WWE is getting closer to the Royal Rumble and fans are expecting some surprises in both Men’s and Women’s Royal Rumble matches.
Pwinsider.com reports that former WWE Champion Kane is slated to be at this Sunday’s Royal Rumble PPV. Although Kane has not been announced for the Rumble match, the site speculated that Kane set up his appearance at the show during his most recent return on WWE television.
Royal Rumble: Former WWE Champion Expected
Kane appeared on Friday Night SmackDown this week on FOX in Greensboro, NC at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex where he brought up the history between Kane and The Fiend. This led to The Fiend coming out from out of the ring and Daniel Bryan took out The Fiend.
The promo was largely putting over that he maintains the record for the most eliminations in Rumble match history.
There are 9 open spots for the contest. WWE is expected to announce more stars for this contest this week. The following names have been announced thus far:
Brock Lesnar in the #1 spot, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, Ricochet, Rey Mysterio, AJ Styles, Erick Rowan, King Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, Otis, Tucker, Elias, Aleister Black, Buddy Murphy, Rusev, Bobby Lashley, R-Truth, Braun Strowman, WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, Cesaro.
WWE presents the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event on Sunday, January 26, 2020 Houston, Texas at the Minute Maid Park and airs on the WWE Network.
Kane made his return to WWE television and it was a noteworthy appearance.
He did so on Friday Night SmackDown this week on FOX in Greensboro, NC at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. As seen on the show, Kane cut a promo about how the Royal Rumble Match works.
Kane Returns On SmackDown
Bray Wyatt appeared on the big screen where he brought up the history between Kane and The Fiend. This led to The Fiend coming out from out of the ring and Daniel Bryan took out The Fiend.
Kane, real name Glenn Jacobs, is the Mayor of Knox County in Tennessee.
His previous appearance on WWE television came when he appeared on the September 16, 2019 episode of Monday Night RAW in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Thompson-Boling Arena.
This was where he won the WWE 24/7 Title and briefly held it until he dropped the championship back to R-Truth. Fast forward to the main event, Seth Rollins was battling Robert Roode in a singles match.
Once The OC (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows) ran down to attack him, Kane, dressed in his wrestling attire, came down to make the save. This led to Bray Wyatt appearing and putting Kane down.
He was last seen in action when he competed at the WWE Crown Jewel event last November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the King Saud University Stadium that aired on the WWE Network.
Kane and The Undertaker lost to Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a tag team match at the Crown Jewel show. Since then, he has put his focus on his political career.
Kane made an appearance on WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s WWE Network show, “Steve Austin: The Broken Skull Sessions” earlier this month.
WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin recently had Kane join him on an episode of his WWE Network show, Broken Skull Sessions. During their exchange, Kane opened up about being approached by Vince McMahon about the infamous dentist gimmick, Isaac Yankem DDS.
Life Before Kane
Kane recalled how Vince asked him if he had ever been afraid of going to the dentist. Confused by the question, he ran through a mental checklist trying to figure out why he was being asked the question. After replying ‘No,’ Vince allegedly responded: “Good, because I’ve always wanted to do this character: Issac Yankem, a wrestling dentist. Get it, I. Yankem?'”
“And then he did the Vince laugh, first time I ever heard it. And then of course you do the Vince laugh, too, right? Because you’re like, ‘Oh, this is going to be great,'” Kane said. “So, I was like way up here [laughing], ‘That’s great…how am I going to do that?’ I remember just flying back home thinking, ‘How in the world am I going to pull that off?'”
Kane would portray the dentist Yankem from 1995 through to September 1996. He would eventually be repackaged as The Undertaker’s brother, Kane, making his re-debut at Bad Blood: In Your House on October 5th 1997.
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Posted January 14th, 2020 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
The guest for the third episode of WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s WWE Network show is set and it’s Kane who will be appearing.
The guest for the show, “Steve Austin: The Broken Skull Sessions,” was recently announced.
It’s Gotta Be Kane Appearing
On Friday, WWE confirmed via a post on Twitter that Austin’s third guest will be none other than the future WWE Hall of Famer. The episode premieres on WWE’s streaming service immediately following the NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool special next Sunday.
The first episode featured a 90-minute interview with The Undertaker that was largely praised by fans. WWE also aired this episode after a main roster pay-per-view event, which was Survivor Series in November.
Last month, Austin had the chance to interview WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg, which marked the second episode. Now, the third installment will see Kane appearing.
Austin has stated in previous interviews that he has already filmed a few episodes of the show. So far, WWE has aired one episode with one interview featuring a legend each month.
NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II goes down on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at the Empress Ballroom and will air on their streaming service, the WWE Network.
NXT UK Champion WALTER will make his next title defense against Joe Coffey in the main event of the show.
Posted January 3rd, 2020 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
WWE Legend Kane has a new autobiography titled Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics. In an interview with Sporting News, Kane discussed his new book and explained how he is currently semi-retired from WWE.
Reflecting on his long career with the promotion, Kane referred to his time working with Daniel Bryan as a part of Team Hell No as the most fun he’s had in wrestling.
“That’s what I would attribute my longevity to, frankly, is the ability to reinvent myself,” he said. “And I think that’s true for anyone who has a long career. They never stay the same character, quite the same character, the whole way through. Speaking about Daniel Bryan, specifically, that was a blast and some of the most fun I had in my entire career because it was an absolute departure from the character that I played earlier.”
He continued, “If you asked people in 1998 and again in 2004 would Kane be comic relief on the show, they would have looked at you like you were crazy. All of that was amazing. I hope that I was able to show people that I wasn’t just somebody who had a mask and didn’t talk all the time. There was some depth and I could do some different things and was hopefully a more well-rounded performer than people probably initially thought that I would be.”
Kane’s long-time on-screen brother, The Undertaker, provided one of the forewords to his autography. He explained how ‘Taker has always been an advocate for him, noting how their first match took place in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1995. With their characters so interlinked on-screen, Kane spoke openly about how he would never have had the career he has enjoyed without The Undertaker.
The Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee and WWE Superstar Kane recently did an interview with Brian Fritz of Sporting News to promote his new book.
In the interview, he talked about whether he’s retired from WWE and an in-ring performer. His last appearance on WWE programming came back on September 16, 2019 edition of RAW.
“I think, with WWE, I don’t know if you ever really retire from it all the way, especially folks that are lucky enough to get in the position that I’m in,” said Jacobs. “You can always do stuff and they can find creative ways to use you. That’s one of the things I really look forward to. When people ask me if I’m looking forward to getting back in the ring, I’m like, ‘eh, I don’t know what I’d be doing, but I’m sure at some point I’ll do something.'”
It turns out that The Undertaker wrote the forward for his new book with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul writing the other.
This is where Kane talked about the respect that he has for The Undertaker, which he noted that Taker has always been a big advocate of his and then recalled their first match was in Smoky Mountain Wrestling back in 1995. He stated that so much of his career would be intertwined with Taker as storyline brothers and everything they have done together.
“I have an immense amount of personal respect for him. I would have never been able to do, in my career, what I was so fortunate to do if it hadn’t been for The Undertaker.”
Kane’s new book, Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics is now available.
Before becoming the Mayor of Knox County, Kane spent more than two decades in WWE as an active performer, during which he developed a strong relationship with the owner of the company Vince McMahon.
During his recent appearance on Busted Open Radio, the former World Champion talked about a number of things, and he also tried to clear a misconception about the Boss.
Kane first revealed that Mr. McMahon was very supportive of
his decision of becoming a mayor and he went on to claim that the perception
that Vince McMahon is a heartless person is not true at all:
“I think that people think Vince McMahon is this
heartless person that takes advantage of everyone, uses people until they are
all used up and then discards the husk of the human being that he has pulled
all of the energy out of. That is frankly not the case at all.
Does Vince McMahon make business decisions? Yes. I told him
to his face one time, the one thing that you are bad at as a businessman is
that you give people too many chances. They stab you in the back and then you
turn around and bring them back.”
The Big Red Monster went on to say that the reason McMahon
gives chances to people is that sometimes he believes that he can make money
off of them and other times he has some sort of emotional bond and loyalty with
them.
This according to the former ECW Champion, is almost a fault with him and this belief about the Boss is the biggest misconception people have about him.
Apart from this, Kane also talked about how his wrestling career helped him in his mayoral campaign, how Vince McMahon wants people to be successful and more. You can check out Kane’s comments in the video below:
On a recent episode of his podcast, X-Pac 12360, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman opened up about why Kane was his favorite tag team partner. He also addressed their dynamics working together as a team and the money they made via merchandise sales.
“He’s my favorite partner, of all my partners, the stuff we did, the stuff we created, the moments and you know the matches and all that, I just, it’s my favorite,” Waltman confessed.
“Just for creative reasons. Really proud of some of those matches we had…Really grateful because as much as Glenn says how good that was for him and his career, same for me. So yeah, it was great for me at the time. You just have that singles program with a guy like Glenn, with that kind of character, I am very proud of it. It’s just my favorite for so many reasons.”
Team Dynamic
The two played off their size difference, developing a dynamic that worked for the two of them as Kane played the bigger, stronger partner to X-Pac’s speedier approach. It’s a dyanmic that continues to inspire current wrestlers, including AEW’s Jurrasic Express.
“I’ve talked about this, and it’s advice I give to a lot of people down in the PC actually, especially because there is a lot of matches these days with disparity in size,” he said. “If you’re a smaller guy that wants to be successful working with bigger guys you have to come up with creative ways for them to stop themselves.”
He continued, “As opposed to all of a sudden when it’s time to get heat on them you just stop him, when he’s a foot taller than you and outweighs you by 200 pounds it’s much better if you move out of the way and he crashes and burns, and that’s how you shut him down. It makes more sense and it helps, it just makes it more credible. So I always had those creative ways of doing things like that… it was a lot of work.”
Waltman recalled making a lot of money during their time teaming together thanks to their merchandise. He remembered seeing a list in 2000 that listed him and Kane as numbers 4 and 5 in the company for merch sales, below top Superstars such as The Rock and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
The Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee and WWE Superstar Kane made an appearance on The Two Man Power Trip podcast where he discussed a wide range of pro wrestling topics.
During the interview, he talked about his return on this past Monday’s episode of RAW.
“As far as a shocking crazy return, I think it was. I think and as we say it was a really good piece of business. I’ve told people all along that last Monday they were in Knoxville so it was in my hometown and gosh, what a rush. Sometimes I forget about that but there is nothing like it.”
Kane talked about how there is nothing like walking through that curtain and the entrance music. He noted that he’s told people he would never say that Kane is over because he doesn’t know when that part of his life will be over.
The reason for that is due to him probably going to try to do whatever WWE asks him because he enjoys it. He added that it was a great night.
Kane was also pressed about his future with the company, which is when he responded with, I don’t know what the future holds but at least for one night it was pretty doggone cool.”
Kane made the save for Seth Rollins on this show as he was being beaten down The OC (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows). This led to Bray Wyatt appearing and putting Kane down.
Posted September 21st, 2019 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
Kane made his return on Monday’s episode of WWE’s flagship show, RAW.
Earlier in the night as himself, he showed R-Truth around town as the show was held in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Thompson-Boling Arena. This would lead to him pinning R-Truth to win the WWE 24/7 Title only to lose it later on.
Fast forward to the main event, WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins was battling WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Robert Roode in a non-title match.
Once The OC (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows) ran down to attack him, Kane, dressed in his wrestling attire, came down to make the save.
Kane, real name Glenn Jacobs, is the Mayor of Knox County in Tennessee.
He was last seen in action when he competed at the WWE Crown Jewel event last November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the King Saud University Stadium that aired on the WWE Network.
Kane and The Undertaker lost to Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a tag team match at the Crown Jewel show. Since then, he has put his focus on
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, also known as former WWE Champion Kane, made headlines when he brought back his pro wrestling character at the National Association of Sports Commissions Symposium.
During the political event that was held on Tuesday at the Knoxville Convention Center, Kane did a planned spot where he put on his famous mask and delivered a choke slam to a man through the table.
“Yeah, I’m mayor but that’s not all,” Jacobs before the spot. You can check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sExi8quNN0E
Kane was last seen on WWE programming inside of the squared circle when he decided to participate at the WWE Crown Jewel event last November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the King Saud University Stadium that aired on the WWE Network.
Kane and The Undertaker lost to Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a tag team match at the Crown Jewel special.
Outside of being the Mayor, in late 2018, it was announced by Dr. Tom Prichard that he would be working with Kane as they plan to open a new wrestling school in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Jacobs-Prichard Wrestling Academy has since opened.
It’s been a while since we saw Kane on WWE Programming and while there is no immediate sign of his return, the former World Champion is keeping a never say never attitude.
WWE recently published a video featuring Kane where he is
seen performing his day to day duties as the elected mayor of Knox County,
Tennessee.
Towards the end of the footage, he also talks about his last
match with brother Undertaker against DX and commenting on a possible comeback,
the Big Red Monster said never say never:
“There’s a saying in WWE: never say never. And, again, I love performing. The last match, Brothers of Destruction vs. D-Generation X, two legendary teams, two mythical teams, and it didn’t turn out like Undertaker and I wanted it to turn out. So, never say never. Maybe I’ll be back out there at some point.”
This video comes at a time where WWE is struggling with declining ratings and they are citing the absence of big names as the reason for the unexpected financial results for the first quarter of 2019.
Considering that the video comes from the company itself, it’s very hard not to see a hidden meaning behind it and the big question is if the Officials are planning to bring Kane back onto WWE TV anytime soon?
Posted April 26th, 2019 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
With WWE WrestleMania 35 less than a week away, the arrival of some of the biggest stars in professional wrestling in the area of the show has started. There are several events outside of the WWE banner taking place during this week.
According to a recent report by PWinsider.com, two former WWE Champions have recently been spotted in New York. Those stars are Kane and Bray Wyatt.
As of this writing, WWE has yet to advertise them for any shows. It’s likely that they are in town to visit with friends at the Hall of Fame ceremony and backstage at WrestleMania 35.
Kane, real name Glenn Jacobs, is the Mayor of Knox County in Tennessee and has been busy with this role in his community. In late 2018 it was announced by Dr. Tom Prichard that he would be working with Kane as they plan to open a new wrestling school, Jacobs-Prichard Wrestling Academy in Knoxville.
Wyatt is still preparing to make his return to WWE television on Monday Night RAW. Since WWE decided to take him off the TV show of the red brand in August, Wyatt has been sending out cryptic messages on his official Twitter account in order to remind people that he could make his return at any moment.
Seth Rollins recently opened a coffee shop in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa. Brewing up craft coffee experiences, 392Dport is located right next to his Black & Brave wrestling academy.
On the latest edition of the WWE Now YouTube series, Rollins spoke about the new entrepreneurial venture. Rollins explains that he decided to open the cafe after developing an appreciation for coffee shops while traveling the world with WWE.
– Former WWE Superstar Tye Dillinger, now wrestling as Shawn Spears, has booked his first post-WWE independent match. Spears will wrestle for Create A Pro Wrestling on Friday, May 31st in Lynbrook, New York.
We are thrilled to announce the first post WWE Independent match for Shawn Spears (fka Tye Dillinger). Event tickets and Meet and Greet tickets are available now for Create A Pro Wrestling on May 31st, 2019.
– Finally, this week is Read Across America week, a national campaign to promote literacy. Knox County, Tennessee Mayor Glenn Jacobs (Kane) visited Hopewell Elementary school on Friday morning, dressed up as Dr. Suess’ Cat in the Hat character and read “Oh the Places You Will Go” to dozens of students in honor of Dr. Seuss’ 115th birthday.
Mayor Jacobs hosted a birthday party for Dr. Seuss Friday afternoon at the Bearden Branch Library. You can see Kane dressed up as the Cat in the Hat below:
New Hopewell ES is one of the places we’ll go first. Making a big announcement this morning and reading to the entire student body. pic.twitter.com/XPPtvYlnuo
With D-Generation X being announced for WWE’s Hall Of Fame Class of 2019 and The Undertaker now taking appearance bookings outside the company, it appears that these legendary Superstars may finally be embracing the end of in-ring competition.
For one current RAW Superstar, it’s about time.
Elias, speaking to BBC Sounds’ Headliners show, discussed how the time of these established legends is done. He would put a fine point on his thoughts, stating that it was time for them to “Get out” in order to make space for the next generation, namely himself.
“Get Out Of Here, Man. Get Out!”
“There was a time when I respected The Undertaker, I respected Shawn Michaels, I respected Triple H, and now they just hang around,” Elias said. “They keep having these matches with each other. I just want them gone, so, any respect I did have for these guys is out the window.”
“The whole thing, The Brothers of Destruction, DX, any of that stuff, that was an Attitude Era thing. But you’re looking at the guy right now, so, step aside and it’s Elias’ time. Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Triple H, Kane, get out of here, man. Get out!”
The interview took place around the time for WWE’s controversial Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. Despite this fact, it’s probably an opinion Elias still considers true.
Former WWE Champion Kane has discussed his decision to participate in competing at the WWE Crown Jewel event last November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the King Saud University Stadium that aired on the WWE Network. This wasn’t a popularity decision and caught fire when it went out of the wrestling bubble.
It all came down to the public backlash over WWE’s controversial decision to continue forward with this show even though multiple publications came out and stated otherwise.
After it was reported that the Saudi Arabian government ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, many people thought WWE shouldn’t move forward with the show just weeks after the incident. Despite this heat that WWE received because of their relationship with the Saudi Arabian government, they held the show in the country.
Kane talked about why he decided to go through with wrestling at the show during a Reddit AMA. Kane and The Undertaker lost to Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a tag team match at the Crown Jewel special.
“Because WWE donated $100,000 to the Knoxville Public Safety Foundation which was arranged long before the controversy. I made a commitment to our local first responders, and I wasn’t willing to break that.”
For those who don’t know, Kane, real name Glenn Jacobs, is the Mayor of Knox County in Tennessee. As of this writing, WWE has yet to confirm their next show in the country, but it’s expected to take place in late April just like last year.
Posted January 10th, 2019 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
Kane, better known as Glenn Jacobs, recently made an appearance on The Steve Austin Show where he talked about various topics including the comparisons between his school and the WWE Performance Center.
In late 2018 it was announced by Dr. Tom Prichard that he would be working with Kane as they plan to open a new wrestling school in Knoxville, Tennessee where Kane is the mayor of Knox County. The Jacobs-Prichard Wrestling Academy plans to hold their first class this month.
This is where the former WWE Champion talked about these comparisons, which Kane started out by stating that it will probably be some of the same stuff to some extent as he pointed out that if you are looking at a lot of these different schools, you have to consider how these folks can help them. He made it known that this school is not only about how people are going to learn but also how participating in the training sessions can help them advance. This is where he and Pritchard can do that well.
“Eventually, if anybody wants to be in WWE at some point, then getting into the Performance Center is the path to WWE.”
Kane would continue by stating that he thinks this is a first step towards getting into the WWE. He did point out that there are people who just want to get into the wrestling business and thinks one nice thing about the independent scene right now is how it has revitalized. He wants to give people the knowledge of the basics in the ring and cutting promos.
“Really, nowadays promoting yourself is just as important as anything and making a name for yourself on social media, and from there if you have people who are a little more advanced, you can polish them up and help them take that next step.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhRnr22jT4
Posted January 7th, 2019 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
Glenn “Kane” Jacobs and Tom Prichard are opening a wrestling school in Knoxville, TN. Jacobs won’t be involved in the day-to-day operations of the school but is an investor. He spoke at a recent open house for the Academy as well.
“Glenn is totally focused on his duties as County Mayor, and he wants everyone to know that,” reads a Facebook post for the Academy. “He (has) chosen a top-notch team for the day-in-day-out activities of the school, and he will be there only during windows of time that aren’t dedicated to his job as mayor.”
Jacobs Prichard Wrestling Academy
“This whole thing really started because Tom was traveling around the country training people and thought, ‘Why not just do it here?'” Jacobs said at a recent open house for the Academy. “It’s like going to Harvard. Where would you rather go? If you are going to learn something, you want to learn from the best.”
Jacobs also spoke to the students about what students can expect from the Academy.
“No one can guarantee you’re going to be successful, but we want you to be successful,” Jacobs said. “It doesn’t do us any good if we run a bunch of guys through. We want people who are serious and are going to put in the work to be successful.”
Recently, former WWE Champion Kane joined ex-Tag Team partner Sean “X-Pac” Waltman’s podcast, “X-Pac 12360.” The pair reminisced about their days teaming together in the late ’90s, which included two WWE Tag Team Championship runs. Kane debuted in WWE back in October of 1997. He interfered in the first-ever Hell In A Cell (HIAC) match at the Badd Blood: In Your House pay-per-view (PPV).
Kane hit his storyline brother, The Undertaker, with a Tombstone, allowing Shawn Michaels to win the match. Over the next few years, Kane’s character was portrayed as a silent monster with little personality other than evil. However, that all began to change when he aligned himself with D-Generation X’s X-Pac in the late ’90s. Kane slowly started to come out of his shell and became more relatable to WWE audiences.
He even had an on-screen companion in Tori. Kane said that his run with X-Pac really “humanized” the Kane character:
“It was great. It helped me out tremendously. Because up until that point Kane had just been like a emotionless monster and what that did for me, our tag team, was it really helped round out my character because it showed that Kane has feelings and all that stuff which I never had before.
“It humanized me enough that people could relate much better, but all that stuff it really helped my character in, in my career. And all the stuff we got to do man, it was a blast, and like you said a lot of times when you have tag teams that are bookends having something that contrasted so much and was so unique and we can have great matches with anybody.”
What do you make of Kane’s comments regarding how teaming with X-Pac “humanized” his character?
Kane’s former Boss and the owner of USWA wrestling promotion Jerry Jarrett recently set down with The Hannibal TV to talk about a number of things and suggested that he may have heat with the Big Red Monster.
Jerry revealed that he saw Kane at the Hall Of Fame but he believes that the former World Champion ignored him. He also recalled sending a tweet to him while Kane, real name Glenn Jacobs was running for office and how he did not receive a reply from the Monster.
Jarrett then talked about how he supported him when Kane’s mother used to call him and be suspicious about his career in pro wrestling and revealed that he was the one who flew Glenn to New York and introduced him to Vince McMahon.
Finally, he implied that he doesn’t know for sure but other stars like Sting and Scott Hall run through the crown to meet him and that’s a big difference from what Kane did.
For those who don’t know, USWA was one of the top promotions Kane worked for before being signed by WWE and he wrestled for the company from 1993 to 1995.
He was a top star for the promotion and also won the USWA World Championship during his time there, before being signed by WWE in 1995.
You can check out Jerry Jerrett’s comments in the video below:
Posted November 30th, 2018 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
While not many details are available about the show, WWE has still announced a number of big names for the upcoming SmackDown 1000 and another name has been confirmed for the episode.
According to reports from Pwinsider, the Big Red Monster Kane has been confirmed for the upcoming special. Since the Undertaker has already been announced for the event, it wouldn’t be a surprise if we see the Brothers of Destruction reuniting next week.
Apart from this, the company has announced that Evolution will be reuniting during the SmackDown 1000. Rey Mysterio’s return match has been announced for the show as well.
Cody Rhodes Vs. Willie Mack For NWA Title (Video)
We noted before how Cody Rhodes was scheduled to defend his NWA Worlds Championship for the first time against Willie Mack. Now the NWA has uploaded the full match between these two from the latest ROH Vegas tapings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwkiiSyJoME
The match is more than 20 minutes long. It ends with Willie delivering a couple of stunners and trying to deliver a frog splash. Cody counters the splash and delivers the CrossRhodes for the win.
After this victory, Cody is now scheduled to defend the NWA title against Nick Aldis in a rematch from All In at the upcoming NWA 70th anniversary show.
Posted October 10th, 2018 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
Triple H defeated The Undertaker in the main event of WWE Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia. The Deadman finally fell after two Sweet Chin Music superkicks from Shawn Michaels and a Pedigree from ‘The Game.’
After the match ‘Taker and Kane stood with their arms raised alongside Triple H and Michaels. All four men appeared to be celebrating the ‘end of an era’ (again). Fireworks going off around the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the show appeared to be over. Both Undertaker and Kane then attacked the D-Generation X founders. Michaels was taken out of the ring and thrown through the announcer’s table.
We reported back in September that Shawn Michaels was preparing for a bout at the Crown Jewel event. It now looks as though the proposed tag team bout between the Brothers of Destruction and DX will now be coming to fruition in Saudi Arabia.
As we mentioned before this will be Michael’s first bout in 8 years. HBK lost in a retirement match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 26 and he has vowed to honor that stipulation. The exact monetary offer for Michael’s was not revealed however Brock Lesnar will perform at the show for a 7-figure sum, so the potential payday is lucrative. The actual revenue that WWE could be potentially gaining from the Saudi Arabia shows is huge. The exact number will not be available until the fourth quarter earnings are revealed in January/February but it is believed to be in the $40-45 million dollar range.
Former WWE Champion Kane continues to talk about how his return to WWE programming came about. On this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Dallas, TX at the American Airlines Center on the USA Network, The Undertaker announced that Kane would be in his corner when he battles Triple H, who will have WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels in his corner, at the Super Show-Down event.
Earlier this week, it was then revealed that WWE is donating $100,000 to the Knoxville Public Safety Foundation in exchange for Kane, real name Glenn Jacobs and current Knox County, TN Mayor, to make appearances for them this fall.
Kane spoke withKnoxNews.com to comment on the conversation he had with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon about his WWE return.
“Basically, WWE contacted me, and they wanted to do a really big show, or series of shows, that they wanted to do,” Kane said on Wednesday. “Of course, I was like, ‘Hey man, Vince (McMahon), I’m most likely going to be mayor,’ and (Australia) was the arrangement we came up to.”
Kane was last seen on WWE programming at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event when he teamed with Daniel Bryan to challenge Luke Harper and Erick Rowan for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles but was unsuccessful.
The WWE Super Show-Down pay-per-view event takes place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia and will air on the WWE Network.
Posted September 21st, 2018 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
Kane is slated to make his WWE return at the upcoming Super Show-Down event. During The Undertaker’s promo segment on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Dallas, TX at the American Airlines Center on the USA Network, “The Deadman” revealed that Kane would be in his corner when he battles Triple H, who will have WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels in his corner, at this show.
Kane was last seen on WWE programming at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event when he teamed with Daniel Bryan to challenge Luke Harper and Erick Rowan for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles but was unsuccessful. The former WWE Champion was then elected by the citizens of Knox County in Tennessee to be their Mayor and has put his focus on that responsibility.
The WWE Super Show-Down pay-per-view event takes place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia. Here is the card:
Updated WWE Super Show-Down Match Card
Triple H (with Shawn Michaels) vs. The Undertaker (with Kane)
#1 Contender’s Match: Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz
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Posted September 17th, 2018 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.
Earlier today (Fri. August 31, 2018) former WWE Champion Glenn “Kane” Jacobs was sworn in as mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
Fellow WWE veteran Goldust was in attendance for the ceremony this morning. He took the following photo with “The Big Red Machine” and uploaded it to Twitter:
“Congratulations my friend. Glad to be a part of this ceremony today. Discussing Mayor ?@GlennJacobsTN? security detail.”
Becoming Mayor
Earlier this year Jacobs won his Republican primary before going on to face Democratic opponent Linda Haney. Jacobs took the election in a landslide. He earned 43,526 votes (66%) as opposed to Haney’s 22,295 votes (34%).
Jacobs’ campaign website lists the seven top issues he looks to topple during his tenure as mayor:
Committed to keeping taxes low
Renewed focus on quality of education
Continue to attract new jobs to the area
Improve our roads and infrastructure
Full and absolute transparency
Work to create safer communities
A fresh outlook on limited government
With Kane now becoming mayor of Knox County, it leads many to question his professional wrestling career. The 51-year-old admitted recently that he would entertain WWE appearances during his tenure as mayor.
However, he won’t commit to anything long-term. His duties as mayor of Knox County will be his primary focus.
Posted August 31st, 2018 in WWE, News. Tagged: Kane.