They held the belts for several months before dropping them to Gorilla Monsoon and Luke Graham the following January. [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. Roberts responded by flashing the crowd, punching a wall, breaking his hand, and running out into the streets crying. [15][16] In the 1990s, Smith worked as a road agent for World Championship Wrestling. In the spring of 1994, Roberts returned to the United States to wrestle for Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW). [51] To accentuate this, he often slid ("slithered") into and out of the ring on his belly under the bottom rope. Her solution was to run off with a 55-year-old man when she was just 18. As the match began, "El Diablo" came back to the ring and hit Sid. He also hoped to, one day, finally hear his dad say he was proud of him. He was the father of professional wrestlers Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Rockin' Robin, and Sam Houston . In September 1993, he took part wrestling a tour for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. [41] On March 4, 2020, he made a surprise appearance on AEW Dynamite, interrupting Cody. I built a house full of furniture for my first marriage, but I loved working with wood. In 1996, Roberts, Vader, and Brother Love appeared on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World for one episode.[52]. If you dont like it, it dont go. And I said, Yeah. Were investing three years of hard work and filming. One of the big avenues the documentary gets into is Roberts as wrestlings first anti-hero. He was married to Michelle Hyde, Paula Lorraine Gay and Marsha. They lied to my family and then they painted us all in a bad way. The only problem was Roberts was deathly afraid of them and still is today. Cheryl would remain on the road with Jake as his pseudo manger/valet. Regardless if that is 100% accurate, in storylineJake attacked rude and ripped the tights right off of Rude in the middle of the ring. On June 14, 2014, Roberts participated in a six-man tag match in the main event for Reborn Wrestling (a Christian wrestling organization in Johnson City, Tennessee), teaming with The Stallion and Alex Cage to defeat E. Z. He was not able to get medical attention and almost lost his leg as a result. 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. While working in Mid-South in 1986 he caught the eye of Vince McMahon and WWE then the WWF. Roberts moved from the feud with Rude into a feud with Andr the Giant who was also managed by Bobby Heenan. Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. (May 30, 1955) is a second-generation semi-retired American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith. 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! But Grizzly Smith would have had to give a damn about Jake, which he obviously didn't. Before Aurelian Smith Jr. ever stepped in a ring he hoped to be an architect, having a love of working with wood and buildings. Roberts was present at Wrestlecon 2018, where he was . 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. Shortly after agreeing to the contract, WCW hired a man named Bill Watts to run the place. Menacing, intimidating and totally hypnotic in the ring, Jake "The Snake" Roberts was a Superstar capable of taking you down physically as well as psychologically. [33] On June 15, 2014, Roberts was an entrant in the CWF Hollywood Red Carpet Rumble which was won by Willie Mack. During the late 1980s, all three wrestled at the same time for the WWF (now WWE). 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. Roberts has a role in the 2019 film The Peanut Butter Falcon. [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. He was diagnosed with the flu two weeks earlier and ignored doctors' advice of rest and continued to travel to events. Enraged, he grabbed a steel chair and said that he was going to hit whoever came backstage first, whether it was Savage or Elizabeth. 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. promo from 1999. Luckily for him, an appellate court concluded Roberts' lawyer sucked at his job and nullified the verdict. I didn't want anyone to get close to me. Roberts does believe he may have played better during WWEs Attitude Era. That famous period of wrestling popularity was led by the anti-hero Stone Cold Steve Austin, who Roberts helped create at King of the Ring 1996. [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. This will likely surprise you, but Jake "The Snake" Roberts a guy famous for carrying humongous pythons to the ring, oftentimes on his shoulders is no fan of snakes. The actual match lasted maybe a minute. Not everything bad in Jake's life is due to a broken family or alcoholism. Roberts appeared on The Funeral Parlor to demand answers from the Undertaker about why he stopped him from attacking Elizabeth. When your life is mostly drugs and alcohol seasoned with a little wrestling, you're probably running afoul of the law every now and again. 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. [4] While wrestling in Texas, Smith met Luke Brown, who he followed to Oklahoma. [13] He then worked for Bill Watts in the Mid-South territory[14] until being fired during a disagreement over wages. On January 29, 2011, Roberts wrestled what was billed as his retirement match, when he defeated Sinn Bodhi at the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) show during the WrestleReunion 5 weekend.[31]. He said, If you dont think its a fair toss, then we toss it out the window. Well, I couldnt argue with that.. 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 . So when Dallas brought this to me, the first thing I did was scream, No way! That's not bad at all, except he never saw that money. 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. We went to great lengths to show how far down I went and the road to recovery.. Sadly, this is what can happen when someone who hates snakes is in charge of one. Pray for sick children who face this horrible disease 'cause The Snake will be just fine. Jake The Snake Net Worth: Jake The Snake has a net worth of $3 million. He was born Aurelian Smith Jr., but wrestling fans know him by his more famous, far catchier ring name: Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Knowing what Jake's gone through, it's little surprise that the Snakeman eventually turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with life. 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That in itself is usually a very bad idea, but how it ended took it from "bad idea" to pure tragedy. 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]. 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. Smith and Houston took on jobs performing maintenance in a cemetery near New Orleans' French Quarter. In October 1999, Roberts was one of several former NWA, WWF, and ECW wrestlers brought in to compete in the first Heroes of Wrestling event in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Roberts made his final British appearance at WAW's October Outrage show in Canvey Island, Essex, once again teaming with Steve Quintain against the UK Pitbulls. 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. The Resurrection of Jake the Snake is now streaming for free on Prime Video! |}} In May 1989, Roberts found himself arrested at a WWF show and charged with aggravated battery according to the Orlando Sentinel, he punched out a man in a Florida bar the previous December. I didn't see a way out. Thanks for contacting us. Following the loss to Sting he continued his feud, facing him on several house shows immediately after the event. . [42] On March 11, 2020, Roberts revealed Lance Archer as his new client. A&E Network. [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. In a press release, their roles were explained as "they will bring their experience and passion for community relations to help identify partner organizations across the country, assist in incorporating talent participation and provide counsel on enhancing activations."[50]. As he toldone website, "Carrying that 100-pound snake around was brutal on my body." 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. I was trying to die at the time.. I dont think anybody can say they ever saw me scared of that damn snake, Roberts said. Roberts then attacked Gillmore. 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