Kane Reveals the Moment He Knew He 'Made It' In Wrestling

03/30/2025 06:00 PM

Recently, WWE Hall of Famer Kane shared the moment when he knew the moment he ‘made it’ in WWE.

While speaking on the Ricky Cobb Show, Kane (Glenn Jacobs) shared that he knew his debut as the Big Red Machine was the moment he knew he made it in pro wrestling.

"It was my debut at St. Louis at the In Your House: Bad Blood Pay-per-view when I came out and ripped the Cell door off during the Shawn Michaels and Undertaker match. That was the first time I actually really felt like a Superstar. I'll never forget just walking out and the Music's playing. But for a moment there was… That was it. I mean, just the entire arena was in shock. And you could hear a pin drop. 15,000 people weren't making a sound until they kind of intuitively I guess, realized what was going on.

“We always think about Vince [McMahon] doing the, 'That's gotta be Kane,' thing. Well, you have to understand, that was only going out to the audience watching on Pay-per-view. That wasn't going out to the people there at the event. So, again they have to figure it out themselves. And then within 30 seconds they had. They were all thinking to themselves that, 'That's gotta be Kane.' But it was just the impact of that.”

How did the Character of Kane came about?

“Now, that wasn't due to me obviously. That was because the table had been set because of Undertaker and his willingness to work with me. Really that story had started months before when Paul Bearer began talking about The Undertaker's long-lost brother Kane. 'Kane is alive? What's he talking about?' And then they did a masterful job of changing gears to Shawn Michaels and Undertaker.

“So, you forgot about Kane until he made his debut. But then the seeds were already planted. So, I knew immediately that that was going to be a big deal. When they first proposed the character, I was like, 'Well now, this is it. If I can't make it with The Undertaker as in this particular storyline, I'm going to go home.' I would have been sent home anyway cuz, I just didn't have what it took. But I also felt like, yeah these other characters also didn't work for me. But this one did. And again obviously, in a storyline with The Undertaker it just doesn't get any bigger than that. It was one of those situations where everything was just set up for success. And I was fortunate enough to be able to take advantage of that," Kane said.

Jacobs also said he’s still doing what he can for a charity wrestling match with Tim Walz, and even pitched a stipulation for the bout.

What was your favorite moment involving Kane?

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