American politician, actor, businessman and professional wrestler Glenn Thomas Jacobs
was born in the Spanish town of Torrejón de Ardoz, on April 26, 1967.
As a Republican, he is the Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
As a professional wrestler, he has signed to WWE since 1995 and perform under his ring
name Kane. Kane held multiple championships during his career and is dubbed as "the best
wrestler in the world" by many other veteran wrestlers.
Jacobs was born to a United States Air Force family that was stationed in Spain at the time of his birth.
He was active in sports since childhood, attended high school in Bowling Green, Missouri, where
he excelled in football and basketball.
Jacobs earned a degree in English literature at Truman State University, where he played
both basketball and football.
Jacobs has been married to Crystal Maurisa Goins since August 23, 1995 and together they
have two daughters named Arista and Devan, as well as two grandchildren.
Debuting under the name of Unabomb in 1992, Kane began his wrestling career in independent circuits.
He then went on to join Smoky Mountains Wrestling, where he won the SMW Tag Team Championship.
Switching his name to Doomsday, Jacobs won the USWA Heavyweight Championships.
In 1995, Jacobs joined the World Wrestling Federation (now called WWE), repackaged as
Kane, the younger half-brother of The Undertaker, with whom Jacobs would alternatively feud
or team as The Brothers of Destruction.
Following his WWF debut, Kane remained a pivotal component of the company's "Attitude Era"
of the late 1990s and early 2000s, defeating the era's "poster boy" Stone Cold Steve Austin
for the WWF Championship in his first pay-per-view main event at King of the Ring in June 1998.
He has continued to headline PPV cards through 2021, and has appeared in more of such events
than any other performer in WWF/WWE history.
His time with WWE will be something to remember as he clocked up three world championships
(including WWF, ECW and World Heavyweight, once each) and 12 world tag team championships.
He is also a two-time Intercontinental Champion and a Money in the Bank winner, as well as
the third man to complete WWE's Grand Slam. Kane holds the record for cumulative Royal
Rumble match eliminations at 46.
The last title Kane won was the 24/7 Championship on September 16, 2019, the only title won
under his real name.
In 2021, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Outside of professional wrestling, Jacobs is also involved in other activities like
acting, appeared as the lead role in the 2006 WWE Studios production “See No Evil” and its 2014 sequel.
He is also a longtime supporter of libertarian political causes.
In March 2017, Jacobs announced that he was running for the mayoral seat of Knox County,
Tennessee as a Republican.
He went on to win the Republican primary election in May 2018 and the general election in August 2018.
As of 2021, Kane's net worth is estimated to be around $9 million.
In 2015, Kane listed his mountainside Tennessee house just outside Knoxville for just $800,000.
The 6,924-square-foot home sits on a hill, features a koi pond and swimming pool,
is surrounded by private woods with trails for biking, four-wheeling, and horseback riding.
Kane didn’t follow the usual Hollywood career path as he decided to go into politics.
When he was on the campaign trail, Kane would drive a branded Smart Car, despite the fact
that he would often struggle to fit his not-insubstantial, seven-foot frame inside the compact vehicle!
Outside of wrestling, Kane also works as an insurer.
He and his wife own an Allstate agency in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Few wrestlers have had to deal with as many bad gimmicks and storylines as Kane.
One would expect one of Vince's most loyal employees to make a fuss about being stuck
in such lame storylines, but no, Kane is a company man.
He has trusted the WWE's judgment on which directions to go with his character, and has
been put in a great many different storylines.
Kane has allowed himself to adapt to whatever situation required his presence, and never
complained about it.
Though many fans still cringe and critique how Kane has been treated for his loyalty,
that doesn't take away how Vince feels about one of his most loyal employees.
Few WWE Superstars have an online presence outside of Facebook pages and Twitter accounts,
as saying something wrong can have a negative impact on a wrestler's career.
Kane, on the other hand, went in a different direction in creating his blog.
His blog, titled "The Adventures of Citizen X: Searching for Liberty in the Land of the
Free", gives fans an interesting sample of what goes through Kane's mind when he isn't
Chokeslamming people.
His blog is filled with legitimate and well-articulated criticisms towards government policies, based
on libertarian philosophies.
It is definitely something worth reading for anyone who'd consider themselves a fan of Kane's.