10 More Wrestling Segments That Accidentally Filmed Things You Weren't Meant To See

3. WWE Mixes Up Kane And The Undertaker, Dangerous Production Botch Ensues

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What do the Undertaker and Kane have in common?

They're both exceptionally large men. They are storyline brothers. As such, Kane co-opted much of Taker's in-ring repertoire, and eventually learned how to do his moves in front of the hard camera. Together, they share the distinction of being the 9th best tag team ever, according to WWE, ranking ahead of Demolition, the Steiner Brothers and the Brisco Brothers despite holding tag gold for a combined, paltry total of 41 days and working their most memorable match against Kronik in a complete, hilarious disaster.

Incredibly, someone on the WWE production team must have thought "They're just the dudes with dumb wacky powers," because they mixed the brothers up. On an Attitude Era RAW, as 'Taker made his entrance, he lifted up his arms. This of course is what Kane does to summon fire from the ring posts. "Same b*llocks, same difference" somebody must have literally thought, because 'Taker ate a fireball.

Granted, this isn't exactly some production hiccup exposé that revealed the whole thing as a sham, but you really weren't meant to see that WWE can't tell a guy with a f*ckin' mask on and one without apart from one another.

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