6. Paul Bearer
It was Paul Bearer who introduced the WWE Universe to Kane back in 1997. The pasty faced mortician revealed to the world that The Undertaker had a half-brother whom he believed had been killed in a house fire when they were children. Bearer announced that Kane had, in fact, survived the blaze and was coming to the then World Wrestling Federation in order to exact revenge on his older brother.
With Paul Bearer as his mouthpiece, Kane tore through the WWF roster in the late ’90s and became a major asset to the company. Bearer and Kane would work together on and off for much of The Big Red Machine’s career, with their final pairing coming in 2012, just one year before Bearer’s death at 58.
Kane has credited Paul Bearer with turning him into a star, saying he never would have been able to develop in the ring or on the mic if he didn’t have the master manager to learn from. Alongside Bearer’s children, Kane inducted the Bearer into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014.
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