The dramatic inferno match stipulation was first launched in 1998, with Kane, the “Massive Pink Machine,” battling his storyline brother, The Undertaker in what ranks as among the best inferno matches in WWE historical past.
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Lately, Kane appeared on The Undertaker’s podcast, “Six Toes Beneath,” the place he delved into the chaotic backstage preparations for this groundbreaking match.
“They’re like, ‘Okay, now go forward and exit and work with the stunt guys and they will present you easy methods to do a burn.’ That is like 4 hours earlier than the match,” Kane recalled. “We had like this nomex sleeve with all of its cooling gel and all that stuff so I do not get burned. I needed to roll, like put my arm below the ring they usually change it out.”
Kane additional defined the extraordinary directions he acquired, emphasizing the actual risks concerned.
“‘It’s important to maintain your arm behind you and your head like this, as a result of in the event you transfer this manner [toward your face], it’s going to [the flame] go proper in your mouth. And as quickly as you begin feeling any form of tingling, hit the deck and we’ll come out and we’ll spray you with fireplace extinguishers. However it’s important to do it. You possibly can’t wait as a result of when you begin feeling tingling, it means the cooling gel evaporated and also you’re about two seconds away from third diploma burns.’ Now I’ve to maintain all this in thoughts whereas I am additionally having a match with him [Undertaker].”
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Whereas one inferno match is sufficient for many wrestlers, Kane was concerned in a number of, together with one in opposition to MVP, who lately seemed again on the terrifying match.
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