The Undertaker's 25 Greatest WWE Moments

14. The Undertaker Defeats Kane - WrestleMania XIV

The Undertaker suffered one of the gravest losses of his career at In Your House: Badd Blood, when his younger brother, Kane, debuted in WWE, attacked the Phenom, and cost him the first-ever Hell in a Cell match against Shawn Michaels. Undertaker was astonished to see his brother was still alive, but Kane's repeated attacks over the course of the ensuing weeks turned Undertaker's shock into pain. Still, Undertaker refused to fight his brother and held out hope for a reconciliation. That all ended at the 1998 Royal Rumble, when Kane cost Undertaker a casket match with WWE Champion Michaels, then lit the casket on fire with the Phenom inside. Of course, Undertaker was nowhere to be found when the casket opened, and when he returned on Raw weeks later, he'd had a change of heart - he would meet Kane in the ring at WrestleMania. The demonic Kane had already scored impressive victories over Kane and Vader, and in the WrestleMania bout with 'Taker, he proved to be a match for his older brother, using the Phenom's own offense against him. Still, Undertaker survived Kane's chokeslams and Tombstones before coming back with a Tombstone of his own... for a two count. It would take three Tombstone piledrivers for Undertaker to score a hard-fought - yet essential - win.
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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013