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[dramatic music]
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[shouting]
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- I think of
how far I've come,
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and if you'd ask me
back in 1995,
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"Here you are, and this
is your first match
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"in Knoxville, Tennessee,
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"and you're gonna stay here
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"for probably
the rest of your life,
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and at some point, you'll
become mayor of the county,"
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I'd have said, "You're crazy.
You're nuts."
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But that's kind of how
my life has turned out.
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It seems like
a recurring theme--
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didn't know quite
what I was getting into,
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but I knew that I couldn't run
from the WWE stuff.
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Didn't want to.
It's part of my life.
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♪ ♪
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- The time is drawing near!
Kane is coming!
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- Kane is probably
the greatest story
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WWE's ever told.
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♪ ♪
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But he paid heavy dues.
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- This is
the Christmas Creature.
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- Bruiser Mastino.
- This is Diesel.
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- Isaac Yankem.
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- You know, sometimes
you make chicken soup
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out of chicken [bleep].
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- He did not think this gimmick
was gonna be the best.
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- The deck was completely
stacked against me.
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- He persevered.
It says a lot about him.
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- We needed to create
an opponent for The Undertaker.
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- I got a call
that WWE had an idea for me.
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I realized at that moment
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that this was the opportunity
of a lifetime.
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- He looked like
just an unstoppable machine,
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like Mike Myers or Jason.
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It was something
out of a comic book.
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- My God, he's on fire!
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Chokeslam!
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- What the hell is that?
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- He was portrayed
as a bad guy for so long,
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but he is a tremendous father.
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- Oh!
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- We learned early on
as a family that...
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the WWE would always be
right up there,
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equal to us.
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- This looks on paper
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like a one-dimensional
character,
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and he made it so much more.
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- That's got to be Kane!
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- If you needed something,
you could go to Kane.
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You needed a monster.
You needed a great match.
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You needed something
entertaining and funny.
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- What you gonna do...
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- One of the greatest big men
to ever do it.
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- Look at this.
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- Oh!
- Look out!
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- I don't think
any of us thought,
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"There's the future mayor
of Knox County."
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- Are you bleeping crazy?
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- A big win for a big man.
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- My goal is to be
the best Knox County mayor
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that I can be.
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["Lions and Lambs" by
Jordan Baum, Michael McNamara]
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- The big, red monster Kane!
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♪ ♪
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- This is Glenn's
birth certificate.
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He was born in Spain,
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and we had to take him down to
the St. Louis federal building
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and swear that
this was our child
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we were bringing back
from overseas.
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He was 17 months old when
this old picture was taken,
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when he was naturalized here.
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♪ ♪
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- I was born in Madrid, Spain,
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at Torrejón Air Base.
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My dad was in the military
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for 21 years.
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He was 10 years in the Navy.
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He served in the Korean War
on the "USS Antietam,"
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and then switched services
to the Air Force,
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and he was in the Vietnam War.
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He was the load master
on C-130 cargo planes.
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- Glenn had
a lot of attention...
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[chuckles]
Because he was the youngest.
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This one...
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I think he was
about six on this one.
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This was first grade,
and this one was third grade,
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and...
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he was adorable little kid,
wasn't he?
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[laughs]
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George was
in military service.
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We did travel around a lot,
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and we came back to Missouri,
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went up to Bowling Green,
Missouri.
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We bought a small farm
up there,
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and the older kids
in high school.
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Glenn was still
in grade school.
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- My mom was a homemaker.
She took care of the family.
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After Dad retired
from the military,
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he worked a lot of
graveyard shifts at factories.
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I didn't actually see him
a whole lot
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because it seemed like
he was just always working,
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trying to provide--ends meet.
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When you envision hardworking,
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just decent, average people,
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you think of folks
like my mom and dad.
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[rock music]
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- He was almost a head taller
than his friends,
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and his friends all teased him
about being tall.
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- I was picked on a lot
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because I was just tall
and awkward.
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And everybody made fun of me,
and I couldn't hide
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because I stuck out
like a sore thumb.
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♪ ♪
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By the time
that I got to high school,
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I became a lot more popular
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because I fell in
with the jocks
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and was a pretty good
basketball player.
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- [laughs] The other teams kind
of wanted to beat up on him
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because he was pretty good.
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Sometimes the coach
would put him in
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because he would intimidate
some of the other teams.
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♪ ♪
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- I spent a year and a half
at Quincy College,
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and then I decided
to transfer--
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Northeast Missouri State
University.
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One of my great regrets
in life was,
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I probably could've been
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a much better
basketball player than I was.
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I didn't really work
hard enough at that.
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But I still had this dream
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that I wanted to be
a professional athlete.
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♪ ♪
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By this time, I weighed
close to 300 pounds.
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The football coach
actually came to me
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at Northeast Missouri State
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and said, "With your body,
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you might be able to play
professional football."
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♪ ♪
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So, yeah,
if I switched sports,
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I had some eligibility left
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and just decided
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that I didn't have
anything to lose.
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- And so, here,
when he was in college,
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this is when
he was playing football,
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and he loved--
he loved football.
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♪ ♪
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And this is when he got hurt.
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- He got hurt last day
of practice
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before the season started.
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- My cleat got stuck in a hole
as I was turning my knee.
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Tore my ACL and some meniscus.
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[dramatic music]
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- He was devastated.
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He'd almost cried,
because, you know, he said,
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"Why did I have to do that?
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Why did it have to happen
to me?"
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And, yes, you know,
I can understand that.
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- I've never gotten
my knee fixed--
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just never really had
the opportunity to do that.
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I did go to the Bears camp.
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I was invited
to their rookie minicamp.
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The first day of an NFL camp
back in 1991--
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go through
all these physicals.
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No one said anything
about my knee.
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The next day came,
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got on the bus,
went to the training facility.
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As everybody else was taken
to the practice field,
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I was escorted up
to the player personnel office
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and told that
my knee injury precluded me
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from playing in the NFL
and given a plane ticket home.
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I'd been there
for less than a day.
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- I picked him up
from the airport,
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and he says, "Mom, this is
the worst day of my life."
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He was 24.
It was his birthday.
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He had to give
his $3,000 advance back.
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[chuckles] So he got
absolutely nothing out of it.
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But, yes, that was really bad.
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- That trip home was one
of the most devastating things
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that's ever happened to me,
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because I wanted to play
professional sports
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ever since I could remember.
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I went into a depression
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for weeks, months afterwards.
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I didn't want to leave
my room.
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It was extremely difficult.
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♪ ♪
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There came a point
where I realized
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that I had to quit
feeling sorry for myself,
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that life was gonna go on
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whether I participated
in it or not.
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At the time, I was doing
some substitute teaching.
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My degree is in English,
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so I wanted to teach
and to coach.
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But, man,
I still had this bug.
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I still wanted to play sports.
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♪ ♪
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That was my dream in life,
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and one night, friend of mine,
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Mark Morton and I are watching
WWE on TV.
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♪ ♪
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Mark looked at me.
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He's like, "You know, man,
you could do that."
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And I thought to myself,
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"I'm a really big guy
like these guys on TV.
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"I'm a good athlete,
despite having the bad knee.
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Yeah, I should try that."
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♪ ♪
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- Oh!
- [screaming]
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- I didn't understand
how he didn't break
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every bone in his body.
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- ♪ Problem with me, yo ♪
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- They would throw each other
out there in the yard,
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in our backyard in the grass.
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They would just get out there
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and just smack
each other around.
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- [screaming]
- Oh, no!
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[crowd shouting]
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- Well, yeah,
I thought it was funny.
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[chuckles]
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- He did go
to wrestling school.
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They had him in the ring
in about two weeks.
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- Something's gonna happen.
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Oh!
- Oh!
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- Knocks him out.
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- He thought
it was so much fun.
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"Hey, maybe
there's something to this."
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- My first lessons
were actually in a barn,
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trained there long enough
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to kind of get
some rudimentary--
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how to fall down without
getting hurt too badly,
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how to do some of the moves,
and had some early matches.
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- ♪ Nah, y'all can't do that ♪
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- I made him a costume
for him to wrestle as Angus--
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more than one,
and this is the only one
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I could find I had left.
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So this is one of his shirts,
you know, that I made
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with "Angus" on it,
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and his pants
would've been black,
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and they put those
down the sides of the legs.
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So, yes, I made those.
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I made all of his costumes.
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- ♪ 'Cause they don't
want it with me ♪
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- You could say that
professional wrestling
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lifted me out of that funk
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and gave me
something to live for.
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I was on my way.
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- My dad was
a big wrestling fan,
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but George and I would never
in 100 years ever thought
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that one of our kids
would've been interested
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in something like wrestling.
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- The first group
I trained with
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was some folks
out of Hannibal, Missouri.
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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
♪ ♪