Andy Kaufman Vs. Jerry Lawler and Mr. T Vs. Roddy Piper might be the standard bearers for for feuds involving wrestlers and celebrities. But despite never having a match against one another, Kane against Pete Rose has also etched itself into wrestler vs. celeb history.Related: 10 Things Most Fans Forget About The Kane Vs. The Undertaker RivalryDespite being blackballed from the game, baseball fans still respect Pete Rose for all of his contributions to the sport. He was one of the greatest hitters of all time; playing for the original Big Red Machine, The Cincinnati Reds. Perhaps sharing the nickname alone was enough to start a rivalry that spanned multiple years.

7 WrestleMania XIV

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Pete Rose served as a guest ring announcer for The Undertaker - Kane match at WrestleMania XIV in Boston. Rose had no trouble playing the heel to Beantown. Ol’ Charlie Hustle ran the town down for its supposed decades long Curse Of The Bambino, citing incidents involving Bucky Dent and Bill Buckner and calling Boston, “The City Of Losers.”

But the fun and games were over real quick when Kane entered his first WrestleMania. The monster made short work of Rose, delivering a Tombstone to the delight of the Boston faithful.

6 WrestleMania XV

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Both men returned to WrestleMania one year later. At WrestleMania XV, Kane was set to take on Triple H. But as the maniacal monster headed into the ring, Pete Rose sought out vengeance. He bolted to the ring to assault Kane dressed as The San Diego Chicken, who was in attendance for the Brawl For All.

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The gambling man once again ate a Tombstone for his trouble. Despite be a former Philadelphia Philly for a brief time in his career, the Philly faithful popped for Rose once again getting dropped on his head.

5 WrestleMania 2000

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Don’t ever expect Kane to get down with Rikishi, but the two did form a formidable tag team. They teamed up at WrestleMania 2000 to do battle with X-Pac and Road Dogg. After making short work of DX, Rikishi and Too Cool got down with The San Diego Chicken. After the last year, it was easy for Kane to assume it was Pete Rose once again under the getup. Instead, Rose came out of nowhere while Kane was about to pound on the mascot.

Would the third time be the charm for the all-time baseball leader in hits? If you count not getting Tombstoned and instead getting a Chokeslam and a Stinkface the charm, then yes, it was.

4 No Mercy 2002 Commercial

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Clearly when you’re the Devil’s Favorite Demon, Halloween is your favorite holiday. After all, even deformed and demented monsters like Kane love candy. At No Mercy, when Kane main evented against Triple H, the WWE had some fun advertising for the show. They called on Pete Rose to play a real jerk who teases trick-or-treating kids and doesn’t even give them any candy.

After sending several children away, a certain Big Red Machine showed up at Charlie Hustle’s door. Pete was terrified as Kane once again got the best of the former Cincinnati Red.

3 Celebrity Hall Of Famer

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In 2004, the WWE decided to bring back the Hall Of Fame induction ceremony as part of WrestleMania weekend. The company decided to open up a celebrity wing of the hallowed hall. Kane stepped out of character to induct his celebrity rival. Kane showed tremendous respect talking about his baseball accomplishments, and the fact that he kept the bat that Rose tried to deck him with.

The Big Red Machine even warned the OG not to bet on getting his revenge. Rose was elated to accept the induction and had a lot of fun ripping into his rival and Rikishi, in what was a wonderful induction speech.

2 Rose Is Raw

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On the road to WrestleMania XXVI, the WWE was still right in the middle Raw Celebrity Guest Host era. On March 22, 2010, Charlie Hustle returned to the WWE to perform hosting duties for the evening, and to finally get one over on the monster.

Related: WWE Raw: 5 Best (& Worst) Celebrity Guest Hosts

Rose, as the Guest Host had booked Shawn Michaels (in what would end up being his final Raw match) against Kane in a No DQ match. Rose needed someone to finally get his revenge on his behalf. Shawn was victorious, much to the delight of the crowd, and Pete Rose himself . Rose was reveling in his victory with Christian when Kane appeared to once again throttle the legend.

1 An Honorable Mention

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Several years after Rose’s last appearance, Kane was involved in an unlikely partnership with Daniel Bryan. The WWE sent him and Bryan to therapy. While he was there, the monster admitted that he had an unhealthy obsession in torturing Pete Rose.

It was a throwaway line, but also indicative of the crazed psychopath that Kane could be from time to time. The fact that it was hilarious too, was a nice bonus.