Product Description

For more than ten years, Kane has cut a fiery swath of destruction through World Wrestling Entertainment. Whether cheered or booed, Kane has been one of the most popular superstars of WWE, battling his brother Undertaker, fighting the equally deranged Mick Foley, and countless other battles against Edge, Matt Hardy, Triple H, Big Show, Shawn Michaels, and more. He has held both the WWE and ECW championships. Now, for the first time ever, fans can purchase The Best of Kane, a 3-DVD set that collects the greatest matches in the Big Red Monster's history.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15929 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-12-09
• Formats: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 540 minutes

Customer Reviews

The List
Disc 1

WWE's Worst Nightmare

We Both Love Pain

Special Challenge Match
Mankind vs. Kane (with Paul Bearer)
Survivor Series November 9, 1997

Big Brother, Big Brother

Undertaker vs. Kane (with Paul Bearer)
WrestleMania XIV March 29, 1998

Hell, Fire & Brimstone

Inferno Match
Undertaker vs. Kane (with Paul Bearer)
In Your House: Unforgiven April 26, 1998

The One Thing I Love More Than Fire

First Blood Match for the WWE Championship
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kane (with Paul Bearer)
King of the Ring June 28, 1998

The End Always Justifies The Means

WWE Tag Team Championship Match
X-Pac / Kane vs. Jeff Jarrett / Owen Hart
RAW April 5, 1999

The Perfect Punishment

Steel Cage Match
Kane (with Tori) vs. X-Pac
Armageddon December 12, 1999

Nothing Can Save You

Last Man Standing Match
Chris Jericho vs. Kane
Armageddon December 10, 2000

Hot & Cold Relationship

Triple Threat Tag Team Championship Match
Edge / Christian vs. Undertaker / Kane vs. Dudley Boyz
No Way Out February 25, 2001

Extras
* The Undertaker's Secret
* Kane vs. Pete Rose

Disc 2

WWE's Worst Nightmare

I Like Weapons

WWE Intercontinental Championship Chain Match
Triple H vs. Kane
Judgment Day May 20, 2001

The Olympic Flame Burns Out

Kane vs. Kurt Angle
WrestleMania X8 March 17, 2002

What Torture Really Means

World Heavyweight Championship vs. Intercontinental Championship Match
Triple H vs. Kane
No Mercy October 20, 2002

Oil & Blood

Rob Van Dam / Kane vs. Chris Jericho / Christian
RAW January 6, 2003

My True Self

Steel Cage Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Kane
RAW September 8, 2003

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Last Man Standing Match
Shane McMahon vs. Kane
Unforgiven September 21, 2003

Sending Him to Hell

Ambulance Match / The Final Encounter
Shane McMahon vs. Kane
Survivor Series November 16, 2003

My Appetite for Agony

"Til Death Do Us Part Match"
Matt Hardy vs. Kane
SummerSlam August 15, 2004


Extras
* Kane is Ready...Are You Ready?
Smackdown! March 28, 2002

* Chicks Dig the Mask
RAW September 30, 2002

* Kane is Quite Disturbed about the Current Situation
RAW December 26, 2002

* Jim Ross Interviews Kane
RAW July 14, 2003

Kane & Lita Get Married
RAW August 23, 2004

Disc 3

WWE's Worst Nightmare

Destroying a Sacred Icon

No Disqualification Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Kane
Unforgiven September 12, 2004

It Is My Fault

No Holds Barred Match
Kane vs. Gene Snitsky
RAW January 17, 2005

Pain and Torture

Steel Cage Match
Kane vs. Edge
RAW July 18, 2005

It's Never Over

Stretcher Match
Kane vs. Edge
RAW July 25, 2005

The Big Red Monster

Kane vs. Umaga
RAW September 18, 2006

Zest for Absolute Carnage

Undertaker / Kane vs. King Booker / Finlay
SmackDown! December 22, 2006

Childhood Dreams

Kane vs. King Booker
No Way Out February 18, 2007

Unadulterated Mayhem & Violence

First Ever Belfast Brawl
Kane vs. Finlay
SmackDown! September 14, 2007

I Will Never Forget

Champion vs. Champion
Kane vs. Undertaker
SmackDown! April 4, 2008

Extras

* 24-Man Battle Royal for ECW Championship Title Shot
WrestleMania XXIV March 30, 2008

* ECW Championship Match
Kane vs. Chavo Guerrero
WrestleMania XXIV March 30, 2008

WWE goes kayfabe for Kane
When I first heard about this release my immediate thought was, "A 3-dsic set for Kane, really? Do we really need 3-discs worth of mid-card matches?". Then I thought, why not a 3-disc set on the Big Show instead? Big Show's feud with Hogan in WCW, his WCW title win against Ric Flair, his WWF wars with Steve Austin, the Rock, Mankind, Undertaker and Triple H, his surprisingly good run as ECW champion; doesn't he warrant a 3-disc set more than Kane? Then, I read the match listings and remembered how good Kane was and can still be today.

Kane seems to be one of those wrestlers that fans take for granted. Maybe it's because he's rarely headlined a PPV or tv show (only his WWF title victory at King of the Ring and a handful of Raw main events come to mind) and has been pretty much a mid-card act since the debut of his character, or the fact that he's never been allowed to dominate like fellow dark side gimmick performer the Undertaker. What ever the case, casual fans just don't hold Kane in the same regard as Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Triple H or Undertaker. So why a 3-disc set? Because the ten plus year career of the Kane character, performed by Glenn Jacobs, is rock solid in both match quality and opponents. When you look at the match listing included here, it's a whose who of WWE, and many of these matches are in the 3 to 4 star range, not bad for a character that when he debuted I thought would fade away after his first match with Undertaker.

This set is surprisingly good, but before I talk up the good, I want to address the bad. First, WWE has packaged this set in the money saving paper-thin eco friendly packaging that is guaranteed to scratch the DVDs when repeatedly removed from their slipcase paper slot holders. This is an inconvenience more than anything else, because I simply bought some paper CD-R sleeves and placed them inside those and slipped them into the package. Since people stopped supporting the music industry and no longer buy CDs, I'm guessing most people 35 and younger have plenty of these sleeves lying around, so this shouldn't be an issue. Second, instead of doing a documentary WWE decided to go kayfabe for this one. In other words, Kane introduces each match in character and talks about the angles and storylines as if they were real. This is a let down, because I would love to hear Glenn discuss his career the way Mick Foley did on his DVD set, but I also understand why WWE did it. A gimmick character like Kane begs for his DVD to be done this way, but still it's a little bit of a let down. Now for the good...

This set contains some rare matches. I had forgot about the Survivor Series match where Kane took on Mankind and they wrestled under Kane's red lights for the entire match. The Last Man Standing match against Chris Jericho from Armageddon 2000 is a forgotten gem of a match. The best matches from Kane's feud with Triple H are here as are Kane's feud with RVD. There are also some great tv matches here: Kane vs. Edge in both a steel cage match and a stretcher match from Raw, Kane vs. Finlay Belfast Brawl from Smackdown and Kane vs. Undertaker (champion vs. champion) from Smackdown.
Plus, and this is a small thing, but I really love the way they introduce each match using a fire effect to burn and reveal the upcoming match, really cool.

Overall this is a buy, but the packaging, lack of a documentary and just a few dud matches keep this one from getting more than 3 stars, but with these flaws it's still worth a purchase for wrestling fans; sorry, WWE fans.

Good, but not great DVD for Kane fans.
Apparently I'm not alone in my feelings for this set.

This review contains one spoiler, but since it from a match that happened many years ago, I'm not sure if that's relevant. I figured I had better mention it, anyway.

I, myself am a huge Kane fan and this is a good, but not great Kane DVD set. It's more of a match retrospective than a career retrospective. And some of the matches chosen are odd choices. Overall, the production is great, and other than one match where the sound is messed up (it probably was during the television broadcast, as well) it's tops all around as far as quality.

As far as match choices, I know that wins and losses aren't really a big deal in Kane's career, but some matches that they went with were just weird choices. A lot of losses on this set. An example: They wanted a match from when he teamed with Undertaker (when Taker was doing the biker thing, which I kind of liked, admittedly) and they picked the tables match with them against Edge & Christian and The Dudleys... a match that Kane and Taker lost and honestly didn't fare that well in (and were out of character, staying out of the match for several minutes due to chair shots, something that neither Kane nor Taker usually had much trouble with, so that the other teams would wrestle a while). Why wouldn't they show one of the numerous matches that they won and actually put the team over, since they're supposed to be so "dominant?" Odd. Even the tag match between Kane and Taker against HHH and Steve Austin would have been a better choice than my example. At least that match had some good psychology (Kane being injured and isolated from his partner). They still lost, if I remember correctly, but at least it was a better match. I don't mind a good tables match, or ladder match or whatever, but this one wasn't even that good, IMO.

There were several other choices like this as well, where there was a much better match that could have been chosen over what they went with.

Just odd choices in some cases...

I'm happy to see one of the WWF/WWE's best workers finally get a long-overdue retrospective DVD, but I can't help but think that they could have done better. There are a lot of good matches on here, but a lot of asking the question "why did they put this match on here? Why not this one???"

If you're a Kane fan, you'll love it (and I do), but it's not perfect.

While I still await a true career retrospective DVD, with behind-the-scenes footage and commentary from his peers, this is a great way to feed that hunger while I wait.

I still recommend it for Kane fans, as it's got some great moments and matches, but prepare to be puzzled if you're at all familiar with Kane's history in the ring.