 Aurelian Smith, Jr. better known by his stage name of Jake "The Snake" Roberts, was a notorious heel in the WWF in the 1980s and 1990s. He was known for his spellbinding promos, his use of psychology in his matches and inventing the DDT maneuver. But in what must be the most unusual gimmick in wrestling history, to which he owed his name, Roberts would bring a huge, live python named Damien to ringside; after stunning his opponent (usually a jobber) he would coil the constrictor around the opponent's neck, which would proceed to strangle the fellow senseless. It was a masterly show of kayfabe, as the wrestler lay flailing and foaming at the mouth with this monstrous snake squeezing the life out of him. Jake Roberts from http://www. ...
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In professional wrestling, a heel is a character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humourously referred to as evil. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
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Roberts would later become a face, engaging in a long feud with André the Giant and using his snake to gain a psychological edge over the ophidiophobic André, nullifying the Giant's size advantage. In professional wrestling, a face is a character who is portrayed as being moral or approving (that is, faces are good guys or crowd favorites). The vast majority of wrestling storylines (though not all) place a heel (or bad guy) against a face. ...
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Roberts started his career in 1975 in the Georgia area and made his name in the NWA as part of Paul Ellering's heel stable, The Legion of Doom. He feuded with Ron Garvin in the 1980s over the NWA TV Title. Jump to: navigation, search 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
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Paul Ellering with the Legion of Doom Paul Ellering is a well-known professional wrestling manager known for managing the Legion of Doom when they were known as The Road Warriors. ...
In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet...
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Roberts feuded with "Macho Man" Randy Savage (around 1991) and later with The Undertaker. But perhaps his best-known feud was against "Ravishing" Rick Rude. In one incident the self-loving Rude took liberties with Roberts's wife (who would sometimes accompany Roberts to the ring); later Rude appeared at a match wearing a pair of tights emblazoned with a visage of Mrs. Roberts. An irate Jake turned up and tore off Rude's tights, sending him running apparently naked from the ring. To the TV audience the footage was censored, but to the live crowd it was apparent he was wearing a thong. Macho Man Randy Savage on The Weird Al Show. ...
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Jake wrestled in WCW in 1992 and aligned himself with The Barbarian and Cactus Jack to feud with Sting and Nikita Koloff. He was bit by his own snake after a PPV match against Sting at Halloween Havoc on October 25, 1992. Jump to: navigation, search World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a professional wrestling promotion that was based in Atlanta and existed from 1988 to 2001. ...
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Jake attempted to return to the WWF as a Bible-reading face in 1996 and was defeated and driven out by Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin, mocking Roberts' recital of the biblical passage John 3:16 told Roberts after a match: "Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!" Further, in a mention to Roberts' alcoholism (see below), he stated of Roberts, "All he needs to do is get himself a cheap bottle of Thunderbird, and try to find some of the courage he had in his prime." Jump to: navigation, search The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, plural of βιβλιον, biblion, book, originally a diminutive of βιβλος, biblos, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos, meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this...
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Jake's career was derailed by problems with drugs and alcohol. He still wrestles on the independent circuit, though along with his drug and alcohol abuse (well chronicled in the documentary Beyond the Mat) his career has also been hampered by a series of legal problems. In one notorious 1999 PPV show, Heroes of Wrestling, he cut a rambling, incoherent promo in which he heavily slurred his words. Minutes later, he staggered toward the ring, apparently drunk, for his scheduled match with Jim Neidhart. During the match, when his snake wriggled free from the bag, he waved the snake toward the audience while it was protruding from his crotch. [1] [2] [3] Indy is short for independent and is sometimes spelled indie. ...
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He was recently seen on a March 14, 2005 episode of WWE's RAW in Atlanta, as part of a storyline involving Randy Orton facing The Undertaker at WrestleMania (as Roberts lost to The Undertaker at WM8). His appearance was greatly received despite the fact he was considerably over-weight and grey. He even got cheered during his in-ring confrontation with Orton which saw the pair trash talk, as Roberts believed Orton had bitten off more than he could chew. Roberts said to Orton that he was there to "Reintroduce your brain to his mouth, cause you're talkin' out your ass!" This led to a comeback of Orton saying he would make a bigger impact than Jake did his whole career. In response, Roberts said he would show Randy Orton 12-feet of impact, and bent over to pick up the sack (containing a python). At this point Orton grabbed Roberts from behind, but Roberts took Orton down with a stiff short-arm clothesline. The still-cheering crowd called for Roberts to hit the DDT, but as he set up for the DDT, Orton reversed it into an RKO. Jump to: navigation, search March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ...
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Profile - Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Weight: 260 lb (118 kg)
- Birthday: May 30, 1955
- Hometown: Stone Mountain, Georgia
- Trained by: Brad Rheingans
- Debut: May 13, 1975
- Previous identities: Jake Roberts, Jake "The Snake" Roberts
- Previous managers: Paul Ellering, Cheryl Roberts, Alice Cooper, Jimmy Hart, Kevin Sullivan, Paul Jones, Sherri Martel
- Quotes: "Trust me."
- Finishing and signature moves: DDT, Short-arm Clothesline
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Paul Ellering with the Legion of Doom Paul Ellering is a well-known professional wrestling manager known for managing the Legion of Doom when they were known as The Road Warriors. ...
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Jimmy Hart The Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart (also known as The Colonel) is a professional wrestling manager, composer and musician. ...
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Legendary Pro wrestler and manager. ...
Sherri Martel Sherri Martel (born Sherri Russell on February 8, 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a professional wrestler, currently competing on the independent circuit in the United States. ...
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Trivia - Jake is the son of wrestler, Grizzly Smith (Aurelian Smith).
- Has used his python, Damien, to scare off many personalities; most memorable, at Wrestlemania VII, when he scared off special guest celebrity announcer and game show host Alex Trebek.
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The NWA World Television Title was a mid-card level title that was most often defended on television, hence the name. ...
The NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship is the tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliances Mid-Atlantic territory. ...
Jay Youngblood Steven Romero was a professional wrestler better known as Jay Youngblood. ...
The Universal Wrestling Federation was a regional professional wrestling federation founded by Leroy McGuirk, and later owned by Bill Watts. ...
The Mid-South North American Championship was the major singles title in Mid-South Wrestling from 1979 until the promotion became the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1986. ...
The Mid-South Louisiana Championship was a secondary title in Mid-South Wrestling from 1972 until 1983. ...
The UWF Television Championship started out as the Mid-South Television Championship in 1984. ...
World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), also called the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA), was a popular regional professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. ...
The WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship was a title in World Class Championship Wrestling from 1982 until 1988. ...
Christopher Adams Christopher Adams (February 10, 1955 - October 7, 2001) was a professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, trainer and judoka; best known for being the trainer of Stone Cold Steve Austin in 1989. ...
Gino Hernandez Gino Hernandez was a professional wrestler. ...
The WCCW Television Championship was a secondary title in World Class Championship Wrestling that was primarily defended on their weekly television show. ...
Other Titles - 1-time SMW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time WWA Puerto Rican Champion
- 1-time AWF Puerto Rican Champion
The SMW Heavyweight Championship was the major singles title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. ...
Pro Wrestling Illustrated - Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 100 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
- Jake won the PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler Award in 1996.
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