10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Kane

Glenn Jacobs recently announced his intention to run for mayor in Knox County, Tennessee next year.

And whilst Glenn Jacobs might be a mild-mannered political geek with a soft-spot for anarcho-capitalism, Kane - the on-screen alter-ego he's been playing for the last 20 years - isn't.

In fact, the closest Kane has ever got to commenting on current affairs was using a newspaper to ignite a flame - and even that was only so he could set his opponents on fire.

There has been much to take pride in over the course of Kane's two-decade-plus association with WWE: he's a multi-time world champion, he's headlined more events that we can count, and he even holds the record for most eliminations in Royal Rumble history.

But a character as complex and, yes, tortured as The Big Red Machine was always going to dabble in storylines and segments that were a little more eccentric than your usual "I'm going to take your belt" wrestling fare.

And, with Kane now setting his sights on public office, it's probably best if one or two of them are consigned to the dustbin of WWE history.

As Triple H pointed out months later on the Raw commentary desk, the worst part about Kane's attack on JR was the poor example it set for WWE's younger viewers.

The veteran announcer simply laid on the floor and let the flames spread around his body, instead of practising the "stop, drop, and roll" technique safety videos insist upon.

That's not the only reason the company won't be revisiting this one any time soon, though.

Kane is noted, celebrated even, for his sadistic side, but there's just something a little too harrowing about watching him douse an old man who did nothing wrong to him in gasoline before setting him ablaze (even if JR's school-play-level acting, apart from anything else, assured us all he was in no real danger).