[1998-03-29-WWF-Wrestlemania XIV] The Undertaker vs Kane

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[soup23]

We cut to the finish with Taker giving Kane a third tombstone and winning the match even though Kane kicks out right at the three count. Bearer grabs a chair after the match and gets slugged down but that allows kane to take Taker out after the match and retain his heat letting the viewer know this feud was far from over.

[Loss]

Last few minutes. Right finish and right post-match too, with Paul Bearer taking a bump and the feud continuing. At this point, there was still too much momentum in the feud to end it. I know it's hard to imagine such a time existed.

[Childs]

I was surprised we didn't get a little more taste of the match, though obviously it wasn't good and is readily available for viewing should anyone choose. I wonder if these two had a good match in them if pitted at the right time in their careers. Taker never seemed great at the monster vs. monster matches, so maybe not.

[Migs]

I thought Taker having to hook the leg on Kane was a nice way to put Kane over in the loss - Taker never had to do that.

[PeteF3]

I remember this being okay-ish, maybe even surprisingly good considering who it was. This has to be the closest we ever got to the Streak being busted before it was the STREAK, right? I recall being surprised that Kane didn't go over here and in retrospect I kind of still am. They do go all-out to protect Kane as much as possible in a clean defeat--it takes three tombstones to (barely) put him down and he gets up and lays out Undertaker after the match with a tombstone of his own onto a chair.

[TravJ1979]

From what is shown, this may have been terrible. May watch it in full to see if I'm right. Although, not looking forward to it.

[Jetlag]

This was quite the effective heavyweight slugger. One of the best uses of Kane that I've seen and I actually liked Undertakers performance. Liked his punch combos, liked his huge dive, liked him going for a damn victory roll of all things, liked him blocking Kanes assault and surviving. Ending sequence was about as well executed as you can ask for.

[cactus]

Much better than any other big man match Undertaker had at this point in his career, but it's obviously not a technical masterclass or anything. Kane's character being over certainly helps matters. He's perfected his Michael Myers influenced act. There's a lot of sub-par brawling, broken up with some decent spots. There's enough big moments like the table bump, cinematic entrances and the barrage of Tombstones to keep you distracted from the fact that there's not a whole lot of worthwhile wrestling in this. The ending worked well as it gave Undertaker a win, while keeping Kane strong and giving them a reason to continue their feud.

★★½

[Alex]

I loved this as a kid in the audience.  The sight of Kane kicking out of the tombstone not once, but twice was SHOCKING.  For a clean finish, this match really put over Kane.

[fxnj]

Liked this a lot and have it as Undertaker's best streak match to this point by a fair bit. Great story with Kane basically playing the role of early 90's Undertaker against this current incarnation of Undertaker, emotionlessly walking through all of his opponent's offense like he's the Terminator. Really liked Undertaker's hope spots with Kane always having an answer any time Undertaker tried to set-up his signature stuff. I was surprised at the speed and intricacy of some of their counter sequences. Thought the punches from both guys looked good and Undertaker's rope-a-dope strategy was cool to see play out. Undertaker's missed dive was an obvious highlight, but it stood out how untelegraphed it was. Also probably the best finish they could have done as far as keeping Kane looking strong while still giving Undertaker a win.