After all, if people get close they may sense weakness and vulnerability, two parts of Jake's personality he wasn't ready to confront. [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. Being as good and great as Hulk [Hogan] was there was some corn in that, a little too much in believability. By 2012, Roberts was a total mess. Before Aurelian Smith Jr. ever stepped in a ring he hoped to be an architect, having a love of working with wood and buildings. Sadly, few if any higher-ups told him to get help until it was almost too late. Jake The Snake Roberts on his Character in WWE in 1996. He started his career in various NWA territories before finally establishing himself within the WWF. It's little wonder Jake left WCW before ringing in 1993. [13] He then worked for Bill Watts in the Mid-South territory[14] until being fired during a disagreement over wages. On Tuesday I've convinced myself that the microwave is no good so I need to boil my water on the stove instead and have a green tea instead of coffee, because am I drinking too much caffeine? It was severe enough that he lost consciousness in the hospital several times, but he wasn't interested in dying or giving up. The only problem was Roberts was deathly afraid of them and still is today. At one point, he said he loved the wrestling business more than anything else in the world. That wasn't enough for Roberts, sadly. Before the match, announcer Vince McMahon said the fans would probably support Savage against the disliked Roberts. [13] The Honky Tonk Man denies that he purposefully injured Roberts, although Honky's manager Jimmy Hart, as well as a video of the incident (seen on the Pick Your Poison DVD) suggests otherwise with Roberts later claiming that he was picking pieces of wood out of his back for weeks after. Jake "The Snake" Roberts didn't feel pain when he wrestled. But soon, Sid injured his biceps, which forced the feud to end.[10]. In 1984, Roberts entered World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) joining up with "Gentleman" Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez in their feud against the Von Erichs, winning the WCCW Television title and 6-Man Tag Team title (with Adams and Hernandez). In 1986, Jake Roberts was set for a feud with top star Hulk Hogan, and the two went as far as filming an attack on Hogan during an episode of Robert's in-ring talk show The Snake Pit that actually aired on television in some markets. All signs point to Jake's tragic life story being over, and a happier one being told from here on out. To prevent Roberts from sustaining a further injury, he was quickly defeated by Austin; in a post-match interview, Austin mocked his recital of the biblical passage John 3:16 by saying "You sit there and you thump your Bible, and you say your prayers, and it didn't get you anywhere! Unfortunately, Steamboat was unable to stop his head from hitting the concrete and was rendered unconscious, sustaining a concussion. Jake The Snake Salary: Roberts was making $500,000 per year when he was wrestling in the WWF in the late 1980s. [10] The following month, Smith gained another title when he teamed with Fritz Von Erich to defeat The Spoiler and Gary Hart to win the NWA American Tag Team Championship. Roberts responded by flashing the crowd, punching a wall, breaking his hand, and running out into the streets crying. Hopefully Im building a lot of people as we speak, showing them a way out of their alcohol addiction or your drug addiction, Roberts said. He's known for having innovated one of wrestling's most inspired finishing moves in the DDTa swift symphony of high impact offense where an opponent's head is held in a front face lock before. In 2016, he went on his Unspoken Word tour. His father, Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith (19322010), also a wrestler, left his mother when she was 17 by which time she had given birth to another child. [54][55] In May 2008, Jim Ross reported that Roberts "has been doing well the past few weeks, after completing a treatment program". This summer, however, due to low river and reservoir levels, CVP facilities are expected to generated only about 4,100 GWh--which is 18% below average. Cops also got him on an outstanding 1999 warrant for unpaid child support. And he talked me in to it and said, You know, brother, were trying. Not everything bad in Jake's life is due to a broken family or alcoholism. A fallen professional wrestling superstar battles his past demons in a struggle to reclaim his life and the family that has given up on him. The Resurrection of Jake The Snake. The two wrestlers feuded over the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship, which Smith won from The Spoiler in June 1968. Smith has been the subject of allegations of repeated sexual abuse of minors, including several of his own children. Enraged, he grabbed a steel chair and said that he was going to hit whoever came backstage first, whether it was Savage or Elizabeth. Over 20 bottles of airplane vodka were littered all around him. [10][11], The Kentuckians reunited in the NWA Tri-State territory. Harry "Davey Boy" Smith, 32, is alleged to have thrown hot coffee in the face of Roberts at a . Aurelian Smith Jr. better known by the ring name Jake "The Snake" Roberts, is an American professional wrestler and actor signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs as manager to Lance Archer. Smith began wrestling in 1958. Fortunately, he's on the rise again, thanks to old friends unwilling to give up on him no matter how much he gave up on himself, but that doesn't change how often the man's been through the ringer, essentially since birth. Everyone was scared of the snake, and that's exactly what I wanted. In the attack, Roberts was (storyline) injured by DiBiase and needed time off to have surgery to repair the damage. Several years later, he's still in great shape, and is growing back the mullet to boot. Its why Roberts, who is currently working backstage with AEW after a run as Lance Archers on-screen manager, wants his story to be an inspiration for others trying to break their own cycle of addiction and help them rebuild their lives. The feud continued with Steamboat winning most of the matches (losing only one because he threw Roberts back in the ring before the 10 count, while not beating the count himself), most notably a Snake Pit Match (ostensibly a no-DQ match) at The Big Event in Toronto, and the rematch on the October 1986 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event XII. [5] During filming, Roberts had shoulder surgery which was paid for through crowdfunding. [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. Wrestling star Jake "The Snake" Roberts, real name Aurelian Smith, Jr., is in the hospital, and he's not in good condition, WrestlingInc reports. [6] The Kentuckians biggest win over The Assassins came while competing in the Los Angeles-based World Wrestling Association on August 8, 1965, when they defeated their rivals to win the WWA World Tag Team Championship. A few house show matches ensued, and it was clear to WWE that the angle wasn . Eat as many apples as you can to grow as long as possible. The former wrestler, 67, survived one attempt because he vomited all over himself in his sleep. Jake Roberts was born in Gainesville, Texas in 1955. "[39] After his induction, he would continue to make sporadic appearances, and would also be a regular on WWE Story Time, even making an appearance on the show after his AEW debut. He was also a pedophiliac criminal. [34] After Roberts took his snake out of a bag, Brother Runt told him to put it away. He also stated that the cobra died a week after the angle and he joked that the cobra must have got the venom from him. [5], In 1964, the Kentuckians made a brief stop in the WWWF in the Northeast. His half-sister Robin speculates in the documentary that their dad likely pushed Roberts stepmother to molest and beat him as a child. During his second tenure with the company, Roberts was pushed as a "Cinderella story" and faced Stone Cold Steve Austin in the final match of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament. You start getting involved, go to church with the kids, do this with the kids, and become involved in what theyre doing and not what youre doing, he said. [49], On February 1, 2023, it was announced that Roberts, along with Mark Henry, Paul Wight, and Shawn Dean was named a special advisor in AEW's community outreach program, titled AEW Together. 7 and was eliminated by Stone Cold Steve Austin. [28] To go along with his new gimmick, his new albino Burmese python was named "Revelations". Roberts and Earthquake feuded throughout most of late-spring and into the summer, Roberts defeated Earthquake on July 1, at Madison Square Garden which featured Andr the Giant in Roberts' corner. In September 1993, he took part wrestling a tour for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Joe Rogan - Jake The Snake on Childhood Abuse and Addiction JRE Clips 6.95M subscribers Subscribe 13K Share Save 726K views 4 years ago #1205 Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1205 :. He began wrestling in 1975, and the drinking only escalated from there. According to the documentary Jake Roberts: Pick Your Poison, after Jake left WWF in 1992, he and WCW had agreed to a mega-deal worth up to $3 million a year. Roberts proceeded to unleash a king cobra on Sid, until Hacksaw Jim Duggan intervened. His descent into drugs and alcohol has been . Roberts had a strained relationship with his pedophilic father,[5] and was sexually and physically abused by his stepmother during his childhood, which included vaginal penetration - his father was doing the same thing to his daughters (Aurelian Jr.'s sisters) too. Be careful not to hit the wall or eat your tail! [20] Roberts later introduced a new snake, Damien's "big brother" Lucifer.[21]. -Jake "The Snake" Roberts is called one of the most authentic personalities in wrestling history. During the late 1980s, all three wrestled at the same time for the WWF (now WWE). Harry Smith Involved In Incident With Jake Roberts At WrestleCon By TS Staff Published Apr 10, 2018 Harry Smith didn't take too kindly to some things Roberts said about his late father, Davey Boy Smith, so he confronted Jake The Snake at WrestleCon. That incident helped set up Roberts' feud with the Undertaker. I wanted everyone to be afraid of me." His departure came after he was upset that WWF chairman Vince McMahon did not offer him a position on the writing staff, despite being promised such previously. He died on June 12, 2010 in Amarillo, Texas. After several months, the feud culminated in a match at WrestleMania VII, in which both contestants were blindfolded (though both Roberts and Martel did later confess to having some limited vision due to mesh holes in the masks - these were briefly visible due to Jake putting his hand inside the mask after donning it shortly before the start of the match). 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.. Coolmath's snake game is different from most. That somebody else was criminally underage, and she wound up giving birth to Jake when she barely a teenager. In November 2020, Roberts was taken to the hospital after feeling breathless during a long period of persistent coughing. [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. After being woken up and angrily demanding an 8-ball, Roberts stumbled into the arena and began mumbling at both the fans and Lightning. 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. [15] This began a heated feud throughout the summer of 1988, which escalated after Rude began wearing a pair of tights emblazoned with a visage of Mrs. Roberts, which an irate Roberts tore off. After SummerSlam, Roberts was placed in a feud with Randy Savage. That in itself is usually a very bad idea, but how it ended took it from "bad idea" to pure tragedy. ("Aurelian the Barbarian" is a solid backup plan.) 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. The Honky Tonk Man. In late 1986, Roberts began to enjoy an upsurge in fan popularity, despite the WWF's attempts to cast him as an unpopular villain. She says things were so bad in 1998 she was grateful when he stayed away. Roberts, who still has four of his kids who currently dont want him back in their lives, said it was a gradual process getting accepted back by the other four starting with asking for forgiveness. Roberts also teamed with Tommy Dreamer at the 1998 November to Remember as his mystery partner defeating Justin Credible and Jack Victory.[29]. The WrestleMania VIII match turned out to be Roberts' last for the WWF for nearly four years. Jake The Snake Roberts once had a dream other than becoming one of the biggest professional wrestling stars ever. Wash on gentle, cold water. via playsleague.com RA Rates: Major Fun Save to My Sights More on Marsh's Free Museum If youve never seen the film, it follows Jake through an independent wrestling event I like his snakes, I like his style! and a failed attempt to reconnect with his daughter, and speaks with him at length about his problems with drugs, sex and family. [34] Roberts then gave a "mumbling" promo. Hopefully that story will involve at least a few more DDTs and snakes slithering around the ring before it's done. He was also shown enjoying the taste of a post match cigarette. He appeared at the 1997 Royal Rumble where he entered at no. Showing Editorial results for jake the snake roberts. He was released in February 1997. Jake "The Snake" Roberts. After surgery and recovery, he was just fine. 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. The match ended in a double disqualification. Attorney-at-Law Jamaica Labour Party candidate for St. Ann North East OK, fk it. I was praying it would happen soon. The feud ended on Saturday Night's Main Event XXX, with Savage getting the win. Also, Smith apparently only went after her because the woman he had been dating Jake's grandmother had passed out, so Smith decided to go into another room and be with somebody else. Changes had to be made to the match's scripting as legitimate injuries sustained earlier in the evening in a match with Vader left Roberts unable to engage in the longer, more evenly matched bout originally intended between the men. In early 1997, the WWF wanted Roberts to wind down his in-ring career and to join the backstage side of the company. [24] Roberts and the Undertaker attacked Savage, until Sid Justice ran them off. Born in 1955, Jake was named Aurelian Smith Junior after his father Aurelian aka Grizzly Smith a noted wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s. The Honky Tonk Man's guitar shot actually injured Roberts' neck, as at the time guitars were not prepared to break easily. [24] In an interview on Jake "The Snake" Roberts: Pick Your Poison, a video released by World Wrestling Entertainment, Roberts stated that his father convinced the family that his injuries in the ring were real and wore a neck brace at home to sell a storyline. In fact, he downright hates them, but used them to keep people from getting too close to the real him. [10] After Steamboat's recovery, Steamboat introduced a "Komodo dragon" as his pet to combat the psychological effects of Roberts' snake. [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. Roberts also stated that director Barry Blaustein and Terry Funk lied to him about the aims of the film, telling him it was a television special on the effects of drug and alcohol abuse. Apparently, Watts had a deal with WCW where he made a percentage of the money he saved the company, so he was cutting down contracts left and right, including Jake's. RSOW ran three events, each headlined by Roberts vs. Im not going to get hurt again. You know? The feud continued through the early part of 1992 and included Savage eliminating Roberts from that year's Royal Rumble match for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship. He was one of the subjects of the 1999 documentary film Beyond the Mat. They continued to pursue the belts and regained them later that month, holding them until a loss to The Spoilers later that year. Roberts came to the ring to help Beefcake, who eventually won by disqualification. February 26, 2023. Three of his children went on to become professional wrestlers: Aurelian Jr. as Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Michael as Sam Houston, and Robin as Rockin' Robin. After retiring in the late-1970s, he held various backstage positions with promotions including Mid-South Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and World Championship Wrestling . Moments later when the lights came back on, Roberts was already in the ring, and proceeded to give Tommy Dreamer a clothesline. Aurelian Smith Jr. (born May 30, 1955), better known by the ring name Jake " The Snake " Roberts, [1] [2] is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs as manager to Lance Archer, and he also serves a special advisor for AEW's community outreach program, AEW Together . [3] He often brought snakes into the ring, most famously a python. He said that often instead of following his partners lead he would try something at the wrong place and time during a match. In an April 1971 match that was scheduled to see Bill Watts and Billy Red Lyons challenge Waldo Von Erich and Karl Von Brauner for the Tri-State version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship, Smith and Brown took the place of the challengers. During the post-SummerSlam wedding reception of Savage and Miss Elizabeth (in reality they had been married since 1984), Elizabeth opened a gift package containing a live cobra. [42] On March 11, 2020, Roberts revealed Lance Archer as his new client. Once he began coming into his own, he stumbled into his famous DDT when The Grappler stepped on his left foot and he fell flat on his ass. The accident became one of pro wrestlings most devastating and protected finishers and changed Roberts career. ", turning Roberts heel for the first time since 1987. There were also the lows of being away from his family and drug and alcohol addiction that left him wanting to die before getting help in 2012. The segment was eventually moved to WWF Superstars of Wrestling (to replace "Piper's Pit" after Roddy Piper's retirement following WrestleMania III)[10] until the final segment aired in July 1987.[11]. If Smith had told his son the truth about wrestling, that could've helped Roberts' psyche immensely. She was admitted to practice law in 1997. I always kept it very, very real. He was not able to get medical attention and almost lost his leg as a result. After spending over a year in hiatus, Roberts returned to WWF at the Royal Rumble in 1996, as a Bible-preacher. Following the release of his new documentary, The Resurrection of Jake the Snake, Jake sat down with Wrestlezone Radio and spoke candidly about the negative effect the films had on him and his family. As he told Salon, "I felt nasty doing that poster, but you do what you're told sometimes." Still, it might've been a blessing in disguise: If he was drinking that much on a mediocre salary, he probably wouldn't have survived with more money to buy booze. Their match was determined via the Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal gimmick. He was a part of the League of Doom ensemble for the National Wrestling Alliance in 1983. After kicking their decades-long addictions to drugs and alcohol, Jake "The Snake" Roberts (real name: Aurelian Smith Jr.) and Razor Ramon (real name: Scott Hall) will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next month during Wrestlemania XXX. [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. [43] Archer was announced as a participant for the tournament for the AEW TNT Championship;[44] he defeated Colt Cabana in the quarter finals, and Dustin Rhodes in the semi-finals. On the April 23, 1988 edition of WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Rude chose Roberts' real-life wife Cheryl, who refused the kiss and revealed that she was in fact the wife of Jake "The Snake". Regardless if that is 100% accurate, in storylineJake attacked rude and ripped the tights right off of Rude in the middle of the ring. When you eat an apple, your tail grows by four blocks instead of the usual one. 4. On October 20, 2002, Roberts became the NWA UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Champion in Maidstone, Kent, England by defeating "Vigilante" Johnny Moss. From there, he went to Mississippi to work with promoter George Culkin. [33] On June 15, 2014, Roberts was an entrant in the CWF Hollywood Red Carpet Rumble which was won by Willie Mack. [21], Smith retired from wrestling and moved to Louisiana, where he shared a house with his son Michael (Sam Houston) in Metairie. From late The '80s to late The '90s, he feuded with their top tier talent. Roberts has a role in the 2019 film The Peanut Butter Falcon. (Matsuda later recommended Smith's daughter Rockin' Robin to work for All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling in the 1990s). On the same video, Roberts also stated that he was conceived when his father, who was dating Roberts' grandmother, raped her 13-year-old daughter (this was also stated in the documentary Beyond the Mat, in which Roberts was also featured). [53], In 2007, WWE started a policy of paying all expenses for its former performers who wanted to start drug rehabilitation programs. His rivalry with Randy Savage made him popular among wrestling fans. In the summer of 1991 there were a series of televised vignettes featuring the Ultimate Warrior turning to Roberts for help in his feud with The Undertaker. 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