Team Hell No Team Hell No is a professional wrestling tag team , consisting of Kane and Daniel Bryan . They are the former WWE Tag Team Champions , however both Bryan and Kane say that they singularly are the " Tag Team Champions . " The team ' s name is a reference to the two wrestlers ' personas : Kane is portrayed as a violent pyromaniac and described as " The Devil ' s Favorite Demon , " while Bryan is a spiteful pessimist whose catchphrase is " No ! " Originally portrayed as bitter enemies , the two were forced to work as a team during a storyline in which they were made to attend anger management classes by then Raw General Manager AJ Lee and , though billed as a dysfunctional team , they were subsequently able to win the Tag Team Championship . History . Background . After failing to win the WWE Championship at Over the Limit from CM Punk , Daniel Bryan continued to feud with the champion heading into No Way Out , demanding a rematch following the ending of their match which saw Punk tap out moments after Punk was able to pin Bryan . Leading up to the event , Punk was put in a match against Kane on the May 18 episode of SmackDown where Bryan was in commentary observing the match . Bryan would run interference by attacking Kane with a steel chair and making it look like Punk did it , causing Kane to attack Punk . On the May 21 edition of Raw , Bryan was facing off against Kane , set up by Punk in which the situation nearly reversed itself . Afterwards , Kane would start attacking both indiscriminately after being a pawn in each of their plans . On the June 1 episode of SmackDown , which involved Punk defending the WWE Championship against Kane , Bryan would interfere in the match , attacking both once more , only for Kane to chokeslam both Bryan and Punk . Afterwards , then Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis came out to announce a Triple Threat match involving Punk , Bryan , and Kane . At No Way Out , Punk would retain the championship by pinning Kane . After once again failing to capture the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank , Daniel Bryan proposed to AJ Lee on the July 16 edition of Raw , which she accepted and agreed to have the wedding as part of " Raw 1000 " . However , during the ceremony , AJ rejected Bryan , and it was announced that she was named as the new GM of Raw by Vince McMahon , which led Bryan to get angry and destroy the wedding decorations in the ring . He was later confronted and insulted by CM Punk , The Rock , and even guest star Charlie Sheen . After a loss to Sheamus in a street fight on July 30 episode of Raw , Bryan underwent a psychological exam ( under orders from AJ as retaliation for finding out that Bryan planned on having her committed to a mental institution after they were legally married ) and was attacked by Kane ( who claimed he was Bryan ' s " anger management therapist " ) . On the August 6 episode of Raw , AJ booked Bryan to face Kane at SummerSlam , which Bryan managed to win via roll - up causing Kane to go on a rampage in the backstage area . Tag Team Champions ( 2012 – 2013 ) . Following their SummerSlam match , Kane became increasing violent in his demands for a rematch while Bryan , upset with fans for continuing to chant his catchphrase of ' Yes ! ' after he had told them not to , continued to lose his temper and have bursts of anger during matches and interview segments . AJ continued to exact her revenge on Bryan by denying him a WWE Championship shot and instead forcing him to face Kane at SummerSlam , where Bryan emerged victorious . As a result of Bryan and Kane ' s issues , AJ enrolled them in anger management classes hosted by Dr . Shelby and later forced to compete in a " Hug it Out " match . At the arrangement of Dr . Shelby and AJ , the two adversaries formed a team whose constant bickering and infighting even during matches inadvertently resulted in them defeating the Prime Time Players ( Titus O ' Neil and Darren Young ) to become the number one contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship on the September 10 episode of " Raw " and then defeating defending champions Kofi Kingston & R - Truth to win the WWE Tag Team Championship at Night of Champions . Bryan and Kane successfully defended the titles against the former champions the following night on " Raw " . The following week on " Raw " , " Team Hell No " was chosen as the official team name via a Twitter poll . At Hell in a Cell on October 28 , 2012 , Team Hell No lost by disqualification in their title match against Team Rhodes Scholars ( Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow ) , thereby retaining the championship . On the October 29 episode of " Raw " , Daniel Bryan and Kane were revealed as two of the members of Team Foley to take on Team Ziggler at Survivor Series in a Traditional 5 - On - 5 Survivor Series Elimination Match . They successfully retained the Tag Team Championship against the Rhodes Scholars in WWE Main Event . On December 3 episode of " Raw " , they helped Ryback attack The Shield during The Miz ' s segment Miz TV WWE Champion CM Punk . During the attack , Punk ' s knee was injured , resulting in his title defense against Ryback in a Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match being changed by Mr . McMahon into a six - man Tornado Tag Team Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match between Ryback and Team Hell No against The Shield at the , which they lost . Team Hell No were defeated by the Rhodes Scholars on an episode of Raw , allowing them to qualify for a tag team championship opportunity at the Royal Rumble , but Hell No successfully retained once more . During the Royal Rumble match , Bryan eliminated Kane from the contest , and Kane subsequently caused Bryan ' s elimination by catching him as he was thrown over the top rope and dropping Bryan on the arena floor . Kane and Bryan both participated in the Elimination Chamber 2013 but were both eliminated by Mark Henry . Team Hell No then began a feud with Dolph Ziggler when he defeated both Bryan and Kane in singles competition due to interference from his enforcer Big E . Langston . On April 7 at WrestleMania 29 , Team Hell No defeated Ziggler and Langston for another successful title defense . The following night on " Raw " , Team Hell No rekindled their rivalry with The Shield after they saved The Undertaker from an attack by them . [ 39 ] On the April 22 episode of " Raw " , Team Hell No and The Undertaker were defeated by the Shield in a six - man tag team match . The Shield went on to take out Undertaker and continuously rack up wins over Bryan and Kane in both singles and tag matches that also included WWE Champion John Cena . On May 19 at Extreme Rules , Bryan and Kane lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Shield members Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns , ending their reign at 245 days . As Bryan being pinned led to the loss of the tag titles , Bryan became obsessed about proving that he was not the weak link of Team Hell No . As a result , Bryan became even more aggressive , but his overzealous behavior led to Team Hell No losing their rematch against Reigns and Rollins on the May 27 episode of " Raw " . When Kane tried to reassure Bryan , Bryan replied with harsh rebukes that alienated Kane from him . As a result , Bryan was paired with Randy Orton despite their poor relationship to face a common enemy in the Shield , while Kane began to go on his own . On the June 14 episode of " SmackDown " , Bryan , Kane , and Orton teamed up to ended the Shield ' s unpinned and unsubmitted streak in televised six - man tag matches when Bryan forced Rollins to submit to the Yes ! Lock . The two went their separate ways on the June 17 episode of " Raw " , as both of them announced their intentions of becoming WWE Champion . On the July 29 episode of " Raw " , Bryan and Kane faced each other in a match , which Bryan won . After the match , Kane would attack Bryan and in turn , was attacked again by The Wyatt Family . Etymology . When it was suggested that they team up , the pair argued over whether to call themselves Daniel Bryan & Kane or Kane & Daniel Bryan , as they were competitive and wanted to out - do each other . Shelby interjected that they should simply call themselves Team Friendship . This was a working name for the team , and # TeamFriendship and # IamTheChampions both trended on twitter for some time . On the September 24 episode of Raw , Michael Cole announced a twitter poll ( RAWactive vote ) to decide on the ' official ' name of the team . The three options were : Members of the WWE universe watching the show live could then tweet their votes and Cole announced that " Hell No " had won . The meaning of this team name refers to Kane ' s association with Hell ( " The Devil ' s Favourite Demon " ) and Daniel Bryan ' s chanting of " No No No " . The pair appeared perplexed with the new name , but their confusion was interrupted by the attack of Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow , who then christened themselves the Rhodes Scholars , who planned to challenge Team Hell No for their tag team titles . The accuracy of WWE polls in regard to twitter trends is unknown , so WWE creative may have simply chosen the name . " Hell No " is a phrase used recently by Jerry Lawler during his cage match against CM Punk , when he refused to acknowledge him the Best in the World . The episode when the team was named was also the episode when Lawler spoke to the WWE universe live via satellite after his heart attack .