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Kane and (The) Big Show
(The) Big Show
Name(s)Kane and Big Show
Billed heights7 ft 0 in (213 cm) - Kane
7 ft 1 in (216 cm) - The Big Show
Combined
billed weight
833 lb
DebutNovember 1, 2005
DisbandedJune 13, 2011

Smackdown
brands.

History

Although they have teamed up before in previous occasions (one notable time was their short lived quest for the WWF Tag Team Championship at Vengeance 2001) it wasn't until 2005 when they made a functional team. At Taboo Tuesday 2005, the fans had a choice of who would be the third man to join John Cena and Kurt Angle in the Triple Threat main event for the WWE Championship. The two were choices along with Shawn Michaels. Michaels won the vote which meant that Kane and Big Show had to face Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch for the World Tag Team Championship. Kane and Big Show won the match and became champions. The two dominated RAW's tag team division, this dominance even prompted Jonathan Coachman to say it is unfair such a tag team can be formed.

In the latter half of 2005, an interbrand feud between the RAW and

Batista
while the second involved them chokeslamming Batista through an announcers table. When SmackDown! superstars returned the offer by invading RAW, Kane and Big Show chokeslammed Batista through a car windshield but were later in the night met by Batista who beat the two down with a pipe.

The feud ended at

Rey Mysterio
. RAW's Tag Team Champions won that match after Kane pinned Mysterio.

The pair would go on to feud with

Chris Masters. Show and Kane would go on to defeat the opposing pair in a World Tag Title match at WrestleMania 22
.

The next day, on the April 3rd edition of RAW,

), ending The Big Show and Kane's 154 day reign as the World Tag Team Champions.

The next week, Kane snapped and got them DQ'd in a rematch for the Tag Titles; He Chokeslammed the entire Spirit Squad, the referee and eventually Big Show himself, dissolving the once-successful tag team.

On April 17 edition of RAW The Big Show came to stop Kane from chokeslamming

Kane
and was then attacked.

At Backlash on April 30, 2006, the match between Big Show and Kane went to a no-contest after Big Show hit Kane with a chair.


Reunion (2011)

Following a disqualification loss to

Justin Gabriel
) when they offered to assist Kane in another match against Big Show on March 4. However, after Gabriel stumbled into him during the assault, Kane attacked him with a steel chair, and The Corre retaliated against him in defense of their teammate. This turned Kane face once again. As a result, Kane faced off against Barrett the following week. The match ended with interference from the other members of The Corre, who in turn were chased away when Big Show came to the ring and threatened the group with a steel chair. After the group left, he hit Kane with the chair for payback from the week before.

After several weeks and mutual turmoil with The Corre, Kane and Big Show reunited on the March 18 edition of SmackDown to challenge Slater and Gabriel for the

New Nexus members attacked him. On the May 9th edition of Raw, Kane fought Mason Ryan which ended in a no contest. On the following Smackdown, Kane faced Wade Barrett in a non-title match. The Corre interfered and as a result, the match ending in a disqualification. Ezekiel Jackson came down to fight The Corre but was beat down as well. On the 20th May 2011 edition of Smackdown Ezekiel Jackson, Big Show and Kane defeated the Corre in a 6-man tag team match. At Over the Limit (2011)
, Kane and Big Show successfully defended the Tag Team Championships against CM Punk and Mason Ryan. On the May 23 edition of Raw, David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty defeated Kane and Big Show to win the Tag Team Championships with help from CM Punk and Mason Ryan. After the match Big Show was run over by Alberto Del Rio's car and causing him to have a torn ACL. When Big Show returned to Raw after recovering from his injuries, Kane and Big Show went their separate ways.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • World Wrestling Entertainment

External links

Category:WWE teams and stables

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