Brothers of Destruction | |
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![]() The Brothers of Destruction Kane (left) and The Undertaker (right). | |
Tag team | |
Members | The Undertaker Kane |
Name(s) | Brothers of Destruction Kane and The Undertaker |
Billed heights | The Undertaker: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)[1] Kane: 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)[2] |
Combined billed weight | 632 lb (287 kg)[3] |
Debut | August 24, 1998 |
Disbanded | November 22, 2020 |
Years active | 1998–2000 2001 2006–2009 2012–2020 |
The Brothers of Destruction were a professional wrestling tag team in WWE composed of storyline half-brothers The Undertaker and Kane.[3] Their storyline is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most iconic storylines in professional wrestling, the duo’s relationship alternated between periods of intense rivalry and dominant alliance. First introduced in the late 1990s, their supernatural personas and complex backstory captivated audiences. Together, they achieved significant success, including multiple championship victories, and are considered one of the most formidable and enduring tag teams in WWE history.
With more deep-seated drama and dysfunction than other WWE tag team combinations, their relationship/brotherhood was furnished with an elaborately dark and disturbed domestic backstory. In what became a fickle WWE sibling relationship with Paul Bearer (later learned to be Kane's father) only adding to the pendulum and complexities, The Undertaker and Kane went back and forth from one extreme to the other: alternatively feuding to barbaric lengths and yet teaming together as The Brothers of Destruction from 1997 to 2020 (The Undertaker's retirement).
As the Brothers of Destruction, they won three tag team championships (two WWF Tag Team Championships and one WCW Tag Team Championship). Their on-again, off-again feuding was typically rooted in the harboring of unresolved, harsh feelings from the arson incident dating back to their youth.