At this month's Royal Rumble PPV, Kane will face Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman for the Universal Championship. It's been widely reported that Finn Balor was originally set to face The Beast before Vince McMahon decided that he's not "over" enough and most wrestling fans are now baffled about how Kane is challenging for the title in a main event spot in 2018!
In a new interview, the Big Red Machine has talked about that upcoming Triple Threat match at the upcoming PPV and it sounds like he's excited to square off with his fellow big men.
"It’s an opportunity for me to become champion again, which those are rare and at this point in my career, I didn’t know if I’d see another one, frankly. So, it’s a great opportunity for me. I’m in the ring with two monsters – make it three, if you include me – but that doesn’t happen very often for me. It doesn’t happen very often where I go into a match feeling I’m somewhat outgunned, which may be the case here when you have guys like Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman. There’s going to be a lot of beef in that ring. And the amazing thing about those two guys is they’re just so awesomely athletic for their size. I mean, you hear people say ‘Oh, he’s a great athlete, for his size,’ but these guys are great athletes, doesn’t matter what size they are."
As for his WWE future, it doesn't sound like Kane is planning on going anywhere soon and will continue to wrestle so long as he can continue holding his own against younger competitors.
"I feel I still go out and perform at a very high level every night. I tell people as long as I’m doing that, as long as I’m having fun doing what I’m doing, I will continue [performing]. When you look at the overall picture, I think that a lot of what I try to do now is help the younger guys refine their craft as much as possible. We have some tremendous talent that is on the main roster, of course, people [from] NXT coming up, I think the future is very bright for WWE."
While it's good that Kane is still part of WWE, it's a shame to think that younger talent like Finn Balor is being forgotten about in the main event picture when the veteran - who is sadly not at his best these days - is being given the spotlight. What do you guys think? Let us know in the comments section.