Kane Glenn Thomas Jacobs ( April 26 , 1967 ) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name , Kane . He is working for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) and is the former Director of Operations for The Authority . Jacobs began his wrestling career in 1992 working on independent circuit s . He wrestled in Smoky Mountain Wrestling as " Unabomb " where he won the SMW Tag Team Championship as a member of The Dynamic Duo , and in the United States Wrestling Association where he won the USWA Heavyweight Championship as " Doomsday " . He later joined his current promotion , the World Wrestling Federation ( which later became World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002 ) in 1997 where he currently wrestles as Kane , the storyline half - brother of The Undertaker . Together , Kane and The Undertaker have teamed up as the Brothers of Destruction . His specialty match is the Inferno match . Jacobs has accumulated sixteen championship accolades during his WWE career . He is a three - time World Heavyweight Championship having won the WWF Championship once , the ECW Championship , and the World Heavyweight Championship once ; making him the first person ever to hold all three WWE world titles . He is also a two - time WWE Intercontinental Champion , a one - time WWE Hardcore Champion , and a ten - time World Tag Team Champion ; winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship once ( with The Undertaker ) , the World Tag Team Champion nine time ( twice with Mankind , X - Pac , and The Undertaker ; and once with The Hurricane , Rob Van Dam , and The Big Show ) . Jacobs is the third Grand Slam Champion in WWE history . In addition to championships , he is a one - time Money in the Bank winner . He also became the quickest man to cash in the briefcase . Kane also currently holds four records in the Royal Rumble : Most total Rumble eliminations ( 43 as of 2015 ) , most consecutive appearances in the Royal Rumble match with 16 from 1999 to 2015 , most total appearances with 18 ( 16 under the Kane gimmick ) , and the quickest elimination of another competitor at 1 . 8 seconds ( Santino Marella in 2009 ) . Education and early wrestling career . Jacobs earned a degree in English Literature at Truman State University ( known then as Northeast Missouri State University ) where he played both basketball and football . In the ring , Jacobs was first known as Angus King when he debuted in the St . Louis , Missouri area . Jacobs later moved south and began wrestling as Doomsday , appearing in the United States Wrestling Association and as Unabomb in Smoky Mountain Wrestling , where he held the SMW Tag Team Championship with Al Snow in a team called The Dynamic Duo . During his time in the United States Wrestling Association , Jacobs ( as Doomsday ) held the USWA Heavyweight Championship . He also wrestled a brief stint in WCW under the name Bruiser Mastino . Jacobs also wrestled a brief tour in the UWFI under his real name . World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment ( 1995 – present ) . Early gimmicks ( 1995 – 1997 ) . Jacobs made his debut as a heel with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) as Dr Isaac Yankem DDS , Jerry Lawler ' s private dentist . He wrestled Bret Hart for Lawler on many occasions ; during their first match at SummerSlam , Jacobs hung Hart by twisting him in the top and middle rope by his neck . He sported this gimmick regularly until May 1996 and made a few appearances as late as September 1996 . In April 1996 , Scott Hall and Kevin Nash , who had respectively wrestled under the " Razor Ramon " and " Diesel " gimmicks for the last few years , left the World Wrestling Federation to join World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , the biggest competitor to the WWF . As the Ramon and Diesel gimmicks were WWF trademarks , the gimmicks did not go to WCW with Hall and Nash , and after a few months , the WWF decided to have other wrestlers portray Ramon and Diesel . In October 1996 , play - by - play announcer Jim Ross introduced Rick Bognar as " Razor Ramon " and Jacobs as " Diesel " as part of an attempt to turn Ross into a heel . The Jim Ross heel turn proved unpopular and was dropped almost immediately , and despite receiving a tag title shot at the pay - per - view , the gimmick lasted until the 1997 Royal Rumble , where Jacobs was the second - to - last participant ( with the exception of Stone Cold Steve Austin , who was previously eliminated by Bret Hart but the officials didn ' t see him get eliminated so he re - entered the ring ) . Feud with The Undertaker ( 1997 – 2000 ) . In mid 1997 , Paul Bearer began tormenting The Undertaker by telling him that his long - lost half - brother Kane ( who would also later be revealed as Bearer ' s son ) was coming to the WWF to challenge him . Jacobs re - debuted in the WWF as the masked Kane at on October 5 , costing The Undertaker victory in the first ever Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels . Kane and The Undertaker feuded with one another over the following year , during which time their history vis - à - vis one another was expounded upon . Jacobs won his first match as Kane against Mankind at Survivor Series . In the weeks prior on " Raw " , Kane had randomly attacked other wrestlers including Ahmed Johnson , Road Warrior Hawk , the Hardy Boyz , Flash Funk , and Mankind ' s alter ego Dude Love . The Undertaker initially refused to face him , saying he would not fight his own " flesh and blood " . After a brief partnership , Kane betrayed his brother when he cost him the WWF Championship ; he made a run - in in The Undertaker ' s WWF Championship title match with Shawn Michaels at the Royal Rumble . After the match , Kane locked The Undertaker in a casket and set it on fire , though it was later revealed that Undertaker managed to escape the casket without being seen before Kane set it on fire . This provoked The Undertaker into returning to face Kane at WrestleMania XIV on March 29 . Kane was defeated by the Undertaker after three Tombstone Piledrivers . After the match Kane and Paul Bearer attacked the Undertaker . They continued to feud until Unforgiven on April 26 , when The Undertaker defeated Kane in an Inferno match . In this match , Paul Bearer tried to help Kane by attacking The Undertaker ; however , at one point of the match Kane was returning backstage . Vader then forced Kane back towards the ring and , The Undertaker attacked them both by jumping over the ring ropes surrounded by fire . On May 19 , Bearer was revealed to be an employee at the funeral home in Death Valley owned by The Undertaker ' s parents . When Kane and The Undertaker were children , The Undertaker " accidentally " burned down the funeral home , killing their parents and hideously scarring Kane both physically and mentally . The Undertaker thought Kane had been dead for years after the fire . During an episode of " Raw " taped in Long Island , Kane and Bearer ostensibly exhumed the parents ' bodies and brought them to the arena . Bearer , who survived the fire , hid Kane in a mental asylum as he grew up and went on to form an alliance with The Undertaker . After suffering mistreatment at the hands of The Undertaker , Bearer opted to bring Kane into the WWF in order to gain vengeance upon The Undertaker . The Kane character is portrayed as being psychologically unstable : depressed , schizophrenic , extremely violent , and quick to anger . Like his half - brother , Kane is supposedly able to summon fire and bolts of lightning at will , which is displayed as pyrotechnics during shows . After defeating The Undertaker to win a WWF Championship title shot , Kane won the WWF Championship at the King of the Ring , defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin in a First Blood match after the help from his brother . The reason why the Undertaker helped Kane was because if Kane had lost , the match stipulations required that he would have set himself on fire , and so Undertaker did not want to see his brother be burned . However , Kane lost the title back to Austin the next night on the episode of RAW . After losing the titles and turning on Mankind , Kane formed a short lived tag team with his brother . The brothers fought one another for the vacant WWF Championship at , with the match ending in a no - contest . During the match , the Undertaker betrayed Kane for Paul Bearer , thus making Kane a tweener and turning Undertaker heel . Kane went on to take part in the " Deadly Games " tournament for the WWF Championship at the Survivor Series but was eliminated by The Undertaker in the quarter - finals . At Rock Bottom : In Your House , Kane interfered in the Buried Alive match between Austin and the Undertaker by giving the Undertaker a " Tombstone Piledriver " . As a result of this , The Corporation had Kane committed to an insane asylum . However , in 1999 , Kane joined The Corporation to stay out of the insane asylum . He eventually turned face after he was betrayed by The Corporation and thrown out of the alliance . Shortly afterward , Kane formed a tag team with X - Pac and acquired a girlfriend , Tori . While teaming with X - Pac , Kane evolved from being mute to aided speech through an electrolarynx to speaking unaided . He also became associated with D - Generation X , the faction of which X - Pac was a member . His first unaided words were the DX slogan " suck it " . The duo won the WWF Tag Team title twice . The tag team broke apart when X - Pac turned on Kane and rejoined D - Generation X . Kane and X - pac then were engaged in a lengthy feud against each other . Late in their feud in early 2000 , Tori betrayed Kane and joined X - pac and D - Generation X , and the former partner ' s feud eventually ended at WrestleMania 2000 , in which Kane teamed with Rikishi to face X - Pac and Road Dogg . Kane and Rikishi came out victorious after Kane pinned X - Pac following a tombstone piledriver . Shortly after WrestleMania , Kane suffered a hand injury that kept him out of action for a month . When he returned , it was to help The Undertaker and The Rock fight off the McMahon - Helmsley Faction . His involvement in this feud culminated in a main event match at King of the Ring against Vince and Shane McMahon , and then champion Triple H . The Undertaker and Kane ' s rivalry resurfaced during the match , but they patched their relationship up soon after . Kane turned heel once again by assaulting The Undertaker , leading to a match between the two at SummerSlam . The match ended when The Undertaker removed Kane ' s mask , causing him to flee the ring , covering his face . Kane stayed in contention for the WWF Championship for the remainder of the year and ended 2000 in a feud with Chris Jericho ; he ultimately lost a Last Man Standing match to him at Armageddon . Brothers of Destruction ( 2001 ) . Kane reformed his alliance with The Undertaker ( becoming a face again ) immediately before the Royal Rumble , in which he eliminated a record number of 11 wrestlers which included Raven , Al Snow , Perry Saturn , Steve Blackman , Grand Master Sexay , The Honky Tonk Man , The Rock , Tazz , Albert , Crash Holly , Scotty 2 Hotty and was the runner - up , after being eliminated by Steve Austin . In early 2001 , Kane competed for the Hardcore Championship , defeating Raven for the title at WrestleMania X - Seven in a match that also featured Big Show . At the same time , Kane began teaming with The Undertaker as the " Brothers of Destruction " . In the course of the year , they feuded with Edge and Christian , Rikishi and Haku , and The Two - Man Power Trip . While feuding with The Two - Man Power Trip , Austin and Triple H broke Kane ' s left arm ( Kayfabe ) . At Judgment Day , Kane defeated Triple H to win the Intercontinental Championship . He would become the third Grand Slam Champion , and the first person to win the Grand Slam championship by winning the WWF , Intercontinental , Tag Team , and Hardcore championships . He later lost the title to Albert on an episode of " SmackDown ! " following interference from Diamond Dallas Page . During The Invasion , Kane and The Undertaker feuded with Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon after Page began stalking The Undertaker ' s wife Sara . The feud culminated at Summerslam , when Kane and The Undertaker defeated Page and Kanyon in a steel cage match , resulting in them holding both the WWF World Tag Team Championship and the WCW World Tag Team Championship . Kane and The Undertaker went on to defeat KroniK at Unforgiven , and both participated in the ten man Winner Takes All match at Survivor Series as members of " Team WWF " . Championship reigns and Unmasking ( 2002 – 2003 ) . In 2002 , Kane began feuding with Kurt Angle , to whom he lost at WrestleMania X8 . On March 25 , the WWF was divided into two brands , Raw and SmackDown ! , with Kane being drafted to Raw . Kane went on to feud with the New World Order until tearing his biceps . Kane returned to the renamed WWE as part of the Raw roster in the summer of 2002 . He won the World Tag Team Championship with The Hurricane on the September 23 edition of Raw from Lance Storm and Christian . On October 7 , Kane successfully singlehandedly defended the World Tag Team Championship in a four team Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match as The Hurricane had been attacked earlier that evening ( by Triple H and Ric Flair ) and was thus unable to compete . They would hold on to the titles until the October 14 edition of Raw , where they lost them to Christian and Chris Jericho . On September 30 , Kane won the Intercontinental Championship from Chris Jericho despite interference from Triple H and Ric Flair . Kane began feuding with Triple H , leading to a match at No Mercy on October 20 in which both Kane ' s Intercontinental Championship and Triple H ' s World Heavyweight Championship were at stake . Triple H went on to defeat Kane at No Mercy , unifying the two titles . Kane formed a tag team with Rob Van Dam , with the duo eventually winning the World Tag Team Championship . After they lost their World Tag Team Championship to La Resistance at Bad Blood Triple H offered Kane a spot in his stable evolution Raw Co - General Manager Stone Cold Steve Austin offered Kane the opportunity to face Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship if he rejected Triple H ' s offer ; however , Co - General Manager Eric Bischoff insisted that Kane unmask should he lose the match . Kane accepted Austin ' s offer and went to challenge Triple H the following week in Madison Square Garden . Triple H won the match following interference from his stablemates , and on the June 23 , 2003 " Raw " , Kane removed his mask . He then chokeslamed Rob Van Dam ( thus turning heel ) , who he went on to defeat at Summerslam . In an interview with Jim Ross at Conseco Fieldhouse it became apparent that Kane ' s facial scars were actually mental scars . At the end of this interview , Kane , believing that he was being mocked , attacked Ross and set him on fire . The unmasking rendered Kane emotionally unstable , on one occasion driving him to Tombstone Linda McMahon on the Raw stage . This action sparked a feud between Kane and Linda ' s son , Shane , with Kane defeating Shane in a Last Man Standing match at Unforgiven and an ambulance match at Survivor Series . During the latter event , Kane interfered in a Buried Alive match between Vince McMahon and The Undertaker , helping McMahon bury The Undertaker and win the match . The following month at Armadeddon , Kane competed in a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H and defending champion Bill Goldberg which Triple H won . In January 2004 , Kane took part in the Royal Rumble match . He was eliminated after hearing the bell toll from the Undertaker ' s entrance music , distracting and distressing Kane and enabling Booker T to eliminate him from the ring . Over the following weeks , Kane repeatedly insisted that The Undertaker was " dead " , only to be met with various paranormal incidents such as a rainstorm localized over the ring in which he stood . The Undertaker finally returned at WrestleMania XX with Paul Bearer at his side , defeating Kane . Relationship with Lita and face turn ( 2004 – 2005 ) . Following his defeat at WrestleMania XX , Kane fell in love with Lita , but was spurned . This led to him kidnapping Lita in May and asking her an unknown question , which she replied to in the affirmative later that month . On the same night , Kane won a twenty - man battle royal to receive a World Heavyweight Championship title shot against Chris Benoit at Bad Blood . Lita later announced that she was pregnant , with Matt Hardy her then - boyfriend both on - screen and off assuming that he was the child ' s father . On the June 21 episode of " Raw " , Kane claimed that he was the father . The following week , Kane explained that he had impregnated Lita in order to continue his legacy and justified a vicious attack on Shawn Michaels several weeks earlier by claiming that Michaels had stood in the way of him winning the World Heavyweight Championship . In order to appease Kane , General Manager Eric Bischoff gave Kane a rematch with Benoit , instructing Benoit that he could only win by submission , whereas Kane could win the title by any means . Despite dominating much of the match , Kane again lost to Benoit . Following the match , Lita came to the ring and low - blowed Kane , who initially went to chokeslam her in revenge but stopped when he realized that she was trying to force him to cause her to miscarry their child . Kane and Matt Hardy faced one another in a " ' Till Death Do Us Part " match at Summerslam , with Lita obliged to wed the victor . Kane defeated Hardy , and " married " Lita on the August 23 episode of " Raw " . Although he was attacked by Hardy during the ceremony , he gained the upper hand and ultimately chokeslammed Hardy off the stage ( in reality , Hardy needed time off because of a knee injury and later a staph infection ) . On the September 13 episode of " Raw " , Kane accidentally fell on Lita during a match with the debuting Gene Snitsky , who hit him on the back with a steel chair , ostensibly causing Lita to miscarry . Kane turned into a face as a result , and began seeking revenge against Snitsky for causing the death of his child . He lost to Snitsky in a steel chain match at Taboo Tuesday , and he was sidelined for several months after Snitsky crushed his larynx with a chair following the match . This attack was a repeat performance of the storyline where Kane " injured " Michaels in the same exact manner . The " injury " gave Kane time to complete his starring role in the film , See No Evil . Kane returned in January 2005 , defeating Snitsky at New Year ' s Revolution . . After WrestleMania 21 , Kane and Lita reconciled with one another and began antagonizing Lita ' s rival Trish Stratus . This led to a match between Kane and Stratus ' hired bodyguard Viscera at Backlash that was won by Kane . Lita later turned on Kane , and sided with Edge , leading to a feud between the two . Kane was able to defeat Edge at Vengeance , despite interference from Snitsky . The feud ended when Edge defeated Kane in a Stretcher match on the July 25 episode of " Raw " . Lita ' s heel turn resulted from her real life affair with Edge and her dumping Matt Hardy , and Matt Hardy ' s subsequent release for making the affair public . Hardy was later rehired and Kane was dropped from the angle , with Matt and Edge having a feud over Lita . Teaming with The Big Show ( 2005 – 2006 ) . Kane returned to WWE television on October 17 , 2005 , winning an eighteen - man battle royal . As a result of his victory , he , along with Big Show and Shawn Michaels , was featured in an Internet poll to decide who would receive a shot at the WWE Championship at Taboo Tuesday . In the weeks before Taboo Tuesday , Kane and Big Show teamed together on several occasions . The poll was won by Michaels , and Kane and Big Show teamed together to face Lance Cade and Trevor Muerdoch , defeating them for the World Tag Team Championship . The duo successfully retained their titles throughout the remainder of 2005 , during which time they engaged in an inter - promotional feud with members of the " SmackDown ! " brand . He and Big Show feuded with Carlito and Chris Masters throughout early 2006 , culminating in a successful title defense at WrestleMania 22 on April 2 . On the following evening , Kane and the Big Show lost the World Tag Team Championship to Spirit Squad members Kenny and Mikey . One week later , Kane and Big Show faced Spirit Squad members Johnny and Nicky in a title rematch , but were disqualified after Kane " snapped " , ostensibly due to " voices in his head " . In subsequent weeks , Kane began attacking anyone who mentioned the date May 19 . During the match between Kane and Big Show at Backlash , Kane ' s voice began echoing throughout the arena saying May 19 , " They ' re all going to know " , and " You can ' t hide from it " , leaving Kane visibly shaken . Big Show then struck Kane with a chair , resulting in a no contest . Various rivalries ( 2006 ) . On May 19 , Kane appeared on " SmackDown ! " as John " Bradshaw " Layfield ' s hand - picked opponent for Rey Mysterio . After both the aforementioned voices and mask video began playing , Kane chokeslammed both Layfield and Mysterio before leaving the ring . On the following episode of " Raw " , he claimed that May 19 was the date on which his mother and adopted family were killed in a fire . The voices continued on to the May 29 episode of " Raw " , when Kane was confronted by the source of the voice ( Drew Hankinson ) , an impostor Kane ; wearing Kane ' s old mask and ring attire , he chokeslammed Kane during his match against Shelton Benjamin for the Intercontinental Championship . Kane and the look - alike continued to fight one another in subsequent weeks , leading to a match between the two being scheduled for Vengeance , in which the real Kane lost to the impostor . On the June 26 episode of " Raw " , Kane threw the impostor out of the arena and removed his mask , saying " I believe that this is mine . " Kane was absent from WWE television for several weeks thereafter as he toured Europe to promote " See No Evil " . Upon his return , he faced his former partner Big Show for the ECW Championship in a losing effort . When he returned to " Raw " , he engaged in a major feud with Umaga that concluded on October 9 in a " Loser Leaves Raw " match . Move to SmackDown ( 2006 – 2008 ) . On October 13 , Kane moved to SmackDown for the first time since the 2002 brand extension . On November 3 , Kane reunited with The Undertaker as the Brothers of Destruction to defeat Montel Vontavious Porter ( MVP ) and Mr . Kennedy . Kane continued a feud with MVP competing in several gimmick matches . The end result of the feud was an Inferno match at Armageddon , Kane won by setting MVP ' s back on fire which resulted in first degree burns . Kane continued to have matches throughout the year with MVP . On the " SmackDown ! " before the Royal Rumble , Kane was involved in a six - man elimination over - the - top - rope battle royal . This also included King Booker , MVP , The Miz , Chris Benoit , and Finlay . This match would go to a no contest as The Undertaker interrupted after Kane had been eliminated and punished the remaining opponents . At the Royal Rumble , Sabu was infamously eliminated by Kane , after he was chokeslammed through a table on the outside that Sabu had set up before he entered the ring . Later in the match , Kane eliminated King Booker . Booker then came back in the ring and eliminated Kane , even though he had already been eliminated . A couple weeks later on " SmackDown ! " , while receiving the key to the city in his hometown of Houston , Booker was attacked by Kane starting a feud between the two . At No Way Out Kane successfully defeated King Booker . On February 23 , Kane lost to King Booker in a Falls - Count Anywhere Money in the Bank Qualifying match after interference from The Great Khali , sparking a feud between the two . On February 26 , Kane interrupted Chris Masters ' " Master Lock Challenge " to The Great Khali when Masters was unable to apply the " Master Lock " . Kane delivered a chokeslam and a chair shot to Masters then clotheslined The Great Khali over the top rope . Prior to WrestleMania 23 , Kane started to walk around with a hook , similar to the hook he used as Jacob Goodnight in " See No Evil " . At the event , Kane was defeated by Khali . During the match , in homage to Hulk Hogan slamming André the Giant twenty years earlier at WrestleMania III , Kane picked up Khali for the first time and body - slammed him to the mat . After WrestleMania , he began to feud with William Regal and Dave Taylor . The Boogeyman then joined the feud , teaming up with Kane . On the May 4 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Kane competed in a number one contenders match for the United States Championship against MVP which he lost due to interference by Regal and Taylor . On the May 25 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Kane competed in a Fatal Four Way Number One Contenders match for the World Heavyweight Championship which was won by Batista . Kane then entered a short feud with Mark Henry . Kane was defeated by Henry in a | Lumberjack match ] at One Night Stand due to interference from lumberjacks Kenny Dykstra and Chavo Guerrero and would take a short hiatus thereafter . On the July 6 edition of " SmackDown ! " , General Manager Theodore Long announced that Kane would face Edge for his World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash . After Edge was attacked and injured by Kane and the title was vacated , Batista faced Kane in a number one contenders match . During the match , the new World Champion The Great Khali interfered by attacking Batista ; the match was ruled a no contest and both men were ruled the number one contender . The scheduled match for the World Heavyweight Championship at the Great American Bash became a Triple Threat match between Batista , Kane , and The Great Khali due to Edge ' s injury . In the beginning of the match , Kane and Batista teamed up to send Khali through an announcer ' s table , by a Chokeslam - Spinebuster combination . Kane started dominating Batista back in the ring but instead chokeslamed Khali , but Batista broke up the count . The end came after Khali slammed Batista ' s head into the steel steps , before which Batista had decimated Kane with a thunderous Batista Bomb . Khali then nailed Kane with a Khali Bomb , which was too much for Kane to kick out , and thus Khali remained the reighning World Champion . Kane later teamed up with Batista on the August 18 edition of Saturday Night ' s Main Event to defeat Khali and Finlay Kane entered a storyline with Finlay , which led to a match at SummerSlam , which Kane won after chokeslamming Finlay . On the following episode of " SmackDown ! " , Finlay and Kane competed against each other in a tournament to name the challenger for Khali ' s World Heavyweight Championship at Unforgiven . After interference from Hornswoggle , Finlay managed to defeat Kane and advance in the tournament . Finlay and Kane met again during the following week ' s edition of " SmackDown ! " in a rematch of the previous month ' s " Saturday Night ' s Main Event " . Once again teaming with Batista , Kane defeated Finlay and The Great Khali when Kane pinned Finlay with a chokeslam . He then made an appearance on the October 16 edition of " ECW " as the hand chosen partner of ECW Champion CM Punk , helping him defeat John Morrison , The Miz , and Big Daddy V in a 3 - on - 2 handicap match . The two continued to battle in following weeks . Kane was voted to face the United States Champion MVP at Cyber Sunday , which Kane won by countout and thus did not win the title . After this , he continued to feud with Big Daddy V , with the two ending up on opposite teams at Survivor Series with Kane ' s team winning . Big Daddy V eventually began to team with Mark Henry , while Kane teamed with CM Punk . The feud concluded at Armageddon where Kane and Punk lost to Big Daddy V and Henry after Big Daddy V pinned CM Punk . ECW Championship ( 2008 ) . In a Battle Royal before WrestleMania , Kane won by lastly eliminating former rival Mark Henry which meant he would face ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero later in the night . At WrestleMania XXIV , Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero in a WrestleMania record - setting eight seconds to win the ECW Championship . Shortly after winning the championship , Kane left SmackDown ! and officially joined the ECW roster . At Backlash , Kane successfully defended the ECW Championship against Chavo Guerrero . He then continued teaming with CM Punk to earn a WWE Tag Team Championshp match at Judgment Day , which the duo did not win . Return to Raw and heel turn ( 2008 - 2009 ) . On June 23 , 2008 , Kane was drafted from the ECW brand to the Raw brand , as a part of the 2008 WWE Draft in the process making the ECW Championship exclusive to Raw . By taking the title to Raw , Kane became the first and only man to hold a specific title on all three brands ; He won the ECW Championship as a member of the SmackDown roster , and shortly after winning it he became an official member of ECW , and then took the title with him when he was drafted to Raw . Kane lost the ECW Championship to Mark Henry at Night of Champions in a Triple Threat match that also involved The Big Show , thus moving the title back to ECW . Kane was not granted a World Heavyweight Championship match at The Great American Bash , and thus retaliated by attacking both the champion CM Punk and the challenger Batista during the event . Kane became a villain by attacking Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler and began a feud with Rey Mysterio that lasted until Survivor Series 2008 . On the March 2 edition of " Raw " , Kane pinned Mike Knox in a triple threat match , also involving Rey Mysterio , to earn a spot in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania XXV , a match that would be won by CM Punk . Return to SmackDown and various feuds ( 2009 – 2010 ) . At the 2009 WWE Draft Kane defeated SmackDown ' s The Brian Kendrick to earn a draft pick for Raw , and later in the night , Kane himself would be drafted back to SmackDown . After this Kane feuded with CM Punk , who was also drafted to SmackDown , and defeated Punk at Backlash thus ending the feud . After a period of absence to tour India and also heal injuries , he returned at The Bash to aid Dolph Ziggler in his match with The Great Khali by hitting Khali with a steel chair allowing Ziggler to win , starting a feud with Khali , whom he defeated at Summerslam and in a Singapore Cane match at WWE Breaking Point , thus ending the feud as Khali needed knee surgery . In the next two weeks , Kane defeated R - Truth and John Morrison . Then he started a brief feud with Matt Hardy defeating him at two separate occasions at SmackDown and at Superstars . Kane then confronted Chris Jericho , claiming to be the co - captain for Team SmackDown at Bragging Rights which Team SmackDown won . Kane faced Chris Jericho in a # 1 Contenders match for an opportunity to face ( World Heayweight Champion ) the Undertaker and Big Show in a triple threat match at Survivor Series , but lost . On the November 13th edition of SmackDown , Kane turned face to saving The Undertaker from Chris Jericho and The Big Show . On the December 14 episode of Raw , six man tag team match he teamed with The Great Khail and Christian defeat William Regal , Vladimir Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson . In 2010 , at WrestleMania XXVI money in the bank ladder match they were defeated by Jack Swagger . World Heavyweight Championship and Heel Turn ( 2010 ) . Over the next few months , Kane was involved in sporadic singles matches on episodes of " SmackDown " . Ultimately , on the May 28th episode of SmackDown , he lost to CM Punk in a qualifying match for the World Heavyweight Championship for the Fatal 4 - Way pay - per - view event . The following week on " SmackDown " , Kane claimed that he found his brother The Undertaker in a " vegetative state " over Memorial Day weekend and vowed revenge on whoever was responsible . Because of the Undertakers ' injury , it was announced that there would be a Battle Royal between the whole SmackDown roster to replace him for the WWE Fatal 4 Way , for which he qualified pre injury defeating Rey Mysterio . The Battle Royal was the main - event of the night , which was successfully won by Rey Mysterio by eliminating Kane . In Kane ' s quest , he participated in his fourth Money in the Bank ladder match at WWE ' s WWE Money in the Bank . Kane won the Money in the bank ladder match . Later on , Kane cashed in his money in the bank contract and defeat Rey Mysterio , who just defeated Jack Swagger to retain his World Heavyweight Championship , to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career . On the next episode of Smackdown Kane accused Rey Mysterio of putting The Undertaker in a vegetative state . On the August 6 , 2010 episode of SmackDown , Rey Mysterio claimed he was innocent before claiming that Kane himself was the perpetrator behind the assault on the Undertaker . At SummerSlam , Kane retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Mysterio . After the match , he attempted to put Mysterio into a casket only for The Undertaker to appear . Upon his return , Kane delivered him a Tombstone Piledriver and thus , proving Kane to be the real attacker of the Undertaker , also Kane turns heel . The following SmackDown and heel turn , Kane said he had been planning his attack for years and was finally the dominant brother , with control of Undertaker ' s powers . With these powers he was easily able to attack his brother multiple times , prior or after his matches . Then he went on to successfully defend the World Heavyweight Championship against The Undertaker , in a No Holds Barred match at Night of Champions Champions . On the following edition of Smackdown , a casket was brought to ringside by druids to reveal the return of Paul Bearer , who was announced to be The Undertaker ' s manager against Kane at Hell in a Cell . At Hell in a Cell , Paul Bearer turned on The Undertaker . After Undertaker kicked out from a devastating Tombstone , Bearer blinded Undertaker with the urn and gave it to Kane , who smashed Undertaker in the head with it and chokeslammed him to retain the World Heavyweight Champion . On the October 15th edition on Smackdown , Paul Bearer and Kane challenged The Undertaker to a Buried Alive Match at WWE Bragging Rights , which he accepted by attacking Kane . At Bragging Rights Kane defeated Undertaker in a Buried Alive Match with help from The Nexus to retain the title again . Kane will be defending his title against Edge at Survivor Series . At Survivor Series , Kane and Edge fought each other to a tie , therefore Kane was still the champion . After the match , Kane attacked Edge and Edge reversed . Edge threw Kane into the barricade using a weelchair . On the December 10 , 2010 edition of Smackdown Kane eventually found Paul Bearer on top of a two tall ladders on a Balcony . Kane thinking it was another one of Edge ' s Paul Bearer dummies , Kane pushes the ladders off a balcony and Bearer plummets to the concrete below . Kane then looks on in horror as he looks down at his dead father . Kane made an appearance at Tribute to the Troops 2010 in an arm wrestling contest against Major General Grimsley , the match ended in no contest due to Kane getting speared by Edge . At WWE TLC 2010 Kane lost the World Heavyweight Champion to Edge in a Fatal Four Way . Smackdown and various feuds ( 2011 ) . On the 1st edition of Smackdown in 2011 , Kane went on to face Edge in a Last Man Standing Match for the World Heavyweight Championship . However , he was unsuccessful in winning the championship , Edge followed it up with an excruciating Chair - To to the knee , preventing Kane from answering the 10 - count . On 28 January 2011 Kane made himself the surprise third entry in Alberto Del Rio ' s Royal Rumble challenge . Kofi Kingston then joined the match , and threw Del Rio and Kane over the top rope . both Del Rio and Kane entered the ring to seek their revenge , Rey Mysterio came to help Kofi but soon after Vickie Guerrero made a tag team match with Rey Mysterio & Kofi Kingston against Kane & Del Rio . The Match came to an end as Kane big booted Del Rio and stormed out as Kofi and Rey got the win . On the February 4 , 2011 , tapings of Smackdown , Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero to qualify for the Elimination Chamber . Kane competed in the Elimination Chamber , eliminating Drew McIntyre and the Big Show before being speared and eliminated by Edge . After his elimination Kane viciously attacked Rey Mysterio and then chokeslammed Edge for the final time thus ending the feud between the two . Reunion with Big Show , WWE Tag Team Champion , and injury ( 2011 ) . Following a disqualification loss to Big Show by using a steel chair in early 2011 , Kane began an apparent alliance with The Corre ( a group consisting of Wade Barrett , Ezekiel Jackson , Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel when they offered to assist Kane in another match against Big Show on March 4 . However , after Gabriel stumbled into him during the assault , Kane attacked him with a steel chair , and the Corre retaliated against him in defense of their teammate . This turned Kane face once again . As a result , Kane faced off against Barrett the following week . The match ended with interference from the other members of the Corre , who in turn were chased away when Big Show came to the ring and threatened the group with a steel chair . After the group left , he hit Kane with the chair for payback from the week before . After several weeks and mutual turmoil with The Corre , Kane and Big Show reunited on the March 18 edition of " SmackDown " to challenge Slater and Gabriel for the WWE Tag Team Championship . Kane memorably told Show " You complete me . " in a backstage segment . Although the Corre would lose the match via disqualification after Gabriel pulled the referee from the ring , Kane and Big Show did not win the championships , as titles cannot change hands as result of a disqualification . On the following edition of " Raw " , Kane and Big Show solidified their reunion when they came to the aid of Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov , who were being attacked following a loss in a non - title match over Slater and Gabriel . It was later announced that the four would face the Corre at Wrestlemania . At WrestleMania XXVII , Kane , Big Show , Santino Marella and Kofi Kingston ( who replaced Kozlov due to being attacked by the Corre and injuring his arm prior to WrestleMania ) defeated the Corre . The following week , a WrestleMania rematch took place with Kane and Big Show ' s team victorious over the Corre once again in a two out of three falls match . Ultimately , the duo defeated Slater and Gabriel for the WWE Tag Team Championship , their second championship win as a team , on the April 22nd edition of " SmackDown " . The following week a rematch took place for the WWE Tag Team Championship ' s which resulted in Kane and Big Show retaining the belts . At Extreme Rules Kane and Big Show successfully defended their titles by defeating Wade Barrett and Ezekiel Jackson in a tag - team Lumberjack Match . On the May 2nd edition of " Raw " , Kane faced Mason Ryan in a match . Ryan was disqualified when CM Punk and other Nexus members attacked him . On the May 9th edition of " Raw " , Kane fought Mason Ryan which ended in a no contest . On the following Smackdown , Kane faced Wade Barrett in a non - title match . The Corre interfered and as a result , the match ending in a disqualification . Ezekiel Jackson came down to fight the Corre but was beat down as well . On the 20th May 2011 edition of Smackdown Ezekiel Jackson , Big Show and Kane defeated the Corre in a 6 - man tag team match . At Over the Limit , Kane and Big Show successfully defended the Tag Team Championships against CM Punk and Mason Ryan . On the May 23 edition of Raw , David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty defeated Kane and Big Show to win the Tag Team Championships with help from CM Punk and Mason Ryan . After the match Big Show was run over by Alberto Del Rio ' s car and causing him to have a torn ACL . When Big Show returned to " Raw " after recovering from his injuries , Kane and Big Show went their separate ways . Kane participated in the Money in the Bank ladder match but was unsuccessful in winning the bout , as the match was won by Daniel Bryan . On the July 22 , 2011 episode of SmackDown , Kane claimed he was once again the " Devil ' s Favorite Demon " and he would kill his humanity in his match against Randy Orton but he later lost to Orton in a street fight . After the match , Kane shook hands with his opponent in a mark of respect but was attacked by Mark Henry reported that the attack had resulted in Kane suffering a fractured fibula which was likely to render him unable to wrestle for three months . Remasking and Feuds with John Cena and Randy Orton ( 2011 – 2012 ) . While Kane was inactive , WWE started airing vignettes of Kane from November 2011 featuring Kane and a burning red mask . After more than four months of inactivity , Kane returned on the December 12 edition of Monday Night Raw wearing a metallic mask and interrupted the main event between Mark Henry and John Cena . Despite the fact that it was Henry who took Kane out of action for months , Kane instead chose to chokeslam Cena before removing the metallic mask to reveal a new red mask . On the December 19 edition of Raw , Kane again confronted Henry and Cena . Henry was left untouched again while Kane again attacked Cena , thus turning Kane heel . On the December 26 edition of Raw , Kane explained that he targeted Cena because he wanted Cena to " embrace the hate " from anti - Cena fans rather than try to " rise above hate , " Cena ' s T - shirt slogan . On first Raw of 2012 Kane was scheduled to wrestle in a 6 - man tag - team elimination match , but decided not to wrestle . After the match , Kane came out from underneath the ring and once again attacked Cena . Kane then went after Zack Ryder and tried to drag Ryder under the ring with him but Cena managed to save him . Cena and Ryder would ask each other if they were ok just before an explosion occurred in the middle of the ring . After a draw against Cena at the Royal Rumble , and a loss to Cena at Elimination Chamber . After his feud with Cena ended , he started a feud with another of Cena ' s friends Randy Orton , beating him at WrestleMania 28 , however he lost in a rematch to him at the following Smackdown in a no DQ match , and again at Extreme Rules in a falls count anywhere match to end the feud . Face Turn and WWE Tag Team Champion ( 2012 - 2013 ) . Afterwords Kane would turn face at Raw 1000 , when he reunited with The Undertaker to beat down various attacking superstars . Later Kane would start a feud with Daniel Bryan at SummerSlam , which he lost via a rollup . Following this Kane started a team with Bryan , winning the WWE Tag Team Championship at Night of Champions . Following Night of Champions Kane and Daniel Bryan would start a feud with Team Rhodes Scholars , and successfully defended the championship against them on multiple occasions . On the November 26 episode of Raw , both Kane and Bryan were assaulted by The Shield . Team Hell No were allied with Ryback to face The Shield , but lost a Tables , Ladders , and Chairs Match at Tables , Ladders , and Chairs 2012 . Further title defenses followed throughout December 2012 and January 2013 . On the February 11 episode of Raw , Kane defeated Dolph Ziggler to earn the final spot in the number one contender Elimination Chamber for the World Heavyweight Championship , but was the second man eliminated at the Elimination Chamber pay - per - view . On April 7 at WrestleMania XXIX , Team Hell No defeated Dolph Ziggler and Big E . Langston in another successful title defense . Following WrestleMania , Team Hell No rekindled their rivalry with The Shield after they saved The Undertaker from The Shield . On the April 22 episode of Raw , Team Hell No and The Undertaker were defeated by The Shield in a six - man tag team match . Kane and Bryan then faced members of the stable in tag team and singles competition , but were mainly unsuccessful . On May 19 at Extreme Rules , Kane and Bryan lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Shield members Seth Rollings and Roman Reigns , ending the reign at 245 days . Team Hell No lost their rematch against Reigns and Rollins on May 27 . On the June 14 episode of SmackDown , Kane , Bryan and Randy Orton ended The Shield ' s Unpinned / Unsubmitted streak in televised six - man tag team matches . Kane unsuccessfully challenged Dean Ambrose for the WWE United States Championship three days later at Payback and the following night on Raw On the July 8 episode of Raw , Kane was attacked by the debuting Wyatt family , removing him from his scheduled match at Money in the Bank . Kane returned three weeks later , losing to Bryan . Following the match he was attacked again by the Wyatt Family , setting up a Ring of Fire match at summerSlam against Bray Wyatt . Kane lost the match , following interference from Erick Rowan and Luke Harper , and after another attack , Kane was carried out of the arena by the Wyatt Family . Director of Operations ( 2013 – present ) . On the July 8 episode of " Raw " , Kane was attacked and injured by the debuting Wyatt Family , removing him from his scheduled match at Money in the Bank . Kane returned three weeks later , losing to Bryan . Following the match , he was attacked again by the Wyatt Family , setting up a Ring of Fire match at SummerSlam against Bray Wyatt . Kane lost the match , following interference from Erick Rowan and Luke Harper , and after another attack , he was carried out of the arena by the Wyatt Family . The storyline was put in place to allow Jacobs time off to film " See No Evil 2 " . Following a two - month hiatus , Kane returned at Hell in a Cell on October 27 , attacking both The Wyatt Family and The Miz . The following night on " Raw " , Kane pledged allegiance to Stephanie McMahon by handing her his mask , and reinforced his loyalty the following week by aiding members of The Authority . As part of his character change , he appeared unmasked and wore a suit and tie to fit in with the corporate ideology of The Authority , and was given a fictional role as " Director of Operations " . Kane participated in the 2014 Royal Rumble , and was eliminated by CM Punk . He re - appeared later during the match , eliminating Punk to tie the record for most eliminations in the Royal Rumble match ; however , his thirteen - year - old record for most eliminations in a single Rumble was broken by Roman Reigns . Kane then involved himself in The Authority ' s feud with Daniel Bryan , which included Kane booking himself in a match with Bryan on the February 17 episode of " Raw " and interfering in the Elimination Chamber match between Bryan and Randy Orton at Elimination Chamber . Following WrestleMania XXX , after Kane and The New Age Outlaws lost to the Shield , Kane was berated by Stephanie McMahon and told to find the " Big Red Monster " that he was before . He retrieved his mask that same week , attacking Big Show on Main Event . McMahon announced Kane as the number one contender to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules , prompting to Kane to attack champion Daniel Bryan and his wife Brie Bella . Kane lost his title match to Bryan at Extreme Rules . At Money in the Bank , Kane aided Seth Rollins to capture his Money in the Bank contract , but he failed to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a ladder match against seven other superstars . At WWE Battleground , Kane took place in a Fatal 4 - Way match against John Cena , Randy Orton and Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship , but Cena retained the title . On the August 4 episode of " Raw " , Kane once again removed his mask , and gave it to Stephanie McMahon . At Survivor Series , he was a member of Team Authority in a losing effort against team Cena . After Survivor Series , he began feuding with Ryback , which led to a match between the two at TLC in which Ryback won . On January 25 , 2015 at the Royal Rumble , Kane entered the Rumble match at # 24 , eliminating four superstars before being eliminated by eventual winner , Roman Reigns . Kane broke the record for most eliminations in the Royal Rumble match by reaching a cumulative total of 43 eliminations , passing Shawn Michaels ' record of 39 . At Fastlane , The Authority defeated Dolph Ziggler , Erick Rowan and Ryback when Kane pinned Ziggler . Kane participated in the 2nd Annual André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31 but was eliminated by Cesaro . Kane competed in the second annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the WrestleMania XXXI Kickoff Show , but was eliminated by last year ' s winner , Cesaro . Kane was Gatekeeper in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Match at Extreme Rules , where he chokeslammed J & J Security , Randy Orton and Seth Rollins , but was taken out by an RKO by The Viper . The following night on Raw , he teamed with Rollins to face Roman Reigns & Randy Orton . After taking out J & J Security , he destroyed the announce table as Orton hit Rollins with the RKO for the win . Then Kane declared that the WWE Universe chose Reigns and Orton to face Rollins in a Triple Threat Match at Payback on May 17 . Still , whether in a suit or a mask , as a member of a group or fighting alone , one thing is clear : The fire still burns in Kane . Other media . Jacobs made his film debut as " Jacob Goodnight " in the first production of WWE Studios , See No Evil , released on May 19 , 2006 . Jacobs has also made a cameo appearance in the film , McGruber , alongside fellow WWE Superstars MVP , Chris Jericho , The Great Khali , Mark Henry , and The Big Show . He also appared in Smallville series episode " Combat " as Titan alongside former WWE Diva Ashley . Episode was aired on March 22 , 2007 . Jacobs appeared on a special WWF edition of " The Weakest Link " in March 2002 and became the strongest link by defeating Bubba Ray Dudley in the final round . The money won was donated to Jacobs ' chosen charity , St Jude Children ' s Research Hospital , in Memphis Tennessee . The Kane character was featured in the fourteen issue " Undertaker " commic book produced by the now - defunct Chaos ! Comics in 1999 . The character only spoke once , in the " Undertaker Halloween Special " , which tied into the single issue " Mankind " comic book produced by the same company . Jacobs was also featured in a Chef Boyardee commercial . After his unmasking on Raw in 2003 , Jacobs revealed that performing in his mask was increasingly uncomfortable and difficult . In an interview with Jacobs he revealed that " I think it was time . We had gone as far as we could go with the character under the mask . I actually felt the mask was limiting my ability to do some things . For years , to portray emotion I had to do it with my body . I never could do it with my face as the other superstars were able to . So , it added another dimension . " Glenn revealed that he and Vince McMahon were the only ones that were 100 percent behind the idea of the Kane character removing his mask . In an interview with Jacobs he said that he has no plans to retire soon . " I ' m still having fun , " Glenn said . " I ' m really at the height of my career , and I don ' t have any plans of packing it in , at least not in the near future . " A book written by Michael Chiappetta detailing the kayfabe origins of the Kane character entitled Journey into Darkness was released in 2005 . WWE released a 3 - disc anthology of Kane named , The Twisted , Disturbed Life of Kane on December 9 , 2008 . The DVD consisted of Kane ' s greatest feuds and rivalries during his first 10 years . Jacobs hosted podcasts named the Tiny Political Show , and Liberty Radio Underground under the pseudonym " Citizen - X . " Liberty Radio Underground is now defunct . Personal life . Jacobs has been married to Crystal Maurisa Goins since August 23 , 1995 . Together they have two children . Jacobs is also involved in political issues , and publishes his views via a blog . He supported Ron Paul for President in 2008 . He is a member of the Free State Project , and spoke at the organization ' s 2009 New Hampshire Liberty Forum . He has also spoken at the Ludwig von Mises Institute . In an interview on the Tom Woods Show libertarian podcast , Jacobs mentioned Woods , Harry Browne , Ron Paul ] John Stossel , Peter Schiff , and Murray Rothbard as his political influences , and stated he is " theoretically a Rothbardian " , but does not believe that a stateless society will be achieved in his lifetime .