Brothers of Destruction
| Brothers of Destruction | |
|---|---|
| File:Kane-undertaker.jpg (left to right) Kane and The Undertaker in 2006 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | The Undertaker Kane |
| Name(s) | Brothers of Destruction |
| Billed heights | 6 ft 10 ½ in (209 cm) - The Undertaker 7 ft (213 cm) - Kane |
| Combined billed weight | 654 lb (297 kg) |
| Debut | 1998 |
The Brothers of Destruction is the name of the professional wrestling tag team of the Undertaker and Kane currently on the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment.
Career
Early Formation
The Undertaker and Kane are storyline-wise "half-brothers". After nearly a year of feuding over an accident the Undertaker once committed which led to the burning of their home, the killing of their mother, and the scarring of Kane's face (all kayfabe), they first put their differences aside and joined forces in August 1998, before the Undertaker's WWF title match with Stone Cold Steve Austin. When the Undertaker failed to gain the title, Mr. McMahon put them in a Triple Threat Match with Austin. When they both pinned Austin at the same time, Austin lost the belt, but it was not decided who among the brothers was champion. When Vince tried to crown one of them champion, Austin drove a Zamboni to the ring and attacked McMahon. This made him furious as neither Kane nor the Undertaker tried to prevent this attack and he decided not to crown either brother the new champion. This made the brothers attack and "break" the leg of Vince McMahon with steel ring steps. Vince then decided to make the brothers fight each other to determine the new champion. The match ended in a no contest when the special referee, Austin, hit Kane in the head with a chair and gave the Undertaker a Stone Cold Stunner and counted them both out.
2000-2001
The brothers did not perform as a tag team again until 2000 when they took on Edge and Christian for the WWF World Tag Team Championship. They nearly won the titles but Kurt Angle interfered to help Edge and Christian retain the titles. Kane soon turned on the Undertaker by giving him two Chokeslams in the Undertaker's match against Chris Benoit, the second sending the Undertaker through the ring.
Later, in 2001, the two reunited and took on Rikishi and Haku in a brutal First blood match. They would then get a shot at the tag titles at No Way Out 2001, facing the champions the Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian in a tables match. The Brothers of Destruction dominated the entire match, and nearly had the match won until Rikishi and Haku interfered.
The Undertaker and Kane started focusing on then-Intercontinental Champion Triple H, who would soon make a surprise alliance with WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin. After the duo injured Kane's arm in a WWF Hardcore Championship match against Rhyno, the Undertaker and Kane threatened then-Commissioner William Regal by stating that if they did not get a WWF Tag Team title shot, Kane would throw Stephanie McMahon off a large drop over an emergency exit in a boiler room. Thus they were granted an opportunity to face Steve Austin and Triple H at Backlash 2001 if they could defeat Edge and Christian in a no-disqualification Match. Despite interference by Steve Austin and Triple H, the Undertaker and Kane managed to win the WWF tag titles and the right to face Steve Austin and Triple H (The Two-Man Power Trip). At Backlash all major titles were on the line but despite that, Triple H pinned Kane after using a sledgehammer, thus making him and Austin the new WWF Tag Team Champions as well as the WWF Champion (for Austin) and the WWF Intercontinental Champion (for Triple H).
With Kane injured, The Undertaker began targeting Steve Austin and his WWF Championship. On an episode of RAW, the Undertaker was told by police officers that his wife Sara had been involved in a car accident. The Undertaker arrived home, only to find out that it was all a set up by Austin. At Judgment Day, the Undertaker dominated his WWF Championship match with Austin. However, Triple H interfered once more using his sledgehammer, allowing Austin to pin the Undertaker and retain his championship.
Unified Tag Team Champions
Diamond Dallas Page was the next person to get in the Undertaker's way. Page wanted to become a big star, just like the Undertaker, and so he started a feud with him, taking the Undertaker's slogan, "I'll make you famous" quite literally. The basis of this feud involved Page stalking the Undertaker's wife Sara. At SummerSlam 2001, the Undertaker and Kane defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon in a steel cage match to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (now called the World Tag Team Championship) and retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship they won earlier that month. As a result, the Undertaker and Kane became the first unified Tag Team Champions in the WWF, holding both the WWF and WCW tag titles. Soon after, the Undertaker turned heel and the two did not interact with each other for a long while.
2003-2004
The duo next teamed up again unofficially at the 2003 Royal Rumble, but the Undertaker turned on Kane during the Royal Rumble match and eliminated him. Later that year at the Survivor Series, Kane interfered in the Buried Alive match between the Undertaker and Vince McMahon, costing the Undertaker the match. Kane would go on to say that the Undertaker was buried forever.
The two would actually end this feud with a match at WrestleMania XX in 2004, in which the Undertaker returned to his Deadman character, and defeated Kane.
2006
The return of The Brothers of Destruction was announced on the edition of SmackDown! that aired on October 27, 2006. As the result of MVP's interference in Kane's match with Mr. Kennedy, Theodore Long booked Kane and the Undertaker to face MVP and Kennedy the following week. The Brothers of Destruction won this match when the Undertaker delivered the Tombstone piledriver to Mr. Kennedy.
205.188.116.134 00:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)==Finishing and signature moves==
- Tombstone piledriver (Kane and the Undertaker)
- Chokeslam (Kane and the Undertaker)
- Old School (Undertaker)
- Double chokeslam