10 Fascinating WWE Facts About Kane
From insurance brokering to Libertarian politics, get to know the man behind the mask.
Glenn Jacobs is one of WWE's most loyal employees. His 22-year in-ring run has gone largely interrupted since he debuted as Isaac Yankem DDS in 1995, and only The Undertaker and Mark Henry can match his longevity among currently active wrestlers. A surefire Hall of Famer, Kane has become a WWE institution, despite enduring one of the most up-and-down careers in wrestling history.
From stunning highs (Kane's 1997 debut, his incredible Royal Rumble record) to terrible lows (Katie Vick, the Lita/Snitsky fiasco), Jacobs has been through it all. His Kane character will go down as one of the most iconic in WWE history, and if he were to retire tomorrow, he'd do so as a former WWE, World Heavyweight, and ECW Champion with an astonishing 12 Tag Team Title reigns to his name.
Kane has been a prominent figure in WWE programming for years, and everybody knows about his onscreen antics. His act disguises one of the most interesting and complex performers in WWE history, however, and while Kane has always been relatively straightforward, Glenn Jacobs, the man behind the mask, is far from one-dimensional.
10. Kane's Quiet Life
Kane might be a big, lumbering Hell-beast on WWE television, but the man behind the mask couldn’t be more different. Behind the scenes, Glenn Jacobs is as low-key as it gets, and while not quite as big a hermit as his storyline brother, The Undertaker, he’s clearly somebody who values peace and quiet away from the chaotic world of professional wrestling.
On-screen, Kane has married (and almost had a child with) Lita, engaged in one of the most crude and tasteless angles in WWE history (Katie Vick), electrocuted Shane McMahon’s testicles, set fire to his brother’s casket, feuded with himself… and that’s just tip of the iceberg.
Off-screen, Glenn Jacobs has been happily married to his wife, Crystal, since August 23rd, 1995. The couple have two daughters together, and do a great job of keeping their private life exactly that.
For a man who has regularly been at the center of some of WWE’s most obnoxious storylines since debuting in 1995, perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that Jacobs would want to get away from it all when the cameras stop rolling. Still, you’d be hard-pressed to find a performer with a starker contrast between his/her on-screen persona and personal life.