Glen Jacobs (born April 26, 1967) is an American professional wrestler. Better known as the wrestler Kane. He is the former owner of several WWE championship titles. The last championship was held in 2012-2013 with Daniel Bryan. Glenn Jacobs is also well known as the Big Red Monster, Big Red Machine and Devil Devil.
Before starting a wrestler's career, Glenn Jacobs was an elementary school teacher. Kane has been with WWE since 1995. In those days, he fought as a Doctor with Isaac Yankem, private dentist Jerry Lawler. Kane is a three-time world champion, a 9-time team world champion, a two-time intercontinental champion and a one-time "Money in the Bank." It was first introduced to the public as Undertaker's brother. Their duet was known as the "Brothers of Destruction."
Childhood and early years
Kane was born in the family of a US Air Force pilot. Kane in his youth with his family lived in Spain, but later they returned to the United States. He grew up in Missouri, where he entered the Truman Institute. Thus, the wrestler Kane in his youth received a degree in English literature.
In the photo, Jacobs in childhood.
Career
The debut as a wrestler took place in WWF 1995 on February 20, in that match he performed as Mike Unabomb and defeated Renault Reggins. But it only appeared on television for the first time on June 26, 1996, when he performed under the pseudonym Dentist. Later, in September of that year, Jacobs was introduced as a Diesel. That day, he was paired with Rick Bognar, known in those years as the Ramon Blade. The last time under the name Diesel Kane fought in 1997 at the Royal Battle. And after this fight he began to perform under the name Kane, which became his calling card and which made him a WWE superstar.
Kane debuted on October 5, 1997, against Shawn Michaels, known as Badd Blood. Jacobs appeared in public in a red-black mask and long hair that complemented his huge figure. The mask was to hide burns. For five years, Kane wore a mask and hid his real appearance, although the hero’s fans were burned with curiosity to see the real face of the pet, because he never performed without a mask. As a result, the promoters surrendered, and in one of the episodes the condition was set: if Kane loses, then he will remove the mask. Expectedly, Kane lost and appeared to the public in all its glory. To the surprise of the audience, Kane got rid of burns in an inexplicable way, but this did not diminish his joy. In other matches, Undertaker initially refused to fight him, because he was part of his family, but after that they still fought, and Kane lost. However, in one episode of Raw, Jacobs defeated his brother and became a champion after defeating Steve Austin in “King of the Ring”.
In 1998, Kane formed the X-Pac team and got the girl Tori, who later betrayed him along with his team. But Kane took revenge on the traitors by defeating them at WrestleMania20. The subsequent years of Kane were no less saturated in the ring. So, he became the first ever champion of WWE, ECW and World Heavy Weight Championship. His last appearance was on March 10, 2018, where he ran into John Cena, after the latter called the Undertaker a coward and called him to battle.
Kane also starred in the films I See No Evil (2006), SuperMackGruber (2010), I See No Evil 2 (2014) and Countdown (2016). And also starred in one of the episodes of the series "Smallville".
Below is a photo of Kane wrestler in the ring.
Awards and Achievements
Glenn received several awards. Among them are the WWF, ECW and World Heavy Weight Championship titles, the title of a 12-time champion in a team fight with various partners. In total, Kane has 18 championship wins in his piggy bank title for his entire career in WWE.
Wrestler Kane's personal life
Jacobs has been married to Crystal Maurice Goins since August 23, 1995. The couple has two daughters. Glenn is also involved in political life. He is a supporter of libertarianism. He has a blog where he shares his political views. In May 2016, he announced his desire to run for mayor of Knox County. In March 2017, he announced his intention to become a Republican. In August 2018, it became known about the victory of wrestler Kane in the election of the mayor of Knoxville. He spoke already from the Republican Party. The main slogans of his company were tax cuts and infrastructure improvements.
“Because of who I am, I can present Knox County in a positive light at the national level. Our county can offer a lot of great things, to be honest. And the rest of the country should be aware of this.” - Kane said after announcing his victory as mayor.