WWE Hall of Famer Kane has had an illustrious career in professional wrestling. He spent more than two decades in WWE and then decided to go into politics. It was 2016, when the former WWE champion considered going into politics and officially launched a campaign as a Republican in 2017. In 2018, he became the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. Recently, while speaking on The Undertaker’s Six Feet Under post, Kane revealed that dealing with WWE locker room politics actually prepared him for politics in his real life.
Kane about joining politics
Kane stated, “People say ‘wrestling entering politics, quite the departure’ and I’m like, ‘No, they are not.’ Different kinds of politics, but there’s politics everywhere in our world, and definitely in WWE, you had to learn to deal with internal politics if you want to be successful. As weird as it may sound, there’s really not that much of a difference.”
The WWE Hall of Famer further said that politics is just as entertaining as wrestling and winning over the crowd at WWE arenas and rallies is not that different. According to Kane, politics is interesting because you have people who are focused on that as well. “You are trying to appeal to voters and the community at large,” said Jacobs.
The Big Red Machine found success in both wrestling and politics
Kane’s tenure as a politician was successful, as he was elected mayor once again in 2022 by defeating Democratic candidate Debbie Helmsley. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021. Kane made his WWE debut in 1995 as Mike Unabomb and wrestled under this name for two years. He was eventually introduced as a horrifying masked character, Kane, in 1997. This change worked for him, as he was introduced as the real-life half-brother of The Undertaker, who is out to take revenge on his brother. “The Big Red Machine” was one of the most fearsome heels during his WWE stint and has been part of some notable storylines. Kane has won the WWE World Championship three times and the Tag Team Championship 12 times during his WWE career and is arguably one of the greatest WWE superstars of all time.
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