Jake "The Snake" Roberts appeared on In Your Head. Highlights from the interview are as follows:
What advice did he give to Steve Austin shortly before his career took off?
Well, I knew that if they ever pushed him that he would wind up a babyface because again he was the same cut as I was as far as being a bad SOB and not doing stuff that was stupid. See, thats the thing that I drilled into him was dont go out there and do something that the fans will say, Hey man thats BS, because if you do that you lose your credibility. Once you lose your credibility in the ring you might as well just be Joe Blow, and he never lost his credibility
.That was the thing with Steve, I told Steve that when you do turn DONT CHANGE WHO YOU ARE, because if you do youre a phony. One of the worst about that was Lex Luger
one week he was a badass, hed walk to the ring snarling and giving everybody a rough look, and the next week hes a babyface and hes out giving high fives. You dont do that. Once you do that, youve told people youre a complete friggin phony and you lose your credibility.
What was your biggest regret in your life or wrestling?
Ever doing drugs the first time. Absolutely, because drugs are the biggest lie there ever was. You know, you start out doing them and its all a good time and nobodys gettin hurt and its for fun. But then that monster turns on you and it becomes not only something you want to do, its something you have to do. And thats when it sucks.
He also comments on working as a babyface for WWE, his future with the WWE and what he is doing to make a possible return, who else could perform the DDT well, which wrestler broke his sternum twice, whether any of his promos ever pre-scripted, and more to be released later on this week.
