Ranking EVERY Undertaker Vs Kane Match From Worst To Best

Every episode of WWE's original Horror Show.

Undertaker, Kane, WrestleMania XIV
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The Undertaker and Kane like a spot where they both go for the chokeslam at the same time.

It's a simple but effective visual that reminds the audience of their familial parity as well as their remarkable size and reach. The two storyline brothers always looked enough like they could be related based on how much they towered over their opponents, and often relied on the mirror image bit to buy them time or audience participation if a match went off the rails.

And a few of these did just that, if they were ever on them.

If you're an Undertaker and/or Kane superfan, please consider that ahead of reading this list and flying into a blind fury. Neither man would likely posit the other as their best in-ring opponent, yet both stand as monuments to WWE's occasionally great gimmick factory, fully deserving of the celebration their careers will receive long after they've left this mortal coil. Actually left it, as opposed to all the times they pretended to.

Anyway, the bad outweighs the good here, but the magic of revisiting this series compared to something like the John Cena/Randy Orton feuds is the manner in which WWE went about protecting their investments when the two faced off. Several are gimmicked to f*ck, whilst others have so much going on around them that it was as if the company knew the work itself needed to play second fiddle.

Not a bad gig, especially when your first is 'The Rattlesnake' himself....

15. Judgment Day (October 18th, 1998)

Undertaker, Kane, WrestleMania XIV
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The above image captures Undertaker and Kane working some sort of leg grapevine thing in a not-unfamiliar rendering of a Diesel/British Bulldog pay-per-view main event precisely three years prior.

Why does this matter? Not because both shows took place in October, nor because both sought to determine the undisputed WWE Champion, but because both matches were - in Vince McMahon's own 1995 words - "f*cking horrible".

The Chairman stormed backstage after the Big Daddy Cool/Davey Boy Smith debacle, but was probably in slightly better fettle as he waited in his supervillain's lair behind the TitanTron to fire Stone Cold Steve Austin for not counting a pinfall to end this wretched display.

To quickly summarise the story - and f*cking hell if only they had - the Brothers Of Destruction plodded on for 17 laborious minutes with guest referee Stone Cold Steve Austin adding flashes of colour before 'The Rattlesnake' counted them both down and out for three so not to award either new WWE Champion. He was kayfabe fired to close the show, but McMahon should have turned his ire on whomever pitched this stinker.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett