10 SICK & TWISTED Wrestling Funerals

1. Brother Beyond

Torrie Wilson
WWE.com

Kane never stood a chance of doing a better job of burying his brother than the time he flicked the v's at a burning casket following a Royal Rumble 1998 assault. But he'd sure try.

Twice.

It was at least in keeping with the character traits of the 'Brothers Of Destruction' to get all mixed up in this sh*t, but for the younger sibling to have tried two more times after this first failure surely makes him even more of a mug that the little squirt big bro Mark left for dead all those years ago.

'The Big Red Machine' first eulogised Undertaker after helping Vince McMahon bury him alive in 2003. Full of vim and vigour - and weren't we all? This marked the end of 'Big Evil' ahead of a return to the dark side for 'The Deadman - Kane hadn't considered that it'd soon be 2004 and WrestleMania season where defeat and doom awaited. The next time he tried all this, he'd need to look at the calendar.

And he did!

A far more ludicrous spectacle occurred in October 2010 when, having buried 'Taker himself along with The Nexus in an alliance that went nowhere, then-World Champion Kane raised the ire of Alberto Del Rio, Rey Mysterio and Edge whilst trying to bid a less than fond farewell. Funeral gubbins scattered all over the shop, but this hardly-touching tribute conveniently set up the titleholders next few months of challengers.

Mark Calaway and Glenn Jacobs really were bonded like brothers after all these years - a run of new house show opponents is surely what the all-business locker room leader would have wanted.

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