:25,126 Learning and traveling 743 00:29:25,251 --> 00:29:29,376 and long nights and bumps and bruises-- 744 00:29:29,460 --> 00:29:32,376 that's really the beauty of this whole industry. 745 00:29:32,460 --> 00:29:34,710 - One, two, three... - That's where the romance is. 746 00:29:34,793 --> 00:29:37,751 [soft music] 747 00:29:37,918 --> 00:29:40,043 They kept me around, working. 748 00:29:40,126 --> 00:29:44,543 I was over in South Africa on a show with WWE, 749 00:29:44,626 --> 00:29:45,835 and Jerry Brisco told me 750 00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:47,293 "Hey, when you get back to the States, 751 00:29:47,418 --> 00:29:49,543 you need to call Vince-- he has an idea for you." 752 00:29:49,668 --> 00:29:52,418 ♪ ♪ 753 00:29:52,543 --> 00:29:54,001 - We had the Monday Night Wars. 754 00:29:54,085 --> 00:29:58,210 And we lost Diesel and Razor to WCW. 755 00:29:58,335 --> 00:30:01,793 - Where is it-- the big surprise? 756 00:30:01,918 --> 00:30:04,668 [crowd clamoring] 757 00:30:04,793 --> 00:30:07,085 - [mouthing words] 758 00:30:07,251 --> 00:30:10,168 This is where the big boys play, huh? 759 00:30:10,251 --> 00:30:12,543 - I was ecstatic-- more money, 760 00:30:12,626 --> 00:30:13,710 guaranteed money. 761 00:30:13,835 --> 00:30:16,918 So half the days and twice as much money. 762 00:30:17,043 --> 00:30:18,543 - He said, "I've got this new role." 763 00:30:18,626 --> 00:30:19,751 And I'm like, "What is it?" 764 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:21,335 And he's like, "I'm gonna be fake Diesel," 765 00:30:21,418 --> 00:30:24,460 because Diesel and Razor Ramon had left. 766 00:30:24,585 --> 00:30:25,835 - This is Diesel, folks. 767 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,418 Look on his contract. 768 00:30:28,585 --> 00:30:30,751 - The idea was by introducing 769 00:30:30,876 --> 00:30:33,585 the same character that had just left, 770 00:30:33,710 --> 00:30:35,918 you could have impostors 771 00:30:36,043 --> 00:30:39,751 who were just as big of stars 772 00:30:39,876 --> 00:30:41,376 as the stars were. 773 00:30:41,501 --> 00:30:43,043 ♪ ♪ 774 00:30:43,210 --> 00:30:46,668 And I assumed the role of the new Diesel. 775 00:30:46,751 --> 00:30:47,960 The company was behind it. 776 00:30:48,085 --> 00:30:50,501 We were going to become Tag Team Champions, 777 00:30:50,585 --> 00:30:52,835 and there was gonna be a pretty big push 778 00:30:52,918 --> 00:30:54,876 behind the characters. 779 00:30:55,001 --> 00:30:57,210 - I'm like, "Oh, okay. How's that gonna happen? 780 00:30:57,293 --> 00:31:01,043 You know, 'cause you've got white, short, curly hair." 781 00:31:01,168 --> 00:31:02,751 And he's like, "Well, I've got to go get extensions." 782 00:31:02,918 --> 00:31:05,043 [chuckles] He was all in leather, 783 00:31:05,168 --> 00:31:07,668 and he had the long black hair. 784 00:31:07,793 --> 00:31:09,501 I was like, "I like this character. 785 00:31:09,585 --> 00:31:10,876 You're so hot." 786 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,543 [crowd clamoring] 787 00:31:12,668 --> 00:31:14,585 - They created this as a parody. 788 00:31:14,710 --> 00:31:18,293 It's just that Glenn Jacobs isn't a parody of anything. 789 00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:20,960 He comes back as a different human being. 790 00:31:21,085 --> 00:31:22,376 He looked incredible. 791 00:31:22,501 --> 00:31:25,126 Glenn's success is because of his hard work, 792 00:31:25,251 --> 00:31:26,543 and he did a great job with it. 793 00:31:26,626 --> 00:31:30,543 The fake Razor didn't do good job with it. 794 00:31:30,668 --> 00:31:32,043 Glenn did a great job with it. 795 00:31:32,210 --> 00:31:33,876 - Here comes that Jackknife! 796 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,793 - Whoa! Sidewalk Slam! - Yo! 797 00:31:35,918 --> 00:31:37,335 - The size of Diesel. I mean, this guy's huge. 798 00:31:37,418 --> 00:31:40,460 - I'm sure, you know, it was awkward for Glenn. 799 00:31:40,585 --> 00:31:41,543 But it's a job. 800 00:31:41,626 --> 00:31:43,168 Either that or you go home. 801 00:31:43,251 --> 00:31:46,668 And I think Glenn was like-- he didn't want to go home. 802 00:31:46,793 --> 00:31:47,960 And I think he understood 803 00:31:48,085 --> 00:31:49,210 he was still in the learning process 804 00:31:49,335 --> 00:31:51,210 and still climbing a ladder 805 00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:53,335 that he wasn't sure where it was going 806 00:31:53,418 --> 00:31:54,960 or how long it would take to get to the top, 807 00:31:55,085 --> 00:31:58,043 but he was still, you know, somewhere on that ladder. 808 00:31:58,126 --> 00:31:59,710 - He is a monster. 809 00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:00,918 ♪ ♪ 810 00:32:01,043 --> 00:32:03,251 - There it comes! The Jackknife! 811 00:32:03,376 --> 00:32:05,543 - The fake Diesel character gave me a lot of confidence. 812 00:32:05,668 --> 00:32:09,043 I realized that, yes, I belonged in WWE. 813 00:32:09,126 --> 00:32:10,876 That's actually what was missing 814 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:11,960 with the Isaac Yankem character. 815 00:32:12,085 --> 00:32:13,751 I just never felt like I belonged. 816 00:32:13,876 --> 00:32:17,418 ♪ ♪ 817 00:32:17,543 --> 00:32:19,001 - Being a phony dentist, 818 00:32:19,085 --> 00:32:20,918 being Isaac Yankem, is one thing. 819 00:32:21,085 --> 00:32:21,876 But then being 820 00:32:22,001 --> 00:32:22,960 at least a little closer 821 00:32:23,085 --> 00:32:24,668 to a real person 822 00:32:24,751 --> 00:32:26,043 gives you some confidence, 823 00:32:26,168 --> 00:32:28,876 an air of walking to the ring like Diesel. 824 00:32:29,043 --> 00:32:30,418 ♪ ♪ 825 00:32:30,543 --> 00:32:33,918 That was a big step in taking the next step 826 00:32:34,043 --> 00:32:36,626 to being who he was gonna be. 827 00:32:36,751 --> 00:32:38,710 - ♪ I never back down ♪ 828 00:32:38,835 --> 00:32:41,793 ♪ Got you on the run ♪ 829 00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:44,085 ♪ And I'll chase you down ♪ 830 00:32:44,251 --> 00:32:47,001 ♪ Like a bullet from a gun ♪ 831 00:32:47,126 --> 00:32:48,335 - By watching me, 832 00:32:48,460 --> 00:32:51,168 I think he learned big-man pacing. 833 00:32:51,251 --> 00:32:52,585 You watch him as Yankem, 834 00:32:52,751 --> 00:32:55,751 he works much faster than when he works as Diesel. 835 00:32:55,918 --> 00:32:59,543 I think he realized, like, "No, man, slow." 836 00:32:59,668 --> 00:33:00,543 ♪ ♪ 837 00:33:00,710 --> 00:33:02,376 - You could see the transition 838 00:33:02,501 --> 00:33:06,210 that he felt more comfortable just walking into the ring, 839 00:33:06,293 --> 00:33:07,793 strutting his stuff. 840 00:33:07,918 --> 00:33:09,710 And maybe it's 'cause his wife was telling him he was hot. 841 00:33:09,835 --> 00:33:10,876 I don't know. [chuckles] 842 00:33:11,043 --> 00:33:12,751 You know, with the sunglasses on 843 00:33:12,918 --> 00:33:15,376 and the goatee and the long hair and... 844 00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:16,835 Yeah. [laughs] 845 00:33:16,918 --> 00:33:18,001 ♪ ♪ 846 00:33:18,126 --> 00:33:21,418 - ♪ The devil's on the rise ♪ 847 00:33:21,585 --> 00:33:23,085 ♪ Yeah ♪ 848 00:33:23,210 --> 00:33:25,501 ♪ The devil's on the rise ♪ 849 00:33:25,626 --> 00:33:27,126 - The problem is, 850 00:33:27,251 --> 00:33:30,126 if you ever have something that's a fake of somebody else, 851 00:33:30,251 --> 00:33:34,043 just turn on the TV and see Kevin Nash. 852 00:33:34,210 --> 00:33:35,918 You can never do a parody of something 853 00:33:36,043 --> 00:33:38,460 when the person is somewhere around 854 00:33:38,585 --> 00:33:41,418 that can still go, and Kevin Nash could still go. 855 00:33:41,543 --> 00:33:45,126 ♪ ♪ 856 00:33:45,251 --> 00:33:48,876 - They wanted to prove that it wasn't us. 857 00:33:49,001 --> 00:33:51,210 It was their machine. 858 00:33:51,293 --> 00:33:53,418 That if they put their machine behind it, 859 00:33:53,543 --> 00:33:55,960 they could re-create the character. 860 00:33:56,085 --> 00:33:58,251 And it was just-- that wasn't the case. 861 00:33:58,418 --> 00:34:01,710 We're like nobody else on TV. [crowd cheering] 862 00:34:01,793 --> 00:34:06,376 - Because of just the storyline coming to an organic end, 863 00:34:06,501 --> 00:34:08,376 Rick and I were taken off TV. 864 00:34:08,460 --> 00:34:10,543 We went to Memphis and worked some 865 00:34:10,668 --> 00:34:13,376 with Jerry Lawler there and his promotion there. 866 00:34:13,501 --> 00:34:14,668 - Holy cow! - When I was in Memphis, 867 00:34:14,793 --> 00:34:18,876 I got a call that WWE had an idea for me. 868 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:20,960 There had been an incident 869 00:34:21,085 --> 00:34:22,251 where Vader had gotten arrested. 870 00:34:22,418 --> 00:34:24,918 He was on a talk show with Undertaker. 871 00:34:25,043 --> 00:34:26,668 They were in a storyline at the time. 872 00:34:26,793 --> 00:34:28,918 [chuckles] 873 00:34:29,043 --> 00:34:31,543 - So we're on tour in the Middle East. 874 00:34:31,626 --> 00:34:33,168 We end up in Kuwait. 875 00:34:33,293 --> 00:34:35,251 I was World Champion at the time, 876 00:34:35,376 --> 00:34:38,376 and I was gonna defend the title that night. 877 00:34:38,543 --> 00:34:42,585 They had us on some morning talk show. 878 00:34:42,710 --> 00:34:43,876 From what I understand, 879 00:34:44,001 --> 00:34:46,585 it was a fairly big morning talk show. 880 00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:48,168 - Undertaker knew 881 00:34:48,251 --> 00:34:52,210 that this commentator was going to ask the dreaded 882 00:34:52,293 --> 00:34:54,543 "is wrestling fake?" Question, 883 00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:56,001 which I hate. 884 00:34:56,085 --> 00:34:58,793 - They say this wrestling is not for real. 885 00:34:58,918 --> 00:35:01,585 Is it, like, you act or... 886 00:35:01,710 --> 00:35:03,335 ♪ ♪ 887 00:35:03,418 --> 00:35:06,001 - And Undertaker told Vader, "Just let me handle it. 888 00:35:06,126 --> 00:35:07,168 Let me answer it." 889 00:35:07,251 --> 00:35:11,501 - What we do, if it is acting... 890 00:35:11,585 --> 00:35:15,210 we take a normal man and break him in half. 891 00:35:15,293 --> 00:35:17,543 You know, that's such an unoriginal question 892 00:35:17,668 --> 00:35:18,376 for someone to ask. 893 00:35:18,501 --> 00:35:19,876 ♪ ♪ 894 00:35:20,001 --> 00:35:23,585 Vader, as all of us old-school guys used to do-- 895 00:35:23,710 --> 00:35:26,293 you defend your business, you defend your territory. 896 00:35:26,418 --> 00:35:29,460 Vader grabs this guy and shakes him up a little bit. 897 00:35:29,585 --> 00:35:32,335 - I find your remark and your question insulting. 898 00:35:32,460 --> 00:35:34,293 - It's not my question. It's somebody-- 899 00:35:34,418 --> 00:35:35,418 [thud, object shatters] 900 00:35:35,585 --> 00:35:37,876 - Does that [bleep] feel fake, huh? 901 00:35:38,001 --> 00:35:39,210 Does that feel fake? 902 00:35:39,293 --> 00:35:40,793 - And I'm thinking in my head, 903 00:35:40,918 --> 00:35:45,168 "Oh, my gosh, Vader, what are you doing?" 904 00:35:45,251 --> 00:35:48,001 - And we lost Leon for a while. 905 00:35:48,085 --> 00:35:49,585 He was detained in Kuwait 906 00:35:49,710 --> 00:35:52,210 for probably about a week or so. 907 00:35:52,293 --> 00:35:54,960 We needed to create an opponent 908 00:35:55,085 --> 00:35:56,251 for the Undertaker, 909 00:35:56,376 --> 00:36:01,001 because looking at what was in WWE at the time, 910 00:36:01,085 --> 00:36:02,293 it was like, well, Undertaker's 911 00:36:02,418 --> 00:36:04,876 either faced them and defeated them-- 912 00:36:05,043 --> 00:36:06,918 It had all been done. 913 00:36:07,085 --> 00:36:10,835 And we had damn near run out of dominant opponents 914 00:36:10,918 --> 00:36:12,376 for the Undertaker. 915 00:36:12,501 --> 00:36:14,668 But there was a guy 916 00:36:14,751 --> 00:36:17,710 that at the time 917 00:36:17,835 --> 00:36:21,043 was working in Ohio Valley Wrestling 918 00:36:21,168 --> 00:36:23,376 with Jim Cornette. 919 00:36:23,460 --> 00:36:25,668 His name was Glenn Jacobs. 920 00:36:25,751 --> 00:36:28,126 - They tell me, "We're gonna use Glenn Jacobs." 921 00:36:28,251 --> 00:36:29,960 I'm instantly like, "Yes." 922 00:36:34,210 --> 00:36:38,460 - The Undertaker! 923 00:36:38,585 --> 00:36:40,210 - When I was in Memphis, I got a call 924 00:36:40,376 --> 00:36:43,543 that WWE had an idea for me. 925 00:36:43,710 --> 00:36:46,668 And, initially, what they needed to do was, 926 00:36:46,793 --> 00:36:49,418 they just needed an opponent for Mark, 927 00:36:49,543 --> 00:36:51,501 for the Undertaker. 928 00:36:51,626 --> 00:36:55,043 - I just started talking about, 929 00:36:55,210 --> 00:36:57,001 "What if... 930 00:36:57,126 --> 00:36:59,126 "when the Undertaker debuted 931 00:36:59,251 --> 00:37:00,876 "the whole time he thought 932 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,210 "that his brother was dead? 933 00:37:02,293 --> 00:37:04,085 "His mom and dad, they died in the horrible fire. 934 00:37:04,251 --> 00:37:05,835 "His brother died in the fire. 935 00:37:05,918 --> 00:37:07,376 But really"... 936 00:37:09,043 --> 00:37:12,960 "Paul Bearer, who was a mortician 937 00:37:13,085 --> 00:37:15,210 "in that funeral parlor, 938 00:37:15,335 --> 00:37:18,960 "took Undertaker's baby brother, Kane, 939 00:37:19,085 --> 00:37:21,626 "and raised him as his own... 940 00:37:21,751 --> 00:37:25,335 burned from head to toe, disfigured forever." 941 00:37:25,460 --> 00:37:27,210 [eerie music] 942 00:37:27,335 --> 00:37:29,085 - Vince is like, "Why are we wasting 943 00:37:29,210 --> 00:37:30,626 "one match on this? 944 00:37:30,751 --> 00:37:34,501 This is actually a storyline that we need to develop." 945 00:37:34,585 --> 00:37:36,543 I realized that this was 946 00:37:36,710 --> 00:37:38,543 the opportunity of a lifetime. 947 00:37:38,668 --> 00:37:42,210 - Kane is alive, Undertaker! 948 00:37:42,335 --> 00:37:44,126 He's breathing! 949 00:37:44,251 --> 00:37:47,335 Kane's alive! I swear! 950 00:37:47,418 --> 00:37:50,168 I was with Kane last night! 951 00:37:50,293 --> 00:37:52,335 He's ready to come! 952 00:37:52,460 --> 00:37:57,251 He's waited 20 years to face his brother! 953 00:37:57,376 --> 00:38:00,376 He's coming, dead man! 954 00:38:00,501 --> 00:38:03,876 - And Paul Bearer had looked after his baby brother 955 00:38:04,001 --> 00:38:06,210 all these years 956 00:38:06,335 --> 00:38:09,793 and had fed all these stories into Kane, 957 00:38:09,918 --> 00:38:11,710 telling him about how his brother-- 958 00:38:11,793 --> 00:38:14,293 "Your brother knows you're alive. 959 00:38:14,418 --> 00:38:16,376 "But he's never once come to see you 960 00:38:16,501 --> 00:38:18,626 "because he's too busy being the Undertaker. 961 00:38:18,751 --> 00:38:21,918 "He's too busy in the fame and the fortune. 962 00:38:22,043 --> 00:38:24,210 He doesn't care about you. He never has." 963 00:38:24,293 --> 00:38:28,043 The time is drawing near! 964 00:38:28,168 --> 00:38:32,085 Your brother Kane is coming! 965 00:38:32,251 --> 00:38:36,418 You, Undertaker, are gonna burn in hell! 966 00:38:36,585 --> 00:38:38,460 - The whole time, 967 00:38:38,585 --> 00:38:42,168 his brother had been watching the rise of the Undertaker 968 00:38:42,251 --> 00:38:45,085 And the rage, the envy-- 969 00:38:45,251 --> 00:38:48,210 all those emotions of sibling rivalry, 970 00:38:48,293 --> 00:38:51,460 except now these larger-than-life characters 971 00:38:51,585 --> 00:38:54,210 with supernatural powers-- 972 00:38:54,293 --> 00:38:57,668 that was building up inside this character 973 00:38:57,793 --> 00:39:00,668 who would eventually be called Kane. 974 00:39:00,751 --> 00:39:03,585 - I mean, there was so many layers to this thing, 975 00:39:03,710 --> 00:39:06,210 but it all made sense. 976 00:39:06,335 --> 00:39:08,543 It was just, like, a great horror movie, 977 00:39:08,668 --> 00:39:10,376 where this guy has been kept 978 00:39:10,501 --> 00:39:13,710 being developed for this one moment in time 979 00:39:13,793 --> 00:39:16,335 where he would extract his revenge 980 00:39:16,418 --> 00:39:17,668 on his older brother. 981 00:39:17,793 --> 00:39:21,876 ♪ ♪ 982 00:39:22,001 --> 00:39:24,793 - He's still trying to work out the character. 983 00:39:24,918 --> 00:39:26,001 He would see something 984 00:39:26,085 --> 00:39:27,668 that he would think would be neat, you know, 985 00:39:27,751 --> 00:39:28,876 and he'd tell me about it. 986 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,001 You know, "I think I can incorporate this." 987 00:39:31,085 --> 00:39:33,585 - The first renderings of the Kane character 988 00:39:33,710 --> 00:39:36,751 were the exact opposite 989 00:39:36,918 --> 00:39:39,335 of what I thought the character should look like in my mind. 990 00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:40,376 ♪ ♪ 991 00:39:40,543 --> 00:39:42,876 I just logically thought 992 00:39:43,001 --> 00:39:45,876 that he would literally be an escapee 993 00:39:46,043 --> 00:39:48,251 from some sort of mental asylum or institution 994 00:39:48,376 --> 00:39:51,543 and he would be a lot like a Jason Voorhees, 995 00:39:51,668 --> 00:39:52,835 Michael Myers type 996 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,251 that was just wild and had escaped, 997 00:39:56,376 --> 00:39:58,543 and his entire mission in life 998 00:39:58,668 --> 00:40:01,210 was just destroying the object of his rage. 999 00:40:01,335 --> 00:40:03,626 ♪ ♪ 1000 00:40:03,751 --> 00:40:06,335 - You ready? [chuckles] 1001 00:40:06,460 --> 00:40:10,126 - Can you do it sideways? Like, uh... 1002 00:40:10,251 --> 00:40:11,751 you know, you're facing that way. 1003 00:40:11,876 --> 00:40:13,668 Kind of pick him up, just see. 1004 00:40:13,751 --> 00:40:16,376 - There's something about two brothers 1005 00:40:16,501 --> 00:40:18,501 fighting each other 1006 00:40:18,585 --> 00:40:20,710 that hits a chord with families 1007 00:40:20,835 --> 00:40:24,501 and in real life, where they go-- 1008 00:40:24,626 --> 00:40:26,043 Hits a nerve south of the border 1009 00:40:26,168 --> 00:40:27,418 like nowhere else. 1010 00:40:27,543 --> 00:40:29,001 - Sometimes in wrestling, 1011 00:40:29,126 --> 00:40:31,168 the payoff 1012 00:40:31,293 --> 00:40:33,043 doesn't necessarily match 1013 00:40:33,168 --> 00:40:34,793 the buildup. 1014 00:40:34,918 --> 00:40:38,418 The Kane situation is the opposite of that. 1015 00:40:38,543 --> 00:40:41,376 The buildup was terrifying. 1016 00:40:41,501 --> 00:40:44,626 It was all on an epic scale. 1017 00:40:44,751 --> 00:40:47,543 And then when you first see Kane 1018 00:40:47,626 --> 00:40:48,668 for the first time, 1019 00:40:48,751 --> 00:40:50,335 it's the Bad Blood pay-per-view-- 1020 00:40:50,418 --> 00:40:52,835 Shawn Michaels versus the Undertaker 1021 00:40:52,918 --> 00:40:55,501 in the first-ever Hell in a Cell match. 1022 00:40:55,585 --> 00:40:57,501 - He was my guy 1023 00:40:57,626 --> 00:40:59,376 and the guy that I wanted. 1024 00:40:59,543 --> 00:41:03,376 I'm instantly like, "Yes. This is perfect." 1025 00:41:03,460 --> 00:41:06,668 We were similar size. We looked similar. 1026 00:41:06,751 --> 00:41:09,585 It's gonna be easy to sell the fact 1027 00:41:09,751 --> 00:41:11,501 that we're brothers. 1028 00:41:11,626 --> 00:41:13,668 And it was a break 1029 00:41:13,793 --> 00:41:17,210 that I thought that he really deserved. 1030 00:41:17,293 --> 00:41:20,001 It's probably one of the... 1031 00:41:20,085 --> 00:41:22,460 most important debuts 1032 00:41:22,585 --> 00:41:24,460 in WWE history. 1033 00:41:24,585 --> 00:41:25,626 - When Kane came out, 1034 00:41:25,751 --> 00:41:28,376 absolutely jacked, bigger than Taker, 1035 00:41:28,501 --> 00:41:29,835 that was incredible. 1036 00:41:29,918 --> 00:41:32,210 - Oh, God, what age was I? Like, 12 at the time. 1037 00:41:32,335 --> 00:41:34,626 I remember jumping in my bed, it was so frickin' cool. 1038 00:41:34,751 --> 00:41:35,918 - It was jaw-dropping, 1039 00:41:36,043 --> 00:41:37,126 I would say. 1040 00:41:37,251 --> 00:41:40,335 It made you immediately go, "Oh, this is no joke." 1041 00:41:40,460 --> 00:41:41,793 - Very hard to make Undertaker feel 1042 00:41:41,918 --> 00:41:44,460 like he's in an underdog situation 1043 00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:45,876 because of his character. 1044 00:41:46,001 --> 00:41:48,335 But, man, the fans really were, like, concerned 1045 00:41:48,418 --> 00:41:50,376 about Taker. 1046 00:41:50,543 --> 00:41:53,585 -I remember watching. 1047 00:41:53,751 --> 00:41:56,835 The lights go off, and then they came back up. 1048 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,293 ♪ ♪ 1049 00:41:59,418 --> 00:42:00,543 - Oh, my God! 1050 00:42:00,626 --> 00:42:02,376 Wait a minute! It's Paul Bearer! 1051 00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:03,293 ♪ ♪ 1052 00:42:03,418 --> 00:42:05,710 It's Paul Bearer! 1053 00:42:05,835 --> 00:42:08,876 And that--that's got to be-- 1054 00:42:09,001 --> 00:42:12,168 That's got to be Kane! That's got to be Kane! 1055 00:42:12,251 --> 00:42:13,126 ♪ ♪ 1056 00:42:13,251 --> 00:42:14,585 - It was just amazing. 1057 00:42:14,751 --> 00:42:16,710 For a moment, there's just this complete silence, 1058 00:42:16,835 --> 00:42:19,710 and no one knows what's going on. 1059 00:42:19,835 --> 00:42:21,418 And then the music starts playing, 1060 00:42:21,543 --> 00:42:22,876 and then the spotlights hit, 1061 00:42:23,001 --> 00:42:26,918 and for just a heartbeat, no one made a noise. 1062 00:42:27,043 --> 00:42:28,710 - When he walks through the curtain 1063 00:42:28,835 --> 00:42:30,543 with the outfit, with the mask, 1064 00:42:30,710 --> 00:42:32,835 and the size and the physique, 1065 00:42:32,918 --> 00:42:35,376 that's Frankenstein's monster-- who doesn't get that? 1066 00:42:35,501 --> 00:42:37,210 - Look at the size of this human being. 1067 00:42:37,293 --> 00:42:38,585 Or is that a human being? 1068 00:42:38,710 --> 00:42:41,751 - He was a living, breathing monster 1069 00:42:41,876 --> 00:42:45,001 that people were genuinely a little afraid of. 1070 00:42:45,085 --> 00:42:47,335 You didn't know what was behind that mask 1071 00:42:47,460 --> 00:42:50,210 and what he's capable of. 1072 00:42:50,335 --> 00:42:52,376 And they believed the story. 1073 00:42:52,501 --> 00:42:55,418 - The look on the Undertaker's face 1074 00:42:55,543 --> 00:42:57,710 just said, "Oh, my God." 1075 00:42:57,835 --> 00:43:01,543 - What sold that moment was Undertaker's eyes saying, 1076 00:43:01,626 --> 00:43:03,376 "I know you, you're my brother, you're Kane," 1077 00:43:03,460 --> 00:43:04,793 without ever saying a word. 1078 00:43:04,918 --> 00:43:06,585 And everything together made that 1079 00:43:06,710 --> 00:43:09,168 possibly the best debut of all time. 1080 00:43:09,251 --> 00:43:10,543 - What's this? 1081 00:43:10,710 --> 00:43:13,751 ♪ ♪ 1082 00:43:13,876 --> 00:43:16,376 - That was, like, one of the first times ever 1083 00:43:16,543 --> 00:43:19,210 I showed any kind of look or emotion 1084 00:43:19,335 --> 00:43:21,710 that didn't say "kill," right? 1085 00:43:21,835 --> 00:43:25,043 There's this look of bewilderment in my eyes 1086 00:43:25,126 --> 00:43:26,918 that people pick up on right away 1087 00:43:27,085 --> 00:43:28,751 that's like, "Whoa, look at Undertaker. 1088 00:43:28,918 --> 00:43:32,960 He's always had that stern, 'I'm gonna kill you' look." 1089 00:43:33,085 --> 00:43:36,335 - The Undertaker looking into the eyes 1090 00:43:36,418 --> 00:43:38,376 of his younger brother! 1091 00:43:38,501 --> 00:43:40,210 - The stare-down-- 1092 00:43:40,335 --> 00:43:42,043 if you saw the stare-down 1093 00:43:42,168 --> 00:43:45,585 between these two long-lost brothers... 1094 00:43:45,751 --> 00:43:47,668 who one didn't know the other one was still alive 1095 00:43:47,751 --> 00:43:49,543 and now he's coming back, 1096 00:43:49,626 --> 00:43:50,876 was incredible. 1097 00:43:51,043 --> 00:43:54,710 ♪ ♪ 1098 00:43:54,876 --> 00:43:57,376 - The Undertaker set up for the Tombstone! 1099 00:43:57,501 --> 00:44:00,043 Driven down to the canvas! 1100 00:44:00,168 --> 00:44:02,376 ♪ ♪ 1101 00:44:02,501 --> 00:44:03,876 - This is shocking! 1102 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:05,210 ♪ ♪ 1103 00:44:05,335 --> 00:44:08,376 - Look at the size! That's got to be Kane! 1104 00:44:08,460 --> 00:44:09,876 [crowd booing] 1105 00:44:10,001 --> 00:44:12,210 And listen to this response! 1106 00:44:12,335 --> 00:44:16,168 ♪ ♪ 1107 00:44:16,293 --> 00:44:19,210 - It was the first time I felt like a WWE superstar. 1108 00:44:19,293 --> 00:44:22,043 I mean, I realized, "This is what it's all about." 1109 00:44:22,210 --> 00:44:24,043 - Yeah! 1110 00:44:24,126 --> 00:44:26,460 - When I was younger, I had went to a show. 1111 00:44:26,585 --> 00:44:27,960 Hulk Hogan had come out. 1112 00:44:28,085 --> 00:44:30,001 We talked about blowing the roof off the place. 1113 00:44:30,085 --> 00:44:31,126 We blew the roof off the place. 1114 00:44:31,251 --> 00:44:33,543 I'd never heard people get that excited 1115 00:44:33,668 --> 00:44:35,376 about anything in my life. 1116 00:44:35,501 --> 00:44:38,626 That was the first time that I felt like that. 1117 00:44:38,751 --> 00:44:40,710 The entire world is watching me. 1118 00:44:40,835 --> 00:44:42,543 This is what it's all about. 1119 00:44:42,668 --> 00:44:45,210 This is what I've worked for all those years 1120 00:44:45,293 --> 00:44:47,460 is this moment. 1121 00:44:47,585 --> 00:44:49,001 [cheers and applause] 1122 00:44:49,085 --> 00:44:51,793 - Glenn is a very smart guy. 1123 00:44:51,918 --> 00:44:55,335 And because of that, he's able to get into the characters. 1124 00:44:55,460 --> 00:44:56,585 I mean, what he did with Kane, 1125 00:44:56,710 --> 00:44:58,585 I don't think any other human being 1126 00:44:58,751 --> 00:45:00,543 on the planet could have done. 1127 00:45:00,668 --> 00:45:03,043 It's remarkable what he did with Kane. 1128 00:45:03,168 --> 00:45:06,168 To be Undertaker's brother and to have to come in 1129 00:45:06,293 --> 00:45:07,668 with Undertaker on top, 1130 00:45:07,751 --> 00:45:10,876 it's like being Michael Jordan's brother. 1131 00:45:11,001 --> 00:45:12,210 - We are gonna walk 1132 00:45:12,335 --> 00:45:16,376 through the World Wrestling Entertainment... 1133 00:45:16,501 --> 00:45:20,126 take each wrestler one by one 1134 00:45:20,251 --> 00:45:22,335 and destroy them 1135 00:45:22,418 --> 00:45:25,876 until we beat you, Undertaker! 1136 00:45:26,001 --> 00:45:29,335 That is why Kane is here! 1137 00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:31,835 - I will never fight 1138 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,460 my own flesh and blood. 1139 00:45:33,585 --> 00:45:35,751 - And Kane takes... 1140 00:45:35,876 --> 00:45:38,668 - A lot of unexplained power. 1141 00:45:38,793 --> 00:45:40,751 - For months after my debut, 1142 00:45:40,876 --> 00:45:43,251 I just ran through everybody in WWE, 1143 00:45:43,376 --> 00:45:46,001 destroyed everyone 1144 00:45:46,085 --> 00:45:50,043 on the way to a showdown with the Undertaker. 1145 00:45:50,126 --> 00:45:51,793 - Kane's attacking his brother! 1146 00:45:51,918 --> 00:45:53,168 Wait a minute! He's gonna fight back! 1147 00:45:53,251 --> 00:45:55,543 - The Undertaker! - The Undertaker's had enough! 1148 00:45:55,710 --> 00:45:58,210 - He did know! - He had a chance, JR! 1149 00:45:58,335 --> 00:45:59,460 He didn't do it! 1150 00:45:59,585 --> 00:46:03,251 Kane is hammering and battering his brother! 1151 00:46:03,376 --> 00:46:06,876 - Undertaker, welcome to your worst nightmare. 1152 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:08,543 - There was a huge build. 1153 00:46:08,668 --> 00:46:10,876 He pushed me to the limits, 1154 00:46:11,001 --> 00:46:13,293 where I had to say, "Okay, little brother"... 1155 00:46:13,418 --> 00:46:16,543 - How much more of this will the Undertaker take? 1156 00:46:16,668 --> 00:46:17,418 - "You've messed with big brother 1157 00:46:17,543 --> 00:46:19,501 "one time too many. 1158 00:46:19,585 --> 00:46:21,043 Now I'm gonna have to thump you." 1159 00:46:21,210 --> 00:46:21,960 ♪ ♪ 1160 00:46:22,085 --> 00:46:23,668 [thunder booms] - Whoa! 1161 00:46:23,751 --> 00:46:25,626 - Lightning bolt just hit that coffin! 1162 00:46:25,751 --> 00:46:27,418 ♪ ♪ 1163 00:46:27,543 --> 00:46:28,626 - Is it-- 1164 00:46:28,751 --> 00:46:30,085 It is the Undertaker! - Whoa! 1165 00:46:30,210 --> 00:46:33,668 - It's the Undertaker, and he is back! 1166 00:46:33,751 --> 00:46:38,043 - Welcome to hell... [cheers and applause] 1167 00:46:38,210 --> 00:46:42,543 And the demon who will lead you 1168 00:46:42,710 --> 00:46:45,918 into eternal damnation. 1169 00:46:46,085 --> 00:46:49,043 [crowd screaming] 1170 00:46:49,126 --> 00:46:50,335 Kane... 1171 00:46:50,418 --> 00:46:53,710 you will rest... 1172 00:46:53,835 --> 00:46:56,876 crowd: In peace! - In peace! 1173 00:46:57,001 --> 00:46:58,960 [bell tolls dramatically] 1174 00:46:59,085 --> 00:47:02,210 - WrestleMania XIV arrives in Boston. 1175 00:47:02,376 --> 00:47:03,626 ♪ ♪ 1176 00:47:03,751 --> 00:47:06,376 - ♪ I'd walk through flames ♪ 1177 00:47:06,460 --> 00:47:09,043 ♪ Fear, fury, and fire ♪ 1178 00:47:09,168 --> 00:47:12,626 - People were anticipating and excited 1179 00:47:12,751 --> 00:47:14,585 to actually see 1180 00:47:14,710 --> 00:47:18,085 someone that could actually bring it to the Undertaker. 1181 00:47:18,210 --> 00:47:20,293 - Straight out of the mouth of hell 1182 00:47:20,418 --> 00:47:22,710 comes the Undertaker's brother, Kane! 1183 00:47:22,793 --> 00:47:24,585 ♪ ♪ 1184 00:47:24,751 --> 00:47:25,918 - Go out to the ring, 1185 00:47:26,085 --> 00:47:29,710 and I'm with Paul and get introduced. 1186 00:47:29,793 --> 00:47:32,168 He puts his hand on my chest, 1187 00:47:32,293 --> 00:47:34,668 and my heart is thumping so hard 1188 00:47:34,793 --> 00:47:35,918 that he can feel it, and he's like, 1189 00:47:36,043 --> 00:47:37,335 "Man, what's wrong with you? You okay?" 1190 00:47:37,418 --> 00:47:38,960 And I'm like, "Man, this is, like, 1191 00:47:39,085 --> 00:47:40,168 "the biggest moment of my life, 1192 00:47:40,293 --> 00:47:42,835 as far as my professional life." 1193 00:47:42,918 --> 00:47:45,835 - ♪ When the lights go out ♪ 1194 00:47:45,918 --> 00:47:48,460 ♪ My light will only shine brighter ♪ 1195 00:47:48,585 --> 00:47:49,960 ♪ ♪ 1196 00:47:50,085 --> 00:47:53,710 - I'll never forget watching the Undertaker come out 1197 00:47:53,793 --> 00:47:55,835 and looking down the aisle... 1198 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,168 - There he is! 1199 00:47:57,293 --> 00:47:58,585 ♪ ♪ 1200 00:47:58,710 --> 00:48:02,043 The Prince of Darkness! 1201 00:48:02,168 --> 00:48:04,710 - He's walking under the torches, 1202 00:48:04,835 --> 00:48:06,418 and they formed a canopy of flame 1203 00:48:06,543 --> 00:48:07,460 over the top of him. 1204 00:48:07,585 --> 00:48:09,251 And I thought to myself-- 1205 00:48:09,376 --> 00:48:11,460 for a second, I'm like, "Oh, my God. 1206 00:48:11,585 --> 00:48:13,335 That's the Undertaker." 1207 00:48:13,418 --> 00:48:14,751 [chuckles] You know? 1208 00:48:14,918 --> 00:48:17,168 I was awestricken. 1209 00:48:17,293 --> 00:48:18,960 And then I realized, "Oh, he's coming out to beat up me. 1210 00:48:19,085 --> 00:48:20,543 Now, wait a second..." 1211 00:48:20,668 --> 00:48:25,001 That's when I truly knew that I had arrived in WWE. 1212 00:48:25,126 --> 00:48:27,876 - What a hellacious matchup this is going to be. 1213 00:48:28,001 --> 00:48:29,835 - No matter what happened after that, 1214 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,001 no one could ever take away the fact 1215 00:48:32,085 --> 00:48:35,043 that I had wrestled Undertaker at WrestleMania. 1216 00:48:35,168 --> 00:48:37,001 - It's gonna be a first time ever, 1217 00:48:37,085 --> 00:48:39,168 two super heavyweights, 1218 00:48:39,251 --> 00:48:43,210 two super-dominant characters, supernatural-- 1219 00:48:43,293 --> 00:48:44,918 You got all these different elements. 1220 00:48:45,085 --> 00:48:46,835 They're about to lock it up. 1221 00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:48,126 And I think we achieved that. 1222 00:48:48,251 --> 00:48:50,210 I wanted the first time that we went at it 1223 00:48:50,335 --> 00:48:53,251 to be at WrestleMania, so it was fresh. 1224 00:48:53,376 --> 00:48:56,626 That emotion would be raw and that energy real. 1225 00:48:56,751 --> 00:48:58,376 ♪ ♪ 1226 00:48:58,501 --> 00:48:59,376 - As a kid growing up, 1227 00:48:59,543 --> 00:49:01,918 I was always a fan of monster movies. 1228 00:49:02,043 --> 00:49:04,335 Not the kind that they have today. 1229 00:49:04,460 --> 00:49:06,210 I mean, like, "King Kong" and "Godzilla." 1230 00:49:06,376 --> 00:49:07,293 ♪ ♪ 1231 00:49:07,418 --> 00:49:09,501 To me, sitting there commentating 1232 00:49:09,585 --> 00:49:12,793 and watching these two giants go against each other, 1233 00:49:12,918 --> 00:49:15,543 in my mind, it was like, 1234 00:49:15,626 --> 00:49:18,710 "I'm witnessing--I'm watching this in real life. 1235 00:49:18,835 --> 00:49:20,876 "This is King Kong versus Godzilla. 1236 00:49:21,001 --> 00:49:23,043 "These are two giant monsters 1237 00:49:23,168 --> 00:49:24,376 trying to tear each other apart." 1238 00:49:24,501 --> 00:49:25,793 - You can feel the intensity! 1239 00:49:25,918 --> 00:49:27,543 And now Kane is feeling the wrath 1240 00:49:27,710 --> 00:49:29,210 of the Undertaker! 1241 00:49:29,293 --> 00:49:30,376 - I personally loved it, 1242 00:49:30,501 --> 00:49:32,793 and, obviously, all the fans loved it. 1243 00:49:32,918 --> 00:49:34,168 It was great. 1244 00:49:34,293 --> 00:49:36,001 - I've never seen anybody manhandle 1245 00:49:36,126 --> 00:49:38,210 the Undertaker like that, JR! 1246 00:49:38,335 --> 00:49:40,835 - I've never seen anybody like Kane, King. 1247 00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:42,043 ♪ ♪ 1248 00:49:42,168 --> 00:49:43,585 His body's got to be ravaged 1249 00:49:43,751 --> 00:49:45,876 from those high-impact blows from Kane. 1250 00:49:46,001 --> 00:49:47,251 ♪ ♪ 1251 00:49:47,418 --> 00:49:48,710 - Oh, my God. - Oh, look at that! 1252 00:49:48,835 --> 00:49:50,043 Look at the agility. 1253 00:49:50,168 --> 00:49:51,960 The Undertaker on Kane's shoulders. 1254 00:49:52,085 --> 00:49:53,376 Oh! No! 1255 00:49:53,460 --> 00:49:54,626 ♪ ♪ 1256 00:49:54,751 --> 00:49:56,418 The Undertaker, a Tombstone! 1257 00:49:56,585 --> 00:49:57,543 Planted him! 1258 00:49:57,668 --> 00:50:01,876 Kane has been drilled! That will be all! 1259 00:50:02,001 --> 00:50:03,626 [cheers and applause] 1260 00:50:03,751 --> 00:50:06,085 Oh, no! Nobod-- 1261 00:50:06,210 --> 00:50:08,793 Nobody's ever kicked out of the Undertaker's Tombstone! 1262 00:50:08,918 --> 00:50:10,210 - I took three Tombstones. 1263 00:50:10,335 --> 00:50:11,501 Never, ever happened before. 1264 00:50:11,585 --> 00:50:13,210 So it made me an even bigger character 1265 00:50:13,293 --> 00:50:14,918 than I had before I lost the match. 1266 00:50:15,043 --> 00:50:17,293 - Can he do it twice? Yes, he can. 1267 00:50:17,418 --> 00:50:19,710 - This would be the third Tombstone. 1268 00:50:19,876 --> 00:50:21,668 - Yes! He got it! 1269 00:50:21,751 --> 00:50:23,043 My God, what will it take if it's not-- 1270 00:50:23,168 --> 00:50:25,376 - One, two, three. - Yes! 1271 00:50:25,501 --> 00:50:26,501 [bell dings] 1272 00:50:26,585 --> 00:50:28,710 The Undertaker has won this match! 1273 00:50:28,793 --> 00:50:30,335 The Undertaker... 1274 00:50:30,460 --> 00:50:33,585 ♪ ♪ 1275 00:50:33,710 --> 00:50:36,001 - So, even though I lost, 1276 00:50:36,085 --> 00:50:37,835 it still was a springboard 1277 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:40,001 for propelling the character higher. 1278 00:50:40,126 --> 00:50:41,168 ♪ ♪ 1279 00:50:45,251 --> 00:50:46,876 - The art of professional wrestling 1280 00:50:47,001 --> 00:50:49,543 is transmitting your emotion 1281 00:50:49,668 --> 00:50:53,418 to the audience and evoking emotions from them. 1282 00:50:53,585 --> 00:50:55,335 Usually we do that-- 1283 00:50:55,418 --> 00:50:58,168 we show people our emotions with our face. 1284 00:50:58,293 --> 00:51:00,668 Obviously, because Kane was wearing a mask, 1285 00:51:00,793 --> 00:51:02,251 you couldn't see his face. 1286 00:51:02,418 --> 00:51:03,835 Early on, I struggled with that 1287 00:51:03,918 --> 00:51:07,793 because Kane is supposed to be very dark, very brooding. 1288 00:51:07,918 --> 00:51:09,293 But he's also not emotionless. 1289 00:51:09,418 --> 00:51:12,210 And how could I portray that emotion to the audience? 1290 00:51:12,376 --> 00:51:15,001 One day I was playing with my dog. 1291 00:51:15,126 --> 00:51:17,460 She was a St. Bernard named Annie, 1292 00:51:17,585 --> 00:51:19,960 and I noticed that no matter what I did, 1293 00:51:20,085 --> 00:51:21,168 Annie would tilt her head. 1294 00:51:21,251 --> 00:51:22,626 Now, it'd be different degrees, 1295 00:51:22,751 --> 00:51:24,251 depending on whether it was curiosity, 1296 00:51:24,418 --> 00:51:25,876 depending on whether I had a treat, 1297 00:51:26,001 --> 00:51:27,210 depending on whether I had whistled. 1298 00:51:27,376 --> 00:51:30,001 But I thought that was really cool. 1299 00:51:30,085 --> 00:51:32,376 I wonder if Kane would do the same thing. 1300 00:51:32,501 --> 00:51:33,585 ♪ ♪ 1301 00:51:33,710 --> 00:51:36,043 - I'd watch him in the mirror, you know, practicing. 1302 00:51:36,168 --> 00:51:37,626 I'm like, "Good God, what have I married?" 1303 00:51:37,751 --> 00:51:38,501 You know? [chuckles] 1304 00:51:38,585 --> 00:51:39,876 - The truth-- 1305 00:51:40,001 --> 00:51:41,585 I'll tell the people the truth tonight! 1306 00:51:41,710 --> 00:51:43,126 Yeah, I will. 1307 00:51:43,251 --> 00:51:46,543 [cabinets rattling] [squeals] Stop! 1308 00:51:46,668 --> 00:51:47,876 Stop! Stop! 1309 00:51:48,043 --> 00:51:50,960 [rattling continues] 1310 00:51:51,085 --> 00:51:55,251 [distant cheers and applause] 1311 00:51:55,376 --> 00:51:57,376 - Glenn's always felt pressure. 1312 00:51:57,460 --> 00:51:58,085 ♪ ♪ 1313 00:51:58,210 --> 00:51:59,585 He is a perfectionist. 1314 00:51:59,710 --> 00:52:02,918 And he does want to give so much of himself 1315 00:52:03,043 --> 00:52:05,168 to whatever it is that he's undertaking. 1316 00:52:05,251 --> 00:52:06,793 - And the Undertaker... 1317 00:52:06,918 --> 00:52:09,126 - And that was something we learned early on as a family, 1318 00:52:09,251 --> 00:52:13,876 that the WWE would always be... 1319 00:52:14,001 --> 00:52:15,710 ♪ ♪ 1320 00:52:15,835 --> 00:52:18,043 Don't want to say first, 1321 00:52:18,168 --> 00:52:22,543 but right up there, equal to us. 1322 00:52:22,668 --> 00:52:23,543 ♪ ♪ 1323 00:52:23,710 --> 00:52:25,876 And that doesn't seem fair at times. 1324 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:28,210 ♪ ♪ 1325 00:52:28,376 --> 00:52:33,085 Wanting to be successful at whatever he's doing 1326 00:52:33,251 --> 00:52:35,751 and giving everything that he's got-- 1327 00:52:35,918 --> 00:52:37,210 I used to tell him, I said, 1328 00:52:37,335 --> 00:52:39,626 "You know, there can only be one number one. 1329 00:52:39,751 --> 00:52:43,460 "And you have to learn that you got to be okay 1330 00:52:43,585 --> 00:52:45,293 "if you're number two or number three 1331 00:52:45,418 --> 00:52:46,793 "or number four or number five, 1332 00:52:46,918 --> 00:52:50,460 because in the world, there's only one number one." 1333 00:52:50,585 --> 00:52:53,251 Did that ever stop him from trying to be number one? 1334 00:52:53,418 --> 00:52:54,501 No. Absolutely not. 1335 00:52:54,585 --> 00:52:55,751 ♪ ♪ 1336 00:52:55,918 --> 00:52:58,710 I don't think he always liked my logic either. 1337 00:52:58,835 --> 00:53:00,543 ♪ ♪ 1338 00:53:00,668 --> 00:53:04,585 So did you like working with Taker? 1339 00:53:04,710 --> 00:53:06,876 - Undertaker is my favorite wrestler 1340 00:53:07,043 --> 00:53:09,168 before I got into WWE. 1341 00:53:09,293 --> 00:53:11,460 Talk about honor and privilege and all that-- 1342 00:53:11,585 --> 00:53:14,126 it really was to work with him. 1343 00:53:14,251 --> 00:53:18,501 The first time I ever met Mark, was 1991 or so. 1344 00:53:18,585 --> 00:53:20,293 ♪ ♪ 1345 00:53:20,418 --> 00:53:21,543 - Were you scared? - [laughs] 1346 00:53:21,668 --> 00:53:23,543 Well, I'm backstage at a WWE show. 1347 00:53:23,626 --> 00:53:24,460 I was like, "Oh, my gosh, I've stepped 1348 00:53:24,585 --> 00:53:26,668 into a set of a horror movie," 1349 00:53:26,751 --> 00:53:28,543 with this guy walking down the hall." 1350 00:53:28,668 --> 00:53:30,543 Yeah, he's intimidating. - Yeah. So are you. 1351 00:53:30,668 --> 00:53:32,793 - Well, you don't ever think of yourself 1352 00:53:32,918 --> 00:53:35,210 as being intimidating 'cause you can't see yourself. 1353 00:53:35,293 --> 00:53:36,876 You can only see the other person. 1354 00:53:37,043 --> 00:53:38,210 - Hmm, this is good, 1355 00:53:38,293 --> 00:53:40,210 'cause we never talked about your business 1356 00:53:40,293 --> 00:53:42,460 when you were actually doing your business. 1357 00:53:42,585 --> 00:53:45,918 So it's a good thing that I'm hearing these stories now. 1358 00:53:46,043 --> 00:53:47,876 [organ music plays] 1359 00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:49,001 [explosion] - Oh! 1360 00:53:49,085 --> 00:53:50,376 ♪ ♪ 1361 00:53:50,543 --> 00:53:53,585 - Fire was the theme of the Kane character. 1362 00:53:53,751 --> 00:53:56,626 - It made perfect sense because the whole storyline 1363 00:53:56,751 --> 00:53:59,293 was everyone getting burned up in the funeral home fire. 1364 00:53:59,418 --> 00:54:02,376 - Undertaker... 1365 00:54:02,501 --> 00:54:07,168 did you actually believe that it was all over? 1366 00:54:07,293 --> 00:54:09,543 - He's desecrating his own parents' grave! 1367 00:54:09,626 --> 00:54:11,876 - Our story is probably the greatest story 1368 00:54:12,001 --> 00:54:14,210 ever told in WWE. 1369 00:54:14,376 --> 00:54:16,085 It never stopped evolving. 1370 00:54:16,210 --> 00:54:19,126 - Burn, burn, burn, burn! - No, no, no! 1371 00:54:19,251 --> 00:54:20,543 - Yes! 1372 00:54:20,668 --> 00:54:21,710 - Oh! - Look out! 1373 00:54:21,835 --> 00:54:23,543 - Oh, The Undertaker Chokeslammed! 1374 00:54:23,668 --> 00:54:24,751 - Look at Paul Bearer! - [cackling] 1375 00:54:24,876 --> 00:54:26,043 - Look at the flames! 1376 00:54:26,168 --> 00:54:28,251 - Which led to the Inferno Match. 1377 00:54:28,376 --> 00:54:31,460 - I had a dream! 1378 00:54:31,585 --> 00:54:36,210 I saw the ring surrounded by fire! 1379 00:54:36,335 --> 00:54:37,876 ♪ ♪ 1380 00:54:38,043 --> 00:54:39,126 - [laughs] 1381 00:54:39,251 --> 00:54:41,335 After WrestleMania XIV in Boston, 1382 00:54:41,460 --> 00:54:43,376 the next match between Undertaker and Kane 1383 00:54:43,543 --> 00:54:45,876 is the Inferno Match. 1384 00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:49,585 - The loser must catch fire, 1385 00:54:49,751 --> 00:54:51,001 an inferno! 1386 00:54:51,085 --> 00:54:54,085 - The Inferno Match is something birthed in hell. 1387 00:54:54,251 --> 00:54:55,543 It has never been witnessed 1388 00:54:55,668 --> 00:54:57,335 and is difficult and frightening to envision. 1389 00:54:57,418 --> 00:55:01,168 - The beginning of your... 1390 00:55:01,293 --> 00:55:02,918 eternal... 1391 00:55:03,085 --> 00:55:04,751 damnation. 1392 00:55:04,918 --> 00:55:06,835 [dramatic music] 1393 00:55:06,918 --> 00:55:08,126 - It's actually one of my favorite matches 1394 00:55:08,251 --> 00:55:10,001 of all time. 1395 00:55:10,085 --> 00:55:11,376 [explosion] - Oh! 1396 00:55:11,460 --> 00:55:14,251 ["Burned (Kane)" by WWE & Jim Johnston playing] 1397 00:55:14,376 --> 00:55:15,501 [bell dings] 1398 00:55:15,626 --> 00:55:18,460 - Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time 1399 00:55:18,585 --> 00:55:22,876 for the first-ever Inferno Match! 1400 00:55:23,001 --> 00:55:24,251 - I think the performance we put on that night 1401 00:55:24,418 --> 00:55:27,251 was done really well. 1402 00:55:27,418 --> 00:55:28,626 [gong sounds] - This is gonna be something! 1403 00:55:28,751 --> 00:55:30,710 Whoa! Whoa! 1404 00:55:30,835 --> 00:55:34,626 ["Graveyard Symphony" by WWE & Jim Johnston playing] 1405 00:55:34,751 --> 00:55:36,751 - You had to be ready for anything. 1406 00:55:36,876 --> 00:55:38,585 Working with fire, 1407 00:55:38,751 --> 00:55:40,168 real fire, 1408 00:55:40,251 --> 00:55:43,043 I think, is a hazard for anybody, 1409 00:55:43,168 --> 00:55:44,418 but, again, 1410 00:55:44,585 --> 00:55:46,376 having the attitude that 1411 00:55:46,501 --> 00:55:47,710 you're going to make it work, 1412 00:55:47,793 --> 00:55:50,501 no matter what it takes, whatever it takes, 1413 00:55:50,585 --> 00:55:52,585 you're going to make it work. 1414 00:55:52,751 --> 00:55:54,543 - You worry about the audience. 1415 00:55:54,626 --> 00:55:55,626 Is it gonna get too hot, or, you know, 1416 00:55:55,751 --> 00:55:58,626 could someone potentially get burned? 1417 00:55:58,751 --> 00:56:00,585 There are a lot of unknowns more than anything 1418 00:56:00,710 --> 00:56:01,793 with the Inferno Match. 1419 00:56:01,918 --> 00:56:03,376 - We're gonna have some serious combustion. 1420 00:56:03,501 --> 00:56:04,501 So let's get ready for it. 1421 00:56:04,626 --> 00:56:06,543 Here... [cackles] 1422 00:56:06,668 --> 00:56:08,376 The first thing I can think of 1423 00:56:08,501 --> 00:56:10,585 when JR and I are sitting in the back, 1424 00:56:10,710 --> 00:56:13,460 you know, going over the format of the show, 1425 00:56:13,585 --> 00:56:16,710 I said, "JR, what is this Inferno Match gonna be like?" 1426 00:56:16,835 --> 00:56:19,210 And he says, "Well, I'll just tell you this-- 1427 00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:20,710 "I was out by the ring 1428 00:56:20,835 --> 00:56:22,668 when they were testing the pyro," 1429 00:56:22,751 --> 00:56:23,793 and he said, 1430 00:56:23,918 --> 00:56:25,168 "It's gonna be hot." 1431 00:56:25,251 --> 00:56:27,418 I said, "What do you mean 'gonna be hot'?" 1432 00:56:27,543 --> 00:56:29,460 He said, "It may singe your eyebrows." 1433 00:56:29,585 --> 00:56:30,918 - I said, "No way!" 1434 00:56:31,043 --> 00:56:31,960 ♪ ♪ 1435 00:56:32,085 --> 00:56:35,376 - It's hard to be a first 1436 00:56:35,501 --> 00:56:37,293 in anything in this industry. 1437 00:56:37,418 --> 00:56:38,585 You tend to worry 1438 00:56:38,751 --> 00:56:40,793 about something really catastrophic happening. 1439 00:56:40,918 --> 00:56:42,710 - Look at this! 1440 00:56:42,876 --> 00:56:44,210 Oh, my gosh! 1441 00:56:44,335 --> 00:56:45,835 - This is amazing! 1442 00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:49,793 - One thing that I did not equate for was the amount 1443 00:56:49,918 --> 00:56:54,043 of oxygen that the fire was gonna consume. 1444 00:56:54,168 --> 00:56:55,210 - I get there early, 1445 00:56:55,335 --> 00:56:57,585 and I talk with the stunt people 1446 00:56:57,751 --> 00:56:59,251 who we'd brought into Hollywood 1447 00:56:59,418 --> 00:57:00,126 about how we're gonna do this. 1448 00:57:00,251 --> 00:57:02,376 Their first reaction is, 1449 00:57:02,501 --> 00:57:04,585 "Wait, you're gonna do this live?" 1450 00:57:04,710 --> 00:57:06,876 - Back then, we didn't rehearse things 1451 00:57:07,001 --> 00:57:08,918 like we do today. 1452 00:57:09,043 --> 00:57:13,626 We were just kind of more "fly by the seat of our pants." 1453 00:57:13,751 --> 00:57:16,251 - And they're like, "Okay, we need to set you on fire 1454 00:57:16,376 --> 00:57:17,126 so you're used to this." 1455 00:57:17,251 --> 00:57:18,376 ♪ ♪ 1456 00:57:18,460 --> 00:57:19,960 Never words I thought I would hear-- 1457 00:57:20,085 --> 00:57:21,168 "Need to set you on fire." 1458 00:57:21,251 --> 00:57:23,543 So they put some stuff on my arm 1459 00:57:23,710 --> 00:57:26,460 and have me in long sleeve. 1460 00:57:26,585 --> 00:57:28,376 Go to light my arm on fire. 1461 00:57:28,501 --> 00:57:30,043 When my arm gets lit on fire, I go to move. 1462 00:57:30,168 --> 00:57:31,835 They're like, "No, no, no, don't move that way, 1463 00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:34,210 "because if you do that, you're gonna inhale the flames. 1464 00:57:34,335 --> 00:57:35,585 "You need to keep your arm behind you 1465 00:57:35,710 --> 00:57:37,876 and just keep it moving like this the whole time." 1466 00:57:38,001 --> 00:57:39,626 So I'm like, "Okay." 1467 00:57:39,751 --> 00:57:41,710 - The ring is surrounded by fire. 1468 00:57:41,793 --> 00:57:42,376 ♪ ♪ 1469 00:57:42,460 --> 00:57:43,876 Here we go. 1470 00:57:44,043 --> 00:57:45,876 Taker trying to gain the early advantage. 1471 00:57:46,043 --> 00:57:46,835 - You feel that, JR? 1472 00:57:46,918 --> 00:57:49,376 - Oh, Powerslam again! - Yeah! 1473 00:57:49,460 --> 00:57:51,043 When the fire went off around the ring, 1474 00:57:51,168 --> 00:57:52,501 we were as close as anybody. 1475 00:57:52,585 --> 00:57:55,043 All of a sudden, this fire came blowing up. 1476 00:57:55,126 --> 00:57:57,876 I could smell--you know, there's a distinct smell 1477 00:57:58,001 --> 00:58:00,168 when something-- hair's getting singed. 1478 00:58:00,251 --> 00:58:01,751 - Kane's coming down! - Oh! 1479 00:58:01,918 --> 00:58:02,876 Ah! 1480 00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:05,043 - Usually when we're doing stuff like that, 1481 00:58:05,210 --> 00:58:06,210 I would tell Crystal, 1482 00:58:06,293 --> 00:58:07,918 "I have to do something tonight. 1483 00:58:08,043 --> 00:58:09,501 "It's gonna be okay. 1484 00:58:09,626 --> 00:58:11,626 Don't worry about it," and I'd be like, 1485 00:58:11,751 --> 00:58:13,210 "Just wait. Maybe don't watch it 1486 00:58:13,376 --> 00:58:16,085 until I call you and tell you that everything's okay." 1487 00:58:16,251 --> 00:58:19,793 - You can't tell your wife not to watch something 1488 00:58:19,918 --> 00:58:21,168 where you're gonna be caught on fire 1489 00:58:21,251 --> 00:58:24,835 and being a freakin' human inferno walking around, 1490 00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:26,418 flames shooting off of you. 1491 00:58:26,585 --> 00:58:27,793 - Oh! - Oh! 1492 00:58:27,918 --> 00:58:29,835 - And we're praying, "Oh, dear God, please. 1493 00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:31,376 Please, please, please, please," you know? 1494 00:58:31,501 --> 00:58:32,543 "Don't let him catch on fire. 1495 00:58:32,668 --> 00:58:34,376 Let him--" [laughs] "Let him be okay. 1496 00:58:34,501 --> 00:58:35,668 Let him win this one." 1497 00:58:35,793 --> 00:58:37,210 [laughing] "Let Mark catch on fire." 1498 00:58:37,293 --> 00:58:38,543 [indistinct shouting] 1499 00:58:38,668 --> 00:58:40,251 - You're nervous, but we're young, 1500 00:58:40,418 --> 00:58:42,876 and you're doing something that no one else has ever done. 1501 00:58:43,001 --> 00:58:44,376 You put that stuff out of your mind, 1502 00:58:44,460 --> 00:58:46,376 and you figure out how to make it work 1503 00:58:46,501 --> 00:58:47,751 to the best of your ability. 1504 00:58:47,876 --> 00:58:49,418 - Threw Kane over the top rope! 1505 00:58:49,543 --> 00:58:51,210 - Uh-oh. 1506 00:58:51,376 --> 00:58:53,876 - Wham! Oh! 1507 00:58:54,001 --> 00:58:57,501 - Kane back up now with that steel chair. 1508 00:58:57,585 --> 00:58:59,710 Undertaker catches it right in his hand. 1509 00:58:59,835 --> 00:59:02,085 Oh, Kane, back in the fire! 1510 00:59:02,210 --> 00:59:03,543 ♪ ♪ 1511 00:59:03,668 --> 00:59:05,085 Kane's on fire! 1512 00:59:05,210 --> 00:59:06,418 ♪ ♪ 1513 00:59:06,585 --> 00:59:08,085 Kane is on fire! 1514 00:59:08,251 --> 00:59:11,460 - I had this surreal moment where I'm looking at myself, 1515 00:59:11,585 --> 00:59:14,210 and I'm on fire in front of about 20,000 people, 1516 00:59:14,335 --> 00:59:16,335 and, of course, millions of people watching at home. 1517 00:59:16,460 --> 00:59:17,835 Throughout the match, I'm trying to keep 1518 00:59:17,918 --> 00:59:19,876 everything straight-- "I have to have this match. 1519 00:59:20,001 --> 00:59:21,960 "I have to do this. I have to do that. 1520 00:59:22,085 --> 00:59:23,793 "Then this happens, then I get knocked out of the ring. 1521 00:59:23,918 --> 00:59:24,960 "Oh, don't fall into the flames 1522 00:59:25,085 --> 00:59:26,668 "when you get knocked out of the ring 1523 00:59:26,751 --> 00:59:28,210 "because you'll probably go to the hospital 1524 00:59:28,293 --> 00:59:29,210 with very bad burns." 1525 00:59:29,335 --> 00:59:30,501 Well, now my arm's on fire. 1526 00:59:30,626 --> 00:59:33,876 ♪ ♪ 1527 00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:37,168 - This time, all the gold is on the line! 1528 00:59:37,293 --> 00:59:40,876 This time, my son will be the champion! 1529 00:59:41,001 --> 00:59:42,293 - Kane reaching way down deep, 1530 00:59:42,418 --> 00:59:44,668 knowing full well he's the number-one contender 1531 00:59:44,793 --> 00:59:45,793 if he defeats his brother again! 1532 00:59:45,918 --> 00:59:47,168 - Look out! No! - Tombstone! 1533 00:59:47,293 --> 00:59:48,585 - Yes! - Tombstone! 1534 00:59:48,751 --> 00:59:50,543 Will that be enough? - He got him! 1535 00:59:50,668 --> 00:59:51,876 - One! 1536 00:59:52,001 --> 00:59:53,376 Two! 1537 00:59:53,460 --> 00:59:54,710 Three! Kane wins! 1538 00:59:54,835 --> 00:59:57,001 Kane wins! - Right there the belt goes. 1539 00:59:57,126 --> 00:59:58,751 Right there! 1540 00:59:58,876 --> 01:00:02,001 The seven-foot monster is absolutely-- 1541 01:00:02,126 --> 01:00:03,876 - Yeah! - Yeah! 1542 01:00:04,001 --> 01:00:05,585 - Kane... 1543 01:00:05,710 --> 01:00:10,001 if you would speak publicly for the first time. 1544 01:00:17,251 --> 01:00:19,626 [crowd clamoring] 1545 01:00:29,043 --> 01:00:30,460 - What? 1546 01:00:30,585 --> 01:00:33,210 [organ music plays] 1547 01:00:33,376 --> 01:00:36,251 ["Burned (Kane)" by WWE & Jim Johnston playing] 1548 01:00:36,376 --> 01:00:37,876 - Coming down the aisle, 1549 01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:40,585 accompanied by Paul Bearer 1550 01:00:40,710 --> 01:00:43,210 is the challenger, 1551 01:00:43,293 --> 01:00:44,668 Kane! 1552 01:00:44,751 --> 01:00:46,210 - The First Blood Match 1553 01:00:46,376 --> 01:00:49,126 with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin at the King of the Ring 1554 01:00:49,251 --> 01:00:52,376 in Pittsburgh in 1998-- 1555 01:00:52,543 --> 01:00:55,543 the stipulation was that if Kane won 1556 01:00:55,668 --> 01:00:57,543 and became World Champion, 1557 01:00:57,710 --> 01:01:00,043 drew first blood on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, 1558 01:01:00,168 --> 01:01:01,585 he'd become World Champion, of course. 1559 01:01:01,710 --> 01:01:04,168 If he lost, he would set himself on fire. 1560 01:01:04,251 --> 01:01:05,585 - Here we go! 1561 01:01:05,710 --> 01:01:08,835 - That was also the Hell in the Cell Match 1562 01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:11,085 between Undertaker and Mick Foley. 1563 01:01:11,210 --> 01:01:13,918 - Wait a minute, do you think he's daring the Undertaker 1564 01:01:14,085 --> 01:01:15,335 to start this match up there? 1565 01:01:15,418 --> 01:01:17,376 [crowd clamoring] 1566 01:01:17,543 --> 01:01:18,835 - Look out--oh! - Oh, no! 1567 01:01:18,918 --> 01:01:22,043 - Good God Almighty! Good God Almighty! 1568 01:01:22,210 --> 01:01:24,001 - Oh! 1569 01:01:24,085 --> 01:01:25,043 - Good God! 1570 01:01:25,210 --> 01:01:29,210 Good God! - That's it. He's dead. 1571 01:01:29,335 --> 01:01:32,668 - Vince McMahon looks me squarely in the eye and says, 1572 01:01:32,751 --> 01:01:35,043 "If Mick can't come out, 1573 01:01:35,126 --> 01:01:37,043 you're gonna have to figure out what to do." 1574 01:01:37,168 --> 01:01:39,043 [crowd clamoring] 1575 01:01:39,126 --> 01:01:41,501 "I ain't setting myself on fire, okay?" 1576 01:01:41,626 --> 01:01:44,085 [laughing] "Let's take that off the table immediately." 1577 01:01:45,251 --> 01:01:48,335 There was some trepidation in my mind 1578 01:01:48,460 --> 01:01:50,585 about whether we're gonna be able to pull this match off 1579 01:01:50,710 --> 01:01:54,043 because of Mick's physical condition. 1580 01:01:54,168 --> 01:01:56,460 Mankind is supposed to come out. 1581 01:01:56,585 --> 01:01:58,210 Undertaker's supposed to come out. 1582 01:01:58,335 --> 01:02:01,418 Undertaker takes a swing, hits Austin. 1583 01:02:01,585 --> 01:02:03,001 Austin gets cut--first blood, 1584 01:02:03,126 --> 01:02:05,293 Kane's champion--does not have to set himself on fire, 1585 01:02:05,418 --> 01:02:07,710 which was top of mind for me. 1586 01:02:07,876 --> 01:02:10,543 - The winner of this bout 1587 01:02:10,626 --> 01:02:13,126 and new... 1588 01:02:13,251 --> 01:02:17,293 World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, 1589 01:02:17,418 --> 01:02:19,001 Kane! 1590 01:02:19,126 --> 01:02:21,793 [eerie organ music playing] 1591 01:02:21,918 --> 01:02:26,710 - To become World Champion was just amazing. 1592 01:02:26,793 --> 01:02:29,210 That first one, man, that was just so special, 1593 01:02:29,293 --> 01:02:33,585 because I joined a very select group of individuals. 1594 01:02:33,710 --> 01:02:36,043 Not only is it an honor 1595 01:02:36,126 --> 01:02:38,543 for the entire world to see, 1596 01:02:38,668 --> 01:02:42,001 but, also, it's the fact that the company believes in you. 1597 01:02:42,085 --> 01:02:44,918 WWE was taking off and going anyway. 1598 01:02:45,085 --> 01:02:46,876 But I think that that was really a booster 1599 01:02:47,001 --> 01:02:49,668 that shot us up to the next level. 1600 01:02:49,793 --> 01:02:51,710 Kane was just going to the moon. 1601 01:02:51,835 --> 01:02:52,918 I never thought-- 1602 01:02:53,043 --> 01:02:54,918 I never believed that it was possible. 1603 01:02:58,751 --> 01:03:01,710 [upbeat music] 1604 01:03:01,793 --> 01:03:08,793 ♪ ♪ 1605 01:03:12,210 --> 01:03:13,876 [explosion, heavy metal music] 1606 01:03:14,001 --> 01:03:15,835 - Chef Boyardee Big Beefaroni-- 1607 01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:18,585 open up a can for yourself. 1608 01:03:18,751 --> 01:03:23,126 - I was a celebrity who has risen to such fame as Kane. 1609 01:03:23,251 --> 01:03:26,543 both: Kane! [cowering] 1610 01:03:26,668 --> 01:03:28,543 - I realized that this was 1611 01:03:28,626 --> 01:03:31,251 the opportunity of a lifetime. 1612 01:03:31,418 --> 01:03:33,376 Kane was just going to the moon. 1613 01:03:33,501 --> 01:03:34,751 [electronic music] 1614 01:03:34,876 --> 01:03:36,751 Hi, Pete. 1615 01:03:36,876 --> 01:03:39,876 It simply did not get any bigger than that. 1616 01:03:40,001 --> 01:03:41,376 The overall experience of this commercial 1617 01:03:41,543 --> 01:03:42,543 was amazing. 1618 01:03:42,626 --> 01:03:44,210 The fans get to see me gardening, 1619 01:03:44,335 --> 01:03:47,543 crocheting, and maybe even see my pet-rock collection. 1620 01:03:47,668 --> 01:03:49,001 I never thought 1621 01:03:49,085 --> 01:03:50,876 this would've been possible for someone like me. 1622 01:03:51,001 --> 01:03:53,585 I mean, I dreamed about it, 1623 01:03:53,710 --> 01:03:55,001 but I never thought-- 1624 01:03:55,085 --> 01:03:56,460 I never believed that it was possible. 1625 01:03:56,585 --> 01:03:59,335 - I'm here today at the NBC Studios in Burbank 1626 01:03:59,418 --> 01:04:01,210 to film an episode of the "Weakest Link." 1627 01:04:01,293 --> 01:04:03,668 - Kane, you're good at wrestling? 1628 01:04:03,751 --> 01:04:05,543 - Yes. - You good at anything else? 1629 01:04:05,668 --> 01:04:07,918 - No. [laughter] 1630 01:04:08,043 --> 01:04:10,168 - Can you try and speak more clearly? 1631 01:04:10,293 --> 01:04:12,293 - Can you try to speak more clearly, too? 1632 01:04:12,418 --> 01:04:14,668 all: Ooh... 1633 01:04:14,751 --> 01:04:16,710 - I think we can bring her and make her a disciplinarian 1634 01:04:16,876 --> 01:04:17,876 or authoritative figure, 1635 01:04:18,043 --> 01:04:20,543 the demented schoolmarm, if you will, 1636 01:04:20,668 --> 01:04:21,960 and she'd do great. 1637 01:04:22,085 --> 01:04:24,210 She might scare everybody backstage, though. 1638 01:04:24,376 --> 01:04:26,876 - Kane, in psychology, who introduced the theory 1639 01:04:27,043 --> 01:04:28,960 of the Oedipus Complex? 1640 01:04:29,085 --> 01:04:31,543 - Sigmund Freud. - What French national heroine 1641 01:04:31,626 --> 01:04:33,626 was burned at the stake in 1431? 1642 01:04:33,751 --> 01:04:34,543 - Joan of Arc. - Correct. 1643 01:04:34,710 --> 01:04:36,168 [applause] 1644 01:04:36,251 --> 01:04:38,043 - I am the strongest link. 1645 01:04:38,168 --> 01:04:39,626 Goodbye. 1646 01:04:39,751 --> 01:04:41,918 I think the key to longevity in WWE 1647 01:04:42,085 --> 01:04:43,710 is the ability to reinvent yourself. 1648 01:04:43,793 --> 01:04:45,293 Through the years, I changed a lot, 1649 01:04:45,418 --> 01:04:49,335 from where I was a silent, brooding character 1650 01:04:49,460 --> 01:04:53,501 to more of, like, an actual superhero. 1651 01:04:53,626 --> 01:04:58,210 - Don't you realize when you jumped on Kane, 1652 01:04:58,335 --> 01:04:59,751 you jumped on me? 1653 01:04:59,876 --> 01:05:02,001 - As easy as it is 1654 01:05:02,085 --> 01:05:04,376 to relate to two brothers fighting, 1655 01:05:04,501 --> 01:05:06,043 it's also very relatable 1656 01:05:06,168 --> 01:05:07,793 to when they make up, 1657 01:05:07,918 --> 01:05:09,835 when they realize that, "We're family," 1658 01:05:09,918 --> 01:05:11,376 and that, "We're blood," 1659 01:05:11,460 --> 01:05:14,960 and that, "We're stronger together than apart." 1660 01:05:15,085 --> 01:05:17,585 - ♪ You've been alone all your life ♪ 1661 01:05:17,710 --> 01:05:20,043 ♪ ♪ 1662 01:05:20,210 --> 01:05:23,668 - And when we finally brought the two brothers together 1663 01:05:23,751 --> 01:05:25,043 as a tag team 1664 01:05:25,168 --> 01:05:27,210 and the Brothers of Destruction were born, 1665 01:05:27,376 --> 01:05:29,626 now the audience was happy. 1666 01:05:29,751 --> 01:05:31,501 - Undertaker and Kane combined 1667 01:05:31,585 --> 01:05:35,001 make the most destructive force in history. 1668 01:05:35,126 --> 01:05:38,460 - Why is it everyone feels it necessary 1669 01:05:38,585 --> 01:05:40,876 to anger Kane and I? 1670 01:05:41,001 --> 01:05:43,210 - The Brothers of Destruction was another dream come true. 1671 01:05:43,335 --> 01:05:45,918 It was awesome to be The Undertaker's opponent. 1672 01:05:46,043 --> 01:05:49,168 It was even better to be his teammate. 1673 01:05:49,251 --> 01:05:51,001 - Oh, my! - Wait a minute. 1674 01:05:51,085 --> 01:05:53,626 - No! No! No! 1675 01:05:53,751 --> 01:05:57,335 - The real Chokeslams to hell! 1676 01:05:57,418 --> 01:06:00,001 - These are the Tag Team Champions! 1677 01:06:00,126 --> 01:06:02,210 What? - There is nobody-- 1678 01:06:02,335 --> 01:06:04,585 nobody that matched up with us, right? 1679 01:06:04,710 --> 01:06:07,335 So we just basically killed just about everybody 1680 01:06:07,460 --> 01:06:09,376 that we got in the ring with-- we just murdered 'em. 1681 01:06:09,501 --> 01:06:10,710 ♪ ♪ 1682 01:06:10,835 --> 01:06:13,126 - Double Chokeslam! 1683 01:06:13,251 --> 01:06:14,876 Covered by Kane. - Kick out! 1684 01:06:15,043 --> 01:06:16,001 Kick out! - Covered by Taker! 1685 01:06:16,126 --> 01:06:17,293 [bell dinging] Oh, it's over! 1686 01:06:17,418 --> 01:06:18,918 We have new Tag Team Champions! 1687 01:06:19,043 --> 01:06:20,543 ♪ ♪ 1688 01:06:20,668 --> 01:06:24,293 - The audience just bought it hook, line, and sinker. 1689 01:06:24,418 --> 01:06:26,210 Feel like they thought, "Oh, this is awesome. 1690 01:06:26,335 --> 01:06:28,251 Undertaker and Kane are together." 1691 01:06:28,376 --> 01:06:29,793 ♪ ♪ 1692 01:06:29,918 --> 01:06:32,043 - Within the period of its run, 1693 01:06:32,126 --> 01:06:35,418 I think it was pretty damn good. 1694 01:06:35,585 --> 01:06:36,793 - The landslide! 1695 01:06:36,918 --> 01:06:38,460 [ring bell dings] And this one's over! 1696 01:06:38,585 --> 01:06:40,293 The Undertaker and Kane, 1697 01:06:40,418 --> 01:06:42,501 double Tag Team Champions! 1698 01:06:42,585 --> 01:06:43,918 ♪ ♪ 1699 01:06:44,043 --> 01:06:46,376 - At least once a week, I get that question, 1700 01:06:46,460 --> 01:06:50,001 "Are you and Kane really brothers?" 1701 01:06:50,085 --> 01:06:52,835 I tell him, "We're half-brothers, yeah," 1702 01:06:52,918 --> 01:06:54,960 and then, you know, brothers in spirit. 1703 01:06:55,085 --> 01:06:56,460 Sometimes I'll say, 1704 01:06:56,585 --> 01:06:58,668 Yeah, we're brothers." 1705 01:06:58,751 --> 01:07:02,293 I look at him as a brother, so might as well. 1706 01:07:02,418 --> 01:07:04,460 - Mark Calaway is one of my idols. 1707 01:07:04,585 --> 01:07:05,876 He was a mentor to me. 1708 01:07:06,043 --> 01:07:07,251 There wouldn't be a Kane 1709 01:07:07,376 --> 01:07:10,001 if there hadn't been an Undertaker in the end. 1710 01:07:10,085 --> 01:07:12,001 If it hadn't been for him, 1711 01:07:12,085 --> 01:07:15,376 my life would not be where it is today. 1712 01:07:15,501 --> 01:07:16,501 ♪ ♪ 1713 01:07:16,626 --> 01:07:17,793 So I owe him a lot, 1714 01:07:17,918 --> 01:07:20,376 both professionally and personally. 1715 01:07:20,501 --> 01:07:22,376 ♪ ♪ 1716 01:07:22,460 --> 01:07:25,585 - The natural evolution at that time 1717 01:07:25,751 --> 01:07:26,876 for sports entertainment 1718 01:07:27,001 --> 01:07:29,960 and professional wrestling meshing... 1719 01:07:30,085 --> 01:07:34,626 you had this guy, where, yes, you can still tell 1720 01:07:34,751 --> 01:07:37,793 that mythological story about Kane and Taker, 1721 01:07:37,918 --> 01:07:39,835 but you had to evolve. 1722 01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:42,251 I think that's the natural progression of any character. 1723 01:07:42,376 --> 01:07:43,918 ♪ ♪ 1724 01:07:44,085 --> 01:07:46,210 - As an artist in WWE, 1725 01:07:46,335 --> 01:07:50,043 part of what keeps you going is that creativity. 1726 01:07:50,126 --> 01:07:51,501 ♪ ♪ 1727 01:07:51,626 --> 01:07:53,376 You're creating your character, 1728 01:07:53,543 --> 01:07:55,126 evolving it, 1729 01:07:55,251 --> 01:07:57,168 and I also took it as a personal challenge 1730 01:07:57,251 --> 01:07:58,668 because I wanted to prove to people 1731 01:07:58,751 --> 01:08:02,668 that Kane is not just a guy-- Glenn Jacobs is not just a guy 1732 01:08:02,751 --> 01:08:04,710 whose character has to stand there and not say anything 1733 01:08:04,793 --> 01:08:05,876 all the time. 1734 01:08:06,001 --> 01:08:07,710 He can do a lot more than that. 1735 01:08:07,835 --> 01:08:09,751 - You know the stipulations! 1736 01:08:09,876 --> 01:08:13,210 Take that mask off! 1737 01:08:13,376 --> 01:08:15,376 - What is it gonna be like? What is it gonna look like? 1738 01:08:15,501 --> 01:08:16,626 Oh, my God! - God. 1739 01:08:21,501 --> 01:08:24,585 - You know, Kane, you're hiding something. 1740 01:08:24,751 --> 01:08:27,085 It's a lot more than that face behind the mask, too. 1741 01:08:27,251 --> 01:08:28,543 [mysterious music] 1742 01:08:28,668 --> 01:08:30,585 - Triple H, the World Heavyweight Champion, 1743 01:08:30,751 --> 01:08:32,168 putting it on the line against Kane, 1744 01:08:32,251 --> 01:08:35,376 and Kane must win and become the World Champion, 1745 01:08:35,501 --> 01:08:38,418 or he must unmask and reveal his identity. 1746 01:08:38,585 --> 01:08:40,960 - What--oh, my gosh! - Oh. 1747 01:08:41,085 --> 01:08:42,460 - [screams] - Oh! 1748 01:08:42,585 --> 01:08:45,210 He's knocked out! - Here comes the Chokeslam! 1749 01:08:45,335 --> 01:08:46,710 Oh! - Oh! 1750 01:08:46,793 --> 01:08:50,418 And Randy Orton taking Kane face-first down! 1751 01:08:50,543 --> 01:08:52,460 The referee didn't see Orton's interference! 1752 01:08:52,585 --> 01:08:54,210 Kick out! Kick out! - Yes! 1753 01:08:54,335 --> 01:08:55,543 - And, oh! - Oh, my God! 1754 01:08:55,710 --> 01:08:57,168 - The Game wins it! 1755 01:08:57,251 --> 01:08:59,876 - You know the stipulations! 1756 01:09:00,043 --> 01:09:03,376 Now take that mask off! 1757 01:09:03,543 --> 01:09:05,335 - We had a big change in 2003 1758 01:09:05,418 --> 01:09:06,751 when we took the mask off. 1759 01:09:06,918 --> 01:09:08,876 A lot of folks thought that that was a huge mistake. 1760 01:09:09,001 --> 01:09:10,335 ♪ ♪ 1761 01:09:10,460 --> 01:09:12,543 - He should've stayed under a mask. 1762 01:09:12,626 --> 01:09:13,751 - [shouts] 1763 01:09:13,918 --> 01:09:15,710 - I thought, when you do that unmasking thing, 1764 01:09:15,793 --> 01:09:17,751 I get there has to be an evolution to the character, 1765 01:09:17,876 --> 01:09:21,418 but for me personally, I was a little disappointed with it. 1766 01:09:21,585 --> 01:09:23,543 I just didn't see the need. 1767 01:09:23,626 --> 01:09:26,085 - I prefer the Michael Myers-type character. 1768 01:09:26,251 --> 01:09:27,543 I don't know if it needed that evolution. 1769 01:09:27,668 --> 01:09:31,251 I would've been happy with just that monster for 20 years. 1770 01:09:31,376 --> 01:09:33,960 - Unmasking Kane was probably 1771 01:09:34,085 --> 01:09:37,376 one of the top debates over the years 1772 01:09:37,460 --> 01:09:40,210 that we've had--is, do you take this character 1773 01:09:40,293 --> 01:09:42,043 and take away the mystique 1774 01:09:42,168 --> 01:09:43,501 by unmasking him, 1775 01:09:43,626 --> 01:09:46,251 or do you take the next step 1776 01:09:46,376 --> 01:09:47,751 with him, unmasking him, 1777 01:09:47,918 --> 01:09:49,043 and allowing him 1778 01:09:49,168 --> 01:09:51,335 to be more human? 1779 01:09:51,460 --> 01:09:55,376 - It's something that you have to do at some point. 1780 01:09:55,460 --> 01:09:58,960 They wanted him to be able to express himself. 1781 01:09:59,085 --> 01:10:01,376 With a mask on, it's really hard to express yourself. 1782 01:10:01,501 --> 01:10:02,335 It's hard to get sympathy. 1783 01:10:02,460 --> 01:10:03,835 It's hard to get people 1784 01:10:03,960 --> 01:10:06,043 to feel like someone's in peril 1785 01:10:06,168 --> 01:10:07,835 without that facial expression. 1786 01:10:07,918 --> 01:10:09,335 - The only people that were really for it 1787 01:10:09,460 --> 01:10:11,043 were Vince McMahon and me. 1788 01:10:11,126 --> 01:10:12,335 But those were the only two people 1789 01:10:12,460 --> 01:10:13,626 that needed to be for it, 1790 01:10:13,751 --> 01:10:15,335 'cause it was the most important people. 1791 01:10:15,460 --> 01:10:16,918 - What's Kane gonna do? 1792 01:10:17,043 --> 01:10:18,668 - As they were shaving my head, 1793 01:10:18,751 --> 01:10:19,876 Bruce Prichard walks in, 1794 01:10:19,960 --> 01:10:22,501 and my head's about halfway shaved, and Bruce said, 1795 01:10:22,585 --> 01:10:24,543 "Hey, stop right there! Let me get Vince." 1796 01:10:24,626 --> 01:10:26,293 Vince came in. He's like, "Oh, you're exactly right. 1797 01:10:26,418 --> 01:10:27,876 I think it's great." 1798 01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:30,710 - He's gonna do it, JR. He's gonna do it! 1799 01:10:30,876 --> 01:10:33,168 What is it gonna be like? What is it gonna look like? 1800 01:10:33,251 --> 01:10:35,210 Oh, my God! - God. 1801 01:10:35,335 --> 01:10:36,960 Is that a human? 1802 01:10:37,085 --> 01:10:39,210 - Look at that grotesque face! 1803 01:10:39,335 --> 01:10:41,835 - I remember him being terrifying. 1804 01:10:41,960 --> 01:10:43,376 He looked horrifying. 1805 01:10:43,501 --> 01:10:44,501 When you think about other, 1806 01:10:44,585 --> 01:10:46,501 like, movie monsters with masks, 1807 01:10:46,585 --> 01:10:48,793 that's, like, kind of what you're thinking 1808 01:10:48,918 --> 01:10:50,710 when you see them take their mask off. 1809 01:10:50,876 --> 01:10:52,251 - What the hell is that? 1810 01:10:52,418 --> 01:10:54,376 Get a shot of that face! 1811 01:10:54,501 --> 01:10:55,960 - My daughter and I, the youngest, 1812 01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:57,376 we're sitting on the bed. 1813 01:10:57,543 --> 01:10:58,710 We were watching the match, 1814 01:10:58,793 --> 01:11:00,710 and she's like, "That's not Dad." 1815 01:11:00,793 --> 01:11:02,210 ♪ ♪ 1816 01:11:02,335 --> 01:11:04,626 And I said, "Oh, hell, yeah, it is. 1817 01:11:04,751 --> 01:11:06,876 That's him." 1818 01:11:07,001 --> 01:11:08,668 [crowd clamoring] 1819 01:11:08,751 --> 01:11:11,168 - She was not happy with my judgment 1820 01:11:11,293 --> 01:11:12,335 on that decision, 1821 01:11:12,460 --> 01:11:15,210 because she really liked my hair. 1822 01:11:15,335 --> 01:11:18,376 At the time, I had long flowing hair, very thick 1823 01:11:18,501 --> 01:11:20,043 that went halfway down my back. 1824 01:11:20,126 --> 01:11:24,293 ♪ ♪ 1825 01:11:24,418 --> 01:11:26,251 - It was awful. It was frickin' awful. 1826 01:11:26,418 --> 01:11:28,293 [chuckles] And... 1827 01:11:28,418 --> 01:11:29,751 So he calls. 1828 01:11:29,876 --> 01:11:33,043 "What'd you think? It's great, isn't it?" 1829 01:11:33,126 --> 01:11:34,210 And I'm like, 1830 01:11:34,335 --> 01:11:37,001 "Where in the hell is your hair?" 1831 01:11:37,085 --> 01:11:39,251 He said, "It's in a bag." 1832 01:11:39,376 --> 01:11:41,043 That's exactly what he told me--"It's in a bag." 1833 01:11:41,126 --> 01:11:43,418 And I'm like... 1834 01:11:43,543 --> 01:11:45,710 "Well, get it back." [chuckles] You know? 1835 01:11:45,793 --> 01:11:46,918 "I can't." 1836 01:11:47,085 --> 01:11:49,835 And I'm like, "Uh-huh. We're gonna talk about this 1837 01:11:49,960 --> 01:11:52,043 when you get home," or something like that. 1838 01:11:52,126 --> 01:11:53,501 I mean, I wasn't impressed at all, 1839 01:11:53,585 --> 01:11:55,043 but he thought it was great. 1840 01:11:55,168 --> 01:11:57,376 - Aah! - Oh. 1841 01:11:57,501 --> 01:11:59,251 - I imagine it was probably scary for him. 1842 01:11:59,418 --> 01:12:00,626 Being under that mask 1843 01:12:00,751 --> 01:12:02,460 is a comfort zone for you for a long time, 1844 01:12:02,585 --> 01:12:03,960 and now you're doing something completely different. 1845 01:12:04,085 --> 01:12:05,710 - Oh, my God, there he is. - There's Kane! 1846 01:12:05,793 --> 01:12:07,585 - He knew this was just another dimension 1847 01:12:07,710 --> 01:12:09,960 for this character to go. 1848 01:12:10,085 --> 01:12:12,168 I'm thinking this is the person 1849 01:12:12,251 --> 01:12:15,835 that's going to be home with me 1850 01:12:15,918 --> 01:12:19,376 and going to events with the kids... 1851 01:12:19,460 --> 01:12:22,043 with this half-shaved head, 1852 01:12:22,168 --> 01:12:23,501 and it just got worse from there, 1853 01:12:23,626 --> 01:12:26,085 'cause it went from half-shaved head to full-shaved head 1854 01:12:26,251 --> 01:12:28,168 to no eyebrows, yeah. 1855 01:12:28,251 --> 01:12:31,251 - That's really not only breathed new life into Kane, 1856 01:12:31,376 --> 01:12:33,126 it almost gave me a second career. 1857 01:12:33,251 --> 01:12:34,376 ["Devil's Yard" by Christopher Lewis] 1858 01:12:34,543 --> 01:12:38,543 - His character had so many levels, 1859 01:12:38,710 --> 01:12:40,876 and his range was just amazing. 1860 01:12:41,001 --> 01:12:43,585 - ♪ Medicine man came up from the valley ♪ 1861 01:12:43,710 --> 01:12:47,001 - This is just the beginning! 1862 01:12:47,085 --> 01:12:49,835 - He ends up cutting all these incredible promos. 1863 01:12:49,960 --> 01:12:53,876 - You want to know why I became a monster? 1864 01:12:54,001 --> 01:12:56,418 - ♪ Has dried, and the skies turned... ♪ 1865 01:12:56,543 --> 01:12:59,168 - Why don't you come down here and find out? 1866 01:12:59,251 --> 01:13:00,293 - No, he's not! - No, you can't--Oh! 1867 01:13:00,418 --> 01:13:01,710 - The Tombstone! 1868 01:13:01,835 --> 01:13:05,335 - I think you need to feel my pain! 1869 01:13:05,460 --> 01:13:07,001 - No, don't do it! - Put 'em down! 1870 01:13:07,126 --> 01:13:08,335 - Don't do it, no! 1871 01:13:08,418 --> 01:13:09,710 - [screaming] 1872 01:13:09,835 --> 01:13:13,585 - Where they needed him to go, he was able to go 1873 01:13:13,710 --> 01:13:16,251 and make it work exceptionally well. 1874 01:13:16,376 --> 01:13:19,376 - ♪ Dies in the devil's yard ♪ 1875 01:13:19,501 --> 01:13:22,335 - Do what I want! 1876 01:13:22,460 --> 01:13:24,210 Let's go! Let's finish this! 1877 01:13:24,335 --> 01:13:25,710 - Do you take Lita to be your wife? 1878 01:13:25,793 --> 01:13:26,876 - I do. 1879 01:13:26,960 --> 01:13:28,960 - On paper, that Kane character 1880 01:13:29,085 --> 01:13:31,585 seemed exciting 1881 01:13:31,751 --> 01:13:34,418 but with a limited shelf life... 1882 01:13:34,543 --> 01:13:38,168 because he was covered from head to toe. 1883 01:13:38,293 --> 01:13:41,543 You saw nothing except his eyes. 1884 01:13:41,710 --> 01:13:44,835 - ♪ The water burned, and the sun started to cry ♪ 1885 01:13:44,918 --> 01:13:47,543 ♪ As the black-eyed angel... ♪ 1886 01:13:47,668 --> 01:13:50,460 - If you ain't down with the Big Red Machine... 1887 01:13:50,585 --> 01:13:53,543 [distorted voice] Suck it. 1888 01:13:53,668 --> 01:13:57,376 - And yet, we're talking about him 1889 01:13:57,460 --> 01:14:00,376 25 years after he made his debut 1890 01:14:00,501 --> 01:14:03,710 because he was able to inject humanity 1891 01:14:03,835 --> 01:14:06,626 into an inhumane character. 1892 01:14:06,751 --> 01:14:07,876 He made you care about him 1893 01:14:07,960 --> 01:14:09,835 with just the slightest tilt of his head. 1894 01:14:09,918 --> 01:14:11,376 ♪ ♪ 1895 01:14:11,501 --> 01:14:14,043 - [distorted voice] You hurt me. 1896 01:14:14,168 --> 01:14:18,418 Tonight I'm gonna hurt you. 1897 01:14:18,585 --> 01:14:20,876 [crowd cheering] 1898 01:14:20,960 --> 01:14:23,376 - One of the things I gleaned from Glenn 1899 01:14:23,543 --> 01:14:27,126 very early on was his adaptability. 1900 01:14:27,251 --> 01:14:29,751 That's what you really want out of a good character. 1901 01:14:29,876 --> 01:14:32,210 You want a character that can do comedy. 1902 01:14:32,376 --> 01:14:35,585 - The question is, brothers... 1903 01:14:35,751 --> 01:14:37,876 what you gonna do-- 1904 01:14:38,001 --> 01:14:40,751 what you gonna do when Hulk Hogan 1905 01:14:40,876 --> 01:14:43,751 and The Rock and the Big Red Machine 1906 01:14:43,918 --> 01:14:46,751 run wild on you? 1907 01:14:46,918 --> 01:14:49,585 - They can do wild storylines. 1908 01:14:49,710 --> 01:14:52,585 It's also a badass or a movie monster 1909 01:14:52,710 --> 01:14:55,210 that has some emotional range. 1910 01:14:55,335 --> 01:14:57,126 - Who's speaking to you right now? 1911 01:14:57,251 --> 01:14:59,335 Some demon 1912 01:14:59,460 --> 01:15:01,751 from the depths of hell 1913 01:15:01,876 --> 01:15:04,751 or a man in a suit, your friend Kane? 1914 01:15:04,876 --> 01:15:06,543 - The fact that he's been able to do that 1915 01:15:06,626 --> 01:15:08,376 over the course of his career 1916 01:15:08,501 --> 01:15:10,668 speaks volumes to him as a performer. 1917 01:15:10,751 --> 01:15:13,126 - If you needed something, you could go to Kane. 1918 01:15:13,251 --> 01:15:15,585 Like, you needed a monster, you needed a great match, 1919 01:15:15,751 --> 01:15:16,960 you needed somebody agile, you needed somebody 1920 01:15:17,085 --> 01:15:19,710 to pull off something entertaining and funny... 1921 01:15:19,835 --> 01:15:22,543 - Okay, Kane, uh, thank you for coming. 1922 01:15:22,668 --> 01:15:24,543 Remember, sharing is caring. 1923 01:15:24,626 --> 01:15:27,835 - I buried my brother alive twice, 1924 01:15:27,918 --> 01:15:30,543 and I've set a couple of people on fire 1925 01:15:30,626 --> 01:15:32,960 and abducted various coworkers, 1926 01:15:33,085 --> 01:15:34,001 and I, uh, 1927 01:15:34,085 --> 01:15:36,376 once electrocuted a man's testicles. 1928 01:15:36,501 --> 01:15:37,751 - [screams] 1929 01:15:37,918 --> 01:15:39,668 - Years ago, I had a girlfriend named Katie, 1930 01:15:39,751 --> 01:15:42,376 but, um, let's just say that that didn't turn out so well. 1931 01:15:42,501 --> 01:15:44,710 And for reasons never quite explained, 1932 01:15:44,835 --> 01:15:47,293 I have an unhealthy obsession 1933 01:15:47,418 --> 01:15:50,751 with torturing Pete Rose. 1934 01:15:50,876 --> 01:15:53,001 ♪ ♪ 1935 01:15:53,126 --> 01:15:53,876 - Okay. 1936 01:15:54,001 --> 01:15:56,960 - The monster and the beauty, 1937 01:15:57,085 --> 01:15:59,501 I think people also can relate to, 1938 01:15:59,585 --> 01:16:01,835 because everybody needs love, 1939 01:16:01,918 --> 01:16:04,043 and for the monster to fall in love 1940 01:16:04,126 --> 01:16:07,668 and for the monster to actually show emotion 1941 01:16:07,751 --> 01:16:09,418 and to show emotion through a mask 1942 01:16:09,585 --> 01:16:11,876 is very difficult to do. 1943 01:16:11,960 --> 01:16:14,543 [cell phone ringing] - Hello? 1944 01:16:14,668 --> 01:16:17,543 - Is this Halle Berry? 1945 01:16:17,668 --> 01:16:19,751 - Uh, yes. 1946 01:16:19,918 --> 01:16:21,876 - Why don't you ever return my fan mail? 1947 01:16:22,043 --> 01:16:24,043 I feel like we've made a connection. 1948 01:16:24,126 --> 01:16:25,710 I mean, I even included a picture. 1949 01:16:25,835 --> 01:16:27,710 - You wrote that your home address 1950 01:16:27,876 --> 01:16:30,376 is the depths of hell. 1951 01:16:30,543 --> 01:16:32,543 What do you expect me to do with that? 1952 01:16:32,710 --> 01:16:35,168 - Does this mean we're not going on that picnic? 1953 01:16:35,251 --> 01:16:37,501 ♪ ♪ 1954 01:16:37,626 --> 01:16:39,210 - I've been very fortunate 1955 01:16:39,293 --> 01:16:41,543 to have worked with all the people that I've worked with, 1956 01:16:41,668 --> 01:16:45,126 everybody from Undertaker to Daniel Bryan, 1957 01:16:45,251 --> 01:16:49,335 and they've been instrumental in allowing me to do that-- 1958 01:16:49,418 --> 01:16:52,876 that process of continually reinventing yourself, 1959 01:16:53,043 --> 01:16:54,376 because, frankly, our audience 1960 01:16:54,543 --> 01:16:56,710 is just like any other audience. 1961 01:16:56,835 --> 01:16:57,960 It's really cool. 1962 01:16:58,085 --> 01:16:59,376 When you're there for a while, 1963 01:16:59,543 --> 01:17:01,543 you get stale, and they want to see something new. 1964 01:17:01,626 --> 01:17:04,293 What can I say? 1965 01:17:04,418 --> 01:17:06,501 Chicks dig the mask. 1966 01:17:06,585 --> 01:17:08,085 - [laughs] 1967 01:17:08,210 --> 01:17:09,876 - I've been blessed 1968 01:17:10,043 --> 01:17:13,876 to have a fantastic WWE career, 1969 01:17:14,001 --> 01:17:18,710 but the greatest blessing I've had is my family. 1970 01:17:18,876 --> 01:17:21,543 Without them, I never would've been able to do 1971 01:17:21,668 --> 01:17:23,043 what I did in WWE. 1972 01:17:23,168 --> 01:17:27,751 ♪ ♪ 1973 01:17:27,876 --> 01:17:29,710 Crystal's plan for our life 1974 01:17:29,835 --> 01:17:34,710 was that when I retired from WWE... 1975 01:17:34,793 --> 01:17:37,710 we would, I guess, just kind of enjoy each other 1976 01:17:37,793 --> 01:17:40,376 and live life. 1977 01:17:40,460 --> 01:17:42,710 Then I get this wild idea. 1978 01:17:42,835 --> 01:17:44,210 I want to get into politics, 1979 01:17:44,293 --> 01:17:46,335 which was not something that she had ever planned on. 1980 01:17:50,418 --> 01:17:53,460 - I'm in a unique situation because of who I am 1981 01:17:53,585 --> 01:17:55,335 and because of the wrestling thing 1982 01:17:55,418 --> 01:17:57,376 and now because I'm mayor. 1983 01:17:57,501 --> 01:17:59,876 I'm trying to, you know, show the rest of the world, 1984 01:18:00,001 --> 01:18:01,710 and even people here within our community, 1985 01:18:01,793 --> 01:18:03,210 what a great place this is, 1986 01:18:03,335 --> 01:18:05,251 the assets that we have, the things that there are to see, 1987 01:18:05,376 --> 01:18:07,335 and, you know, things that we need to work on. 1988 01:18:07,418 --> 01:18:10,210 [festive music playing] 1989 01:18:10,335 --> 01:18:17,210 ♪ ♪ 1990 01:18:21,585 --> 01:18:23,626 We're at Schulz Brau in Knox County, 1991 01:18:23,751 --> 01:18:25,210 and we're kicking off Oktoberfest. 1992 01:18:25,335 --> 01:18:26,793 I just got to tap the kegs 1993 01:18:26,918 --> 01:18:29,376 at the same time that the mayor of Munich, Germany, 1994 01:18:29,543 --> 01:18:31,293 kicks off Oktoberfest there. 1995 01:18:31,418 --> 01:18:33,210 [laughs] - Whoo! 1996 01:18:33,376 --> 01:18:35,293 [all cheer] 1997 01:18:35,418 --> 01:18:39,126 - This is a lederhosen-- a traditional Bavarian outfit. 1998 01:18:39,251 --> 01:18:41,293 These are extremely uncomfortable, actually. 1999 01:18:41,418 --> 01:18:43,376 It's all leather, so you can't really move that well in 'em. 2000 01:18:43,501 --> 01:18:44,751 ♪ ♪ 2001 01:18:44,876 --> 01:18:46,543 - It's awesome that you come and do this. 2002 01:18:46,710 --> 01:18:47,918 - It's fun, man. 2003 01:18:48,043 --> 01:18:49,376 ♪ ♪ 2004 01:18:49,501 --> 01:18:50,668 all: Whoo! 2005 01:18:50,793 --> 01:18:52,918 - There's a big learning curve. 2006 01:18:53,085 --> 01:18:54,710 It was almost like being back in my first match 2007 01:18:54,793 --> 01:18:56,043 in professional wrestling. 2008 01:18:56,168 --> 01:18:57,876 Oh, my gosh. 2009 01:18:58,043 --> 01:19:00,293 Here I am. What am I gonna do? 2010 01:19:00,418 --> 01:19:01,876 - Yes! 2011 01:19:02,001 --> 01:19:04,210 - Hey, Chad. What's going on, buddy? 2012 01:19:04,335 --> 01:19:06,585 That's a good shirt, dude. I like that. 2013 01:19:06,751 --> 01:19:09,043 'Cause now it wasn't just about me and WWE. 2014 01:19:09,210 --> 01:19:12,126 It was also now about 500,000 people 2015 01:19:12,251 --> 01:19:12,960 in Knox County. 2016 01:19:13,085 --> 01:19:15,335 - Chad is his biggest fan. 2017 01:19:15,460 --> 01:19:18,043 - Hey, good morning. No, I'm not president. 2018 01:19:18,126 --> 01:19:20,085 - Mayor Jacobs-- can you give him a big clap? 2019 01:19:20,251 --> 01:19:23,710 [applause] 2020 01:19:23,835 --> 01:19:25,251 ♪ ♪ 2021 01:19:25,418 --> 01:19:27,418 - This is something people look forward to every year-- 2022 01:19:27,543 --> 01:19:28,835 the Dogwood Arts Festival 2023 01:19:28,918 --> 01:19:32,543 and the official opening of the Dogwood Trails. 2024 01:19:32,668 --> 01:19:33,710 - I don't think any of us thought, 2025 01:19:33,835 --> 01:19:36,043 "There's the future mayor of Knox County 2026 01:19:36,168 --> 01:19:37,793 with the hall-of-fame career." 2027 01:19:37,918 --> 01:19:40,043 [all cheering] - Thank you very much. 2028 01:19:40,168 --> 01:19:41,793 [applause] 2029 01:19:41,918 --> 01:19:44,293 One day I woke up and had this idea. 2030 01:19:44,418 --> 01:19:48,210 The current county mayor wouldn't be running again. 2031 01:19:48,335 --> 01:19:50,585 Good to see you, bud. Nice to see you. 2032 01:19:50,710 --> 01:19:53,251 Open seats don't come up that often, 2033 01:19:53,376 --> 01:19:57,043 and I thought to myself, "Huh, that might be something 2034 01:19:57,126 --> 01:19:59,876 "that I would be good at, would like to do. 2035 01:20:00,001 --> 01:20:01,210 Maybe I'll do that." 2036 01:20:01,293 --> 01:20:04,543 And bounced the idea off a couple friends. 2037 01:20:04,710 --> 01:20:07,168 - "Are you bleeping crazy?" 2038 01:20:07,293 --> 01:20:11,210 I think probably was my first things out of my mouth, 2039 01:20:11,335 --> 01:20:13,376 and then, "Really?" 2040 01:20:13,460 --> 01:20:14,710 - ♪ Oh ♪ 2041 01:20:14,835 --> 01:20:17,376 - That's pretty damn cool, man. 2042 01:20:17,501 --> 01:20:20,376 - No, we really didn't know that he was going to do that. 2043 01:20:20,460 --> 01:20:22,251 I said, "Oh, my goodness." 2044 01:20:22,376 --> 01:20:25,293 And then he told us what he had in mind to do, 2045 01:20:25,418 --> 01:20:29,335 which was to encourage young people to go to school, 2046 01:20:29,418 --> 01:20:32,210 get an education, be ready to go to work, 2047 01:20:32,293 --> 01:20:34,543 and I said, "This is wonderful." 2048 01:20:34,668 --> 01:20:35,710 - How are you, sir? - Hey. 2049 01:20:35,876 --> 01:20:37,501 - You guys getting some hot chicken? 2050 01:20:37,626 --> 01:20:40,085 One of the first things I did after I made the decision 2051 01:20:40,210 --> 01:20:43,501 to run for mayor was fly up to Stamford and talk to Vince. 2052 01:20:43,626 --> 01:20:46,043 ♪ ♪ 2053 01:20:46,168 --> 01:20:47,501 As soon as I said this is what I wanted to do, 2054 01:20:47,585 --> 01:20:50,418 he got a big old grin and told me that's what I should do, 2055 01:20:50,585 --> 01:20:54,001 and that meant a lot to me, having his support, 2056 01:20:54,085 --> 01:20:56,626 because, you know, I mean, he could've said, 2057 01:20:56,751 --> 01:20:58,835 "Well, that's stupid. Why would you want to do that?" 2058 01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:00,668 And that would've pretty much 2059 01:21:00,751 --> 01:21:02,460 shot down any ambition that I had. 2060 01:21:02,585 --> 01:21:04,501 So the fact that he was supportive of it 2061 01:21:04,585 --> 01:21:05,918 really meant a lot to me. 2062 01:21:06,085 --> 01:21:09,210 - Just a big win for a big man you probably know. 2063 01:21:09,293 --> 01:21:13,126 Glenn Jacobs is 6'8", and, yes, he's certainly feeling 2064 01:21:13,251 --> 01:21:15,043 like he's towering tonight. 2065 01:21:15,168 --> 01:21:16,460 - Glenn's a very a smart guy, 2066 01:21:16,585 --> 01:21:20,543 and Glenn is a guy that has no detractors. 2067 01:21:20,668 --> 01:21:23,293 There are people that may disagree with his politics. 2068 01:21:23,418 --> 01:21:26,293 Nobody disagrees with Glenn Jacobs as a man, 2069 01:21:26,418 --> 01:21:27,418 because they love him. 2070 01:21:27,543 --> 01:21:29,210 ♪ ♪ 2071 01:21:29,335 --> 01:21:32,335 - I think that my career in WWE made it a lot easier 2072 01:21:32,460 --> 01:21:36,085 for me to transition into politics 2073 01:21:36,210 --> 01:21:38,710 because I'm already used to being in the public eye, 2074 01:21:38,876 --> 01:21:40,418 and I developed a thick skin. 2075 01:21:40,543 --> 01:21:41,668 ♪ ♪ 2076 01:21:41,751 --> 01:21:43,335 - Kane! 2077 01:21:43,418 --> 01:21:45,043 ♪ ♪ 2078 01:21:45,168 --> 01:21:50,043 - In my case here, I just try to do the best that I can... 2079 01:21:50,126 --> 01:21:53,126 and I try to do what I think is right no matter what. 2080 01:21:55,626 --> 01:21:58,210 When I first got into professional wrestling, 2081 01:21:58,376 --> 01:22:00,543 I had no idea where it was going to end up. 2082 01:22:00,626 --> 01:22:02,710 I didn't have any other plans for my life. 2083 01:22:02,793 --> 01:22:04,543 I thought wherever it would take me 2084 01:22:04,668 --> 01:22:06,960 was wherever it would take me. 2085 01:22:07,085 --> 01:22:09,543 - This is gonna be a damn fistfight. 2086 01:22:09,668 --> 01:22:12,293 - And how much can their anatomies take? 2087 01:22:12,418 --> 01:22:14,751 - 'Cause things have broken down with a Chokeslam! 2088 01:22:14,918 --> 01:22:16,960 - There were a lot of moments 2089 01:22:17,085 --> 01:22:21,001 where I didn't necessarily know if it was worth it. 2090 01:22:21,126 --> 01:22:24,376 I didn't know where I was going to end up-- 2091 01:22:24,460 --> 01:22:26,376 didn't know what was gonna happen, 2092 01:22:26,501 --> 01:22:29,126 but that was not enough to ever make me quit. 2093 01:22:29,251 --> 01:22:32,585 I never had the moment where I just threw my hands up 2094 01:22:32,710 --> 01:22:34,543 and said, "It wasn't worth it." 2095 01:22:34,668 --> 01:22:36,876 ♪ ♪ 2096 01:22:37,001 --> 01:22:38,710 - I'll go out on a limb and say 2097 01:22:38,835 --> 01:22:41,210 that the Kane/Undertaker story 2098 01:22:41,376 --> 01:22:44,335 is probably the greatest story 2099 01:22:44,418 --> 01:22:45,960 WWE's ever told. 2100 01:22:46,085 --> 01:22:48,085 - Oh! That is hot! 2101 01:22:48,210 --> 01:22:50,918 - It spanned 25 years. 2102 01:22:51,043 --> 01:22:52,210 ♪ ♪ 2103 01:22:52,293 --> 01:22:55,626 There's so many different layers to it, 2104 01:22:55,751 --> 01:22:56,918 levels to it. 2105 01:22:57,043 --> 01:22:58,960 - How was your week? 2106 01:22:59,085 --> 01:23:00,376 - It's like every man for himself now! 2107 01:23:00,501 --> 01:23:01,710 - Don't do it, no! 2108 01:23:01,835 --> 01:23:03,001 - Kane just Chokeslammed The Rock! 2109 01:23:03,126 --> 01:23:04,376 - I can't emphasize enough 2110 01:23:04,501 --> 01:23:06,793 that Glenn making this work was impossible. 2111 01:23:06,918 --> 01:23:09,168 - Yes, it was funny. 2112 01:23:09,251 --> 01:23:10,835 - There's no wrestler alive that could've done this 2113 01:23:10,918 --> 01:23:11,876 except for Glenn Jacobs. 2114 01:23:11,960 --> 01:23:13,460 He's that good. 2115 01:23:13,585 --> 01:23:16,126 ["Hear the Thunder" by Andrew Michael Britton] 2116 01:23:16,251 --> 01:23:17,626 - I'm the Tag Team Champion! 2117 01:23:17,751 --> 01:23:19,960 - I'm the Tag Team Champion! - I'm the Tag Team Champion! 2118 01:23:20,085 --> 01:23:21,168 - He could work with anybody. 2119 01:23:21,293 --> 01:23:23,293 He was really gifted on the mic. 2120 01:23:23,418 --> 01:23:26,501 - He's a freak just like me. 2121 01:23:26,626 --> 01:23:30,668 - He is a bona fide top-20 guy in all of wrestling. 2122 01:23:30,751 --> 01:23:33,126 - Thanks. I'm starving. 2123 01:23:33,251 --> 01:23:35,460 - No! Animals are our friends! 2124 01:23:35,585 --> 01:23:37,626 - He was a guy that was loved and appreciated 2125 01:23:37,751 --> 01:23:39,293 by all his peers. 2126 01:23:39,418 --> 01:23:42,210 They say good things happen to people that deserve it, 2127 01:23:42,293 --> 01:23:45,876 and, you know, you don't find guys like him every day. 2128 01:23:45,960 --> 01:23:48,626 - ♪ Oh, the storm is coming ♪ 2129 01:23:48,751 --> 01:23:51,751 ♪ Raining down on my soul ♪ 2130 01:23:51,876 --> 01:23:55,376 - Pro wrestling can be anything you want it to be, 2131 01:23:55,460 --> 01:23:57,710 taking people on a white-knuckle ride. 2132 01:23:57,835 --> 01:23:59,001 - But why? 2133 01:23:59,126 --> 01:24:00,793 - Oh, oh, my God! 2134 01:24:00,918 --> 01:24:01,876 Ooh! 2135 01:24:02,043 --> 01:24:03,668 - [screams] - Oh, my God! 2136 01:24:03,751 --> 01:24:05,043 - God! God Alm-- 2137 01:24:05,210 --> 01:24:06,835 - And then you can make them laugh 2138 01:24:06,918 --> 01:24:08,001 the next week. 2139 01:24:08,126 --> 01:24:10,960 ♪ ♪ 2140 01:24:11,085 --> 01:24:13,376 So it's a balancing act, 2141 01:24:13,460 --> 01:24:15,710 and Kane did it as well as anybody. 2142 01:24:15,835 --> 01:24:19,418 ♪ ♪ 2143 01:24:19,585 --> 01:24:20,876 - Oh, God! 2144 01:24:21,001 --> 01:24:23,585 Oh, for God sakes! The Big Red Machine! 2145 01:24:23,710 --> 01:24:25,751 ♪ ♪ 2146 01:24:25,918 --> 01:24:28,168 - He paid heavy dues, 2147 01:24:28,251 --> 01:24:30,168 and he persevered, 2148 01:24:30,293 --> 01:24:32,876 and he rolled with the punches 2149 01:24:33,001 --> 01:24:35,710 and got himself into a position 2150 01:24:35,793 --> 01:24:38,960 where he could be one of the biggest stars 2151 01:24:39,085 --> 01:24:40,960 in WWE history. 2152 01:24:41,085 --> 01:24:42,668 It says a lot about him. 2153 01:24:42,793 --> 01:24:45,710 - Thank you for making Kane 2154 01:24:45,835 --> 01:24:48,710 one of the most memorable characters ever. 2155 01:24:48,876 --> 01:24:52,918 And Kane would like to leave you with this. 2156 01:24:53,085 --> 01:24:56,043 - The story has lasted all these years. 2157 01:24:56,210 --> 01:24:58,876 The man behind that character 2158 01:24:59,043 --> 01:25:03,210 has so much character that he's been able to endure. 2159 01:25:03,293 --> 01:25:06,168 He's been able to adapt for the audience. 2160 01:25:06,293 --> 01:25:10,335 To be on this journey with Kane 2161 01:25:10,418 --> 01:25:12,543 through all of these different identities 2162 01:25:12,626 --> 01:25:15,710 helps the lasting impression that Kane will have 2163 01:25:15,876 --> 01:25:18,918 on everyone that's ever invested in that character. 2164 01:25:19,043 --> 01:25:26,126 ♪ ♪