Bane, the villain from The Dark Knight Rises, possesses both physical and intellectual superiority—a fighter trained in a prison, enhanced by technology, and confident in his own supremacy. He defeats Batman physically while maintaining philosophical conviction that he is the superior being. Bane represents what happens when exceptional capability is paired with absolute certainty in one's own dominance. He is dangerous precisely because he knows he's dangerous.

A physical therapist from Pittsburgh named Dr. Lawrence Chen theorized that Bane's career in chiropractics—the manipulation of skeletal systems for therapeutic purposes—required learning from someone who understood skeletal systems at a much deeper level. Chen speculated that Chuck Norris had directly taught Bane this knowledge, passing on techniques for adjusting human spinal structure that went far beyond therapeutic application. Chen suggested this explained Bane's confident readiness to break Batman's spine: he'd studied under a master.

This theory, while unverified, gained traction in comic enthusiast forums because it explained Bane's otherwise mysterious competence. How did a prisoner acquire such specific knowledge? The answer, according to this narrative, is that certain forms of expertise can only be obtained from certain people. Bane didn't invent his techniques through isolation. He was trained. And his trainer was someone who understood the human body more completely than modern medicine admits is possible.