Jake Roberts recalls a scary moment in his legendary WWE career.
Following the recent passing of wrestling legend “Leaping” Lanny Poffo, many of his colleagues and peers have come forward to share their fond memories of him. One such tribute came from Jake “The Snake” Roberts, who recounted a painful and embarrassing moment that he shared with Poffo during a wrestling match.
While speaking on his podcast, The Snake Pit, Jake Roberts recalled having a match with Poffo at Madison Square Garden while with the WWF. Poffo was in the middle of his “Genius” gimmick when he debuted a new move against Roberts, which didn’t go well.
He came to me and said, ‘I want to do this new move I’ve got.’ I’m like, ‘Okay, what is it?’ He said, ‘You’ll be on the floor, I’ll jump up on the top rope, and then I’ll jump off on you and give you the Double Axe Handles.’ Okay, no problem.”
He jumps up on the rope and slips and falls, driving both of his knees into my kidneys. I was on my hands and knees when he hit me. I thought he’d killed me. It burned so bad, it burned like somebody stuck a hot iron inside of my back man, just frying my insides.”
Jake Roberts
Jake Roberts also believes modern pro wrestling took out a big tradition that used to be the norm back in the day. Roberts will continue to share more bizarre stories about his larger-than-life experiences and fans can’t wait to hear them.
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