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A History of American Camping. Aaron Shapiro William I. Stephanie Muravchik Jeremy Milloy. Randi Storch Joshua Clark Davis. Anne Meis Knupfer Emily E. Bryan McDonald Emily Dufton. Steven Rosales Max Krochmal. Marc Simon Rodriguez Maurice J. Beryl Satter Karlyn Forner. Sid Bedingfield Sid Bedingfield. He appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling during the summer of and made appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from through Throughout his career he was known for his intense and cerebral promos , his dark charisma , his extensive use of psychology in his matches and his invention and use of the DDT finishing move, which was named the "coolest" maneuver of all time by WWE.

Roberts was also one of the subjects of the documentary film Beyond the Mat. In , Roberts moved in with fellow wrestler Diamond Dallas Page to seek help in getting his life back on track following years of alcohol and drug abuse.

His father, Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith — , was also a wrestler. Roberts had a strained relationship with his father. During the late s, all three wrestled at the same time for the WWF. Roberts had trouble developing his character, so in the late s he traveled to Canada to wrestle. Roberts returned to Mid-South Wrestling for , ending his run there in February after a feud with Dick Slater. Roberts debuted in the World Wrestling Federation in March A month later, he made his pay-per-view debut, defeating George Wells at WrestleMania 2.

During the match, Roberts made Wells foam from the mouth when he wrapped his snake Damien around Wells's head. Roberts executed the DDT on Steamboat on the exposed concrete floor right in front of his wife Bonnie and then proceeded to rest his snake Damien on top of a prone Steamboat. While Vince McMahon and booker George Scott were adamant about wanting the DDT to take place on the floor, Roberts initially refused until Steamboat told him that he would be able to adequately protect himself from injury.

Unfortunately, Steamboat was unable to stop his head from hitting the concrete and was rendered unconscious, sustaining a concussion. The feud continued with Steamboat winning most of the matches losing only one because he threw Roberts back in the ring before the 10 count, while not beating the count himself , most notably a Snake Pit Match ostensibly a no-DQ match at The Big Event in Toronto , and the rematch on the October edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.

Jake Roberts

Recognizing his microphone skills, Roberts was given his own talk segment called "The Snake Pit", which debuted on the first episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge in late In late , Roberts began to enjoy an upsurge in fan popularity, despite the WWF's attempts to cast him as an unpopular villain. Before the match, announcer Vince McMahon said the fans would probably support Savage against the disliked Roberts.

However, to the surprise of both McMahon and fellow broadcaster Jesse "The Body" Ventura , the fans cheered loudly for Roberts throughout the bout. The match ended in a double disqualification. Years later in a shoot interview, Roberts jokingly thanked the fans for ruining what would have been the biggest and most profitable run of his career as at the time Hogan was the biggest and most popular babyface and a run against Hogan would have meant main event television and PPV matches.

He officially turned face when then feuded with The Honky Tonk Man , an Elvis impersonator , who attacked Roberts [12] with a guitar during his interview segment The Snake Pit. The Honky Tonk Man's guitar shot actually injured Roberts's neck, as at the time guitars were not prepared to break easily. After Honky Tonk won the Intercontinental Championship from Ricky Steamboat, Roberts unsuccessfully challenged him for the Championship several times throughout the rest of He then had a feud with Ravishing Rick Rude and his manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan , who began a gimmick of selecting a woman from the crowd to kiss after each match.

Roberts, which an irate Roberts tore off. Roberts came to the ring to help Beefcake, who eventually won by disqualification. It was at this time that Roberts's problems with the discs in his back were publicly acknowledged, as DiBiase attacked Roberts after a victory over his bodyguard Virgil on WWF Superstars of Wrestling. In the attack, Roberts was storyline injured by DiBiase and needed time off to have surgery to repair the damage.

Roberts returned and feuded with DiBiase throughout the end of into , including a point where Roberts stole DiBiase's Million Dollar Belt, daring him or Virgil to reach into the canvas sack where Damien was to retrieve it. The culmination of their feud took place at WrestleMania VI at the Skydome in Toronto, where in a match where the Million Dollar Belt was on the line, DiBiase gained a count-out victory over Roberts, thus regaining his non-sanctioned title.

After the match, Roberts mounted an offensive against DiBiase and Virgil and then began giving away DiBiase's "money" including giving some money to actress Mary Tyler Moore who was seated at ringside. Following a brief feud with Bad News Brown in the summer of , Roberts feuded with Rick "The Model" Martel throughout late into early , after Martel kayfabe blinded Roberts by spraying his cologne "Arrogance" into his eyes.

Roberts went so far as to wear white contact lenses to "prove" his blindness. After several months, the feud culminated in a match at WrestleMania VII , in which both contestants were blindfolded though both Roberts and Martel did later confess to having some limited vision due to the lights in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. In early to mid, Roberts engaged in a feud with Earthquake who "squashed" Damien with a pair of Earthquake splashes during their match on the April 27 taped March 26 edition of WWF Superstars of Wrestling. In the summer of there were a series of televised vignettes featuring the Ultimate Warrior turning to Roberts for help in his feud with The Undertaker.

In the set-up, Roberts explained to Warrior that, after passing three tests, he would have the "knowledge of the dark side" to defeat Undertaker. The segments included Warrior being locked inside a coffin a reprise of an incident that occurred on The Funeral Parlor , hosted by the Undertaker's manager, Paul Bearer ; earlier in the year ; the Warrior being "buried alive" in dirt before being abandoned; and Warrior walking through a room full of live snakes to reach a chest containing "the answer".

During the latter segment, the Warrior opened the chest, only to be immediately bitten by a king cobra actually a rubber prop. As Warrior "weakened" from the effects of the cobra's strike, Roberts was joined by The Undertaker and Paul Bearer, revealing the three were working together all along; [22] Roberts closed the final segment by proclaiming, "Never trust a snake" , turning Roberts heel for the first time since During the post-SummerSlam wedding reception of Savage and Miss Elizabeth in reality they had been married since , Elizabeth opened a gift package containing a live cobra.

A short feud with Sid ensued when Sid was scheduled to wrestle "El Diablo" and the Undertaker came out and accepted the challenge to face Sid. Paul Bearer offered "El Diablo" what appeared to be a bribe to walk away. As the match began, "El Diablo" came back to the ring and hit Sid with the Briefcase. Then "El Diablo" unmasked revealing himself as Jake. Roberts proceeded to unleash a king cobra on Sid, until Hacksaw Jim Duggan intervened. Sid and Jake wrestled on Superstars a week later.

But soon, Sid injured his biceps, which forced the feud to end. Roberts immediately began berating Randy Savage in a series of promos, aware that Savage — who had lost a retirement match to the Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania VII — was unable to exact revenge. During an October 21 taping for WWF Superstars of Wrestling , Roberts goaded Savage into the ring and brutally attacked him, eventually tying Savage into the ropes and got the king cobra to bite his arm; the snake was devenomized and, according to Roberts's DVD Pick Your Poison , he had trouble getting the cobra to release his bite.

According to Roberts, on the day the angle was shot, he had to let the cobra bite him on his leg at Savage's request to convince him that the snake had been devenomized and Savage would regularly check on Roberts to make sure he had no side effects from the bite. The segment went on longer than planned, and Savage's blood was clearly visible as it dripped from the puncture wounds. To explain the absence of the cobra, Tunney "banned" Roberts from ever bringing a snake to the ring again. Savage and Roberts feuded for the next few months. The feud continued through the early part of and included Savage eliminating Roberts from that year's Royal Rumble match.

Roberts, livid at having lost to him and having received two of Savage's flying elbow drops one of which after the match , was helped backstage. Enraged, he grabbed a steel chair and said that he was going to hit whoever came backstage first, whether it was Savage or Elizabeth. Just as Roberts was about to swing the chair, he was stopped by the Undertaker; Roberts was distracted long enough for Savage to hit him with the chair instead. That incident helped set up Roberts's feud with the Undertaker.

Roberts appeared on The Funeral Parlor to demand answers from the Undertaker about why he stopped him from attacking Elizabeth. When Roberts was dissatisfied with the answers, he DDT'ed Bearer and, after jamming Undertaker's hand in a coffin, began hitting him with a steel chair; however, Undertaker got up after each chair shot and eventually chased Roberts backstage dragging the coffin behind him. Roberts's departure came after he was upset that WWF chairman Vince McMahon did not offer him a position on the writing staff, despite being promised such previously.

After Pat Patterson stepped down from his post on the writing staff stemming from the recent sexual harassment scandal, McMahon decided that, out of respect for Patterson, the spot would be left vacant. Roberts felt he was not only being lied to, but also being betrayed. In response, he threatened to no-show WrestleMania if he was not given a release from his contract. However, before he could officially join WCW, he had to wait 90 days. On the 87th day, Frey stepped down and was replaced by Bill Watts , for whom Roberts had legit heat with back in his days at Mid-South Wrestling.

Roberts made his first television appearance on August 2, at a Main Event taping in Baltimore, MD after coming through the crowd to attack Sting.

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He would quickly form an alliance with Cactus Jack and The Barbarian. Roberts scored a pinfall victory over Sting, which built their feud further. Their match was determined via the Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal gimmick. When the wheel stopped, it had landed on what many observers believed was the worst option — the Coal Miner's Glove match. Following the loss to Sting he continued his feud, facing him on several house shows immediately after the event. On the November 2 episode of Saturday Night , Tony Schiavone conducted a sit-down interview with Roberts regarding the decision of Bill Watts to ban his bringing of the snake to ringside, and his impending first round match against Dustin Rhodes in the first round of the King of Cable tournament.

He was replaced in the tournament by The Barbarian. After leaving WCW, Roberts spent his next couple of years wrestling around the world. In February , he took part in a tour in Australia, while in April , he toured Europe, particularly Austria and Germany.

By the end of , Roberts took a hiatus. During his second tenure with the company, Roberts was pushed as a " Cinderella story" and faced Stone Cold Steve Austin in the final match of the King of the Ring tournament. Changes had to be made to the match's scripting as legitimate injuries sustained earlier in the evening in a match with Vader left Roberts unable to engage in the longer, more evenly matched bout originally intended between the men. In order to prevent Roberts from sustaining further injury, he was quickly defeated by Austin; in a post-match interview, Austin mocked his recital of the biblical passage John 3: Talk about your Psalms , talk about John 3: Roberts next feuded with Jerry "The King" Lawler , who went to great lengths to ridicule Roberts's past alcoholism.

In early , the WWF wanted Roberts to wind down his in-ring career and to join the backstage side of the company. Since he still loved to wrestle, he did not make this transition well. This led to a relapse with drugs and alcohol.

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He appeared at the Royal Rumble where he entered at no. He was released in February During the summer of , Roberts debuted in ECW. His introduction came towards the end of a match between Lawler and Tommy Dreamer , which was the main event of the show. As the match went on, the arena lights were turned off. Moments later when the lights came back on, Roberts was already in the ring, and proceeded to give Tommy Dreamer a clothesline. He then went to the camera man and screamed; " Your God My God, he giveth He was booked to face Jim Neidhart in one half of the card's double main event in what was billed as a "special grudge match" between the two.

Roberts was so intoxicated that during the course of the night, he slurred his way through a promo before the match and staggered to, from, and around the ring during his entrance.

After doing such things as pretending his snake was a penis and stroking it like he was masturbating and attempting to kiss the snake with his tongue, the show's promoter sent King Kong Bundy and Yokozuna , who were supposed to compete in the other main event match, to the ring and made the main event a tag team match with Roberts teaming with Yokozuna against Bundy and Neidhart.

Roberts, who was so drunk that he could not stand up, took the fall in the match after Bundy splashed and pinned him. Moss regained the title the next night in Ashford, Kent , though. RSOW ran three events, each headlined by Roberts vs. The Honky Tonk Man. However, Roberts turned up at the show "in no fit state to compete", but went ahead with his match. Roberts cut a drunken promo paying tribute to Ray Traylor , who had died a few days before, and almost got into a scuffle with several WAW wrestlers who were sent out to defuse the situation.