The Undertaker's 24 WrestleMania Matches Ranked - From Worst To Best
16. Vs. Kane - WrestleMania XX
The second of two WrestleMania matches with his pyromaniac brother, the WrestleMania XX match was a diminished return, which really isn't saying much given that the original was a chore - but it was really more of a celebratory extended angle than it was a wrestling match.
That might have been all well and good, if that angle resonated more - but ‘Taker more or less dressed like he did as his zombie biker American Badass persona. It was pleasing to unexpectedly hear Paul Bearer wail out his “Oh, yes!” catchphrase, but the resulting match rather stripped the moment of any goodwill. Kane’s campy pre-match acting bordered on the silly when he reached out and touched ‘Taker to double-check that he “wasn’t real” as he’d convinced himself about eight times beforehand.
It existed as a way to reintroduce the Dead Man act, and didn’t really need to be anything more than a glorified highlight reel. That’s almost precisely what it was, with the few licks Kane managed atypically dangerous in execution. He almost landed ‘Taker on his neck with a bungled back body drop.
‘Taker’s Big Evil run is often (and with some justification) cited as a lowlight in his career. It took more than one match to truly banish the curse of it.