Glenn McAlmond (wrestler)

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Kane

Birth name	Glenn Thomas McAlmond
Born	April 26, 1967 (age 48) Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
Residence	Dandridge, Tennessee, United States
Alma mater	Northeast Missouri State University
Spouse(s)	Crystal Goins (m. 1995)
Children	2
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Angus King Bruiser Mastino Christmas Creature Diesel Doomsday Isaac Yankem, DDS Kane Mike Unabomb Unibomb
Billed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Billed weight	323 lb (147 kg)
Trained by	Dean Malenko
Debut	1992

Glenn Thomas McAlmond (born April 26, 1967), better known by the ring name Kane, is an American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician. He is signed to IWE where he performs on the SmackDown brand.

McAlmond began his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1992. He wrestled in promotions such as Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) and the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) before joining the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) in 1995. Jacobs played various characters until 1997, when he was repackaged as Kane, the mentally disturbed, pyromaniacal younger half-brother of The Undertaker, with whom McAlmond would alternatively feud or team as The Brothers of Destruction.

Following his debut, Kane remained a pivotal component of the company's Attitude Era of the late 1990s and early 2000s, defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin—the "poster boy" of the era—for the IWF Championship in his first pay-per-view (PPV) main event at King of the Ring in June 1998. He continued to compete in world championship PPV matches for the next 20 years, and stands as the most prolific PPV performer in IWF/IWE history.

Kane is a three-time world champion (having held the IWF Championship, XCW Championship and IWE's World Heavyweight Championship once each) and a 12-time world tag team champion, having held the IWF/IWE/World Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship and IWE Tag Team Championships with various partners. He is also a two-time Intercontinental Champion and a 2010 Money in the Bank winner as well as the third man to win IWE's Grand Slam. Kane also holds the record for cumulative Royal Rumble match eliminations at 44.

Outside of professional wrestling, McAlmond has made numerous guest appearances in film and on television, including the lead role in the 2006 IWE Studios production See No Evil and its 2014 sequel. McAlmond is also a longtime supporter of libertarian political causes. On May 1, 2018, Jacobs won the Republican primary election for the mayoral seat of Knox County, Tennessee.

[edit] Early life

[edit] Professional wrestling career

[edit] Early career (1992–1995)

[edit] International Wrestling Federation/Entertaiment/IWE

[edit] Early gimmicks (1995–1997)

[edit] Re-debut as Kane; IWF Champion (1997–2000)

[edit] The Brothers of Destruction (2000–2001)

Main Article: The Brothers of Destruction

[edit] Championship reigns and unmasking (2002–2003)

[edit] Relationship with Lita (2004–2005)

[edit] Teaming with Big Show and "May 19" (2005-2006)

Main article: Big Show and Kane

[edit] Brand switches and XCW Champion (2006–2009)

[edit] World Heavyweight Champion (2010–2011)

[edit] Re-masking and Team Hell No (2011–2013)

Main article: Team Hell No

[edit] The Authority (2013–2015)

Main article: The Authority

[edit] Various feuds (2015–2018)

[edit] Team Hell No and Brothers of Destruction Reunion (2018–present)

[edit] Other media

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film

Year	Title	Role

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes

[edit] Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes

[edit] Political career

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Tag Team of the Year (1999) with X-Pac
- PWI ranked him #13 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1999 and 2004
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
- SMW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Al Snow
United States Wrestling Association
- USWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
International Wrestling Federation / International Wrestling Entertainment
- XCW Championship (1 time)
- World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- IWF Championship (1 time)
- IWF/E Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
- IWE Tag Team Championship (2 time, current) – with Big Show (1) and Kody Brown (1, current)
- World Tag Team Championship (9 times) – with Mankind (2), X-Pac (2), The Undertaker (2), The Hurricane (1), Kyle Van Johnson (1), and Big Show (1)
- WCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Undertaker
- IWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
- Mr. Money in the Bank (SmackDown) (July 2010)
- Eighth Triple Crown Champion
- Third Grand Slam Champion
- Slammy Award for Best Family Values (2010) For beating up Jack Swagger, Sr..
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (2004) Impregnating Nicole
- Most Overrated (2010)
- Worst Feud of the Year (2002) vs. Triple K
- Worst Feud of the Year (2003) vs. James Mayer
- Worst Feud of the Year (2004) vs. Matt Hooper and Nicole
- Worst Feud of the Year (2007) vs. Big Daddy K
- Worst Feud of the Year (2008) vs. Scott Wright
- Worst Feud of the Year (2010) vs. Edge
- Worst Gimmick (1996) as Fake Diesel
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (2001) with The Undertaker vs. KroniK at Unforgiven

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-| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''Glenn McAlmond'''</span><br>
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-| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kane_at_Raw_House_Show_2011.png/220px-Kane_at_Raw_House_Show_2011.png<br>Kane at a 2011 Raw house show.
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 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Ring name(s)'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Birth name'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | '''Kane<br>Christmas Creature<br>Doomsday<br>Diesel<br>Isaac Yankem, D.D.S.<br>Mike Unabomb<br>Unibomb<br>Bruiser Mastino
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Glenn Thomas McAlmond
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" |  '''Billed height'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Born'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |April 26, 1967 (age 48)<br>Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Billed weight'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Residence'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 323 lb (147 kg)
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Dandridge, Tennessee, United States
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Born'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Alma mater'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | April 26, 1967 (age 44) <br> Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Northeast Missouri State University
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Resides'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Spouse(s)'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Knoxville, Tennessee
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Crystal Goins (m. 1995)
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Billed from'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Children'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Parts Unknown
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |2
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Debut'''
+| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3"|'''[[Professional Wrestling|Professional wrestling career]]'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | June 18, 1992
+|- valign="top"
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''[[Ring Name|Ring name(s)]]'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Angus King<br>Bruiser Mastino<br>Christmas Creature<br>[[Kevin Nash|Diesel]]<br>Doomsday<br>Isaac Yankem, DDS<br>'''Kane'''<br>Mike Unabomb<br>Unibomb
+|- valign="top"
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Billed height'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
+|- valign="top"
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Billed weight'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |323 lb (147 kg)
+|- valign="top"
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Trained by'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Dean Barnhart|Dean Malenko]]
+|- valign="top"
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Debut'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |1992
 |}
-'''Glenn 'Thomas' McAlmond''' (born April 26, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name, '''Kane'''. He is working for [[IWE]], signed to its [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand extension|brand]] but is currently inactive due to an injury.
+'''Glenn Thomas McAlmond''' (born April 26, 1967), better known by the ring name '''Kane''', is an American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician. He is signed to [[IWE]] where he performs on the [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brand]].
+McAlmond began his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1992. He wrestled in promotions such as Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) and the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) before joining the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) in 1995. Jacobs played various [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|characters]] until 1997, when he was repackaged as Kane, the mentally disturbed, [[Pyromania|pyromaniacal]] younger half-brother of [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]], with whom McAlmond would alternatively [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] or [[Tag Team|team]] as [[The Brothers of Destruction]].
+Following his debut, Kane remained a pivotal component of the company's [[The Attitude Era|Attitude Era]] of the late 1990s and early 2000s, defeating [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]]—the "poster boy" of the era—for the IWF Championship in his first [[List of IWE pay-per-view events|pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[Main Event|main event]] at [[IWF King of the Ring (1998)|King of the Ring]] in June 1998. He continued to compete in [[Professional Wrestling Championship#World championships|world championship]] PPV matches for the next 20 years, and stands as the most prolific PPV performer in IWF/IWE history.
+Kane is a three-time world champion (having held the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]], [[XCW Championship]] and IWE's [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] once each) and a 12-time [[World Tag Team Championship|world tag team champion]], having held the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF/IWE/World Tag Team Championship]], [[WCW Tag Team Championship]] and [[IWE Raw Tag Team Championship|IWE Tag Team Championships]] with various partners. He is also a two-time [[List of IWE Intercontinental Champions|Intercontinental Champion]] and a [[IWE Money in the Bank (2010)|2010 Money in the Bank winner]] as well as the third man to win IWE's [[Grand Slam (professional wrestling)#IWE Grand Slam Champions|Grand Slam]]. Kane also holds the record for cumulative [[IWE Royal Rumble#Match|Royal Rumble match]] eliminations at 44.
-McAlmond began his wrestling career in 1992 working on independent circuits. He wrestled in [[Smoky Mountain Wrestling]] as ''Unabomb'' where he won the [[SMW Tag Team Championship]] as a member of [[The Dynamic Duo]], and in the [[United States Wrestling Association]] where he won the [[Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship|USWA Heavyweight Championship]] as ''Doomsday''. He later joined his current promotion, the [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] (which later became World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002) in <!--JACOBS DEBUTED IN THE WWF IN 1970 AS "ISAAC YANKEM DDS". HE WAS REPACKAGED AS "KANE" IN 1997.-->1995, where he wrestled under various gimmicks before debuting as his current character, Kane, in 1997. LeGreca is the [[Kayfabe|storyline]] half-brother of [[The Undertaker]], with whom Kane has teamed up as the [[Brothers of Destruction]].
+Outside of professional wrestling, McAlmond has made numerous guest appearances in film and on television, including the lead role in the 2006 [[IWE Studios]] production ''[[See No Evil (2006 Film)|See No Evil]]'' and its [[See No Evil 2 (Film)|2014 sequel]]. McAlmond is also a longtime supporter of [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] political causes. On May 1, 2018, Jacobs won the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] primary election for the mayoral seat of [[Knox County, Tennessee]].
-McAlmond has accumulated 17 championship accolades during his IWE career. He is a three-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|world champion]], having won the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] [[List of IWE Champions|once]], the [[XCW World Heavyweight Championship|XCW Championship]] [[List of XCW World Heavyweight Champions|once]], and the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] [[List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE)|once]] (tied for [[List of World Heavyweight Champions (IWE)#Reigns|third longest]] reign in history) making him the first person ever to hold all three IWE world titles. He is also a [[List of IWE Intercontinental Champions|two-time]] [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF/E Intercontinental Champion]], a [[List of IWE Hardcore Champions|one-time]] [[IWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Champion]], and an eleven-time [[World Tag Team Championship|Tag Team Champion]]; winning the [[IWE Tag Team Championship]] (once with The Big Show), the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship]] [[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|once]] (with [[Martin McAlmond]]), and the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|World Tag Team Champion]] [[List of World Tag Team Champions (IWE)|nine times]] (twice with [[Mick Foley|Mankind]], [[Sean McCurry|X-Pac]], and Martin McAlmond; and once with [[Gregory Beasly|The Hurricane]], [[Rob Van Dam|Kyle Van Johnson]], and [[The Big Marc|Big Marc]]). LeGreca is the third [[Grand Slam Championship#IWF/E Grand Slam|Grand Slam Champion]] in IWE history. In addition to championships, he is a one-time [[Money in the Bank Ladder Match|Money in the Bank]] winner, also he has become the quickest man to cash in the briefcase. LeGreca currently holds several records in the [[Royal Rumble]] match. Most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble with 11, most Royal Rumble match appearances with 15, most consecutive appearances in the match with 13 from 1999 to 2011, and the quickest elimination of another competitor at 1.8 seconds.
+==Early life==
 ==Professional wrestling career==
+===Early career (1992–1995)===
-===International Wrestling Federation / Entertaiment (1995–present)===
+===International Wrestling Federation/Entertaiment/IWE===
-==== Early gimmicks (1995–1997)====
+====Early gimmicks (1995–1997)====
-==== Feud with Martin McAlmond (1997–2000)====
+====Re-debut as Kane; IWF Champion (1997–2000)====
-====Brothers of Destruction (2001)====
+====The Brothers of Destruction (2000–2001)====
-: ''Main Article: [[Brothers of Destruction]]''
+:''Main Article: [[The Brothers of Destruction]]''
 ====Championship reigns and unmasking (2002–2003)====
-====Relationship with Nicole (2004–2005)====
+====Relationship with Lita (2004–2005)====
-====Teaming with Big Marc (2005–2006)====
+====Teaming with Big Show and "May 19" (2005-2006)====
+:''Main article: [[Big Show and Kane]]''
-====Various rivalries and XCW Champion (2006–2010)====
+====Brand switches and XCW Champion (2006–2009)====
 ====World Heavyweight Champion (2010–2011)====
-====Reunion with Big Show, IWE Tag Team Champion, and injury (2011)====
+====Re-masking and Team Hell No (2011–2013)====
-: ''See also: [[Big Show and Kane]]''
+:''Main article: [[Team Hell No]]''
-====Return under the Mask (2011–2012)====
+====The Authority (2013–2015)====
-[[File:Kane Return Slammy Awards 2011.jpg|200px|thumb|Kane Return Slammy Awards 2011.]]
+:''Main article: [[The Authority (professional wrestling)|The Authority]]''
-On the November 21 edition of Raw, IWE hyped the return of Kane by showing a vignette with Kane lighting a match, punching through glass — wearing the studded leather glove worn during the company's [[The Attitude Era|Attitude Era]], as opposed to the finger gloves worn in recent years — and dropping the matchstick onto a newer mask (Half-mask style of his 2002-2003 mask, but the design of his 1997-2002 mask), which then caught fire. Another promo was aired on the November 28 edition of Raw, which ended with the title "Kane Resurrected". On the December 5 edition of Raw, a third vignette aired, Kane was seen looking into the mirror again, seen by a flashback of several superstars on fire like The Rock, Garrett. Justin Eldridge and Dustin Simpson, then Kane is seen putting the mask on his face, and seeing him wear it briefly, then soon after the mask was seen to be set on fire again.
-After a long absence, Kane made his return on the December 12 edition of ''Raw'' during the main event at the [[Slammy_Award#2011_Slammy_Awards|2011 Slammy Award]] presentations, attacking [[Dustin Simpson]] becoming a villain once again. He also debuted a new mask and ring attire, after removing a steel mask from it.
+====Various feuds (2015–2018)====
-====Storyline with Kody Brown (2012-present)====
+====Team Hell No and Brothers of Destruction Reunion (2018–present)====
-: ''Main article: [[Team Hell No]]''
-==Personal life==
 ==Other media==
-==Filmography==
+== Filmography ==
+=== Film ===
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+|}
+=== Television ===
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+|-
+|}
+=== Web series ===
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+!style="text-align: center; background: #e3e3e3; "|Notes
+|}
+==Political career==
+==Personal life==<!--
 ==In wrestling==
 [[File:Chokeslam.jpg|thumb|right|180px|alt=|Kane performing a chokeslam on [[Justin Eldridge|CM Punk]].]]
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 **"[[Voices: IWE The Music, Vol. 9#Track listing|Man on Fire]]" by Jim Johnston (August 18, 2008–July 22, 2011)
 **'''"[[IWE Music Group#Single releases|Veil of Fire]]"''' by Jim Johnston (December 12, 2011–present)
+-->
 ==Championships and accomplishments==
 *'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
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 **[[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] ([[List of IWE Champions|1 time]])
 **[[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF/E Intercontinental Championship]] ([[List of IWE Intercontinental Champions|2 times]])
-**[[IWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE Tag Team Champions|2 time]], current) – with [[Marc Beltran|The Big Show]] (1) and [[Kody Brown]] (1, current)
+**[[IWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE Tag Team Champions|2 time]], current) – with [[Marc Beltran|Big Show]] (1) and [[Kody Brown]] (1, current)
-**[[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (IWE)|9 times]]) – with [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] (2), X-Pac (2), [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] (2), [[Gregory Beasly|The Hurricane]] (1), [[Rob Van Dam|Kyle Van Johnson]] (1), and Big Marc (1)
+**[[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (IWE)|9 times]]) – with [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] (2), X-Pac (2), [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] (2), [[Gregory Beasly|The Hurricane]] (1), [[Rob Van Dam|Kyle Van Johnson]] (1), and Big Show (1)
 **[[WCW World Tag Team Championship|WCW Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|1 time]]) – with The Undertaker
 **[[IWF Hardcore Championship]] ([[List of IWE Hardcore Champions|1 time]])
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 **[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Worst Gimmick|Worst Gimmick]] (1996) <small>as Fake [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]]</small>
 **[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Worst Worked Match of the Year|Worst Worked Match of the Year]] (2001) <small>with The Undertaker vs. [[KroniK]] at [[IWF Unforgiven (2001)|Unforgiven]] </small>
+==Luchas de Apuestas record==
+==References==
+==External links==