Pro Wrestler Wins Race to Pin Down Tennessee County’s Top Political Office

Glenn Jacobs, a professional wrestler best known as Kane in the WWE, will be the next mayor of Knox County in East Tennessee.

Jacobs, a Republican, defeated his democratic counterpart Linda Haney by more than 15,000 votes to win the Tennessee county’s top political office.

A former heavyweight champion, 6-foot-8 Jacobs has been a resident of Tennessee for more than 20 years and he operates an insurance and real estate company there with his wife.

After he pinned down the election, Jacobs got some congratulations and took the stage.

Kane has been elected mayor of Knox County, Tennessee https://t.co/2NFxMVKonN pic.twitter.com/bAf5AzNdOw

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 3, 2018

Congratulations to @KaneWWE on being elected Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee! https://t.co/I4E5YQhYCC

— WWE (@WWE) August 3, 2018

Glenn Jacobs takes the stage… "somebody told me we were about to do a cage fight" @wvlt pic.twitter.com/PtUkVQ7nox

— Brittany Tarwater (@WVLTBrittany) August 3, 2018

Kane, er, Jacobs will take office on September 1.

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