WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts took to an episode of his Snake Pit podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including what made Eddie Graham a successful booker.
Roberts said, “He took it apart man, and put it back together. You know, he made it a whole new thing. And he could write out — he could give you a match that would last 20 minutes, and he’d have 15 minutes of moves in it. So you had to pay attention.”
On Graham’s approach:
“He just laid it out. And you went out and did it, man.”
On adjusting to Graham’s influence on how he worked matches:
“It wasn’t much of an adjustment for us, because we get to do our own thing. And the bit we got was very, very flexible. We could take it and go a different direction if we wanted to. Do what we did, you know. But we were given just a shell and then, you know, given the finish. And that’s basically what we had to hold to.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
