OCTOBER 19, 2020 BACK IN 1999, the 15 or so women who called themselves Sisters With Books, or SWB for short, were all strangers to me. 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. [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). The WrestleMania VIII match turned out to be Roberts' last for the WWF for nearly four years. And by young, we mean she was 12 years old. Sid and Jake wrestled on Superstars a week later. 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. Rogers was knocked out when Roberts stuck the snake in Roger's pants. PW Insider reported earlier today, there was an incident between New Japan Star Harry Smith and WWE Hall of Famer Jake 'The Snake' Roberts. Roberts lived with his grandmother until she died in 1966, forcing him to move back to live with his father and his new wife. 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. Oct 19, 2020 | By Marsha Smith | Los Angeles Review of Books. 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 :. Roberts, 67, said there are still moments where I get really down on myself when I realize how much I missed because he was on the road wrestling and later in his life battling addiction. Roberts was featured in another wrestling documentary in 2015 entitled The Resurrection of Jake the Snake, which chronicled his time living with Diamond Dallas Page beginning in October 2012.[5]. The only problem was Roberts was deathly afraid of them and still is today. The match ended in a double disqualification. [46] In July 2021, Roberts announced he had signed a 2-year contract extension with AEW. 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According to the Pick Your Poison DVD, Roberts had initially signed a lucrative contract under Kip Allen Frey, who was running WCW at the time. A short feud with Sid ensued when Sid was scheduled to wrestle "El Diablo" and the Undertaker came out and accepted the challenge to face Sid. I didn't want anyone to get close to me. 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. The actual match lasted maybe a minute. Their first match was at This Tuesday in Texas pay-per-view on December 3 in San Antonio, Texas, which saw Savage earn a victory over Roberts. Roberts went on to work for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) alongside his father, Grizzly Smith, where he aligned himself with The Barbarian and Cactus Jack to feud against Sting and Nikita Koloff. After his wrestling career ended, he served for a time as a backstage official in the World Wrestling Federation and a road agent in World . 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. Beginning on January 4, 2022, Roberts will take part in a podcast with Diamond Dallas Page and Conrad Thompson titled DDP Snakepit. In November 1986, Roberts challenged Randy Savage for the Intercontinental Championship. [27] His first WCW match came six days later when he defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell on a house show in Chicago, Illinois. [47] In 2022, Roberts would reunite with Archer, who at the time also aligned himself with American Top Team leader Dan Lambert, during Archer's feud with Adam Page for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship. You got to have outlets and when the time comes and you know things are gonna happen then you just try to go through that and find a hole to hide in within yourself while its going on. "[59] In July 2014, he announced that he was cancer-free after various surgeries. Roberts cut a drunken promo paying tribute to Ray Traylor, who had died a few days before, and almost got into a scuffle with several WAW wrestlers who were sent out to defuse the situation.[30]. Roberts, who was so drunk that he could not stand up, took the fall in the match after Bundy splashed and pinned him. I never got a nickel out of that. I was in a bad mood and underproductive and wouldn't, couldn't get up off the couch unless I had something to drink.". Several years later, he's still in great shape, and is growing back the mullet to boot. Despite all that, he had an image to uphold since he was a face (good guy) for much of his WWF tenure. Knowing what Jake's gone through, it's little surprise that the Snakeman eventually turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with life. Major Titles Held: NWA World Six Man . Unknown to fans for years, Sam Houston and Rockin Robin are brother and sister to Jake and. Roberts came to the ring to help Beefcake, who eventually won by disqualification. Jake the Snake. After spending over a year in hiatus, Roberts returned to WWF at the Royal Rumble in 1996, as a Bible-preacher. Be careful not to hit the wall or eat your tail! Her areas of practice include general legal advice, probate . 116 Jake The Snake Roberts Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 116 jake the snake roberts stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. It didn't really work, as Snake attempted to end the show by stuffing Damien down another man's trousers, head-first. On May 18, 2013, Roberts returned to the ring for First State Championship Wrestling, a Delaware-based wrestling promotion, as part of an eight-man tag team main event. As Warrior "weakened" from the effects of the cobra's strike, Roberts was joined by The Undertaker and Paul Bearer, revealing the three were working together all along;[22] Roberts closed the final segment by proclaiming, "I'm a snake. The documentary also claimed that Aurelian Jr. was conceived by the rape of his mother. A few house show matches ensued, and it was clear to WWE that the angle wasn . He is the creator of the "DDT" finishing move and is one of the most well known wrestlers in history. After Snake stumbled to the mat, an exasperated Lightning forcefully held him down for an unscripted three-count. It's still hard for me to watch this documentary and some of the clips, because I have to see just how bad I was. But alcohol was his biggest, and most damaging, vice by far. That theres hope, Roberts said when asked what he wants people to take away from the documentary. Things got so awkward and bad, the promoter had to send two other wrestlers out to make it a tag team match, simply so Roberts didn't embarrass himself any further. 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. Slithering to the ring with a monstrous python concealed in a burlap sack, Jake used fear as a weapon as deftly as he used pain. So it was he posed for a "Just say no to drugs" poster, even if he couldn't say no himself. According to Jake, Smith had gotten her pregnant three times before turning 18, so it's no surprise she would try escaping that situation through any means necessary. [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. He was apparently passed out in the locker room, with mere moments to go before he was set to wrestle. [5] He was inducted by Diamond Dallas Page on April 5, 2014. Combien gagne t il d argent ? The working man's privateer steed, the Jake the Snake is the go-to bike for Cyclocross racers and hard-core commuters alike. However, before he could officially join WCW, he had to wait 90 days. Allegedly, the python playing Damien at the time (there were several) didn't eat for months, as Roberts had kept him in a tank and left him there. Jake "The Snake" Roberts joins co-host Marcus DeAngelo to share stories from his Hall of Fame career, personal struggles, and overcoming challenges. Not everything bad in Jake's life is due to a broken family or alcoholism. Roberts did not appear at the Royal Rumble event, but was announced as part of the 2014 Class of the WWE Hall of Fame. [28] The catchphrase helped propel Austin to the top of the WWF, and is one of the moments that is often cited as the beginning of "The Attitude Era". In wrestling, Roberts got to be someone else when he walked through the curtain and the documentary gives you a look at the journey, which did not include going to a wrestling school. Thankfully, Roberts has kept his nose clean since then, at least in the eyes of the law. He died on June 12, 2010 in Amarillo, Texas. He weighed well over 300 pounds and could barely walk. The following year, Roberts was arrested on charges of possessing drug paraphernalia, namely a crack pipe. Roberts returned to Mid-South Wrestling for 1985, ending his run there in February 1986 with a feud with Dick Slater after being told by management that he was not considered a top talent even though he was getting the biggest crowd reactions. During the match, Roberts made Wells foam from the mouth when he wrapped his snake Damien around Wells' head.[9]. As he told SI, "The snake was something to hide behind. Smith began competing in professional wrestling in Texas, but he worked on an oilfield part-time as well. 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. Roberts stated in a shoot interview with Jim Ross that the feud with Savage had to end early because Elizabeth's parents were upset with Savage for not protecting Elizabeth when Roberts kayfabe slapped her. The reason why haunts Jake to this day. Thanks for contacting us. Pray for sick children who face this horrible disease 'cause The Snake will be just fine. In 1999, Roberts was unflatteringly featured in the wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat. In the 2023 A&E documantary on his son's life, Aurelian Jr., better known as Jake the Snake Roberts, again stated that his father sexually abused minors during his childhood. In his promo, Roberts claimed that he had a "client" incoming to AEW to bring him down, hinting that he would be a manager for a new talent. Roberts warned Orton that facing The Undertaker, particularly at WrestleMania, could be a soul-altering experience; he then fell victim to Orton's "RKO," helping to fuel Orton's "Legend Killer" gimmick. Smith's feud with The Assassins also took him to Western Canada, where he teamed with Don Leo Jonathan to defeat The Assassins for the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. In 2004, he got nabbed on animal cruelty charges. Washing Instructions: Turn shirt inside out. 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. The camera crew faded to black immediately, proving they had more sense than whoever allowed Roberts to even attempt wrestling while in his wretched state. 2014 WWE HOF, Writer/Creator, Motivational Speaker on personal recovery, bookings . While working in Mid-South in 1986 he caught the eye of Vince McMahon and WWE then the WWF. While Halloween Havoc was the company's top-selling pay-per-view for several years,[28] Roberts soon left WCW. 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. 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. Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Somehow he overcome that when he stepped out into an arena. Roberts proceeded to unleash a king cobra on Sid, until Hacksaw Jim Duggan intervened. Throughout the '80s and '90s, Roberts entertained millions of fans with his creepy antics, giant snake, and championship-caliber mullet. As further proof that Roberts is finally healthy, both physically and mentally, he dealt with a pair of setbacks in 2014 that could've either killed him or made him fall off the wagon, but he beat them both and is still around and in prime form today. 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. It's paid off immensely, as WWE fans saw for themselves in early 2014. The Kentuckians' biggest rivals were the Assassins, with whom they feuded in matches across the United States. Aurelian Jake Smith Jr. (born May 30, 1955) is a second-generation professional wrestler best known as Jake "The Snake" Roberts. He worked with the company to create a DVD retrospective of his career (the aforementioned Pick Your Poison DVD), which was released later that year. [4] While wrestling in Texas, Smith met Luke Brown, who he followed to Oklahoma. He was the father of professional wrestlers Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Rockin' Robin, and Sam Houston . He was one of the subjects of the 1999 documentary film Beyond the Mat. [23] A series of matches were planned, but the feud was canceled after the Ultimate Warrior was fired by the WWF the night of SummerSlam. 23 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, Ranked No. "[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. Afterward, you just got to know that its not you, its them thats sick.. Im not going to get hurt again. You know? Allida is tongue-tied with An Impossible Thing to Say by Arya Shahi, in which an Iranian American teen in Arizonafalls in love with the new girl at school, Shakespeare, and rap music while . This sister was also a regular victim of Grizzly Smith. It was severe enough that he lost consciousness in the hospital several times, but he wasn't interested in dying or giving up. But I'm excited.". Moss regained the title the next night in Ashford, Kent, though. The initial plan was for Roberts to win the Intercontinental Championship shortly after The Honky Tonk Man's win over Steamboat and begin an angle with "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, but because of the injuries from the guitar shot, the decision was made to keep the belt with The Honky Tonk Man.[14]. 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. As it turns out, he needed that to happen again before even beginning to change. It's the kind of unhappy existence that at least makes you understand why Jake turned to drugs and alcohol, even if you would much rather he had never touched the stuff. Roberts has several siblings, but one of them is no longer with us. 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. 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