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Angle: Triple H VS Kane

"Who Killed Katie Vick?"

Year: 2002

Federation: World Wrestling Entertainment

Main players:

Faces: Kane, the Hurricane, and to a lesser extent Rob Van Dam

Heels: Triple H

Special note: This angle was voted as the Gooker Award winner in 2002 for the Wrestlecrap.com Gooker Awards.

How it happened: Things started out good enough; Kane (who after being jerked around the mid card for years) was finally getting a push. He was a tag team champ with the Hurricane and later Intercontinental Champ. Things were looking up for the Big Red Machine…at least until the end of RAW one night when Heavyweight champ Triple H sauntered out and accused Kane of murder. Things went downhill from there, as Triple H had evidence that Katie Vick (the victim in question) was killed in a car that Kane was driving, never mind the fact that Kane was suppose to be locked in a nut house until his twenties AND burned horribly in a fire, oh and that the corner's also noted the presence of Kane's semen in Katie. Of course, he couldn't quite tell if she was dead before OR after that, so Kane was now a horribly burned killer/rapist/necrophiliac as well. The worst was yet to come, as Triple H then showed "photographic proof" that was rapist was none other than Kane. The tape in question showed Triple H (dressed up as Kane) arriving at a funeral parlor, where he preceded to strip off his clothes and hump a "corpse" (in reality just a mannequin) where he uttered the lines: "I did it, I really screwed your brains out!" Sufficient to say, this didn't get Kane over. The Hurricane showed up later after Kane had kidnapped Trip (and threatened to rape his corpse) and he showed what really happened to Trip. The tape of a man in a Triple H mask getting various items pulled out of his anus was suppose to be funny, although judging by the tape not too many people did.  

Repercussions: Kane would end up losing both his IC title and later his mask in a title VS mask match with Triple H (on the advice of Rob Van Dam, as Rob convinced Kane to go ahead with the match), where as Triple H had another victory put on his record. Kane later became a monster heel, attacking Linda McMahon and pretty much everyone who stood in his way. Triple H has pretty much stayed the same character-wise

How it COULD have happened: Well, from what I would do, I wouldn't do the angle at all. But since that isn't an option (or very challenging), here is MY version. First, I suppose we could start out the same with Triple H accusing Kane of murder. This would cause dissention in the ranks of the faces, as they never really knew Kane to begin with and none of them would put it past him to kill. Kane, already kind of crazy, would slowly edge towards being a heel as guys like Rob Van Dam turn their backs on him. The Hurricane I imagine would be the only one to stand up for him, but since just about everyone thinks he's crazy too it won't mean too much. The big blow off would be just what I wrote; meaning the whole thing was a set up by Triple H to get under Kane's skin. Kane, his feelings betrayed by those he felt were his friends would go on to become a heel.

Now, that's one way it could have gone down. Another (given to me by an extremely good friend) take would be somewhat different. This version also starts out the same but aside from that the similarities end there. For one thing, there would be more background on Ms. Vick, stating that she was a nurse in the insane asylum where Kane was living after he was burned. They could show that the day that Kane escaped and started to live with Paul Bearer and the day Vick died were either the same day or very close together. Kane, naturally, would protest his innocence. He said he did care for Vick, but "she went away" when he was younger and he never saw her again. The two could fight for a few months until one of the big PPV's (i.e. Survivor Series or maybe Summerslam. I don't think this angle is quite good enough for Wrestlemania) came along for the final showdown. With the two in the squared circle, the lights dim…and a familiar bell begins to ring. While both men looked around in confusion, the place goes black! And in the center, dressed in black is none other than…

THE UNDERTAKER!

He stands, his face obscured by long stringy hair, before announcing (something to this effect) that HE was the one that killed Katie Vick. Why you ask? Because she was weak, and she was making Kane weak, therefore she had to go.

This could then kick off the final feud between the Undertaker and Kane (with Triple H waiting on the sidelines). Kane could lose the mask and the Undertaker could retire.

Any other suggestions?

Final thoughts: Well, the gimmick was pretty lousy; besides killing off any chance of Kane being taken seriously as a face I think we can all say that some ideas should best be left alone.

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