The only things I can think of off the top of my head, why a DQ could've possibly been called for in that situation:
a.) (Note: I don't recall seeing this happen, so take it for whatever it's worth.) It could've been, although, as I said in my disclaimer I don't recall it happening, that the ref, noticing that a helpless wrestler was being attacked while caught up in the ropes, in whatever way, shape, or form, began to administer the 5 count on Kane, and Kane didn't listen, the ref counted to 5 and called the DQ.
b.) I think maybe Kane had had 2 warnings before when he attacked Hardy on the ropes a 3rd time, so maybe it was one of those weird scenarios where the ref can use the 3 strikes and you're disqualified rule.
c.) Maybe the ref equated what Kane was doing to Hardy, in his mind, as the same thing, or tantamount to, a blatant low-blow, so seeing such actions take place right in his vision, maybe the ref though that it would have been an insult to the his intelligence, so he called for a DQ.
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