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WWE Superstar Kane (Glenn Jacobs) Running for Mayor of Knox County 2018

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WWE Superstar Kane has announced that he is running for the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee for their election in 2018.

Here’s more on the story from the Associated Press:

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Glenn Jacobs, better known as the towering WWE villain Kane, is stepping into the political ring with a bid for mayor in Tennessee.

Jacobs has filed paperwork naming a campaign treasurer, the first step needed to raise or spend money in an effort to succeed term-limited Knox County mayor Tim Burchett in 2018.

Tea party groups urged Jacobs to challenge U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander in the Republican primary in 2014, but he ended up deciding against a run.

Jacobs isn’t the first professional wrestling star to try his hand at politics in Tennessee. Jerry “The King” Lawler, who is known for his feud with comedian Andy Kaufman in the early 1980s, has made unsuccessful bids to be elected mayor of Memphis.

He will be running as a Republican. The election is May 1, 2018.

TJR Thoughts: He turns 50 years old in April and hasn’t wrestled for months now, so obviously his WWE career is coming to an end. No word yet on when he might appear on WWE television again.