Professional wrestler making bid for mayor in TN

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The professional wrestler known as Kane is making a bid to become mayor of Knox County in Tennessee.
The towering WWE villain, whose real name is Glenn Jacobs, had previously filed papers to be able to raise money for a bid to succeed term-limited Mayor Tim Burchett. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Jacobs formally kicked off his campaign Tuesday.
Glenn Jacobs.
Tea party groups urged Jacobs to challenge U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander in the Republican primary in 2014,