Steve Yu
When older fans look back on watching WWF in the 1980’s and are asked to name their favourites or which superstars they most remember, the stock answers are Hulk Hogan or the Ultimate Warrior, but they’ll often bring up Jake The Snake Roberts, too. The man who walked to the ring looking like a serial killer, hit arguably the best Ddt of all-time, and carried a bag with a python snake named Damien.
Sadly, over the last twenty years or so, those who grew up and continued to watch wrestling or somehow caught a glimpse of Jake via TMZ would feel sad at the tragic way his life turned out. Jake’s demons had gotten the best of him and he’d become a drug addict, couldn’t get a job with a major wrestling company and was known for his inappropriate behaviour at independent wrestling shows.
When older fans look back on watching WWF in the 1980’s and are asked to name their favourites or which superstars they most remember, the stock answers are Hulk Hogan or the Ultimate Warrior, but they’ll often bring up Jake The Snake Roberts, too. The man who walked to the ring looking like a serial killer, hit arguably the best Ddt of all-time, and carried a bag with a python snake named Damien.
Sadly, over the last twenty years or so, those who grew up and continued to watch wrestling or somehow caught a glimpse of Jake via TMZ would feel sad at the tragic way his life turned out. Jake’s demons had gotten the best of him and he’d become a drug addict, couldn’t get a job with a major wrestling company and was known for his inappropriate behaviour at independent wrestling shows.
- 2/3/2016
- by Kenny McIntosh
- Obsessed with Film
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