10 Times WWE Saddled Wrestlers With HORRENDOUS Names
3. Isaac Yankem, DDS
Either Vince McMahon has something on Glenn Jacobs, or he’s the most incredible company man the world has ever seen. The man better known as Kane has been with WWE for 25 years, and has had to suffer through some pretty stupid and embarrassing angles and gimmicks. None, though, quite compare to his role as Isaac Yankem, DDS.
Jacobs debuted as Mike Unabomb, and while that’s daft (as well as insensitive), it doesn’t hold a candle to Yankem. Everything about this name and gimmick is stupid, from the pun to the costume to his role as Jerry Lawler’s private dentist. This was an era of wrestling in which most characters had kayfabe professions, and to his credit, the spectacle of the enormous and talented Jacobs shone through the ludicrous character. A famously intelligent man, Jacobs stuck this out where many would have looked to jump ship out of sheer embarrassment, and in a couple of years reemerged as the ever-present Big Red Machine.
It’s a testament to the man’s business sense that he put up with Yankem as well as his much derided role as the fake Diesel, and came out the other side as one of the most reliable hands in the business.