10 Dumbest Decisions By WWE Champions
8. Kane - Giving Stone Cold Steve Austin A Rematch
'The Big Red Machine' was merely a pawn in Vince McMahon's game of bloodthirsty chess with Stone Cold Steve Austin when he became WWE Champion for the first time at King Of The Ring 1998.
In exactly the same way he'd been a pawn in Paul Bearer's war with The Undertaker, and would go on to be for others as the character learned to adjust to life in the "real" life of World Wrestling Entertainment, Kane simply wasn't prepared to make the right calls that come with life at the top of the mountain. It's why he caused his own avalanche just 24 hours after planting a flag.
It was all too easy for Austin, particularly after months of engaging in Attitude Era chess with the company chairman. Kane only had one hand exposed in their First Blood match, but 'The Rattlesnake' had to inflict more than a flesh wound to get his belt back. He played to an ego few had even considered might exist before surviving a physical skirmish when he got what he needed.