Roster » Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Height:

6′ 5″

Weight:

18 st.

Signature Moves:

DDT Swinging knee lift Arm wrench short-arm clothesline Gutbuster Knee drop Quick left-handed jabs followed by a right hand

Career Highlights:

Former WWE and WCW Star

Roberts is best known for his two stints in the World Wrestling Federation—the first between 1986 and 1992, and the second between 1996 and 1997—though he also wrestled in World Championship Wrestling in 1992 and the Mexico-based Asistencia Asesoría y Administración between 1993 and 1994 and again in 1997. Throughout his career he was known for his intense and cerebral promos, his dark charisma, his extensive use of psychology in his matches, and has been credited for inventing the DDT. Roberts was also one of the subjects of the 1999 documentary film Beyond the Mat. in 2008 Jake also made several appearences in TNA Wrestling.

In between 2001 and 2005 Jake The Snake Roberts resided in the UK and made a few appearences for Best of British Wrestling passing on his in ring knowledge to some of our academy students.

 

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