The resurrection of Jake 'The Snake' Roberts

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The resurrection of Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Yahoo! Sports

SMYRNA, Ga. – In the tiny second-floor bedroom, there's a pile of Jake "The Snake" Roberts action figures on a table, plastic muscles ripped and bulging, snarls on tiny faces. Above them, on the wall, are signed comic-book-style cartoons of Jake The Snake fighting atop the Empire State Building and deep in the heart of the jungle. All around the room are photographs of Jake The Snake wrestling in some of the world's largest arenas against fellow iconic wrestlers.

It'd be a hell of a tribute to the man, were it not for Jake the Snake himself writhing in the bed in the center of the room.

It's a summer morning outside Atlanta. Jake Roberts, unshaven, his long hair matted, is lying in the bed, devastated, alone. He'd been clean and sober for eight months, drying out and cleaning out and trying to resurrect his life and his career. But he's just fallen.

Two airline bottles of vodka. That's all it was; that's all it took. Two tiny bottles, boom boom, downed in a parking lot. He drank to blot out the image of an old friend who'd fallen on hard times, the same way he used to drink to blot out the thought of his own fallen image.

And now that he's stumbled back into one bad habit, every seductive, self-loathing instinct in his body is telling him to get back in touch with another: when life gets hard, pack your [stuff] and run.

long but good read
 

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the more things change the more they stay the same

diamond dallas white trash failed, just like he'll fail with scotch alcohall
 
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diamond dallas white trash failed, just like he'll fail with scotch alcohall

DDP got Scott sober and he's now living with his son in an apartment

Don't see how any relapse from Scott now on is on DDP's head breh, he did everything asked of him
 

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DDP got Scott sober and he's now living with his son in an apartment

Don't see how any relapse from Scott now on is on DDP's head breh, he did everything asked of him


because he's the one that claimed he would fix these 2 motherfukkers and make a reality show about their recovery, he's already failed 50%, as soon as alcohall gets a hint of some cheap beer his kid brings home, it's a wrap.
 
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as soon as alcohall gets a hint of some cheap beer his kid brings home, it's a wrap.

That's about as much DDP's fault as it is mine, man.

You gotta remember Hall's always gonna be either an alcoholic or a recovering alcoholic. It ain't as easy as flicking a switch that means you'll never drink again. Page has done everything he said he would do with regards to Hall; it was Hall's decision to move out and the simple facts are that it's now his decision as to whether to continue the work that DDP started or relapse yet again and fukk up his relationship with his son, possibly for good.
 

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because he's the one that claimed he would fix these 2 motherfukkers and make a reality show about their recovery, he's already failed 50%, as soon as alcohall gets a hint of some cheap beer his kid brings home, it's a wrap.
oh and how are you trying to make people's lives better?
 

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DDP is a great guy Im glad he's helping Hall and Jake and I wish them well

Here's a part of a new scott hall interview where he praises DDP and says he never charges anybody that he helps

Scott Hall Talks About Getting Help from DDP, Working for Vince & Eric, Fandango and More

- Scott Hall recently spoke with Wrestling101. Here are some highlights:

You have been doing DDP Yoga for a while now, what has it been like for you and how has it changed your life?

I’m staying at the ‘Accountability Crib’ with Dallas in Atlanta, and my son Cody who is 21-years old, Dallas invited him to come and join us here, and he’s just breaking into the wrestling business so that has been great. I’ve known Dallas for a long time, over 20 years, and it’s been great what he’s done for me.

Dallas is a truly unique individual, he legitimately and sincerely cares about other people. He really enjoys helping other people and here at the crib four or five times a week people will come in, we’ll move the furniture out of the way in the living room, spread the yoga mats out and Dally either personally leads a group of people in a workout or they throw one of the DVD’s up on the TV and they workout to one of Dally’s DDP Yoga videos.

He’s not charging anybody anything, he’s not motivated by money, he genuinely gets high, he gets this fix off helping people. It’s really great to be around this positive environment, because for some reason I was just secluding myself and staying in dark places. Now I feel as though I’ve ventured out into the light and working on my tan. I never had any problems professionally, it was personal life that was a problem for me, professionally I couldn’t have scripted a better life.


How would you compare Vince McMahon and Eric Bischoff as bosses?

It’s no secret that Vince McMahon comes from a long line of wrestling promoters, his grandfather was a promoter, his father was a promoter and Vince is a promoter, his children are involved in the business, his son in law Triple H is basically running the day-to-day operations of the WWE now and I think he deserves to.

The way I’ll express it is Vince is like your boss, Eric Bischoff is younger, he’s a different kind of cat and he was really hungry at the time when we met him because WCW had not been successful before. He took a gamble laid down some big money and got us in and it worked, then he was able to have more leverage, make more decisions and grow his empire, it was kind of mismanaged in the long run but at the time it was great.

To me Eric is like a guy, he’s like a dude, where as Vince is the boss. I’ve had many ‘f**k you’ conversations with Eric, he was just like one of the guys he wasn’t like a boss.

You’ve had a few spells with TNA, what were your experiences of TNA like?

I was on the very first TNA PPV ever, which was from Birmingham, Alabama and at that time Jeff Jarretts dad Jerry Jarrett was the owner and the boss and I have known Jerry from early on in my wrestling career and I had worked for his wrestling promotion in Tennessee, I have a lot of respect for Jerry Jarrett, he is a really smart guy and I like being around smart people. I jumped at the chance to be near Jerry Jarrett and it was real fun, I only signed a short term contract, something like three shows.

The company then changed hands and I only went back a few times after that to do some stuff with Kev and Sean Waltman. I know Dixie carter who runs TNA now is a wonderful lady and she is passionate about wrestling and I hear that Hulk and Eric have more control over the company now which I think is a good thing because those two guys are proven winners.

Who are some of the current wrestlers that really stand out for you at the moment?

As far a current stars go, I like this kid Fandango, I think he is funny, I think he is a great athlete and I wish him nothing but success. I like the Prime Time Players, particularly Titus O’Neil, the guy is a stud, a great athlete and I expect big things out of him. I’m a Ryback fan, he has the potential to be a huge star, no disrespect to him but at the moment he is a little bit inexperienced, a little bit green is the term we use in the industry.

In my opinion the glare of the spotlight can either make things blossom or that bright light can wilt things, you either blossom or you shrivel up and you die.

I’ve only started watching wrestling again in the last couple of months but I think the business is in good hands, there are some great young hungry guys out there who are going to carry the business forward into the next decade. I know with Triple H running the company he’s a smart guy and he loves the wrestling business, so I think the WWE is in good hands.
 

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oh and how are you trying to make people's lives better?

by telling them the truth, fukk diamond dallas white trash was the one who went all public and all "look at me look at me, im saving these scumbag drug addicts"
 

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by telling them the truth, fukk diamond dallas white trash was the one who went all public and all "look at me look at me, im saving these scumbag drug addicts"
you should probably just sit down, homie
 

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Read the article...he slipped up, but he's back on track...

shyt happens.
 

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take a walk, jake

scott :salute:
 

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because he's the one that claimed he would fix these 2 motherfukkers and make a reality show about their recovery, he's already failed 50%, as soon as alcohall gets a hint of some cheap beer his kid brings home, it's a wrap.

Im glad this stupid muthafukker got banned...

Caught this on Tubi. Great movie.. DDP stay doing gods work
 
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