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 leaving Stampede Wrestling.
Roberts said, “It just felt like it was time to go, you know. It was the feeling I had, and I was homesick too. I had not seen my family for over a year.”
On why he went to work for Bill Watts in Mid-South Wrestling:
“Well, familiarity. My father was there, and I knew that I could learn a lot there. And that’s kind of what I was wanting to do, was to keep learning. And I knew that I would learn in Mid-South. So I put a call in, and got the greenlight and off to Mid-South I went. Once I got there I told him about JYD, that he had gotten his act together and was a piece of talent they should be interested in. And it didn’t take long before JYD was there.”
On making the jump to the promotion:
“It was quite a huge step for me — you know, making that move to Louisiana. And unfortunately for me, I was only there a short time, then I broke my arm.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
