Kane has revealed why he chose to abandon his mask in 2003.
The WWE Hall of Famer recently appeared on the River City Wrestling Con panel. He discussed things such as his early career, working with Vince McMahon and more.
During the talk, Kane also opened up about his 2003 unmasking. The former World Champion revealed that the whole thing was his own idea:
It was my idea. I talked to Vince about it. Vince liked it—probably not so much for the reasons from my perspective.
One of The Most Important Things: Kane
Kane started showing more personality at the start of 2002. The then Raw co-General Manager Steve Austin offered the fellow Attitude Era star a World Heavyweight title match against Triple H at the June 23, 2003 episode of the show if he rejected The Game's offer to join Evolution.
The other co-General Manager Eric Bischoff then stipulated that the brother of Undertaker will have to lose his mask if he failed to win the title, leading to Kane's unmasking and subsequent heel turn.
The Devil's Favorite Demon explained that the mask restrained his ability to tell stories, including limiting his promo abilities. So he ultimately decided that it was time to let the mask go:
My perspective was as a performer, and yeah, I felt that being under the mask—I don’t want to say run its course because, you know, it was a really cool character and it still worked—but there were constraints and limitations that it put on me. Obviously, the biggest one is I couldn’t use my face to show people emotion, which is one of the most important things.
Apart from this, Kane also revealed how the debut of his character was result of a late WWE star's arrest. You can check out the full story here.
