TSC Evaluation #70: Jake "The Snake" Roberts

mrken12 · Dec 27, 2017

In the last evaluation, Dean Malenko got a score of 7.56.

TSC Evaluation #69: Dean Malenko

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For #71 it will be Alundra Blayze.

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Major Accomplishments

All-Star Wrestling Network (Georgia)
AWN World Heavyweight Champion (1x)

Americas Wrestling Federation
AWF Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Bad Boys of Wrestling
BBOW Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Cauliflower Alley Club
Inductee (2013)

Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA National Television Championship (1x)
NWA World Television Championship (Georgia version) (2x)

Legends Pro Wrestling
LPW Hall of Fame (Class of 2010)

Mid-South Wrestling Association
Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship (1x)
Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (2x)
Mid-South Television Championship (1x)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1996)
Ranked No. 23 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991
Ranked No. 100 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003

Smoky Mountain Wrestling
SMW Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Stampede Wrestling
Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1x)

World Class Championship Wrestling
NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (1x) – with Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez
WCCW Television Championship (1x)

WWE
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2014)

With a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Jake "The Snake" Roberts in these categories:

-Mic work/promos

-Personality/gimmicks

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores)

ZEB WALTON · Dec 27, 2017

Straight legend. No reasons needed everyone knows why. 10/10

TL15 · Dec 27, 2017

Is Jake the GOAT Midcarder of all time?

I mean he had a part in birthing this :yeshrug:

Damn this is truly hard to me honestly.

mrken12 · Dec 27, 2017

Next week I'll be starting the Tag Teams/Stables thread. The first thread will be nWo Wolfpac. I'll still be running the Singles Wrestler thread every week.

Mr. Negative · Dec 27, 2017

8.

mic work is 10.

personality 9. (neg for that brief period he was a christian zealot)

in ring work 7. I dunno. I never cared for his in ring work, but I know it's there.

daboywonder2002 · Dec 27, 2017

7. Great mic work and great in ring psychologist. Great finisher. I can't give you a 10 because he's never held a WWF championship and he's not a main event guy

Cartier Murphy · Dec 27, 2017

Easy 10. He’s had some real lows in his career but the highs eclipse that for me. Signature look, gimmick, style that was all his own. Creator of the DDT. Dude was complete counterculture to every other major star the WWF had in the era. While Warrior, Savage, and the like were cutting these loud intense promos Jake had a quiet intensity that still spoke volumes. He never held a major title but he didn’t really need to, and his spot on the card, being the primer feud to prep you for Hogan, was arguably just as important as any midcard title. His whole WWF run was filled with more memorable feuds than many other dudes whole careers. The feud with Rude where his wife’s face was plastered on Rude’s tights, Earthquake squashing Damien, attacking Savage at his own wedding, the list goes on. Dude’s a 10/10 with the only knocks I have on him being his extreme downfall and his 96 run which, while it made sense based off where he was in his life, didn’t feel totally in line with the character he had established, but then that helped create the Austin 3:16 moment so :manny:

R=G · Dec 27, 2017

10. Easy 10. My favorite growing up. Loved Jake the Snake Roberts. He had the deadliest LIGHTS OUT FINISHER of our childhood. Eventually we saw the tombstone, Sid Vicious Powerbomb, Vader's Powerbomb, Razor's Edge but Jake was knocking motherfukkers out...his storylines were wonderful :laugh:

Slapped the shyt out of Elizabeth....the RED CENSOR LINE when the cobra bit Macho Man( I was in shock)...when he had Damien force Andre cop pleas in one of the funniest GIFS in TSC history :laugh:

lmao@40 secs wtf

His promos are maybe the best ever. Jake the Snake is epitome of an all time great wrestling personality/character.

AlfredTheButler · Dec 27, 2017

the greatest mic skills of all time bar none and one of the only heel who could get heat without resorting to the arrogant im better than you cheap heat

Amor fati · Dec 27, 2017

Jake's WCW run was short but still had great moments

Nobody can touch Jake in the promo department, he sounds very cold and calculated but still believable. 10

His last WCW theme is an 8

Ill Lou Malnati · Dec 27, 2017

As a worker, I'd give him a 6 on a good day. You're not going to get any four star matches out of him, but he was so fluid and crisp with the few moves and mannerisms he did in the ring.

Personality and gimmick are a 10.

Favorite feuds are with Rude, Macho, Martel, and Sting. Too bad we never got Jake vs Hogan or Jake vs Warrior feuds.

Obviously a 10 on the mic. One of the best talkers ever.

10 overall.

Jmare007 · Dec 27, 2017

Peak Jake was almost unfukkwithable. His Mid South stuff is :banderas:

promos and character work is as good as you are gonna find, ever.

His lows are really fukking bad though, he couldn't help himself :mjcry:

He gets an 8 from me.

CrossBones · Dec 27, 2017

mrken12 said:
a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Jake "The Snake" Roberts in these categories:

-Mic work/promos

-Personality/gimmicks

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores)

mic work - a 10. he was the most believable guy in his era to me. all of his promos sound like a grizzled old vet getting on their high horse talking down to people about his values, how naive they are, and how little he thinks of everyone else. it was believable everytime tho, and he wasn't just a guy yelling and ranting. if there was ever a calculating movie bad guy who would be brought to life in the real world, he would look like and talk like jake the snake roberts. I watched some of his interviews (not his promo shyt), and I truly believe this guy was not only touched in the head, but a practicing satanist or something of the sort. only in the wrestling world he did it better than kevin sullivan (who had to have all the hoopla with the leathers, make up, and chained up girls). listening to jake's quasi-religious sayings in his promos, and his ability for weaving mistruths into truths, let you see that he really was a snake. but I think it was also how he was one of the first heels I saw who could easily blend into a babyface ... then come back just as quick to turn on you without anything being forced. jake either believed in his character so much or was just the best actor of his time
:francis:

personality/gimmick - it was over the top without being cartoony. pretty much what I want to see in pro wrestling. if you stripped away his snake gimmick and damien to just let him be who he was, you'd more than likely have the exact same guy. the snake gimmick worked in the world where you need something visual to stand out however, so it was perfect.

ring work - I see him as the quintessential old school wrestler. not a big moveset, but he managed to make the crowd care about his match, and many times they would really get into it. look at how hot the crowd was for him in his prime. plus his finisher looks brutal. only arn anderson could be in contention. even to this day, it looks like a finisher. other people do the ddt to show off or transition, while when he did it, he looked like he was trying to end the other person. the way he worked and picked apart his opponents makes you think he really wants to hurt the other guy for the whole match, and not just do some flashy shyt. when I was a kid I thought that looking at this guy is like watching at a predator at work. in and out of the ring he got you interested in his next move, and thats all that matters.

overall 10 because I see him as legendary from his work done at his prime. deserves full respect in the ring.

as a person tho I think he's a weirdo and a trainwreck of a person to stay clear of

:mjlol:

NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong · Dec 27, 2017

9. I had a rubber snake because of him

R=G · Dec 27, 2017

Chef Mello said:
9. I had a rubber snake because of him

The great thing about this guy..my aunt is deathly afraid of snakes...tossed a fake snake from Tijuana on her, she tossed that beer and got the fukk out of there :laugh:

TSC Evaluation #70: Jake "The Snake" Roberts

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Veteran

ayo! - BEZ

Veteran

Veteran

Can't change overnight like Ebenezer

Superstar

Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime

Street Terrorist

Pro

Superstar

Be Well.

pico pal q lee

Louder than words

Veteran

Street Terrorist