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Dec 20, 2021 · While speaking about Jake "The Snake" Roberts, DDP told Steve Austin a story about when the WWE Hall Of Famer lost his cobra Lucifer in Page's home.
- Damien Was Crushed by Earthquake on WWE TV
- Earthquake Showed No Remorse For Killing Damien
- Damien's Death Sent Jake "The Snake" Roberts to The Dark Side
Damien Was A Key Part Of Jake "The Snake" Roberts' Character
1. Damien was a massive python that Jake Roberts used. 2. Damien terrified all wrestlers who got in Jake Roberts' way. 3. Earthquake squashing Damien was a graphic and terrifying moment for Jake Roberts. For years, Jake lugged a huge green bag to the ring. Inside was his mammoth pet python, Damien. After he vanquished journeymen and big time enemies alike, he’d open the bag and hurl the snake onto them. The fans would cheer Damien on as he slithered all over Jake’s opponents. Even Andre The G...
Earthquake Made Burgers Out Of Damien
1. There was never any snake in the bag that Earthquake jumped on. 2. Jake Roberts introduced a new snake named Lucifer. 3. Lucifer was a king cobra. Before you go writing to PETA for a thirty-year-old crime, there were no real snakes in the bag, just ground beef and a mechanism to create movement. As for the storyline itself, Earthquake didn’t show one shred of remorse. He arrived at Prime Time Wrestling, where Vince McMahon addressed “Mr. Quake” for his heinous actions of delivering the sma...
A New Part Of Jake Roberts' Persona Was Seen In WWE
1. Jake Roberts began to terrorize WWE superstars like never before. 2. Jake Roberts had a tremendous heel turn. 3. Jake Roberts aligned himself with The Undertaker. One could make the argument that watching Damien get squashed drove Roberts over the edge. He would go on to defeat the big man in a series of house show matches in the summer of 1991. However, when The Ultimate Warrior came to the Snake for assistance in facing down The Undertaker, a series of some twisted vignettes began, each...
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- Carrying A Snake Was His Idea. Despite being afraid of snakes, it was also Jake Roberts who came up with the idea of carrying snakes. He already had the nickname “The Snake” during his pre-WWE days, wrestling for Bill Watts’ Mid-South Wrestling.
- Was Afraid Of Snakes. As stated, carrying around a snake is one of Jake Roberts’ most defining features as a character, using the reptile to attack opponents and dangle them over their unconscious bodies after matches.
- Too Popular To Feud With Hogan. In 1986, Jake Roberts was set for a feud with top star Hulk Hogan, and the two went as far as filming an attack on Hogan during an episode of Robert’s in-ring talk show The Snake Pit that actually aired on television in some markets.
- Trained Diamond Dallas Page. Jake Roberts is real-life friends with Diamond Dallas Page, who started out as a manager in the late 1980s before transitioning into in-ring competition early the following decade.
Roberts later introduced a new snake, Damien's "big brother" Lucifer. [23] Roberts and Earthquake feuded throughout most of late-spring and into the summer. Roberts defeated Earthquake on July 1, at Madison Square Garden which featured André the Giant in Roberts' corner.
When Jake wasn't being accompanied to the ring by rock stars, he was accompanied by a snake. There have been several memorable snakes at Jake's side over the years, Damien and Lucifer to name a couple, but Jake remembers one snake that never saw the bright lights of a WWE arena.
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Nov 13, 2021 · During his interview with Inside the Ropes, he recalled the memorable moment when John “Earthquake” Tenta’s finishing on Damien, squelching and killing the snake Jake carried to the ring during his WWE tenure.
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Jan 10, 2023 · November 23rd, 1991, marked a day many pro wrestling fans tuning into WWF Superstars of Wrestling collectively shrieked, ‘Holy s#@t!’ at their television screens. On that day, an infamous snake bite incident occurred between Randy Savage and Jake Roberts.
