Jul 6, 4:00 PM
Jake “The Snake” Roberts reveals he’s done with AEW
Cageside Seats • AEW
Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts revealed in a new interview that he’s no longer with AEW. Speaking to legendary wrestling journalist Bill Apter, Roberts praised the promotion and its owner/CEO Tony Khan, but said he’s “no longer employed by AEW.” The interview was actually conducted on May 16 at 80s Wrestling Con in Parsippany, New Jersey, but the news of The Snake’s departure from AEW was unknown until Apter uploaded the clip on his YouTube channel on Sunday (June 5). Roberts, of course, is one of the most legendary wrestlers from one of the business’ golden eras, i.e., the 1980s. He is best known for his time in the then-WWF, where he engaged in legendary feuds with the likes of Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Randy “Macho Man” Savage, The Honky Tonk Man, André the Giant, among others. His career was derailed by a well-documented descent into addiction, and his eventual recovery — covered in the 2015 documentary The Resurrection of Jake The Snake — is one of wrestling’s feel-good stories. F