Kane (wrestler)

Kane
Jacobs in 2021
Mayor of Knox County
Incumbent
Assumed office September 1, 2018
Preceded by	Tim Burchett
Personal details
Born	Glenn Thomas Jacobs (1967-04-26) April 26, 1967 (age 57) Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Citizenship	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Crystal Goins ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	2
Education	Northeast Missouri State University (BA)
Website	jacobsformayor.com
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Angus King[1] Bruiser Mastino The Christmas Creature Diesel Doomsday Glenn Jacobs Isaac Yankem, DDS Kane Spartacus[2] Unabomb
Billed height	7 ft 0 in (213 cm)[3]
Billed weight	323 lb (147 kg)[3]
Billed from	Decatur, Illinois (as Isaac Yankem, DDS)[4]
Trained by	Dean Malenko[5] Jeff Bradley[6] Ray Candy[5]
Debut	1992[5]

Glenn Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967), better known by the ring name Kane is an American politician and professional wrestler.^[7] He has been signed to WWE since 1995. Jacobs was made a member of the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021.^[8] He has also been the Republican Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee since 2018.^[9] As a wrestler, he is a former holder of multiple WWE championships. He has held the WWE title (once), Intercontinental (twice), Hardcore (once), World Heavyweight (once), ECW (once) and Tag Team (11 times between Raw and Smackdown ) championships. His most recent championship was an eight-month run with the WWE Tag Team Championship in 2012 and 2013 with Daniel Bryan. He is also known as "The (Big Red) Monster", "The Big Red Machine" and "The (Devil's Favorite) Demon".^[10]

1. ↑ "Kane Bio". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
2. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Kreikenbohm1994 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Kane". WWE. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
4. ↑ Cite error: The named reference FoleyMankind2000 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Milner, John; Kamchen, Richard. "Kane biography". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
6. ↑ "Kane on wrestlingdata.com". Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
7. ↑ WWE's Kane, Glenn Jacobs, anoounces bid for county mayor - CBS News.com
8. ↑ @WWE (March 24, 2021). "BREAKING NEWS: As revealed on @WWETheBump, @KaneWWE will be inducted into the #WWEHOF Class of 2021!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 24, 2021 – via Twitter.
9. ↑ Fiorvanti, Tim (August 2, 2018). "Glenn Jacobs, aka Kane of WWE, takes home Knox County mayoral race". ESPN. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
10. ↑ "Kane". TV Tropes. Retrieved 2024-08-27.