Real
Name:
Glen Jacobs
Nicknames: Big Red Machine
Birthdate: 26/04/67
Height: 7' 0"
Weight: 345 lbs
Signature Moves:
Chokeslam, Tombstone Piledriver
Biography
The era of
"the big red machine" Kane: In the summer of 1997, Undertaker was about to have
a major opposition. When Paul Bearer started threatening Undertaker with the
debut of his half-brother Kane. It first started with a necklace with a wooden
knickknack on it. Kane was supposed to be a burn victim who was burned as a
child. Bearer kept up his taunting angle all summer long and it wasn't until
October that we'd see him for the first time, since he graduated from dental
school and gave up his Diesel gimmick ; ) He first came to the
WWE
in October and made his devastating debut at BaddBlood '98 (now called No Mercy)
where he tombstoned Undertaker allowing Shawn Michaels the win. Undertaker and
Michaels had wrestled previously at Ground Zero in your house ® and this was a
rematch for the number one contendership. Kane had shocked the world. Kane made
a tremendous debut by tearing the steel cage door down and interfering. And not
only had he showed up, but also, Paul Bearer came with him. He not only came
with him as a manager but as Kane's supposed father. Meaning Kane and Undertaker
were half brothers. Kane came with the unique attire of a mask, which covered up
his scars on his face. Kane quickly gained recognition as a "monster". Back then
of course, WWE
gave Kane a lot more powers to make his gimmick more believable.
In fact on
his first Raw, he double choke-slammed the Hardy Boyz. Kane also made a wwe
employee burn on fire and had lighting strike in the arena. There was no doubt
Kane was an unbeatable force. At Royal Rumble '98 Kane appeared once again, by
interfering in Undertaker's championship match against Michaels. When the
undertaker was in the coffin, Kane torched it on fire, therefore, making a big
impact in that match. Kane, tried to aggravate the Undertaker as much as he
could to try and get a match. However he was unsuccessful, until Wrestle Mania
X4 when Undertaker challenged him. They fought aggressively and performed very
well. Kane was pretty offensive because it took Undertaker approx. three
tombstones to get the win. At one point in the match, Undertaker jumped off the
ring post and onto Kane who was on the table. Kane then fought Undertaker in an
Inferno match at Unforgiven '98, where Undertaker won. This was an unnecessary
rematch, because the idea of them taking each other on in the ring became old.
However,
also that year, Kane went on to defeat Steve Austin for the
WWE
title at King of the Ring '98. Where it was a cage match, while also being a
"first blood" stipulation. Kane got this right to face Austin after yet again,
defeating Undertaker on Raw with the assistance of Mankind. At their match at
King of the Ring, Undertaker came down and actually hit Austin with a chair,
therefore, making him bleed and giving Kane the win. The reason for this was
because; Kane had threatened to kill himself if he didn't win.
Kane held
the title for one day, when Austin challenged him the next night on Raw. Kane
was about to give Austin the tombstone, when Austin fought back and reversed it
into a stunner. Later that fall, Kane was given yet another title shot along
with Undertaker taking on Austin in a triple threat match at Breakdown in your
house. Where Both Kane and Undertaker won, via a double pin fall, leading to
Judgment Day in your house '98 where Paul Bearer turned on him to join the
Undertaker. No victor in that match either.
Therefore,
making their roles reversed, by having the Undertaker heel. Kane helped Austin
defeat Undertaker in the Buried Alive match at Rock Bottom in your house in '98.
Being possibly his appearance as a true baby face for the first time ever. Kane,
later that year, turned heel, yet again, and joined the corporation with Chyna.
However, Kane was soon kicked out when Triple H joined at WMX5. Kane then
started having managers or valets to accompany him to the ring. He teamed up
with X-Pac for quite a while. Kane teamed up with X-Pac for numerous times
winning the tag titles, they were displayed as baby faces in the
WWE.
That team was completely over with the fans time in and time out.
However,
when DX reunited, it became odd for Kane and X-Pac as a team because, they both
knew X-Pac was DX material, although Sean tried to convince Kane that he wasn't
officially joining, however, as time would have it, he turned on Kane in a match
with the Dudley Boyz.
Kane became an emotional wreck, after these events. Therefore, creating a chain
of matches where they both defeated each other every now and then. Kane then got
a new friend, a valet named Torri. The
WWE
posed her his "girlfriend" for quite sometime, even though in reality, he was a
married man.
However, she
turned on him to join X-Pac later on. After, these people turned heel on Kane,
for a brief period, Paul Bearer returned good and managed Kane very briefly! Of
course, for a long period of timing Kane was all on his own until heading in to
'01 Kane and Undertaker started teaming up as a tag team. However, they turned
on each other from time to time. Kane now is currently posed as a baby face and
is on Raw, where he sports the Intercontinental championship. Kane was injured
previously when he was working out and injured his arm forcing himself to take
time off. Perhaps now Kane will be on the road to a bright illustrious future.
It appears as though WWE has a lot of confidence in him. Specially Jim Ross for
that matter. In my opinion Kane was best in the beginning but still, he's got
some potential, but could be a lot better!! Kane's mask now currently has a
different design exposing his mandible area and goatee.
