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Jake 'The Snake' Roberts; Defining a Legend beyond Championship reigns.
Topic Started: Apr 21 2013, 07:14 PM (135 Views)
Jake Roberts
J A K E / " T H E S N A K E " / R O B E R T S

Real Name: Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr.

Other Identities: N/A

Ht/Wt: 6'6" / 249 lbs.

Hometown: Stone Mountain, GA

Theme Music:

Face/Heel: Heel

Tag Team/Stable: N/A

Manager: N/A

DIVISION: World Heavyweight

Description (Gimmick): Jake Roberts claims to have invented the DDT in a match where he had his opponent, The Grappler, in a front facelock, but when Jake tripped over Denton's foot he fell backwards and Roberts' opponent landed on his head. From that match, Roberts claimed the move as his finisher, calling it the DDT, though instead of falling back, he stepped back before falling (which, as he explained on his DVD Pick Your Poison, was the quickest way to drive his opponent's head into the mat and also gave the move a "snap" effect). When asked what the initials DDT stood for, he famously replied "The End." In the 2005 DVD documentary, World Wrestling Entertainment employee Bruce Prichard said Roberts named the move after the pesticide of the same name. Roberts has also said often that "DDT" stands for "Drop Dead Twice". Roberts has further been said to claim it stands for "Don't Do it Twice." Many critics of Roberts are quick to point out that he never tells a story the same way twice and that if asked the same question in two separate interviews, Jake Roberts is known for giving two completely different versions of the "honest to God truth".

Roberts derived his nickname for being known as "snake like" and untrustworthy. Roberts also said on the Pick Your Poison DVD that he got his nickname by copying Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken "The Snake" Stabler (of whom Roberts was a huge fan). To accentuate this, he would often slide ("slither") into and out of the ring on his belly under the bottom rope. Once he reached the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 1986, Roberts would bring a huge, live Burmese Python (though various snakes were used over the years, most were named "Damien") to ringside in a canvas bag. Other snakes used were a Reticulated Python named Lucifer, who was called Damiens' older brother after Earthquake sat on the bag that (kayfabe) contained Damien, an unnamed de-venomized Cobra that bit Macho Man Randy Savage, and an albino Burmese Python named Revelations (during Jake's Christian conversion gimmick in 1996). After executing a DDT, Roberts would coil the constrictor around the opponent's neck, and the snake would slither around on top of the fallen wrestler, sometimes appearing to strangle him. Besides the fact that numerous fellow wrestlers and commentators were legitimately afraid of snakes, it was a masterful show as the wrestler lay twitching and sometimes foaming at the mouth with the monstrous snake appearing to squeeze the life out of him.



Background (Titles, Feuds, etc): TITLES - NWA National Television, NWA World Television Championship, Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight, Mid-South North American Heavyweight, Mid-South Television, Smoky Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight, Stampede North American, Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Six-Man Tag Team, WCCW Television.

PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year
(1996), PWI #100 of top 500 singles wrestlers of "PWI Years" in 2003

Allies: Alice Cooper

Enemies: Main Event Faces

Style: Technician/Brawler.

Signature Moves: Arm wrench short-arm clothesline, Gutbuster, Swinging knee lift.

Finisher(s): D D T

Quote(s): Forthcoming.

SAMPLE RP: I am the President, I will accept myself regardless.



PLAYER

Name: JH

Age: 29

Years Roleplaying XP: 15ish

Contact Info: See 'Heyman'

Top Five Wrestlers: Steve Austin, Jake Roberts, Scott Hall, Rob Van Dam, um...DiBiase or Hennig...
Edited by Jake Roberts, Apr 21 2013, 07:15 PM.
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Welcome to the Intercontinental Division! Jake can easily move into the World division as necessary.
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