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 who was his inspiration behind his heel antics.
Roberts said, “A little Terry Funk. I used a little bit of Terry Funk.”
On how being a heel changed his work style:
“Well, I was more vicious with stuff. You know, I would attack more. As a babyface, you don’t really get vicious. You might lean on somebody a little bit, but as a heel you gotta turn it on. When you flip that switch, you gotta go after him, you know? Beat him down, whatever you’re going to do.”
On whether it was hard to make the transition:
“No, it wasn’t hard at all… I just stuck to the formula, man. Give the babyface three spots where he shines, then use the referee or something to take control. And once you take control, you let them come out of it a couple of times, you cut them off and cut them off. Turn up the heat a little bit. Finally, you go for something and you miss it. Now the babyface starts that come back, give him his comeback and go home, man.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
