WWE Hall of Famer Kane (Glen Jacobs) made his unforgettable debut in October of 1997 and the younger brother of The Undertaker would go on to have a memorable career spanning more than two decades.
However, prior to Kane becoming a permanent fixture on WWE television, Glen Jacobs was known to WWE fans as the evil dentist, Dr Isaac Yankem.
Glen Jacobs on his first experience with Vince McMahon
On an episode of WWE’s “Table for 3,” Jacobs recollected the time he first met with Vince McMahon as the then WWE Chairman pitched him on becoming evil dentist Dr Isaac Yankem:
“I didn’t know him, and he’s the most powerful guy in professional wrestling, and I’m thinking to myself, man, I’m just happy to be here at this point,” Jacobs said. “And he looks at me and said, ‘Glenn, have you ever been afraid to go to the dentist?’ I didn’t know what he was getting at. I didn’t know if it was a psychological, deep-seated thing. But I was like, I just told the truth and said, ‘No.’ And he says, ‘I’ve always had an idea for this character.’ ”
McMahon began to mime his teeth being pulled out and explained: “A wrestling dentist: Isaac Yankem, get it? I yank ’em?”
“And immediately I’m just like, ‘Aw, man, you flew me all the way up here to tell me I’m going to be a wrestling dentist?'” Jacobs laughed. “I’m trying to keep a poker face because this is Vince McMahon and this is a big break, but still it wasn’t necessarily like I considered myself in a role as a wrestling dentist before he brought that up.”
Jacobs also detailed how he applied horribly tasting enamel paint to his teeth for the gimmick, doing everything he could to invest in McMahon’s proposal.
Recently, a former WWE writer claimed that Vince McMahon wanted to give Kane a “three-foot penis” in a movie produced by the company.
These days, Glen Jacobs is now serving a second term as Mayor of Knox County having first been elected n 2018.