He may be an intimidating, psychotic monster in the ring, however, behind the mask, the
Devil’s favourite demon, Kane, is quite the accomplished man. Kane or Glenn Jacobs,
should I say, earned a degree in English Literature at Northeast Missouri State University, where
he played both basketball and football. Jacobs is actively involved in politics and is a
supporter of the Libertarian Party. Besides being a member of the Free State Project,
he makes sure his political views are voiced through publishing blogs called “The Adventures
of Citizen X” and he has also posted several articles in the past on lewrockwell.com. That’s
not all as outside of the WWE, Glenn Jacobs owns an Allstate agency with his wife, where
he works as an insurer. If you still are somehow not impressed, Kane won a WWE special of the
quiz show, The Weakest Link back in 2002, defeating the likes of the Dudley Boyz, Stone
Cold Steve Austin and Edge.
As you probably are aware, Dolph Ziggler goes by the nickname, “The Showoff” in the
WWE, however, outside of the WWE he can “show-off” all of his academic achievements… *groan*
the writer of this script, go jump out of a window now… As the WWE have mentioned
numerous times, Ziggler is an Alma mater of Kent State University where he was a Collegiate
wrestler, winning three amateur wrestling championships during his time there. Prior
to this, Ziggler won two national championships as part of the wrestling team at the high
school he attended and holds the school’s record for the most pins in a career with
82. Aside from his impressive athletic accolades, Ziggler graduated from Kent State University
with a major in political science and a pre-law minor. In fact, Ziggler was accepted in a
law school at Arizona State University, however, the WWE got to him before he could start his
first semester.
Video game aficionado and member of The New Day, Xavier Woods has many academic achievements
under his belt outside of the WWE. Woods graduated from Furman University in Greenville, South
Carolina with two degrees in psychology and philosophy but what is also impressive is
the fact that Woods studied for both while also wrestling under a contract with TNA at
the time. Woods has also managed to gain a Master’s degree in psychology from Walden
University and is even currently working on a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Capella
University. So the “PhD” part on his Twitter username is justified. We will have to call
him Dr. Woods soon, or rather, Dr. Watson. #Kayfabe
Some might not have heard of Christopher Nowinski due to his premature retirement from wrestling
but for those who do, you will know that he competed in the first series of Tough Enough
and was one of the three finalists losing out to Maven Huffman. Nowinski is renowned
for being the youngest ever Hardcore Champion and also WWE’s first Harvard alumnus…
Sorry Otunga. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Sociology and during his
time in the WWE he was known by several names including “Chris Harvard” and “Harvard
Chris”. Nowinski now works as a consultant for Trinity Partners while serving as the
Co-Founder and President of the Concussions Legacy Foundation.
This list would not be complete without featuring former WWE wrestler and current SmackDown
colour commentator, David Otunga. He has achieved many great things academically and at an early
age he graduated from Larkin High School in Chicago, Illinois with a perfect GPA of 4.0.
Otunga then earned a degree in psychology from the University of Illinois before working
as a lab manager in the cognitive neuroscience centre at Columbia University. Not only this
but Otunga went on to graduate from Harvard Law School, which was made very clear every
time he entered a WWE ring, and passed his Bar Examination, allowing him to practice
Law in a given jurisdiction. He spent some time working as a Lawyer for the Sidley Austin
Law firm before pursuing a career in the WWE. From a Harvard Law School graduate to a SmackDown
colour commentator. That’s one way to use a Harvard Law degree, I suppose.