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Aurelian Smith Jr. (born May 30, 1955) [1] better known by the ring name Jake "the Snake" Roberts, [2] [1] is an American retired professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs as the on-screen manager to La Facción Ingobernable, and he also serves as a special advisor for AEW's community outreach program, AEW Together.
The film begins with an overview of the career of professional wrestler Jake Roberts, intercut with interviews from other professional wrestlers discussing his career.. Starting from his successful career working as a top performer for the World Wrestling Federation in the 1980s (including performing at WrestleMania III in front of over 90,000 attendees), Roberts suffered from alcoholism and ...
He was the father of professional wrestlers Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Rockin' Robin, and Sam Houston. Smith began wrestling in 1958. After retiring in the late-1970s, he held various backstage positions with promotions including Mid-South Wrestling , the World Wrestling Federation , and World Championship Wrestling .
This led to Jake "The Snake" Roberts offering to give Warrior "the knowledge of the dark side" in order to prepare Warrior to take his revenge on the Undertaker. This involved Roberts giving Warrior three "tests" shown on WWF television in consecutive weeks. For the first test, Roberts locked Warrior once again inside the same coffin as previously.
After meeting Demolition, Jake "the Snake" Roberts and Sgt. Slaughter, enjoy a big card of ISPW wrestling at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown.
His nickname, "Jake the Snake", has no connection to professional wrestler Jake "the Snake" Roberts. [2] Coincidentally, Plummer and Roberts each adopted the nickname as a tribute to former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler , who was nicknamed "Snake."
After his divorces and retirement from wrestling, Roberts’ journey to sobriety was revealed in the 2015 documentary, The Resurrection of Jake the Snake. Hagood said it was his recovery that ...
The group consisted of the Road Warriors, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, King Kong Bundy & The Spoiler. The stable was short-lived and the name "Legion of Doom" soon referred only to the Road Warriors and Ellering with either name used interchangeably throughout their career. [ 6 ]