Glenn Jacobs, widely known as Kane the ‘Big Red Machine’ to millions of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fans, will try his hand at politics.
Standing seven-feet-tall and armed with a chokeslam, the long-time WWE superstar plans to leave his mark outside the ring when he runs for mayor of Knox County. As first reported by the New York Daily News, Jacobs, recently filed the necessary paperwork to start the mayoral bid.
The 49-year-old who once identified as a libertarian will run as a Republican to replace incumbent mayor Tim Burchett in 2018.
“I think the most important thing is I care very deeply about this community, like a lot of people do,” Jacobs told WBIR in 2016.