Team Hell No lost their WWE Tag Team Championship rematch towards Reigns and Rollins on the May 27 episode of Raw. Kane and Bryan then confronted members of the stable in each tag group and singles competition, but were primarily unsuccessful. On the June 14 episode of SmackDown, Kane, Bryan and Randy Orton ended the Shield’s unpinned/unsubmitted streak in televised six-man tag matches. In a rematch on the following SmackDown, Orton defeated Kane in a No Disqualification match. Kane and Bryan made their first successful title defense the next night on Raw, defeating the previous champions in a rematch. As Edge nonetheless had Bearer in his captivity, Kane agreed to a rematch at the subsequent pay-per-view. At Hell in a Cell, Bearer turned on The Undertaker and allied himself with Kane, who retained the World Heavyweight Championship in a Hell in a Cell match with Bearer’s help. On the December three episode of SmackDown, Edge defeated Kane in a non-title match to win the precise to determine the stipulation for the title match; Edge chose a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match earlier than leaving Kane with a Paul Bearer lookalike and driving away with the genuine Bearer strapped to the back of a truck.

At Battleground, Kane competed in a WWE World Heavyweight Championship fatal 4-way match against John Cena, Randy Orton, and Roman Reigns, but Cena retained the title. As a part of the 2008 WWE Draft, Kane was drafted to the Raw model, making the ECW Championship exclusive to Raw. Meanwhile, Bryan’s jilted ex-girlfriend AJ Lee turned her affections to each Punk and Kane. On the March 2 episode of Raw, Kane pinned Mike Knox in a triple risk match, also involving Rey Mysterio, to earn a spot in the money within the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 25, a match in the end received by CM Punk. Kane returned on the December 12 episode of Raw SuperShow carrying a metallic mask and new ring attire inspired by the incisions of a postmortem human physique after an autopsy. At Bragging Rights, Kane defeated The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match after assist from The Nexus to retain the title once again, thus ending their feud. At Survivor Series, Kane retained his title after the referee determined the match a draw as a consequence of each males pinning one another at the same time. In September, Kane began a feud with Rey Mysterio that lasted through Survivor Series.

Kane returned three weeks later, dropping to Bryan. Following a two-month hiatus, Kane returned at Hell in a Cell on October 27, attacking both The Wyatt Family and The Miz. John Morrison and The Miz. Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, John Belushi, Chris Farley, Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray, Kristen Wiig, Mike Myers, and others all rose to fame on the present. It was, due to this fact, handy timing when the Beatles’ contract with EMI Records expired on January 26, 1976. For the primary time since 1962 John wasn’t obliged to enter a recording studio, and the last time that he did so for four years was in April 1976, when he performed piano on “Cookin’ (In the Kitchen of Love),” a track that he had written especially for Ringo’s Rotogravure, the new album by his outdated colleague Ringo Starr. He gained the match, and cashed in his Money within the Bank contract later that night, defeating Rey Mysterio (who had simply defeated Jack Swagger) to win the World Heavyweight Championship, thus making Kane the first wrestler in WWE historical past to win the WWE Championship, the ECW Championship, and the World Heavyweight Championship. He turned the first wrestler to money in the money within the Bank contract on the same evening it was won and also holds the document for the quickest money in at 47 minutes.

As a result of Undertaker’s harm, a battle royal was held to determine his replacement for Fatal 4-Way, which Rey Mysterio gained by final eliminating Kane. There, Kane feuded with CM Punk and defeated him at Backlash. On the June 1 episode of SmackDown, a WWE Championship match between Kane and Punk ended in a double disqualification after Bryan attacked both males. On the July eight episode of Raw, Kane beat Christian in a Money within the Bank qualifying match, then he was attacked and injured by the debuting Wyatt Family, eradicating him from his scheduled match at Money in the Bank. On the July 28 episode of Raw, Kane was scheduled to face Roman Reigns, but Kane and Randy Orton attacked Reigns before the match began. Orton retaliated in the next weeks, resulting in a match at WrestleMania XXVIII, which Kane won. At WrestleMania XXVII, Big Show and Kane teamed with Santino Marella and Kofi Kingston to beat The Corre. On the Over the Limit pre-present, Kane defeated Zack Ryder. Kane also attacked and injured Cena’s ally Zack Ryder. Kane and Cena fought to a double countout on the Royal Rumble.