Profiles

A few years ago Jerry Lawler introduced Dr Isaac Yankem, D.D.S. to the WWF audience.
The gimmick of a dentist didn't pan out. Then in late 1996, Jim Ross brought Diesel back to
the WWF, played by a wrestler other than the original Diesel, Kevin Nash. Again the fans
didn't take to him. Both men were portrayed by Glen Jacobs.

Trained by Al Snow, Jacobs gained his first national notoriety in the now defunct Smoky
Mountain Wrestling Organization. Known as Unibomb (and later as Doomsday), Jacobs
tagged up regularly with his trainer before his big opportunity came.

In mid-1997, Paul Bearer told the world that the Undertaker's brother Kane was still alive.
Bearer said that Kane had been burned in a fire supposedly started by Undertaker when they
were children; a fire that killed Undertaker and Kane's parents. But Kane was alive and out to
get revenge on his older brother. After weeks of anticipation, Kane made his WWF debut at
IYH: Badd Blood in October 1997 where he got involved in the Undertaker's Hell In A Cell
Match against Shawn Michaels, tombstoning his brother and setting him up for the loss.

Ever since his debut, Kane has been both the Undertaker's friend and foe at different times.
The two had their first big match at Wrestlemania XIV which Kane lost and have had
countless since, including the first ever inferno match. But they've also had several tag team
matches together, and were responsible for costing Steve Austin the World title on a couple
of occasions. One of those occasions saw Kane become the World Champion himself when
he defeated Austin in a "First Blood Match" at King of the Ring '98.

Despite his overwhelming physical prescence, Kane has had most of his success on the tag
team front and is a multi-time tag champion, having teamed with both Mankind and X-Pac.
It was Kane's partnership with X-Pac in particular that allowed the fans to see for the first
time the human instincts that Kane does indeed possess. He displayed his loyalty to X-Pac in
good times and bad, and began to express his emotions, something that he had never done
before. This has made Kane a different wrestler, as he now appears to have focus and other
goals in his mind rather than to destroy everyone that stands in his way. Whether in tag team
or singles action "The Big Red Machine" isn't to be taken lightly.