Mayor Glenn Jacobs is better known as Kane to WWE fans. Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel-Imagn Content Services, LLC

Masked WWE wrestler Kane, now a mayor, votes against mask ordinance

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 2, 2020 4:43 PM ET

Those of you who have "masked wrestler votes against wearing masks during a worldwide pandemic" can cross that box off on your 2020 bingo cards.

As Jack Baer of Yahoo Sports wrote, the Knox County, Tennessee, board of health voted on Wednesday to require that individuals inside of public establishments must wear masks. The vote passed 7-1, with Mayor Glenn Jacobs casting the only "no" vote.

Yes, that's the same Glenn Jacobs who portrayed masked WWE Superstar Kane for the bulk of his career.

Jacobs, who performed masked and unmasked while with the promotion, hung his wrestling boots up when he won the 2018 election.

He has, however, made sporadic WWE appearances as the Kane character through 2020:

Perhaps Jacobs voted no because current versions of his mask leave his nose and mouth uncovered. We'd recommend against wearing those types of face coverings while out among others.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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