Jake Roberts Promo on Honky Tonk Man (04-11-1987)

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jake "the Snake" Roberts about his upcoming match with Honky Tonk Man at Madison Square Garden.
(Superstars, April 11th 1987)

[@235WorldWide]

"There're some things in life you hunger for…whether it be food, or a woman or place in time."

[@philaman1972]

Less is more. In two minutes, Jake talked me into coming to MSG to buy a ticket to see him against HTM.

[@vidtuby]

Who won?

[@axelfoley20]

Jake was always cream of the crop on the mic. He knew how to play with the emotions of the audience.

[@235WorldWide]

"Beware The Fury Of A Patient Man."

[@charleswilliams6758]

235 WorldWide

[@mayssm]

That's sage advice for life.

[@jimbobjimjim6500]

"Or a place in time" Pure poetry.

[@carparthero]

snake killing it in 1987, yet his words of wisdom resonate in 2022, and will resonate literally forever. @Trust Me DDT cheers from southern ontario 🍁

[@stephenaustin5225]

Probably one of the best promo of all time... Macho Man and Jake the best...

[@thesplendor8654]

In my opinion, the snake earring that Jake wore in his left ear was pretty snazzy. I'm rather curious to see if anyone else thought the same...

[@bradyvelvet9432]

Imagine a book with all of Jake Roberts quotes

[@235WorldWide]

"You're Fast, But You Can't Run Forever."

[@jamesfrancistamburojr8180]

Cool promo

[@chrishannafey1059]

Rip mean gene

[@deasttn]

Gene mean. Exactly

[@joemarchand8313]

@@deasttn Precisely.

[@TheRSTD1]

Okerlund was one second away from breaking kayfabe when Jake started bringing up his late night activities!

[@txmetalhead82xk]

That was damn hilarious!

[@rickgerrard8922]

Honky Tonk Man kicked his butt again and again. Greatest of all time. HTM 2024

[@BLM_Big_Lipped_Marxist]

They’re both washed up has been lowlife cokehead junkies. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@txmetalhead82xk]

With a bit of help lol.

[@jdneely9939]

His promos were so damn good ya really believed what he said that ya went to bed scared

[@sw8467]

Couldve been a great actor, great look and he knew emotions and when to choose them. Perfect bad guy

[@txmetalhead82xk]

This was awesome! Lol

[@ovaeastdoe6776]

I heard yu a Nightrider,right?-Jakethe🐍dabest

[@finscreenname]

I remember seeing these promos back in the day. Some of the magic went away when I saw the videos of them lined up to cut promos back stage. I'm sure this was just one of many in a row they shot with Jake and Gene. As soon as they said "cut" Gene would start all over again with his spiel and Jake would walk back in talking about when he was going to meet Honkey Tonk at the Baltimore Civic Center and then the next town and the next town....

[@kjlemovitz]

Awesome promo as usual

[@TheAdvancedMusic]

Mean Gene. No other voice like it!

[@wrericdog]

Hay listen wrestlers out their learn from Jake ,,great interviews cool, collective,could work also raw and smackdown watch stuff like this Honky was even better!!

[@dtogo4286]

I think I know what jake couldn't get enough of at this point

[@sloth4917]

How the fuck did this man not win the world title

[@koryandrews1665]

Some guys don't need a title to be over with the crowd, Jake is just that good. Plus I'm sure his drug and alcohol habit he had played a big part in it.

[@BernardDixon-qc3bn]

Not saying jake the snake Roberts needed a title but if only he did win one it would have been awesome

[@ChumpMaLe4u]

jacob the snake-ob

[@Eric-ew8jt]

Man oh man this guy can cut a promo.

[@mayssm]

Jake the Snake's comments were like if Ultimate Warrior actually made sense.

[@CatsClaw44]

Ummm, ok. Warriors' promos were fine. Stop being a mark.

[@BernardDixon-qc3bn]

Ultimate warriors promos were good and so were jake the snake Roberts promos

[@BernardDixon-qc3bn]

Ultimate warriors promos were good so were jake the snake Roberts

[@user-ns7tv2li1u]

Α snake was not as mean as Jake... name the heel in the dictionary you will find a photo of Jake Roberts...

[@ShadowWolf-sw1jf]

He said "May 18th" where's Kane?