KANE VS. UNDERTAKER

  Kane debuted at In Your House: Badd Blood, helping Shawn Michaels survive his Hell in a Cell match and starting a one-sided feud with Undertaker, as Taker refused to fight his brother until their Wrestlemania 14 match the previous month. Fire had been a motif of Kane's, so they decided to create a match type from it. To win the inferno match you must set your opponent on fire. Paul Bearer accompanies Kane to ringside for this match. The match even gets most of the pre-event video package.  The lights go out before Kane and Paul Bearer make their way down to the ring. The Undertaker enters the ring and we cut to Paul Bearer looking concerned. Undertaker has the teardrop prison tattoo.

Jim Ross and Jerry “The King” Lawler are on commentary for this match.

KANE VS. UNDERTAKER (INFERNO MATCH)

WWF In Your House: Unforgiven (26^th April 1998)

  The flames go up before the bell rings. Undertaker starts us off backing Kane into the corner with right hands, then holds Kane's arm near the flames. Kane throws Undertaker into the corner, also using strikes.

  Undertaker fights back and sends Kane across the ring and follows with a jumping clothesline. Old School by Undertaker gets the flames to come to life, so the commentators mention it's a bit warm in their seat. Undertaker goes back to strikes in the corner but Kane catches him on a charge and drops him on the top turnbuckle. We see a replay of the Old School as Kane uses more strikes in the corner. He whips Undertaker across the ring, Taker stumbles out of the corner into a clothesline. Kane tries to force Undertaker's head into the fire, but gives up and kicks Taker in the chest. Kane tries to force Undertaker into the fire again but Taker kicks him off. Kane goes back to trying to barbecue his brother, but Undertaker fights back, grabbing at Kane's face. Undertaker gets back to his feet and gets some separation. Undertaker strikes at Kane with the flames bursting up at the wrong time. Kane reverses an irish whip and barely hits a powerslam. Kane chokes Undertaker on the mat and boots him as Taker tries to get to his feet. Paul Bearer throws a chair in for Kane, Undertaker takes a shot right on the cranium before Kane dumps the chair back outside. Undertaker's head is sent into the top turnbuckle but he fights back with kicks to the gut, which seem to have no effect.

  Kane cuts off Undertaker's attack with a knee to the midsection. Kane goes back to strikes as King asks JR to feel how hot his crown is, they go back to the corner as Undertaker gets close to the fire again. Undertaker gets to his feet, wandering around the ring as he tries to shake off the cobwebs but ends up in the corner. Undertaker tries to protect himself as Kane hits him with lefts and rights, head and body shots. Undertaker is sent into the opposite corner and Kane chokes him in front of Paul Bearer. Undertaker goes back across the ring but gets his boot up as Kane follows. Undertaker gets a run-up for a kick to the abdomen and hits a russian leg sweep followed by a leg drop. Kane sits straight back up! Undertaker grabs the throat and his little brother copies but knees Undertaker in the gut to hit his chokeslam first. The Undertaker slips out of a Tombstone attempt to hit a chokeslam of his own. Kane gets back up almost immediately and reverses an irish whip. They both hit the big boot and go down. Paul Bearer is seen panicking and sweating at ringside, but the sweat could just be from the fire. Kane gets to his feet first but Undertaker gets a boot and a right hand in first.

  Kane is sent across the ring but Undertaker ducks the clothesline. Kane ducks the leaping clothesline and Taker rolls close to the fire. Not a great time to not be able to control your momentum. Kane hits a sidewalk slam and climbs to the top rope, avoiding the fire. Undertaker crotches Kane on the top turnbuckle and hits a superplex from the middle rope. Kane is on his feet first, but a clothesline by Undertaker puts a stop to that. Undertaker throws Kane over the top rope to the floor, leaving King to wonder how he'll get back in to finish the match. Kane decides to start walking to the back but Vader cuts him off on the entrance way. Kane and Vader brawl back to ringside and Undertaker jumps over the flames to hit the suicide plancha! The referee is seen trying to get Vader to go to the back as Paul Bearer tries to bring another chair into play, hitting Undertaker over the back. Undertaker turns around and Bearer drops the chair. Undertaker hits Kane over the head and across the spine with the chair. Paul Bearer tries to retrieve the chair from Taker but just gets stalked up the entrance way. They end up at the stage where the live band performed and Bearer takes a drum over the head. Undertaker uses the microphone and stand as a weapon.

  The Undertaker leaves Bearer up there, now bleeding from the forehead and goes back to Kane. Kane has the steel chair in hand and swings back to hit Undertaker. Undertaker boots Kane in the face and knocks him back into the fire to win the match.

WINNER: UNDERTAKER

This match is a novelty watch more than anything. The stipulation added limitations to Kane and Undertaker, which none of them needed at this point in time. The match wasn't very exciting, the flames didn't go when you could tell they should have and the finish left a lot to be desired. It can be fun to see the aesthetics of the match and Undertaker's dive was pretty sweet but beyond that there's not much to talk about. It was a basic match that left Undertaker 2-0 with Kane in as many months. It's fine to watch once, but if you're the sort of person that watches and rewatches matches, keep this to a single viewing.– WORKRATE: 2/5 PERSONAL ENJOYMENT 1/5 OVERALL 3/10

This match is available on the WWE release “Tombstone:The history of The Undertaker”