History Wrestling / Kane

->''"To all those people who call me inhuman...who call me a freak, who call me a monster...I want to prove them '''right.'''”''

'''[[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon THAT'S GOTTA...THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE!]]'''

* BaitTheDog: When he crashes Edge and Lita's wedding, he makes sure to not harm the elderly priest...until the end, when he [[FinishingMove Tombstones]] the priest in a fit of rage while Lita and Edge watch in horror.

** Years later he did this to AJ, picking her up after she took a nasty bump. His intentions were...unclear.

* CombatPragmatist: Most of Kane's strikes target the throat/windpipe. Also, on more than one occasion of an opponent trying to come off the top rope, Kane simply kicks the ropes, and whoever happens to be on the turnbuckle at the time loses their footing...[[GroinAttack and usually lands very painfully.]] Given that his primary finisher is the chokeslam... there's a certain sense of psychology involved.

-->"I grew up locked in a basement, suffering severe psychological and emotional scarring when [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker my brother]] set my parents on fire. From there, I shifted around among a series of mental institutions until I was grown, at which point I buried my brother alive ... twice. Since then, I've set a couple of people on fire and abducted various co-workers. Oh, and I, uh, [[UnnecessaryRoughness once electrocuted]] [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon a man's]] [[GroinAttack testicles]]. Years ago, [[DiscontinuityNod I had a girlfriend named Katie]] but [[OldShame let's just say that didn't turn out too well]]. My real father is a guy named Wrestling/PaulBearer, who I [[BodyInABreadbox recently trapped in a meat locker]]. I've been [[Wrestling/{{Lita}} married]], divorced, broke up my ex-wife's [[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler wedding]] and Tombstoned the priest. And, [[LampshadeHanging for reasons never quite explained]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing Pete Rose.]]"

** Although he arguably had his strongest push (prior to his 2010 title run) while he was a babyface in 2002; he held the Intercontinental and Tag Team titles simultaneously, winning the latter in a Fatal Four-Way Tornado Tag TLC match...''without a partner''' (The Hurricane had been attacked backstage before the match). Then the Katie Vick angle happened, and well...

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: During his "Anger Management" segment with Daniel Bryan, the way Kane recounted his indiscretions with [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} various]] [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon co-workers]], [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker family]] [[Wrestling/PaulBearer members]], and [[Wrestling/{{Lita}} significant others]] sounded more like he was telling his life story than what made him angry.

* ActionDad: He has two daughters.
* ActionPolitician: Competed in several WWE matches during his campaign for Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, and even ''after'' winning the election.

** His feud with Wrestling/{{Edge}} over Wrestling/{{Lita}} was discontinued and effectively [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] once Wrestling/MattHardy returned and WWE could no longer keep it kayfabe. But nowadays it seems to have gone back to being considered canon, most likely due to the fact that Matt has long since been blackballed from the company[[note]]He has since returned.[[/note]]

-->"I grew up locked in a basement, suffering severe psychological and emotional scarring when [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker my brother]] set my parents on fire. From there, I shifted around among a series of mental institutions until I was grown, at which point I buried my brother alive ... twice. Since then, I've set a couple of people on fire and abducted various co-workers. Oh, and I, uh, [[UnnecessaryRoughness once electrocuted]] [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon a man's]] [[GroinAttack testicles]]. Years ago, [[DiscontinuityNod I had a girlfriend named Katie]] but [[OldShame let's just say that didn't turn out too well]]. My real father is a guy named Wrestling/PaulBearer, who I [[BodyInABreadbox recently trapped in a meat locker]]. I've been [[Wrestling/{{Lita}} married]], divorced, broke up my ex-wife's [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} wedding]] and Tombstoned the priest. And, [[LampshadeHanging for reasons never quite explained]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing Pete Rose.]]"

* ManlyTears: After Wrestling/{{Edge}} abducted Wrestling/PaulBearer, and Kane searched backstage for him in vain. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Poor guy.]]

** Kane's marriage to Wrestling/{{Lita}} was technically retconned due to the whole Wrestling/MattHardy / Lita / Wrestling/{{Edge}} triangle storyline. They've recently removed it from CanonDiscontinuity, probably because Matt's been released and blackballed from the company.

---> '''Kane''': And y'know something brothers!? Whether it's the millions! And millions of [[Wrestling/TheRock Rock]] fans, or 20,000 Hulkamaniacs, or 20,000 screaming Kane-nites! The question is brothers, what you gonna do... Wrestling/ScottHall, Wrestling/KevinNash, Wrestling/XPac! What you gonna do when Hulk Hogan, and the Rock, and the BIG. RED. MACHINE. RUN. WILD. ON. YOUUUUUU!? WHAT YOU GONNA DOOOOOO!?

He also altered the execution of his finishers, going back to [[http://youtu.be/9ZNlLUwnLWI?t=2m51s his old-school one-armed chokeslam]] (and using more force overall), and, sometimes, [[http://youtu.be/YET0pMs4X9o?t=29s a version of the Tombstone Piledriver in which he simply lets his feet out from under him]] (resulting in a much quicker, and more painful looking fall), [[http://youtu.be/YET0pMs4X9o?t=3m34s instead of being safer by kneeling slowly]] [[http://youtu.be/0NXzxmzqjEg?t=1m41s He used the former version during an attack on Daniel Bryan]] in April 2014, ''[[UpToEleven on the steel steps at ringside.]]''

* CombatPragmatist: Most of Kane's strikes target the throat/windpipe. Also, on more than one occasion of an opponent trying to [[IHaveTheHighGround come off the top rope]], Kane simply kicks the ropes, and whoever happens to be on the turnbuckle at the time loses their footing...[[GroinAttack and usually lands very painfully.]] Given that his primary finisher is the chokeslam... there's a certain sense of psychology involved.

* JackOfAllStats: One of the prime reasons he's so well respected in the wrestling community is his wealth of skills in different areas. In the ring, he has the look of a power wrestler (read: he's '''huge'''), and even at his advanced age, may be one of the strongest guys on the WWE roster (see CharlesAtlasSuperpower). But he's also extremely agile for his size, still uses a [[IHaveTheHighGround top-rope diving clothesline]] as a signature move to this day, and can also be a striker and dip into GarbageWrestler when a brawl is required. In terms of his promo skills, he's been a LargeHam and he's been the Voiceless. He can be [[TheStoic deadly serious]], comic, TheComicallySerious, or anything in between.

* TheBigDamnKiss: AJ Lee planted one on him on the June 11, 2012 episode of ''Raw''. The following Sunday at ''Wrestling/{{No Way Out|Wrestling}}'', he would return the favor.

* AntiHero: Assumed to be a Type V as a face given the nature of his character... but careful examination will show that he's more often a Type IV that gradually slides to Type III the longer he stays a face - which inevitably causes some level of Badass Decay before he [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor goes on another murderous rampage.]]

* FingerlessGloves: Only wears one on his right hand. Recently returned to the full-fingered glove he wore when he first appeared in the company in the gimmick.

Glenn Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967) is a Spanish-born American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and politician trained by Ray Candy who is best known for a stint in Wrestling/{{WWE}} under the name '''Kane'''. He is one of WWE's longest-tenured superstars, with the gimmick having debuted in 1997 (and having worked for WWE a number of times prior to the Kane gimmick); in {{Kayfabe}}, Kane is the half-brother of Wrestling/TheUndertaker, with Kane's father being Undertaker's former manager Wrestling/PaulBearer (the "Brothers of Destruction" shared the same mother). He was originally thought to be dead, due to a fire started by the Undertaker that also claimed the lives of his parents, before Paul Bearer brought him back. Since their initial feud, Kane and Undertaker have both teamed up and feuded again several times.

* BadassBookworm: Jacobs has been frequently remarked by his fellow wrestlers to be an extremely intelligent man with a voracious appetite for reading, to the point where [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]] once joked on his podcast that Jacobs "must've read every damn book on the planet." He proved this when he appeared as Kane on ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' and won, and quite handily, at that.

-->"I grew up locked in a basement, suffering severe psychological and emotional scarring when [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker my brother]] set my parents on fire. From there, I shifted around among a series of mental institutions until I was grown, at which point I buried my brother alive ... twice. Since then, I've set a couple of people on fire and abducted various co-workers. Oh, and I, uh, [[UnnecessaryRoughness once electrocuted]] [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon a man's]] [[GroinAttack testicles]]. Years ago, [[DiscontinuityNod I had a girlfriend named Katie]] but [[OldShame let's just say that didn't turn out too well]]. My real father is a guy named Wrestling/PaulBearer, who I [[StuffedIntoTheFridge recently trapped in a meat locker]]. I've been [[Wrestling/{{Lita}} married]], divorced, broke up my ex-wife's [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} wedding]] and Tombstoned the priest. And, [[LampshadeHanging for reasons never quite explained]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing Pete Rose.]]"

For a detailed look at Kane's in-ring career, you can check out his Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_(wrestler) page]]. Kane's kayfabe history is a little more... convoluted... so in lieu of a Wikipedia article, instead you can check out [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/287909/Evolution-Schematic-6.20.13:-Kane-%28Version-2.0%29-%5BPart-1%5D.htm this special two]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/287912 part column]] on 411mania that does its best to cover Kane's kayfabe history (it even works Glenn Jacobs' gimmicks prior to Kane into the kayfabe) up to 2013.

* JackOfAllStats: One of the prime reasons he's so well respected in the wrestling community is his wealth of skills in different areas. In the ring, he has the look of a power wrestler (read: he's '''huge'''), and even at his advanced age, may be one of the strongest guys on the WWE roster (see CharlesAtlasSuperpower). But he's also extremely agile for his size, still uses a [[IHaveTheHighGround top-rope diving clothesline]] as a signature move to this day, and can also be a striker and dip into GarbageWrestler when a brawl is required. In terms of his promo skills, he's been a LargeHam and he's been the Voiceless. He can be [[TheStoic deadly serious]], [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments comic]], TheComicallySerious, or anything in between.

* PutOnABus: By Wrestling/MarkHenry.

* [[RealMenWearPink Real Men Love]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Puppies and Rainbows]]: [[SubvertedTrope HELL NO!]] Except when [[EatTheDog puppies are there for snacking]].

** Wrestling/TheShield, an animosity shared with [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson his tag-team partner]], are one of his newest arch enemies. Even after he joined The Authority. He and The Shield still don't get along. [[RealityEnsues This proved to be a problem later,]] as a combination of this personal animosity and LooseLips eventually cost The Authority The Shield's loyalty.

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Glenn Thomas Jacobs, born April 26, 1967 in Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain, is a Spanish-born American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and politician trained by Ray Candy who is best known for a stint in Wrestling/{{WWE}} under the name '''Kane'''. He is one of WWE's longest-tenured superstars, with the gimmick having debuted in 1997 (and having worked for WWE a number of times prior to the Kane gimmick); in {{Kayfabe}}, Kane is the half-brother of Wrestling/TheUndertaker, with Kane's father being Undertaker's former manager Wrestling/PaulBearer (the "Brothers of Destruction" shared the same mother). He was originally thought to be dead, due to a fire started by the Undertaker that also claimed the lives of his parents, before Paul Bearer brought him back. Since their initial feud, Kane and Undertaker have both teamed up and feuded again several times.

Glenn Thomas Jacobs, born April 26, 1967 in Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain, is a Spanish-born American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and politician trained by Ray Candy who is best known for a stint in Wrestling/{{WWE}} under the name "Kane". He is one of WWE's longest-tenured superstars, with the gimmick having debuted in 1997 (and having worked for WWE a number of times prior to the Kane gimmick); in {{Kayfabe}}, Kane is the half-brother of Wrestling/TheUndertaker, with Kane's father being Undertaker's former manager Wrestling/PaulBearer (the "Brothers of Destruction" shared the same mother). He was originally thought to be dead, due to a fire started by the Undertaker that also claimed the lives of his parents, before Paul Bearer brought him back. Since their initial feud, Kane and Undertaker have both teamed up and feuded again several times.

* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he does have a funny moment.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He pulled The Big Show off of Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio as he was giving Alberto a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, saying "You're going to kill him!"

** Beginning of a match between him and Wrestling/BoogeyMan, Kane's facial expression looks pretty peturbed from the antics of his opponent with worms coming from his mouth.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[https://a2-images.myspacecdn.com/images03/35/47feb6a909c5473fa1e122eda2b7fc04/600x600.jpg Here's a picture]] of Glenn and his wife Crystal.

* QuizzicalTilt: Kane commonly did this while mute and wearing a mask. Ever since AJ Lee entered his picture, he's been known to do this a few times in response to some of her more questionable actions.

* EvilVsEvil: Even when he's a face, Kane is at his best, a NobleDemon, so his feuds against heels tend to be this.

Glenn Thomas Jacobs, born April 26, 1967, is a Spanish-born American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and politician trained by Ray Candy who is best known for a stint in Wrestling/{{WWE}} under the name "Kane". He is one of WWE's longest-tenured superstars, with the gimmick having debuted in 1997 (and having worked for WWE a number of times prior to the Kane gimmick); in {{Kayfabe}}, Kane is the half-brother of Wrestling/TheUndertaker, with Kane's father being Undertaker's former manager Wrestling/PaulBearer (the "Brothers of Destruction" shared the same mother). He was originally thought to be dead, due to a fire started by the Undertaker that also claimed the lives of his parents, before Paul Bearer brought him back. Since their initial feud, Kane and Undertaker have both teamed up and feuded again several times.