Ranking EVERY Undertaker Vs Kane Match From Worst To Best
2. Unforgiven: In Your House (April 26th, 1998)
In WWE canon, the Inferno Match came from the twisted dreams of Paul Bearer, smarting after Kane's WrestleMania defeat at the hands of The Undertaker. A contest designed to give 'The Deadman' a grimmer fate than a mere pinfall loss, the entire pay-per-view was sold on just want on earth this hellscape might look like.
In execution, never was the literal fire and figurative fury of this inherently stupid stipulation captured better than in its original incarnation.
That it was on Earth was perhaps the only issue. There was something rather mechanical about the original aesthetic, but fans sharp lost interest in all that boring stuff when the flames magically responded to high spots! Reaching for the rafters every time one of them got any air time, this unique addition made an already-incredible aesthetic even better.
The highlights came late - 'The Deadman' did his iconic dive over the tips of rising flames, before Kane's arm brushed against the blaze. He ran off to the back, before we all saw him burned alive, frustrating the most disturbed of WWE's predominantely male 18-30 demographic at the time.