Big Show and Kane

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Big Show and Kane
July 19, 2016
Years active2001–2002
2005–2006
2011
2014–2016

WWE Tag Team Championship
.

History

First term (2001–2002)

Big Show and Kane would first team together on the November 29, 2001 episode of

The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) at Vengeance for the WWF Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful in their challenge.[4] Their feud with the Dudley Boyz continued with a loss in a Tables match on the January 24, 2002 episode of SmackDown!.[5] Big Show and Kane would then face each other on the January 28 episode of Raw, which Kane won.[6] Big Show and Kane would once again team together to finally beat the Dudley Boyz on the March 24 episode of Heat.[7]

Reunion (2005–2006)

Big Show and Kane reunited on October 31, 2005, when they defeated

WWE Tag Team Champions at that time.[12]

The duo would hold on to their tag team titles until April 2006, successfully retaining their titles against a variety of opponents such as

Spirit Squad members Kenny and Mikey after interference from the rest of the Spirit Squad.[14]

One week later, Big Show and Kane faced Spirit Squad members Johnny and Nicky in a title rematch, but were disqualified after Kane snapped and attacked all the Spirit Squad members. Big Show tried to calm Kane down, but Kane attacked him, ending the partnership.[15] Kane losing his mind was part of a storyline to promote Kane's upcoming movie at that time, See No Evil.[16] Big Show and Kane would then feud with each other, but both matches (at Backlash and the May 8 episode of Raw) pitting the men against each other ended in a no-contest.[16][17][18]

Feud with the Corre and New Nexus (2011)

On the March 4 episode of SmackDown, The Corre aided Kane by interfering in Kane's match against Big Show and attacking Big Show. However, a miscommunication between Kane and the Corre led to Kane turning on the Corre instead.[19] Big Show and Kane would then reunite to take on the Corre, challenging them for the tag team title belts and saving other wrestlers from the Corre's attacks.[10] At WrestleMania XXVII, Big Show and Kane would team together with Santino Marella and Kofi Kingston to beat the Corre.[20] The following week, a WrestleMania rematch took place with Big Show and Kane's team victorious over the Corre once again in a two out of three falls match.

On the April 22 episode of SmackDown, the duo defeated Corre members

Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater to win the WWE Tag Team Championship, their second championship win as a team.[21] As tag team champions, Big Show and Kane would enjoy successful title defenses with wins over Gabriel and Slater in a rematch, the Corre's Wade Barrett and Ezekiel Jackson in a Lumberjack match at Extreme Rules, as well as The New Nexus members CM Punk and Mason Ryan at Over the Limit.[10]

On the May 23 episode of Raw, New Nexus members David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty defeated Big Show and Kane to win the WWE Tag Team Championship following interference from Punk and Ryan. ending their reign at 30 days. After the match, Big Show was run over by Alberto Del Rio's car, causing a storyline injury.[22][23] When Big Show returned, Kane prevented him from further brutalizing Ricardo Rodriguez.[24]

Kane and Big Show would then go their separate ways. Both of them would feud with Mark Henry, but Henry came out top in both feuds, using a steel chair to crush Big Show's and then Kane's leg on two separate occasions to cause storyline injuries, resulting in their inactivity from WWE programming.[25][26] Both Big Show and Kane would return separately before the end of 2011, but did not reform their team.[27]

Alignment with The Authority (2014–2015)

Big Show and Kane as part of The Authority, on Raw in 2015.
Main article: The Authority (professional wrestling)

After Big Show turned on

Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31. Kane was eliminated while Big Show won the trophy.[28]

Sporadic teaming (2016)

Big Show and Kane performing a double chokeslam on Braun Strowman

After leaving The Authority, Big Show and Kane were once again reunited in February 2016 as

faces, when they, along with Ryback, began a rivalry with The Wyatt Family. A confrontation on Raw led to a six-man tag match at Fastlane
, which they would win. The following night on Raw, The trio lost to The Wyatt Family in a rematch, after Ryback walked out on Big Show and Kane.

On the March 21 episode of Raw, Kane would save Big Show from The Social Outcasts, but would chokeslam Big Show from the top rope afterwards. On the March 28 episode of Raw, Big Show and Kane aided each other in taking out the entire WWE locker room to promote the third annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at

The Lucha Dragons), in a 16-man elimination tag team match in the main event where they succeeded with Big Show and Ryder as survivors.[30]

During the

2016 WWE draft, Big Show was drafted to the Raw brand while Kane was drafted to the SmackDown brand, thus separating the team. The departure of Big Show from the WWE in January 2021 who subsequently signed with All Elite Wrestling
under his real name the next month had officially ended the chances of a in-ring reunion, while Kane remains employed with the WWE in a limited capacity.

Championships and accomplishments

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