Well, might as well get this one over with. This match follows the awesome match between Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam that I reviewed (here). Jim Ross and Paul Heyman are on commentary. Before the match, Booker T is pacing in the locker room. Shane McMahon appears with a gift for Booker, it's a pair of bookends made from the announce table he put The Rock through on the previous Smackdown. Booker T has the look of a kid that opened socks Christmas morning, but hugs Shane and dedicates his title defense tonight to him, so he must have liked them. Shane rips off the catchphrase.
We see the Brothers of Destruction walking backstage with Sara Undertaker (yeah, they really called her that.) The cage is lowered and we go to the video package. Diamond Dallas Page was brought into the company stalking Sara, They brawled into the ring back at King of the Ring and during the main event of the InVasion pay-per-view. Since DDP and Kanyon won the WWF Tag Team Championships they fell under WWF Commissioner William Regal's jurisdiction. He took great pleasure in making this match and letting them know the stipulation.
Chris Kanyon was also the WCW Unites States Champion and he enters first, followed by DDP when his music's cut off. Diamond Dallas Page cements his place as the bigger star in the team getting pyro. Paul Heyman calls them the best WWF tag champions in history and JR practically has a seizure. The WWE Network uses Undertaker's 2003 theme and I'm not going to lie, I miss it. Brothers of Destruction walk down to the ring with Sara and Jim Ross goes over Undertaker's Hell in a Cell history instead, getting his notes mixed up. Or maybe Heyman did it as a rib? Undertaker slams the door shut as he gets in the ring as the Alliance members look like deer in headlights. Sara locks the door and puts the key down her bra.
UNDERTAKER & KANE (WCW) VS. DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE & KANYON (WWF)
(Steel Cage match for the WWF & WCW Tag Team Championships)
WWF SummerSlam 2001 (19th August 2001)
© World Wrestling Entertainment
Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon try to escape the cage straight away. DDP is brought down into the corner by Undertaker. Kane stalks Kanyon with right hands as he climbs over the top. I thought they were going to try and isolate DDP as Undertaker peppers him with rights in the corner. He sends Page into the wall of the cage as Kane brings Kanyon from the top of the cage to the ring! Kane chokes Kanyon on the mat with his boot as Taker sends DDP off the ropes into a big boot. Diamond Dallas Page starts fghting his way out of the corner, but Undertaker sends him back and unloads lefts and rights. Kane has Kanyon trapped between the ropes and cage, Undertaker sends DDP off the ropes but ducks early. DDP kicks him but gets goozled. DDP frees himself with a kick to the balls and sends Undertaker into the cage. DDP hits some right hands and a running clothesline, covering Undertaker whilst Chris Kanyon turns the momentum against Kane.
Kanyon hits Kane with a dropkick and helps DDP send Undertaker from one corner to another. DDP runs into a big boot. Undertaker starts beating the piss out of Kanyon in one corner whilst Kane pairs off with DDP, who gets some back elbow shots in the corner. Kane reverses an irish whip and DDP runs into a boot. Undertaker sends Kanyon into a boot too. DDP is knocked down with a right, Undertaker almost trips over him but instead sends Page's head into the turnbuckle. Kane runs Kanyon into the cage. Undertaker works over Page in the corner as Kane sends Kanyon from corner to corner. He runs into Kanyon's boot and is sent into the cage. Kanyon's double axe handle attempt from the top rope is goozled, Kane hits a chokeslam. Undertaker lifts DDP onto his shoulder and runs him into the cage, that looked pretty rough. Kane picks Kanyon into a powerbomb position and runs him into the corner of the cage. The perfect time for JR's trademark “bodies will never be the same” line.
Kane sends Undertaker off the ropes and he squashes Page between the cage and ropes, Undertaker hits a clothesline and a big boot. Diamond Dallas Page finally drops to the mat. Kane sends Undertaker off the ropes again but he runs into a flying clothesline from Kanyon! Kanyon tries to escape the cage, he gets cut off by Kane but hammers at him with rights. He drives Kane into the mat and DDP hits a DDT on Undertaker, which Heyman has fun saying on commentary. They make a break for it, but Brothers of Destruction sit up in stereo and climb after them. Kane sends Kanyon's head into the cage and Undertaker climbs to the top. He kicks at DDP, who drops and is crotched on the top rope. He tells Kane to let Kanyon leave the cage, he grabs a chain and throws it down into the ring. Kanyon decides he's leaving to the back. DDP gets to his feet and realises he's alone.
Brothers of Destruction hit a double clothesline and send DDP into the corner. Kane hits a clothesline, followed by Undertaker. DDP is sent across to the opposite corner, Undertaker clotheslines first this time, Kane soon follows. DDP stumbles out into a sidewalk slam by Undertaker, he covers and lifts Page's shoulder at 2. “What a display of courage by DDP!” Page tries to fight back but Undertaker hits him with grunting right hands and stomps in the corner. Kane sits on the top rope to watch and rest for a while. Undertaker wraps the chain around DDP's neck and sends him into the cage. He grabs DDP by the neck and Page begs off, Undertaker shoves him into the corner and says if Page leaves now it's over. Diamond Dallas Page doesn't need telling twice, he starts to climb the cage. Undertaker cuts him off and chokeslams him from the top rope. Kane brings DDP to his feet and sends him into the Last Ride by Undertaker, which he dedicated to Sara at ringside. He covers for the win.
WINNER: BROTHERS OF DESTRUCTION (NEW WWF Tag Team Champions)
The steel cage stipulation made sense so DDP couldn't escape. This wasn't a match as much as it was Brothers of Destruction kicking the crap out of their new colleagues for fun. It wasn't a highlight of anyone's career, with the possible exception of Paul Heyman on commentary– As a match it's ** but personally, I'd rate it 3.75/10
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