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The following are excerpts from the interview:
On still taking wrestling bookings:
JR: I’m going to be having hip replacement surgery in November. I’m trying to get the last couple of months of bookings done. The old Jake would have just said, “Screw these guys, I’m not gonna make these commitments that I’ve made.” The new Jake wants to be a man of his word and stand by his commitments and do the right thing. There’s people up here in Nova Scotia that plan to be at this event tonight and have for several months. I don’t have the right to just blow them off and say, “Hey, I don’t feel good today, I’m not going.” That’s not the way I work anymore
On his style of promos:
JR: For me, I kinda got a break in the business… if you want to call it that. I got a knee dropped on my throat when I was 19 and that ended my screaming days. I can’t scream if you paid me to. My voice just won’t do it. So, I had to learn something different.
On a new promotion in Las Vegas he is working with:
JR: I’ll let a little secret out of the bag. Jake “The Snake” is about to become involved in a great, big way in a brand new company. Not GFW, not TNA… a brand new company that is going to rock the world. We’re gonna take it back to “old school” wrestling. It’s going to be running seven days a week in Las Vegas. Get ready. It starts in November and there’s going to be 70-80 guys employed by these people so it’s real serious. It’s real serious. We’re gonna be on television almost immediately. This is going to rock the world of wrestling today as we know it. We’re gonna be showing people something they haven’t seen in a long time. It’s going to be fun again. It’s going to be good guy vs bad guy. There’s actually going to be people that pull hair, pull tights and you’re going to know who the good guy is when he walks to the ring and you’re going to know who the bad guy is when he walks to the ring. So, there ya go. It’s just a month or so away. There’s going to be a huge draft where guys are picked and each legend, or each star, will be teaching about eight guys and it’s going to be fabulous. There’s going to be a women’s division and I’m really excited to be a part of this. A big part of it.
The full interview can be found by clicking HERE or by listening to the show in the embedded player at the top of this post.
In the full interview Jake speaks candidly about how his health is holding up, being inspired by Diamond Dallas Page, how DDP Yoga has changed his life, keeping a positive mental outlook, performing his “Jake Roberts Unspoken Word” show, “The Resurrection of Jake Roberts” documentary and more…
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