Jake didn't need to be Champion he had a good enough Gig but he should have been paid better a title is a prop to help the Tallent get over Jake didn't need that
@@epec20 nah, wwf was babyface territory vince wasn't gonna change that especially during his global expansion with his biggest star, plus Jake wasn't reliable so yeah keeping it on hogan for 4 years straight was the right move.
Met jake a couple years ago.so glad to meet sober jake.he was amazing to my daughter.he did a small interview for her youtube channel.tori talks wrestling
I just checked out Tori talks wrestling channel its very informative and reminded me of some of Jakes matches that i forgot about, thanks mate i just subscribed to her 👍
He wrestled hogan in winnipeg. He ddt hogan but hogan laid under the ropes shaking.. He went for a second ddt. But hogan simply back drop him (not a back suplex) over his head. Jake laid there and hogan leg dropped him. It was a cheap match as Jake said. There was no chemistry.
It is a reasonable discussion to not exchange someone like Hulk Hogan for Jake Roberts as your top babyface. Commercially everyone benefited in the end. People like Piper, Roberts, André didn't need a belt to be over. I totally get that.
Makes sense Jake would’ve been over with the crowd even as a heel. He had similar energy to Austin. You couldn’t tell a crowd how to respond to him cuz he was just such a badass. Appropo the Jake helped launch Austin.
Another thing Hogan gets blamed for by the current day Marks when it was a smart decision by Vince. Hogan was still the best money maker for the WWF, so they did the smart move by making Jake the 2nd most over babyface, they just could have done it sooner, but hindsight is 20/20
@@markmckay5725 It looks like the Manchester show. I was there also. It was a cool to hear all the road stories. I have tickets for the next three shows they are doing in Manchester for Jim Ross, Jim Duggan and Ted Dibiase.
I'm prolly one of the few that remembers seeing the Snakepit episode when Jake DDT'ed Hulk. (they quickly cut to commercial). I guess it was aired on TV in RI area since they had 2 matches in Providence. Hulk won first by count-out, then re-match following month, Hulk pinned Jake. Great Memories!
I always wanted a jake the snake action figure when I was a kid. my family was poor, so all I was able to get was a used captain lou albano and a sheek.i was happy with those 2 but I still wanted a jake. never got one.
Loved Jake. And many other wrestlers during my youth. But all these guys would have made nothing compared to what they did if Hogan wasn’t there. Not close. They all rode his coat tails. What Hogan did for the industry is undeniable. All boats rise with the tide. These guys need to remember that. Sure Hogan could have done things different etc but he was wrestling. Period.
There are very few people in the industry who were so over and so good that they didn't need a prop title to get over. And Jake is a prime example of that. I can only think of a few other people similar like Roddy piper for instance. But jake was the best.
All due respect to the legend, but nobody was on hulks level on that roster(not named andre) even if vince went with it he would've been just another warm body eating the leg drop, he wasn't gonna have the run guys like orndorff,andre,bossman & savage had.
Savage was definitely Hulk level, and could have been bigger. And you saying Jake couldn't run as successful as Big Boss man? LMAO you proved yourself a joke.
Jake, good old boy from Georgia... just had to connect black dude and fast runner......feels age appropriate.....I’ve been to a Jake one man show and met the man , dude is not a racist, flat out...just fun to point out his comments.....ask him about his hot purple tights.....he used the F word...”I ain’t no (bundle of sticks) man”. A man of his time and a timeless man....trust me
Now I hope everyone that listens to this understands what Jake the snake is saying his issue isn't with Hogan. It's with Vince McMahon. Vince McMahon showed even back then he didn't understand business. That would have been the rivalry of the decade. Vince put a kibosh on it not Hogan.
I feel that Hogan was sort of a primadonna when he became a superstar U can't be that way u make the other wrestlers in the locker room turn against u and some of them don't wanna work with him
1 - Jake is a liar and everyone knows not to believe anything he says. 2- Jake with more money would just mean more money spent on drugs. It’s not as though he’d have held onto any of it. Squandered it all.
Since his movie came out he has been telling stories from a time he has also said he doesn’t remember….. Let’s get this straight; Jake is the only one who remembers these events. How does he remember events when he had such huge drug and alcohol problems? How is he the only one who remembers them? He’s the only one in the world, including Google, that remembers Survivor Series in Cleveland? He is as bad or worse than Hogan when it comes to telling tall tales. Apparently everyone has cost Jake a lot of money. Hogan, Warrior, Vince, Bill Watts (that may be true) but COME ON!
@@ADAM_COLLECTS well obviously it was Richfield which is only 30 minutes away from Cleveland…not unlike how Allston/Brighton is considered part of the Boston area despite not being part of the city proper (or people referring to wwf as “New York” even tho the headquarters is in Connecticut)
Hogan was the first global pro wrestling star ever and his impact cannot be understated. That said, Hogan had the prima donna ego and McMahon kept protecting his investment by killing anyone who was more popular than Hogan as his heel challenger. Three names that immediately jump out to prove this point are Jake Roberts, Rick Rude, and Roddy Piper. Of the three, Piper was the only one who got a proper feud with Hulk but these men all planned to have big money feuds with Hogan. The fans ended up cheering the bad guys and Hulk and Vince's egos just couldn't handle that. The common denominator is none of the three men won a WWF world title yet these men were all better in ring wrestlers than Hogan. The reason the chemistry sucked in all the matches with Roberts, with Rude, and with Piper is because Hogan sabotaged it. There's a big, storied history of Hogan protecting "his spot" but it was at the expense of screwing other great performers out of their money.
@melekelewis2945 which parts? Because history backs me up on everything I've said here. Hogan even helped to kill not one, but, two pro wrestling companies. That troll shit doesn't fly with me especially with vague answers like "not true at all".
In 1992 was in Ohio but in Cleveland in 2004. He was bad wrestler as has bad memory like Mick Foley, both tried to make a good impression on Randy Orton's expense but obviously failed cause they're failures and Randy Orton was already been World Heavyweight champion and the youngest at 24. By the way Jake Roberts what did have to do interrupting Randy Orton on Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel? And he wasn't in WWE since 8 years just to be RKOd
@brownholecharles He wasn't ⭐️ and was bad to see, his 3 reigns WWF champion were 47 days in total and he became WWF champion for the fans not for the federation. He is bum and was
They crowd could see right through Hogan's BS and cartoony at it's quite obvious Jake is what people wanted to see and could have been the new thing if it was not for Vince and Hogan's ego. I personally preferred to watch Jake over Hogan. That's what turned me off Hogan besides his theater wrestling he didn't seem real and you only saw him on TV doing the promo's or interviews or the set up but you had to order PPV to see him or just see and read the results in the Magazine or wait until the video store got the tape in. Hogan got boring real fast for me.
Should Jake The Snake Roberts have been WWE Champion? Let us know in the comments below!
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yep.
Jake didn't need to be Champion he had a good enough Gig but he should have been paid better a title is a prop to help the Tallent get over Jake didn't need that
Im so glad Jake is alive today. Thank you DDP and Jakes willingness to change
Thank you!
An 80's wrestler whos still alive....a rare thing.
Especially if it's Jake Roberts.
Jake the Snake 🐍 cut the best promos ever. The way he would lower his voice almost to a whisper but kept you captivated by every word.
His star power speaks for itself he didn't need a title
Indeed.
Should have been made champion though. When Jakes music played the crowd popped huge. He had it all
@@epec20 nah, wwf was babyface territory vince wasn't gonna change that especially during his global expansion with his biggest star, plus Jake wasn't reliable so yeah keeping it on hogan for 4 years straight was the right move.
@@ethanmatthew841 that's bologna saying he didn't need a title is saying he didn't need more money
@@bdot187umdude you a troll Hogan Mark get outta here
A python crawling all over me doesn't work for me brother
😂😂😂
Seems like he’s in great shape, great to see that!
Diamond Dallas Page helped him, true story - and of course Jake the Snake credits his faith.
That survivor series in Cleveland was wild!
Looks like Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde NES box art cosplay in the thumbnail.
Met jake a couple years ago.so glad to meet sober jake.he was amazing to my daughter.he did a small interview for her youtube channel.tori talks wrestling
Class
I just checked out Tori talks wrestling channel its very informative and reminded me of some of Jakes matches that i forgot about, thanks mate i just subscribed to her 👍
He wrestled hogan in winnipeg.
He ddt hogan but hogan laid under the ropes shaking..
He went for a second ddt. But hogan simply back drop him (not a back suplex) over his head.
Jake laid there and hogan leg dropped him.
It was a cheap match as Jake said. There was no chemistry.
Thank you for sharing the breakdown of what happened there. That's a very rare piece of history folks in Winnipeg got to witness.🐍👍
You're a treasure Jake, thank you for being with us!
I could have sworn that I heard a few years ago that Jake the Snake Roberts passed away. Very nice to know he is still with us 🙂
Thanks for the video, INSIDE THE ROPES
It is a reasonable discussion to not exchange someone like Hulk Hogan for Jake Roberts as your top babyface. Commercially everyone benefited in the end. People like Piper, Roberts, André didn't need a belt to be over. I totally get that.
but Jake made less money. the guys that worked Hogan git a bigger cut of the house
Makes sense Jake would’ve been over with the crowd even as a heel. He had similar energy to Austin. You couldn’t tell a crowd how to respond to him cuz he was just such a badass. Appropo the Jake helped launch Austin.
Arsenio didn't have a desk, that's one way he differentiated himself from Carson and Letterman.
So glad Jake is still around love Jake tha🐉
Survivor Series 1989 was in Chicago I believe...
Survivor series has been in Cleveland in 2004 and in Richfield 3 times
Another thing Hogan gets blamed for by the current day Marks when it was a smart decision by Vince. Hogan was still the best money maker for the WWF, so they did the smart move by making Jake the 2nd most over babyface, they just could have done it sooner, but hindsight is 20/20
0:06 when your boss promises you something (especially a wrestling promoter), prepare for disappointment
Is this from the show that was in Manchester earlier this year?
I think so, I was there too
@@markmckay5725 It looks like the Manchester show. I was there also. It was a cool to hear all the road stories. I have tickets for the next three shows they are doing in Manchester for Jim Ross, Jim Duggan and Ted Dibiase.
Ironic that the only guy who bends the truth more than Hogan has his most ridiculous story about Hogan
One of the greatest minds in the business.
Good to see a legend of my childhood still doing good🐍 God bless DDP!!!
The story about the snake was classic...
I'm prolly one of the few that remembers seeing the Snakepit episode when Jake DDT'ed Hulk. (they quickly cut to commercial). I guess it was aired on TV in RI area since they had 2 matches in Providence. Hulk won first by count-out, then re-match following month, Hulk pinned Jake. Great Memories!
Where can I find the whole video? I can only find clips.
Is this a new interview?
Absolutely. Was a shame he wasn’t given the opportunity for a true story line leading to a title run. Road block was Vince’s ego. 💪💥🔥
He should've got the intercontinental belt.
He should have been champ.
Ask my bros, Jake The Snake was my favorite wrestler as a kid. So glad to see he is still telling the history.
Legend 💫
Jake is describing the plot of Anaconda.
I think he's lying/working here. I smell bull doo doo as I listen to Jake Tell this nonsense
I'm sure the real story is just absolutely ghastly where everyone there was eaten AND excreted whole
RIP Jake the Snake
Sooo Jake made Bill Cosby laugh so hard that he pissed himself? 🤔
Jacob accuracy snake as the trademark reads. Mr Cenio's some ha joke clearly backfired
Good to see Jake looking well well done legend 😎💙
Why bleep swearing? It’s allowed. Keep it real.
1:44
Surprised you didn’t bleep “joint” out.
You can get demonetized on RUclips. Keeo it real brotha
@
Not for the f word.
@ absolutely yes unless it's passed the 15 minute mark
@
No, it’s the minute mark. No cussing in the first minute.
I always wanted a jake the snake action figure when I was a kid. my family was poor, so all I was able to get was a used captain lou albano and a sheek.i was happy with those 2 but I still wanted a jake. never got one.
Loved Jake. And many other wrestlers during my youth. But all these guys would have made nothing compared to what they did if Hogan wasn’t there. Not close. They all rode his coat tails. What Hogan did for the industry is undeniable. All boats rise with the tide. These guys need to remember that. Sure Hogan could have done things different etc but he was wrestling. Period.
JYD , Hogan , Savage , Steamboat , Warrior, Hart's Bulldog, etc... they all had the trademark of their names.
Hey does anyone know if there has ever been a Survivor Series in Cleveland?
I really thought Jake was gonna die then along comes DDP and he saved his life Kudos to DDP for pulling Jake out of the quicksand and saving his life
If the fans had liked Jake better,the merchandise wouldn't have sold ss well..
Hulk didn't know what a broken bone was??? Ohhh boy. Jake telling tall tales
Kinda click bait. He's shooting on Vince, not Hogan . He respects Hogan, and Hogan has said he respects him .
Man I'll never forget that Survivor Series in Cleveland.
He got the events mixed up, Cleveland was 87 and 88 before 89, I know 89 was at the Rosemont but will let Jake have that one
Bitter talk
Stop with the censoring!
There are very few people in the industry who were so over and so good that they didn't need a prop title to get over. And Jake is a prime example of that. I can only think of a few other people similar like Roddy piper for instance. But jake was the best.
Jake the Snake VS the Macho Man
Cobra attack! 🐍
Jake looks a lot healthier than he did a few years previously.
Jake could of been Austin before Austin
Godfather of the DDT. One of the Greats
A master who knew psychology, never raised his voice, and u believed everything he was telling you. Great ring technician. Heel and Face
didnt know bill cosby would have a cameo in this shoot
Jake was great Mid card talent maybe an IC title run but not world title .
All due respect to the legend, but nobody was on hulks level on that roster(not named andre) even if vince went with it he would've been just another warm body eating the leg drop, he wasn't gonna have the run guys like orndorff,andre,bossman & savage had.
😂
Savage was on his level
Savage was definitely Hulk level, and could have been bigger.
And you saying Jake couldn't run as successful as Big Boss man? LMAO you proved yourself a joke.
You're wrong...jake was very over and could have had just as long as run as savage.
Jake already addressed that. He didn't care about winning or having the title, he just wanted to make a lot of money from working with the champ.
He held the title in Calgary for a lonnnng time
Jake was and is so much better than Hulk and the fans knew it.
Yes he should have had a title run.
Jake, good old boy from Georgia... just had to connect black dude and fast runner......feels age appropriate.....I’ve been to a Jake one man show and met the man , dude is not a racist, flat out...just fun to point out his comments.....ask him about his hot purple tights.....he used the F word...”I ain’t no (bundle of sticks) man”. A man of his time and a timeless man....trust me
Just an fyi, he’s from Texas.
Stone Mountain, Georgia is kayfabe hometown but Jake did work in Georgia.
Master of the DDT
Jake should not have had the belt, he was an unrealisable smack head
he was clearly reliably, something
@ he was the antithesis of reliable.
Now I hope everyone that listens to this understands what Jake the snake is saying his issue isn't with Hogan. It's with Vince McMahon. Vince McMahon showed even back then he didn't understand business. That would have been the rivalry of the decade. Vince put a kibosh on it not Hogan.
People that make a billion dollars understand business better than 99% of the population.
I feel that Hogan was sort of a primadonna when he became a superstar U can't be that way u make the other wrestlers in the locker room turn against u and some of them don't wanna work with him
If the hogan thing happens we might not have the blindfold match
Hogan was Vince McMahons boy he was his cash cow
After someone worked hogan they were usually finished.prob more overall money made over the years.
jake the snake should of been i.c champion
He sounds like retired Cookie Monster
Jake did like those cokainies
Cookie Monster...
...if he were cool and DDTed people.
he smoked a lot of crack
1 - Jake is a liar and everyone knows not to believe anything he says.
2- Jake with more money would just mean more money spent on drugs. It’s not as though he’d have held onto any of it. Squandered it all.
I wouldnt say 'anything'. He was honest that he couldve done better with Hulk. And yes, he might be dead now with lots more cash.
Still the best. Jake and DDT 4 life.
Since his movie came out he has been telling stories from a time he has also said he doesn’t remember….. Let’s get this straight; Jake is the only one who remembers these events. How does he remember events when he had such huge drug and alcohol problems?
How is he the only one who remembers them?
He’s the only one in the world, including Google, that remembers Survivor Series in Cleveland? He is as bad or worse than Hogan
when it comes to telling tall tales.
Apparently everyone has cost Jake a lot of money. Hogan, Warrior, Vince, Bill Watts (that may be true) but COME ON!
Because they did!! Warrior and Hogan have cost people big money!!!
@@insomniacbritgaming1632 Hogan made more money for other wrestlers than Jake could stick up his nose
DDT! 🐍
DDT! 🐍
DDT! 🐍
DDT! 🐍
Ye Jake may have relapsed. Better get ahold of him Paige.
Loved Jake as a performer...but I don't trust a word he says
Man, this guy is a hell of a storyteller. But he's full of shit.
Is this old? His face is super red, looks like before he got clean could be wrong tho lol
You're wrong.
Hey, did you guys know there was no survivor series in Cleveland!?! THANKS BUDDY!
I haven’t believed a word Jake has said since The redirection of Jake the Snake because he has an addiction to lying, not just drugs and alcohol.
@@ADAM_COLLECTS well obviously it was Richfield which is only 30 minutes away from Cleveland…not unlike how Allston/Brighton is considered part of the Boston area despite not being part of the city proper (or people referring to wwf as “New York” even tho the headquarters is in Connecticut)
wrestling fans are ...fascinating 😂
Hogan wasn't a great technical wrestler he got by with his name
Jake is a lier
Whats a lier?
Hogan was the first global pro wrestling star ever and his impact cannot be understated. That said, Hogan had the prima donna ego and McMahon kept protecting his investment by killing anyone who was more popular than Hogan as his heel challenger. Three names that immediately jump out to prove this point are Jake Roberts, Rick Rude, and Roddy Piper. Of the three, Piper was the only one who got a proper feud with Hulk but these men all planned to have big money feuds with Hogan. The fans ended up cheering the bad guys and Hulk and Vince's egos just couldn't handle that. The common denominator is none of the three men won a WWF world title yet these men were all better in ring wrestlers than Hogan. The reason the chemistry sucked in all the matches with Roberts, with Rude, and with Piper is because Hogan sabotaged it. There's a big, storied history of Hogan protecting "his spot" but it was at the expense of screwing other great performers out of their money.
Not true at all
@melekelewis2945 which parts? Because history backs me up on everything I've said here. Hogan even helped to kill not one, but, two pro wrestling companies. That troll shit doesn't fly with me especially with vague answers like "not true at all".
There's never been Survivor Series in Cleveland
Cope harder e drone
One of the og's that doesn't come off as a phony carnie. Flair and Hogan can't even remember what's a lie and what's true at this point
Jake is one of the biggest liars.
I hate when wrestlers say they worked 91 days straight. They've never had to work a soul crushing full day of work in their whole lives
Bs
Yeah being dropped on your head 91 days straight is a day dream....
Cope loser
Have you ever worked 91 days straight wrestling, with travel, to be able to compare the 2, or talking out your a*s? 🤔🤦♂️
In 1992 was in Ohio but in Cleveland in 2004. He was bad wrestler as has bad memory like Mick Foley, both tried to make a good impression on Randy Orton's expense but obviously failed cause they're failures and Randy Orton was already been World Heavyweight champion and the youngest at 24. By the way Jake Roberts what did have to do interrupting Randy Orton on Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel? And he wasn't in WWE since 8 years just to be RKOd
Mick Foley a failure ? what are you smoking ?
@brownholecharles He wasn't ⭐️ and was bad to see, his 3 reigns WWF champion were 47 days in total and he became WWF champion for the fans not for the federation. He is bum and was
They crowd could see right through Hogan's BS and cartoony at it's quite obvious Jake is what people wanted to see and could have been the new thing if it was not for Vince and Hogan's ego. I personally preferred to watch Jake over Hogan. That's what turned me off Hogan besides his theater wrestling he didn't seem real and you only saw him on TV doing the promo's or interviews or the set up but you had to order PPV to see him or just see and read the results in the Magazine or wait until the video store got the tape in. Hogan got boring real fast for me.
just shows you in 1986 people was sick of hogan white meat Babyface run
Yet Hogan won most popular wrestler of year around that time.Man stop
@@vampirascoffin870 yeah. Hogan who was top of the business and a massive draw for 40 years
There's never been Survivor Series in Cleveland
There's never been Survivor Series in Cleveland