At WWE In Your House, Undertaker vowed to destroy himself to bury Mankind alive. And he very nearly did so. After a brutal match that saw both Superstars have opportunities to bury his opponent, Undertaker finally got the upper hand and buried Mankind for the win. However, as Undertaker continued to shovel dirt on Mankind after victory was declared, a mystery man attacked Undertaker and saved Mankind. The two buried Undertaker while thunderbolts and lightning rained down. Afterwards, a bolt of lightning struck the grave and Undertaker thrust his arm through the dirt to reveal that you can not kill one who is already dead.
At Rock Bottom, Mr. McMahon declared there was "no chance in hell" Stone Cold Steve Austin would ever have another shot at the WWE Championship. And he stacked the deck against Austin by declaring that the winner of the Royal Rumble would get a Championship shot and the only way for Austin to enter the Royal Rumble would be to bury Undertaker alive. Austin did the impossible by burying Undertaker alive and beating the Dead Man at his own match! With the aid of Kane, Austin buried Undertaker with a backhoe and later dumped beer on top of the Undertaker's grave.
In a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship, the challengers Undertaker and the Big Show defeated The Rock and Mankind on SmackDown! in the first-ever Tag Team Buried Alive Match. The match ended with some peculiar circumstances as Triple H interrupted Big Show's burial of Mankind by knocking him out with a sledgehammer. Triple H then buried Mankind himself as Undertaker and Big Show were declared the winners and tag team champions. After the match, an ambulance backed in to take Big Show and Mankind to the hospital, only to reveal that the driver was none other than Stone Cold Steve Austin! Austin unleashed a vicious assault on Triple H and threw him into the ambulance. After driving the ambulance to the parking lot, Stone Cold proceeded to drive a semi full speed into the ambulance.
The Undertaker destroyed Mr McMahon through out the hole match. From beating him with a shovel, to making Mr.McMahon bleed with the first punch of the match. All of the match Taker looked as if he would win the match. However the Undertaker was buried alive.. After Kane come on the Scene, when Taker was going in the backo; a explosion went off knocking The Undertaker out. Then Kane tossed Taker in the hole, and Vince dumped the dirt on Taker. Kane buried his brother alive.
