A month later, he made his pay-per-view debut, defeating George Wells at WrestleMania 2. Being a traditional architect was out the window. While that's certainly enough to feed most families, it's a slap in the face when you were just promised 15 times that amount. Roberts has several siblings, but one of them is no longer with us. -Jake "The Snake" Roberts is called one of the most authentic personalities in wrestling history. 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. Jake The Snake Salary: Roberts was making $500,000 per year when he was wrestling in the WWF in the late 1980s. Despite the fact that he never wore WWE gold, his in-ring exploits made him a champion to his fans forever. By the time RSPCA inspectors discovered Damien, it was too late and the snake died shortly after. He was the father of professional wrestlers Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Rockin' Robin, and Sam Houston. Since he still loved to wrestle, he did not make this transition well. 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. Smith, who was wrestling under the ring name Ski Hi Jones, and Jonathan held the title from March 25, 1968 until the following month, when The Assassins regained the championship in a rematch. The two wrestlers feuded over the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship, which Smith won from The Spoiler in June 1968. He later had two more children, Michael and Robin, with his second wife Marsha. In August 2014, Roberts fell ill during a flight from Atlanta to Las Vegas, where he was scheduled to attend a birthday event for fellow wrestler Nick Cvjetkovich. In fact, according to Dallas Page, he cared more about missing appearancesor letting down fans. Everyone was scared of the snake, and that's exactly what I wanted. Forever ditching his birth name of Aurelian Smith Jr., Jake "The Snake" Roberts becomes lost in the character he's playing in the ring, often to his detriment. 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. [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. As I understood it from my grandparents, the things Grizzly Smith did were a sort of open secret among people who were around during that time and it always bothered me that the same . To explain the absence of the cobra, Tunney "banned" Roberts from ever bringing a snake to the ring again. During the match, Roberts made Wells foam from the mouth when he wrapped his snake Damien around Wells' head.[9]. On October 6, 2007, he lost to Scott Hall at Juggalo Championship Wrestling. 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. Sadly, this is what can happen when someone who hates snakes is in charge of one. [56], In October 2012, while financially distressed and having resumed abusing alcohol and drugs, Roberts moved in with former wrestler Diamond Dallas Page in Atlanta, Georgia, a time which was chronicled in the documentary The Resurrection of Jake the Snake. Jake The Snake Height: Jake The Snake is 6 feet 5 inches (196 cm) tall. [26] In the DVD documentary, Old School with Rockin' Robin, Robin details how she was sexually abused by her father, beginning at age 8. 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. 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! In 2013, Roberts announced his desire to return to WWE as a participant in the 2014 Royal Rumble. As he told SI, "The snake was something to hide behind. 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. Roberts slow, methodical and intense promo style was the opposite of the loud and boisterous ones of that era. 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. WWF president Jack Tunney reinstated Savage as an active wrestler to get revenge for the attack. However, to the surprise of both McMahon and fellow broadcaster Jesse "The Body" Ventura, the fans cheered loudly for Roberts throughout the bout. The segments included Warrior being locked inside a coffin (a reprise of an incident that occurred on The Funeral Parlor, hosted by the Undertaker's manager, Paul Bearer; earlier in the year); the Warrior being "buried alive" in dirt before being abandoned; and Warrior walking through a room full of live snakes to reach a chest containing "the answer". Cheryl would remain on the road with Jake as his pseudo manger/valet. 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. [28] There was a series of gimmick matches on the wheel, but because the wheel itself was not gimmicked, neither Roberts nor Sting knew the kind of match they would be wrestling until the wheel stopped spinning. As a result, Reclamation's hydro generation is below average. Smith has been the subject of allegations of repeated sexual abuse of minors, including several of his own children. [27] His first WCW match came six days later when he defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell on a house show in Chicago, Illinois. [21], Smith retired from wrestling and moved to Louisiana, where he shared a house with his son Michael (Sam Houston) in Metairie. Reclamation's CVP power facilities, in an average summer, generates 5,000 gigawatt hours (GWh). The documentary also claimed that Aurelian Jr. was conceived by the rape of his mother. When you eat an apple, your tail grows by four blocks instead of the usual one. 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. Damien, to put it mildly, kicked his butt. [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. As far as Jake was concerned, his father was always on the brink of getting killed in the ring because his opponent was out for blood. Roberts was expecting a triumphant night before heading to college, but instead was embarrassed during his match and scolded by his dad. Roberts no-showed several defenses, forcing SMW to give the title back to Anthony on July 5. While working in Mid-South in 1986 he caught the eye of Vince McMahon and WWE then the WWF. In 2016, he went on his Unspoken Word tour. Smith's daughter stated that he had sexually abused her as well. But Grizzly Smith would have had to give a damn about Jake, which he obviously didn't. Sid and Jake wrestled on Superstars a week later. I had given up on life completely, I was just waiting to die. 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. Other types used were a reticulated python named Lucifer, an unnamed devenomized cobra, and an albino Burmese python named Revelations (during Roberts' Christian conversion gimmick in 1996). Money, Reborn Champion Cody Ices and Anthony Brody. The Kentuckians' biggest rivals were the Assassins, with whom they feuded in matches across the United States. Roberts wrestled for the WWE in the late '80s and '90s and was infamous for bringing a pet snake . A son, a father and a brother. Later that year, he became less fine, coming down with double pneumonia because he's a big guy and one pneumonia simply wasn't enough. From late The '80s to late The '90s, he feuded with their top tier talent. [10][11], The Kentuckians reunited in the NWA Tri-State territory. They both contend that the resulting emotional trauma is responsible for Roberts' substance abuse and his sister's mental health problems. One person who doesnt is WWE Hall of Famer Jake The Snake Roberts, one of the films subjects. Ive built guns, Ive built all sorts of things, Roberts said on Zoom call sitting in front of a wooden china hutch he built at 18. Thanks for contacting us. All garments are made to order, please check size chart before ordering . Roberts' first major feud was against Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, beginning on a nationally televised episode of Saturday Night's Main Event VI in May 1986. I grew up in the small Texas town where Jake was born (the same town where DDP picks him up at the beginning of the Resurrection of Jake the Snake documentary). As Jake recalled in his documentary, he had a sister, whose name he didn't disclose. [9], Smith then returned to Texas, where he was involved in a rivalry with The Spoiler. Randy Savage said he enjoyed his run with Roberts, whose work was impressive. All t-shirts unless otherwise noted are 100% preshrunk cotton . Regardless if that is 100% accurate, in storylineJake attacked rude and ripped the tights right off of Rude in the middle of the ring. He was diagnosed with the flu two weeks earlier and ignored doctors' advice of rest and continued to travel to events. In the late 1980s, Roberts made a guest appearance on the DJ Kat Show on Fox, challenging DJ to a match after the Kat had badmouthed the profession. After Snake stumbled to the mat, an exasperated Lightning forcefully held him down for an unscripted three-count. "[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. [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. [46] In July 2021, Roberts announced he had signed a 2-year contract extension with AEW. 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. That in itself is usually a very bad idea, but how it ended took it from "bad idea" to pure tragedy. Advertised as "a grueling 40 city campaign" containing pretty girls, wrestling, amazing circus stunts, and a fist fight, the tour features Jim Rose and wrestler Sinn Bodhi as "Team Jake". [15] After Rude began insulting Roberts, Cheryl slapped him, angering Rude before Roberts ran out for the save. The segment went on longer than planned, and Savage's blood was clearly visible as it dripped from the puncture wounds. No way, man. [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. Jake Roberts. He said you were constantly on guard and try to read that person you were afraid was gonna hurt you. Jake "The Snake" Roberts was one of the most famous pro wrestlers of the 1980s. Nobody knows what else he's gotten away with except the Snake himself. Jake "The Snake" Roberts joins co-host Marcus DeAngelo to share stories from his Hall of Fame career, personal struggles, and overcoming challenges. 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. [3] He often brought snakes into the ring, most famously a python. 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. In November 2020, Roberts was taken to the hospital after feeling breathless during a long period of persistent coughing. Roberts has a role in the 2019 film The Peanut Butter Falcon. After spending over a year in hiatus, Roberts returned to WWF at the Royal Rumble in 1996, as a Bible-preacher. 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. In fact, he's been dealing with adversity from day one, thanks to his father. Aurelian Smith Jr.[4] was born in Houston, Texas. [17][18][19], Smith was born in Houston, Texas and grew up with a brother, who died at age nine, and two sisters. 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