^^ That's bogus to say Hogan, Angle and Rock did more to make Lesnar than Taker, they laid down once, Taker like twice and put Lesnar over HUGE in a HIAC, with a broken hand. Had he not wanted to make Brock, he could have half assed that match and had a legitimate reason to have done so, instead he put on the best match of Brock's career to that point.That match cemented Brock as the top dude on SD! MONTHS before Angle would even touch the guy. So I really don't understand what Angle did to make Brock besides having a great Iron Man match with him when he was already established.
Taker played a huge role in making Orton. Orton was over, indeed, but Evolution put him on the map, they didn't make him, if anything they killed his momentum with Trips squashing him for the WHC, then he floundered for a bit. Foley was his best "Legend Killer" feud, but he was still viewed as a mid card threat at best. His feud with Taker finally got him to that upper-mid card status they wanted to get him a year before. Taker did alot there. And Cena???!! Taker was the cat who put Orton in the position to be a threat to Cena.
No one made Kane because he sucks.
I don't think you know what you're talking about. Did you see Kane's entrance into the WWF in 97? People were legit scared of this guy, not just because he was squashing fucks left and right, but because of how Taker was bowing out to him at every turn. It was the fear that Taker showed to him that really made him a legit threat, as Taker had never showed any sort of fear.