<P> Kane was the 22nd entrant in the 2003 Royal Rumble match and lasted until the final three . Kane then formed a tag team with Rob Van Dam, with the duo eventually winning the World Tag Team Championship . After they lost their World Tag Team Championship to La Résistance at Bad Blood, Triple H offered Kane a spot in his stable Evolution . Raw co-general manager Stone Cold Steve Austin offered Kane the opportunity to face Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship if he rejected Triple H's offer; however, co-general manager Eric Bischoff insisted that if Kane lost the match, he would unmask . Kane accepted Austin's offer and went to challenge Triple H the following week in Madison Square Garden . Triple H won the match following interference from his stablemates, and on the June 23, 2003 episode of Raw, Kane removed his mask . He then turned heel and chokeslamed partner Van Dam, and defeated him at SummerSlam . The unmasking rendered Kane emotionally unstable, and in an interview with Jim Ross, Kane attacked Ross and set him on fire . He later attacked Linda McMahon on the Raw stage . This action sparked a feud between Kane and Shane McMahon, Linda's son, with Kane defeating Shane in a Last Man Standing match at Unforgiven and an ambulance match at Survivor Series . During the latter event, Kane also interfered in a Buried Alive match between Vince McMahon and The Undertaker, helping McMahon bury The Undertaker and win the match . The following month at Armageddon, Kane competed in a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H and defending champion Bill Goldberg, a match which Triple H won . In January 2004, Kane took part in the Royal Rumble match; he was eliminated when he heard the bell toll from The Undertaker's entrance music, distracting and distressing Kane, and enabling Booker T to eliminate him . Over the following weeks, Kane repeatedly insisted that The Undertaker was "dead", only to be met with various paranormal incidents such as a rainstorm localized over the ring in which he stood . The Undertaker finally returned at WrestleMania XX (again sporting his "Deadman" persona) with Paul Bearer at his side, defeating Kane . </P> <P> After losing at WrestleMania XX, Kane fell in love with Lita, but was spurned . This led to him kidnapping Lita in May and asking her an unknown question, to which she replied in the affirmative later that month . On the same night, Kane won a 20 - Man battle royal for a World Heavyweight Championship match against Chris Benoit at Bad Blood . Six days before Bad Blood in a tag team match between Kane and La Resistance against Edge and Benoit, Kane beat Benoit after muscling out of the Crippler Crossface and giving him a huge Chokeslam . Lita later announced that she was pregnant, with Matt Hardy her then - boyfriend both on - and off - screen, assuming that he was the child's father . On the June 21 episode of Raw, Kane claimed that he was the dad . The next week, he explained that he had impregnated Lita in order to continue his legacy and justified a vicious attack on Shawn Michaels several weeks earlier by claiming that Michaels had stood in the way of him winning the World Heavyweight Championship . In order to appease Kane, General Manager Eric Bischoff gave Kane a rematch with Benoit, instructing Benoit that he could only win by submission, whereas Kane could win the title by any means . Despite dominating much of the match, Kane again lost to Benoit . Following the match, Lita came to the ring and low - blowed Kane, who initially went to chokeslam her in revenge, but stopped when he realized that she was trying to force him to cause her to miscarry their child . </P> <P> Kane and Matt Hardy faced one another in a "Till Death Do Us Part" match at SummerSlam, with Lita obliged to wed the victor . Kane defeated Hardy, and "married" Lita on the August 23 episode of Raw . Although he was attacked by Hardy during the ceremony, he gained the upper hand and ultimately chokeslammed Hardy off the stage (in reality, Hardy needed time off because of a knee injury and later a staph infection). A week after the wedding, General Manager Eric Bischoff gave Kane and Lita the wedding gift of choosing any match that Kane wanted at Unforgiven . Shawn Michaels (who had his throat crushed by Kane) was chosen and defeated Kane in a no - disqualification match at the pay - per - view . The next night, on the September 13 episode of Raw, Kane accidentally fell on Lita during a match with the debuting Gene Snitsky, who hit him on the back with a steel chair, ostensibly causing Lita to miscarry . Kane turned face after he sought revenge against Snitsky for causing the death of his child . He lost to Snitsky in a steel chain match at Taboo Tuesday, and he was sidelined for several months after Snitsky crushed his larynx with a chair following the match . This attack was a repeat performance of the storyline where Kane "injured" Michaels in the same exact manner . The "injury" gave Kane time to complete his starring role in the film, See No Evil . </P> <P> Kane returned in January 2005, defeating Snitsky at New Year's Revolution . After WrestleMania 21, Kane and Lita reconciled with one another and began antagonizing Lita's rival Trish Stratus . This led to a match between Kane and Stratus' hired bodyguard Viscera at Backlash that was won by Kane . Lita later turned on Kane and started an on - screen relationship with her real - life boyfriend at the time Edge, after helping Edge win the Gold Rush Tournament Finals on the May 16 episode of Raw by giving him his Money in the Bank briefcase to hit Kane with . This would lead to a feud between Kane and Edge, whom Kane defeat at Vengeance despite interference from Snitsky . The feud ended when Edge defeated Kane in a Stretcher match on the July 25 episode of Raw . Lita's allegiance with Edge resulted from the couple's real life affair while she was still romantically involved with Matt Hardy . Hardy was later rehired and Kane was dropped from the angle, with Matt and Edge having a feud over Lita . </P>

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