A veteran in the wrestling business is WWE Hall of Famer Jake Roberts. One of the nicknames of the veteran is Jake ‘The Snake.’ He earned this nickname as he always brings a giant python along with him to the ring. On multiple occasions, the WWE Hall of Famer has used the snake as a weapon to scare his opponents.
It is to be noted that Jake Roberts always had a fear of snakes. But despite that he agreed to be the one carrying a python to the ring. While speaking to GamesHub, Roberts shared that when he pitched the idea of being called ‘The Snake’ Vince McMahon loved it.
“Well, the fear came from reality and living in North Texas where I lived, because that’s nothing but rattlesnake country and you had to be beware all the time. Not only did we have rattlesnakes, but we had copperheads, we had water moccasins, and they’re all very poisonous. So you had to know where the hell you were going as a kid.
“So, of course you’re gonna develop a fear for them and for me to come up with that damn character just goes to show you what alcohol and dope will do for you, because that’s what was happening whenever I come up with that idea of smoking a joint, drinking a beer. I thought it’d be a great idea if there’s a wrestler called ‘the snake’, that’d be a hell of an idea, that’s where it came from. Never thinking that it was going to actually ever happen before you knew it, Vince took the idea and said we like that. Holy crap. They stayed in a hotel with me, made for some long nights,” Jake Roberts said.
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