What if Kane turns on The Undertaker at Super Show-Down?

WWE has intriguingly built what amounts to an additional legend’s brand for its international stadium shows. The Shield, Brock Lesnar, and Braun Strowman are dominating the Universal Championship scene. Contemporary stars like AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Daniel Brya, and The Miz have their own issues surrounding the WWE Championship on SmackDown.

Meanwhile, the build to Triple H vs. The Undertaker at Australia has taken on a life of its own via riveting promos and the intrigue of Shawn Michaels and Kane getting drawn into the mix.

The show will feature HBK in the corner of Triple H, while The Undertaker has The Big Red Machine in his corner. Rumours abound that this is all meant to build to a tag team between the two sides for WWE’s next stadium show in Saudi Arabia, with Michaels coming out of retirement to reform DX against one last stand for The Brothers of Destruction.

But what if WWE throws a curveball in the form of Kane turning on his kayfabe brother at Super Show-Down? Few wrestlers have ever turned as much or in as high profile situations as Kane, so we can’t really put it past his character. This article looks at five ramifications of Kane turning on The Phenom.

#5 Triple H wins

Triple H would surely beat The Undertaker if Kane helped him.

Triple H is a big enough, instantly credible enough star who’s still in phenomenal shape such that he’s one of the few guys who could quite reasonably be booked to beat The Undertaker. Were this match between The Game and The Phenom the one-off legends bout that it originally appeared to be, it would be a toss-up who would win.

Maybe The Undertaker would have a slight edge as the face who would thus by default play better to the international audience.

But if Kane were to turn on his brother, it would offer an excuse for The Dead Man to lose the match without losing face. Moreover, it’s hard to believe that Triple H would get an advantage like that and not win the match, even against an opponent as formidable as The Undertaker.

If Kane turns, we can expect him, Triple H, and HBK to celebrate after the match, and we can expect The Phenom to come looking for revenge.

#4 Maybe Shawn Michaels isn’t coming back

Everyone thinks Shawn Michaels is coming back, but what if that's part of the swerve?

Ever since Shawn Michaels appeared on Raw and had a confrontation with The Undertaker, which set up HBK as Triple H’s corner man for Super Show-Down, the rumour mill started working overtime on the idea that Michaels was making a limited time comeback. There were suggestions, even, that WWE had already hand selected a specific cluster of opponents for Michaels over the months to follow, starting with a one on one bout against The Dead Man at the Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia.

With the addition of Kane in The Undertaker’s corner for Super Show-Down, rumours have shifted to suggest a DX vs. Brothers of Destruction match at Crown Jewel, and even The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer has gone so far as to claim that’s the concrete plan. If Kane were to turn on his brother and cost him the match, though, that would shift the story.

The Undertaker would have fallen to a three on one situation, and there wouldn’t necessarily be a reason for him to seek revenge against Michaels specifically. As such, HBK could be a red herring and return to quiet retirement after this appearance in Australia.

#3 The Undertaker finds new backup for Saudi Arabia

If The Undertaker needs a new partner, there are a number of stars who could enter the mix.

If Kane turns on The Undertaker, it would seem like a certainty that The Phenom will go hunting for revenge against at least him, but quite possibly Triple H, too, and maybe even Shawn Michaels. In order to do so, we would like see The Dead Man recruit a star partner or two of his own. But whom would he rally to his cause?

John Cena and Bobby Lashley are working an oddball tag team match together in Australia that we have to assume they’ll win over Kevin Owens and Elias. There’s every possibility this is just a way of getting all four men on the show. But what if Cena and Lashley’s partnership here set up the groundwork for them to join The Undertaker as a team? Cena’s a worthy legend, and Lashley would add a full-timer to the mix to get the rub.

Otherwise, maybe The Dead Man could look for another surprising legend to come to his aid. The Big Show is said to be ready to return to the ring, for one. While it’s probably too big of a stretch to even speculate about The Rock getting drafted for this match, there have been a lot of rumors about him coming back, and perhaps this booking could set him up for a WrestleMania program.

#2 One last Undertaker vs. Kane showdown

We could be on the road to the last Undertaker vs. Kane match.

Kane betraying his brother could lead to just one more confrontation in Saudi Arabia, or it could set up one last program, which might go so far as to culminate at WrestleMania. In either case, it’s hard to imagine the two being at odds with one another again and not having one more match to end their on and off rivalry once and for all.

Neither The Undertaker or Kane are getting any younger. That means each man has to be in the twilight of his wrestling career, besides which the prospect of the two staging a compelling one on one match is nowhere near as compelling now as it was back when they had their original WrestleMania grudge match twenty years ago.

No, if WWE were to go this route it would mean one last match between The Brothers of Destruction while the pairing is still on its last legs as a remotely viable draw.

#1 Kane retires opposite the Dead Man

Kane has mayoral duties to tend to; this really could be his last stand in the ring.

As referenced earlier in this article, Kane isn’t getting any younger. While he is still in objectively remarkable physical shape for a man who is fifty-one years old, his most recent years wrestling for WWE haven’t exactly dazzled audiences. On top of that, he was elected to the position of mayor for Knox County. That’s more than a full-time job, and Kane explicitly stated that if he won it would probably mean the end of his wrestling career.

If Kane is hanging up his boots for good to focus on his new leadership role and to give his ageing body a well-deserved rest, there would be no more fitting opponent to finish up against than The Undertaker. While one could also argue that teaming with his brother would offer a satisfying conclusion to his run, the man beneath the mask found his footing as a WWE star playing The Phenom’s antagonist, and one last match against him is an appropriate way in which to come full circle.