In today's world of increasingly self-aware professional
wrestling, it gets harder and harder to think of decent motivations for heels,
especially ones capable of getting the fans to forget that the person they're
booing is just a dude pulling a paycheck. So, in a way, it's refreshing that
Kane doesn't want a title, fame or even revenge - he's just stridently
pro-hate, and anti-rising-above-the-same. There's even a Ron Paul joke in there
somewhere if you care to find it.
An engine of senseless destruction and rage can work just
fine as an antagonist as seen in pretty much every horror movie ever. But in
order for the menace to come off as convincing, the villain needs to be silent,
or at the very least enigmatic in what his motivations are. If Kane just
emerged and attacked John Cena and/or Zack Ryder each week with limited
explanation that story could be hell of compelling - the guy's a monster and he
doesn't really need any motivation beyond that. But by having Kane spew out
nonsensical, rambling, confusing (though well-delivered) promos each week, WWE
just muddies the waters of the feud while making Kane seem like a pyromaniac
therapist, which is a concept better suited for a shitty Showtime drama than
pro-wrestling.
