Kanenites?!

For a long time, Kane was one of the best big men that WWE had to offer, and will likely go down in history as one of the top five greatest big men ever.

MORE: Remembering the time Mae Young gave birth to a hand

While Kane was something of a one-trick pony for the first half of his WWE career, he really started to work outside his box as a "really scary, lumbering big man who had this weird family angle with the Undertaker and Paul Bearer and couldn't talk, then he could talk, then no one really knows if he can talk because he has a mask on his face and used to wear gear with one arm and now he doesn't wear gear with one arm and it's like a fiery tank top." You get the picture.

Well, it turns out, Kane was put in some really good angles, as really good characters — Katie Vick notwithstanding — throughout his career. His partnerships with The Hurricane as HurriKane, Rob Van Dam, Daniel Bryan (Hell No) and others were all fantastic tag-team runs. Corporate Kane, unmasked and unhinged Kane (especially his feud with Shane McMahon) were some of the more memorable gimmicks he was given.

Kane finished his career as one of the more well-rounded wrestlers in the company's history, but we got the first real good glimpse at Kane's full potential back in 2002.

Gearing up for a six-man tag team match with the nWo just as the brands prepared to split for the first time in WWE history, The Rock and Hulk Hogan — two of the best mic guys in the history of professional wrestling — questioned the devotion of their teammate Kane, and were seemingly distrustful of him.

And then Kane shows up, and, well, out-promoed them both.

MORE: Remembering the time "Stone Cold" knocked out Vince McMahon with a bed pan

MORE: Getting a grip — recapping the biggest stories in wrestling

Cool, electric and fiery all at once.

Kane actually was never bad on the microphone — he could talk, for sure. His promos, ranging from downright scary to goofy to serious, were almost always quality.

I distinctly remember tears in my eyes from laughter, as it was one of the first times I remember Kane bringing humor to the character — and one of the last times, until he was teamed with Bryan as "Hell No."

It's unfortunate that Kane never got the true, lengthy main event run as the "Big Red Machine" (later, "Monster"), because he's one of the few guys who really deserved a long title run as one of the company's main champions. Kane has a grand total of two days (TWO DAYS!) as one of the company's main champions, before finally getting a lengthy title run in 2010 as World Heavyweight Champion.

Now that Kane has left his boots in the ring and is focusing on his political career in Tennessee, we likely won't be seeing much of him around WWE any time soon. Well, until he gets the call for the Hall of Fame.

As always, don't ever let anyone tell you wrestling is fake.

Be sure to follow @sn_wrestling for all the latest wrestling news, notes and ridiculousness.