Kane and The Big Show Big Show and Kane are two professional wrestlers currently signed to WWE , who formed a tag team during three periods : 2001 - 2002 , 2005 - 2006 , 2011 and 2014 – 2016 . They won both the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship one time . History . First term ( 2001 - 2002 ) . Big Show and Kane would first team together on the November 29 , 2001 episode of " SmackDown ! " when they defeated The Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) . They would face the Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray Dudley and D - Von Dudley ) at Vengeance ( 2001 ) for the WWF World Tag Team Championship , but were unsuccessful in their challenge . Their feud with the Dudley Boyz continued with a loss in a Tables match on the January 24 , 2002 episode of " SmackDown ! " Big Show and Kane would then face each other on the January 28 , 2002 episode of " Raw " , which Kane won . Big Show and Kane would once again team together to finally beat the Dudley Boyz on the 24 March episode of " Sunday Night Heat " . Reunion ( 2005 - 2006 ) . Big Show and Kane reunited on October 31 , 2005 , when they defeated the Heart Throbs in a Texas Tornado match on " Raw " . At Taboo Tuesday ( 2005 ) , Big Show and Kane defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch to win their first World Tag Team Championship teaming together on November 1 , 2005 . Cade and Murdoch then challenged Big Show and Kane to a title rematch with Hardcore rules , which Big Show and Kane won . Leading up to Survivor Series ( 2005 ) , the duo would attack various SmackDown members such as Batista and Bobby Lashley . At Survivor Series , Big Show and Kane represented Team Raw along with Shawn Michaels , Chris Masters and Carlito , but they were defeated of Team SmackDown ! which consisted of Randy Orton , Rey Mysterio , Batista , John Bradshaw Layfield and Bobby Lashley . Big Show and Kane ended their feud with Batista and Mysterio at Armageddon ( 2005 ) when they defeated them in a non - title Champions versus Champions encounter as Batista and Mysterio were the WWE Tag Team Champions at that time . The duo would hold on to their tag team titles until April 2006 , successfully retaining their titles against a variety of opponents such as Snitsky and Tyson Tomko , Val Venis and Viscera , as well as the Heart Throbs . In 2006 , the duo would feud with Carlito and Chris Masters , culminating in a successful title defense at WrestleMania 22 on April 2 . The next day at Raw , Big Show and Kane lost the World Tag Team Championship to Spirit Squad members Kenny and Mikey after interference from the rest of the Spirit Squad . One week later , Big Show and Kane faced Spirit Squad members Johnny and Nicky in a title rematch , but were disqualified after Kane lost his mind and attacked all the Spirit Squad members . Big Show tried to calm Kane down , but Kane attacked him , ending the partnership . Kane losing his mind was part of a storyline to promote Kane ' s upcoming movie at that time , See No Evil . Big Show and Kane would then feud with each other , but both matches pitting the men against each other ended in a no - contest . Second reunion ( 2011 ) . On the March 4 episode of Smackdown , The Corre aided Kane by interfering in Kane ' s match against Big Show and attacking Big Show . However , a miscommunication between Kane and the Corre led to Kane turning on the Corre instead . Big Show and Kane would then reunite to take on the Corre , challenging them for the tag team title belts and saving other wrestlers from the Corre ' s attacks . At WrestleMania XXVII , Big Show and Kane would team together with Santino Marella and Kofi Kingston to beat the Corre . The following week , a WrestleMania rematch took place with Big Show and Kane ' s team victorious over the Corre once again in a two out of three falls match . On the April 22nd episode of " SmackDown " , the duo defeated Corre members Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater to win the WWE Tag Team Championship , their second championship win as a team . As tag team champions , Big Show and Kane would enjoy successful title defenses with wins over Gabriel and Slater in a rematch , the Corre ' s Wade Barrett and Ezekiel Jackson , as well as New Nexus members CM Punk and Mason Ryan . On the May 23 episode of " Raw " , New Nexus members David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty defeated Big Show and Kane to win the Tag Team Championships following interference from CM Punk and Mason Ryan . After the match , Big Show was run over by Alberto Del Rio ' s car , causing a storyline injury . When Big Show returned , Kane prevented him from further brutalizing Ricardo Rodriguez . Kane and Big Show would then go their separate ways . Both of them would feud with Mark Henry , but Henry came out top in both feuds , using a steel chair to crush Big Show ' s and then Kane ' s leg on two separate occasions to cause storyline injuries , resulting in their inactivity from WWE programming . Both Big Show and Kane would return separately before the end of 2011 . Both men would later return in late 2011 , however Show and Kane did not reunite as Kane returned under a mask and attacked John Cena at the end of the 2011 Slammys ( hence turning Kane heel ) while Show returned and attacked Mark Henry ( keeping Show ' s face status ) . Aligned with The Authority ( 2014 – 2016 ) . After Big Show turned on Team Cena against the The Authority , Show joined the stable with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon . At the Royal Rumble 2015 event , Kane and Show teamed up to eliminate several superstars , they were ultimately attacked by The Rock , which allowed The Rock ' s cousin Roman Reigns , to win the Rumble match by eliminating Rusev . On the February 12 , 2015 edition of " SmackDown " , during a Tag Team Turmoil match against the team of Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns , after bickering throughout most of the match , Big Show knocked out Kane with a " KO Punch " . But they still aligned with the Authority and stayed as a team . At Fastlane , The Authority ( Big Show , Seth Rollins and Kane ) defeated Dolph Ziggler , Erick Rowan and Ryback when Kane pinned Ziggler . Big Show and Kane entered the 2nd annual André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31 . Kane was eliminated while Big Show won the Trophy . After leaving The Authority , Big Show and Kane were once again reunited in February 2016 as faces , when they , along with Ryback , began a rivalry with The Wyatt Family . A confrontation on Raw led to a six - man tag match at Fastlane , which they would win . The following night on Raw , The trio lost to The Wyatts in a rematch , after Ryback walked out on Show and Kane . On the March 21 episode of Raw , Kane would save Big Show from The Social Outcasts , but would chokeslam Show from the top rope afterwards . On March 28 episode of Raw , Big Show and Kane aided each other in taking out the entire WWE locker room to promote the 3rd annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal . During the battle royal , Both Big Show and Shaquille O ' Neal double choke slammed Kane . On the April 19 episode of Main Event , Big Show and Kane successfully defeated the team of Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan . [ 28 ] On the July 4 edition of Raw , Big Show and Kane teamed up alongside Jack Swagger , Mark Henry , Zack Ryder , Apollo Crews and The Dudley Boyz to form Team U . S . A . and compete against The Multinational Alliance ( Chris Jericho , Kevin Owens , Cesaro , Sami Zayn , Alberto Del Rio , Sheamus & The Lucha Dragons ) , in a 16 - man elimination tag team match in the main event where they succeeded . During the 2016 WWE Draft , Big Show was drafted to Raw while Kane was drafted to SmackDownLive , ending the team once more .