If youre like a lot of wrestling fans, you love the infinitely quotable 1999 pro wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat. Cobras may be scary, but they only weigh 15 pounds. Attorney-at-Law Jamaica Labour Party candidate for St. Ann North East Jake, perhaps finally sick of his old life, gave the program a shot between that and actually eating real food for once, he dropped 40 pounds in just a few months and dedicated himself entirely to the program. By the end of 1994, Roberts took a hiatus. After the match, Roberts mounted an offensive against DiBiase and Virgil and then began giving away DiBiase's "money" including giving some money to actress Mary Tyler Moore who was seated at ringside. In a response to the article, Roberts was quoted as saying, "If the devil can't defeat me, cancer doesn't stand a chance in hell! The WWE icon was hit in the head with chairs and guitars and once broke his arm so badly during a match his bone was sticking out. Roberts debuted in the Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesora y Administracin (AAA) in April 1993, causing the defeat of Konnan in the career vs. career match at Triplemana I. Roberts' run-in started a feud that lasted until 1994 at Triplemana II-C, in which Konnan defeated Roberts in a hair vs. hair match which Roberts got his long hair cut off and shaved bald. After several days, he was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [25] He said that Grizzly forced her to marry him against her will, seeing as a possibly pregnant 13 year old daughter of the woman you're dating could bring unwanted attention. promo from 1999. I try to get involved with the grandkids and Ive just truly been blessed.. [61], Jim Ross in one of the episodes of his 'Grilling JR' podcast revealed that Roberts still remains in poor health with breathing issues and pending surgeries.[62]. Such callousness motivated Jake to pursue wrestling full-time to show his dad how wrong he was. Following a brief feud with Bad News Brown in the summer of 1990, Roberts also feuded with Rick "The Model" Martel throughout late 1990 into early 1991, after Martel (kayfabe) blinded Roberts by spraying his cologne "Arrogance" into his eyes. Debut and championship pursuits (19861990), Extreme Championship Wrestling (19971998), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2006, 2008), Foley, Mick. He was the father of professional wrestlers Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Rockin' Robin, and Sam Houston . His attack on Randy Savage with a cobra stunned the fans. In the set-up, Roberts explained to Warrior that, after passing three tests, he would have the "knowledge of the dark side" to defeat Undertaker. In 2013, Roberts announced his desire to return to WWE as a participant in the 2014 Royal Rumble. [20] Roberts later introduced a new snake, Damien's "big brother" Lucifer.[21]. [2] He had three children from his first marriage: two sons, Aurelian Jr. and Richard, and a daughter, Jo Lynn (who was kidnapped in 1979). All of it is covered in the latest documentary in A&Es Biography: WWE Legends series airing Sunday at 8 p.m. Roberts appeared unannounced on WWE Raw and looked to be in phenomenal shape. [6], Roberts started his career in 1974 in the Louisiana area, as a referee and wrestler, making his name in Mid-South Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and Georgia Championship Wrestling. Made in Chicago of imported fabric or material. The legendary Jake the Snake features race-driven geometry in a tough yet light aluminum frame and a full carbon flat mount disc fork and is accompanied by tubeless-ready wheels. He had dropped enough weight that he looked largely like he did in the '80s (minus the mullet, sadly), and appeared lucid as could be. He then had a feud with "Ravishing" Rick Rude and his manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, who began a gimmick of selecting a woman from the crowd to kiss after each match. It was something I was scared to death of because I got screwed over so bad with that other crap that was put together. Roberts executed the DDT on Steamboat on the exposed concrete floor right in front of his wife Bonnie and then proceeded to rest his snake Damien on top of a prone Steamboat. As Jake recounted in his documentary The Resurrection of Jake Roberts, the only reason he was born at all was because his father raped a young woman. If you're not an Amazon Prime subscriber, the immersive documentary is also available to rent on Vudu ($2. The WWE Hall of Famer never won a singles title in WWE, partly Roberts said he believes because McMahon was afraid of relying on him because of his issues outside the ring. In 2012, he moved in with fellow wrestler Diamond Dallas Page to seek help in getting his life back on track following years of alcohol and drug addiction, a period covered in the 2015 documentary The Resurrection of Jake the Snake. [5], In 1964, the Kentuckians made a brief stop in the WWWF in the Northeast. Roberts has several siblings, but one of them is no longer with us. You know, Beyond the Mat. [45] At Double or Nothing on May 23, 2020, Archer lost the final to Cody Rhodes after Mike Tyson prevented Roberts from interfering on Archer's behalf in the finals match for the new AEW TNT Championship. Throughout the film, he made confessions about his tragic past, including the murder of his sister by her husband's ex-wife and the collapse of his marriage. Roberts was present at Wrestlecon 2018, where he was . The Resurrection of Jake The Snake. As he toldone website, "Carrying that 100-pound snake around was brutal on my body." Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Fans likely weren't sure what to be more aghast at: Robert's drunken actions, or how he looked heavier, flabbier, and overall worse than ever. When you eat an apple, your tail grows by four blocks instead of the usual one. In early to mid-1991, Roberts engaged in a feud with Earthquake who "squashed" Damien with a pair of Earthquake splashes during their match on the April 27 (taped March 26) edition of WWF Superstars of Wrestling. During the match, Roberts made Wells foam from the mouth when he wrapped his snake Damien around Wells' head.[9]. They challenged Antonio Inoki and Hiro Matsuda for the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice but lost by disqualification both times, although Inoki was able to pin Smith in the second fall of the second match. Roberts was so intoxicated that during the course of the night, he slurred his way through a promo before the match and staggered to, from, and around the ring during his entrance. This match ended in a DQ. However, after Roberts hit Hogan with a DDT during an episode of The Snake Pit, fans responded positively to the attack by chanting "DDT" rather than for Hogan, and McMahon abandoned his plans for a feud between them. Roberts responded by flashing the crowd, punching a wall, breaking his hand, and running out into the streets crying. He is best known by his ring name of Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and often brought snakes into the ring, including a boa constrictor named Damien and even a de-venomed cobra, named Lucifer. Roberts immediately began berating Randy Savage in a series of promos, aware that Savage who had lost a retirement match to the Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania VII was unable to exact revenge. He was no better in the ring, forcing fans to rub his bare chest, pretending his snake was a pants-snake, and stumbling around the ring while barely acknowledging anything Neidhart was trying to do. [5] Notably, although Ambrose's onscreen character was unconscious, he himself was visibly attempting not to smile during the segment as Roberts had been his favorite wrestler during his childhood. [11] Smith and The Spoiler continued to feud, however, and The Spoiler regained the Heavyweight Championship in August and the Tag Team Championship in September. She was admitted to practice law in 1997. Because its not about me anymore, its about them.. As he explained, "I never wanted you to trust me.". From there, he went to Mississippi to work with promoter George Culkin. [2] In many of these matches, The Assassins were joined by the Missouri Mauler and The Kentuckians teamed with Haystacks Calhoun. In November 2002, Roberts started his own wrestling promotion in the UK, called "Real Stars of Wrestling". Despite all that, he had an image to uphold since he was a face (good guy) for much of his WWF tenure. [60] Doctors also found an abnormality on his brain which they felt could be a result of all the bumps Roberts took over his long career. During a panel at Tidewater Comicon, Jake revealed why Watts did it. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. via playsleague.com He wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance in 1983, World Championship Wrestling in 1992, and the Mexico-based Asistencia Asesora y Administracin between 1993 and 1994 and again in 1997. Phone: 360-642-2188 Admission: Free. Thanks for contacting us. In fact, according to Dallas Page, he cared more about missing appearancesor letting down fans. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, 2014, and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2020. It was in Georgia Championship Wrestling during 1983 that Roberts became part of Paul Ellering's stable, the Legion of Doom, and began a feud with Ron Garvin over the NWA World Television Championship that lasted into 1984. There they feuded with Gorilla Monsoon & Klondike Bill and the Graham Brothers. His descent into drugs and alcohol has been . The documentary opens with Roberts, who has eight children, fishing on a boat with two of his sons, Derek and Dustin. He was diagnosed with the flu two weeks earlier and ignored doctors' advice of rest and continued to travel to events. And it's going to be a long journey. Roberts made an appearance on the October 19, 2006 episode of TNA Impact!. It was at this time that Roberts' problems with the discs in his back were publicly acknowledged, as DiBiase attacked Roberts after a victory over his bodyguard Virgil on WWF Superstars of Wrestling. Jake "The Snake" Roberts joins co-host Marcus DeAngelo to share stories from his Hall of Fame career, personal struggles, and overcoming challenges. It is the first time we hear some of his kids feelings about the pain his absence caused and the healing that has brought him back into their lives. Smith and Brown formed a tag team known as The Kentuckians, and the pair used the gimmick of a pair of hillbillies. Roberts wrestled for the WWE in the late '80s and '90s and was infamous for bringing a pet snake . Talk about your Psalms, talk about John 3:16 Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!". She was educated at Brown's Town Primary School, Westwood High School, Brown's Town Community College, the University of the West Indies and Norman Manley Law School. Jake The Snake in Quarantine at DDP's Recovery Crib - YouTube 0:00 / 6:35 #DDP #JakeTheSnake #DDPY Jake The Snake in Quarantine at DDP's Recovery Crib 261,793 views Premiered May 10, 2020. Its so good, Roberts said. It led to a persona that Roberts agreed was ahead of its time in the 1980s with the shock value of a live snake moving around in a bag and on opponents including the famous scene of one biting a tied-up Macho Man Randy Savage in the ropes. Up until the late '90s, fans might have been aware that Jake Roberts had some personal issues, but many had no clue how bad they truly were. He then went to the camera man and screamed; "Your God he giveth, and he can taketh away. After leaving WCW, Roberts spent his next couple of years wrestling around the world. During the summer of 1997, Roberts debuted in ECW. Roberts appeared as Mr. Lucas, the owner of a gourmet condom company, in the comedy film, The Bet which also featured Dallas Page and Roddy Piper. Jake was born into wrestling. The reason why haunts Jake to this day. Jake Roberts made a name for himself by bringing snakes along with him to the ring. Roberts made an appearance on March 14, 2005, on Raw, where he confronted Randy Orton, who was preparing to challenge The Undertaker at WrestleMania 21. As he put it, "it no longer became a choice to [drink]. Someday, Im gonna move in next door to them and take their kids to school and be in their backyard helping their wives because I love them. Paul Bearer offered "El Diablo" what appeared to be a bribe to walk away. What many people may not realize is that Roberts had a fear of them! We've received your submission. Because something would just happen because when I would walk out of that damn locker room, it was like a switch being clicked and, I was no long Aurelian Smith, I became Jake The Snake Roberts then and Jake The Snake didnt give a fk about anything.. I never got a nickel out of that. In January 1967, the Kentuckians showed up in Japan's International Wrestling Enterprise. Born in 1955, Jake was named Aurelian Smith Junior after his father Aurelian aka Grizzly Smith a noted wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s. After all, if people get close they may sense weakness and vulnerability, two parts of Jake's personality he wasn't ready to confront. When Roberts was dissatisfied with the answers, he hit Bearer with a DDT and, after jamming Undertaker's hand in a coffin, began hitting him with a steel chair; however, Undertaker got up after each chair shot and eventually chased Roberts backstage dragging the coffin behind him. [21], Smith retired from wrestling and moved to Louisiana, where he shared a house with his son Michael (Sam Houston) in Metairie. Its showing them that things are possible., The best insights from the ultimate insiders, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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