• Old School WWF Legend Celebrates His Birthday
Old School World Wrestling Federation Legend Kane (Real name: Glenn Jacobs) celebrates his birthday today.
He also used to play the roles of Bruiser Mastino (WCW), Unabomb (SMW), Isaac Yankem, DDS (WWF) & Fake Diesel (WWF) before they found a character for him, that would make him famous and gave him a 20+ year run with the company: “The Big Red Machine” Kane.
In storyline Kane was the lost brother of The Undertaker, brought to the World Wrestling Federation by Paul Bearer to go after his kayfabe brother, but a few years later they eventually started teaming up as The Brothers of Destruction.
Jacobs is currently the mayor of Knox County (Knoxville, Tennessee) but will still return to the WWE every now and then.
He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021, but the ceremony took place without a crowd due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KANE!
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 26, 2014) – Old School WCW Announcer Passed Away
On this day in 2014 we lost Old School Wrestling announcer Lee Marshall at the age of 64 due to esophageal cancer.
Most notably Lee Marshall worked for Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association and later for Ted Turners World Championship Wrestling.
He was also the ring announcer for the Los Angeles portion of WWF WrestleMania 2 in 1986.
REST IN PEACE LEE MARSHALL!
November 28, 1949 – April 26, 2014
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• Old School WCW Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WCW Veteran Reese (Real name: Ron Reis) celebrates his birthday today.
Ron’s World Championship Wrestling debut at the end of the Halloween Havoc 1995 PPV was pretty memorable, as he came out in a mummy costume as “The Yeti”, helping The Giant (now known as The Big Show) to attack Hulk Hogan.
He also portrayed other characters in WCW, such as “The Super Giant Ninja” and “Big Ron Studd”, before joining Raven’s stable “Raven’s Flock” as Reese in 1998.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY REESE!
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• Old School WCW & UFC Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WCW Veteran Tank Abbott (Real name: David Lee Abbott) celebrates his birthday today.
Being an MMA Fighter, he also used to be one of the earliest Big Names in UFC History, before joining Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling in 1999.
After he was released in 2000, Abbott returned to the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, including an – a lot less successful – UFC Comeback.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANK ABBOTT!
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