Jake The Snake Roberts
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 Jake The Snake Roberts  Jake the Snake Statistics Ring name(s): Jake Roberts Height: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) Weight: 260 lb (118 kg) Born: May 30, 1955, Gainesville, Texas Resides: Pompano Beach, Florida Trained by: Brad Rheingans Debut: May 13, 1975 Jake the Snake Roberts Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. better known by his ring name of Jake "The Snake" Roberts, is a second generation American professional wrestler. Jake the Snake played a notorious heel in the World Wrestling Federation throughout the 1980s. He was known for his spellbinding promos and dark charisma, his extensive use of psychology in his matches and for inventing the DDT finishing maneuver. He's the son of former professional wrestler Grizzly Smith. Roberts derived his nickname from being thin and snake-like. Once he reached the WWF, Roberts would bring a huge, live python (though various snakes were used over the years, most were named "Damien") to ringside in a canvas bag. After hitting a DDT on his opponent, Jake the Snake would coil the constrictor around the opponent's neck, with the snake then appearing to strangle the victim senseless. It was a masterful show of kayfabe, as the wrestler lay flailing and foaming at the mouth with the monstrous snake squeezing the life out of him. This display of theatricality got over with professional wrestling fans when George Wells, former Canadian Football League player turned wrestler, played "victim" to Damien at WrestleMania II. His frothing at the mouth sold the gimmick as being something lethal. Roberts later became a popular face and engaged in a long feud with Andre the Giant; in this storyline, Roberts used his snake to gain a psychological edge over the ophidiophobic Andre, to nullify the Giant's overwhelming size and strength advantage. However, Roberts' fame diminished throughout the 1990s as drug addictions and depression increasingly dominated his life. His storied career was documented in the 1999 documentary film Beyond the Mat and again in the WWE-produced, 2005 DVD set Pick Your Poison. Jake Roberts is credited with training Diamond Dallas Page and Raven. Roberts and fellow wrestler Vader appeared on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World for one episode. For more of Jake the Snake's Career see left menu Jake the Snake Roberts Photos 
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