Jake The Snake Roberts on the Vince McMahon Lawsuit

Jake "The Snake" Roberts joins co-host Marcus DeAngelo to share stories from his Hall of Fame career, personal struggles, and overcoming challenges.

[@jeff-ds2pr]

Who would have thought 20 years ago, Jake Roberts has grown into the voice of reason, and Vince is the one out of his mind.

[@Boxedbyyme]

Me

[@HonkyTonkHellraiser]

Very well said

[@Blaaaaaaah224]

Whoever thought that Rawls bros was hiv positive, goes show. Never know POS,

[@Mr101beers]

Jake was addicted to crack 30 years ago and blamed all sorts of people for a bunch of personal issues. He has greater clarity today.

[@richardclark7224]

Right

[@ravensmythe1]

Jake is spot on with Vince being drunk with power. Every lawsuit he won, every allegation he withstood, every scandal he squashed all emboldened him.

[@justjarvis106]

And then he got the du rag

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

That's what I was thinking too. It makes sense when you consider that for literally decades his company was private and he had total control over everything and pretty much literally all of his "employees" were just really a bunch of glorified contractors that he could pretty much drop at a moment's notice. It definitely led to a "God Complex" in him. No doubt. I think the only time he ever felt a little heat was when Ted Turner got serious about WCW for a bit because he knows how ruthless other super successful businessmen can be.

[@bobloblaw7030]

Trump and Vince have spent their whole lives commiting crimes and getting away with it........Vince will be spending alotta money trying to get Trump elected again

[@kyleshea384]

Plus you know, stepping into the ring during the most violent time in the company's history couldn't have helped his brain. All those unprotected chair shots to the skull

[@Mark_Tice]

I respect Jakes straight talking. No beating around the bush, just gives his opinion

[@sugibear123]

I am glad jake is still with us.

[@firesideconfessions7454]

"Drunk with power" that's the best description I've heard

[@ZenOfMKVLI]

Jake understands the psych way more than most due to having Grizzly as a dad.

[@chrishouk5796]

@ZenOfMKVLI And Grizzly was protected by McMahon as well.

[@mikeg2491]

@@chrishouk5796he only worked backstage in the WWF for a short time, I’d hard call that protecting him.

[@YimmyYames513]

Many law enforcement knew of Grizzly and did nothing because they were “fans” of wrestling

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

McMahon absolutely deserves a RICO case brought against him for the sum total of things that have taken place in WWE. It's a criminal organization.

[@bryandeville322]

Most of us that live in the old Tri-State/Mid-South/UWF region didn’t know about Jake’s dad until after some book or tv show. I watched the tv show. Blew me away. As for Roberts, definitely one of my favorites in and out the ring. He’s for real here

[@flboy85]

With Jake's history with his dad I was sure his response would be blunt and very direct. And I am glad to see he didn't go with the safe non answer and stuck to his morals.

[@ChrisLT]

Didn't expect such a direct response with "he's partially insane." Been hearing so much "oh wow, so shocked" non-answers.

[@TheFlamingPike]

Yeah I've been listening to a bunch of wrestlers who worked for Vince for years and you can see a ton of them are still very afraid of him and some kinda even seem to not believe it. I was pretty surprised the crazy Mick Foley who had the guts to nearly kill himself on multiple occasions had very little to say about the situation.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

Freddy Blassie said Vince has seven personalities.

[@jackrussell3084]

@@TheFlamingPike I think it goes without saying, you say anything about Vince and you will be dead to the wrestling world. Sure Foley no longer wrestles, but you never know what deals may come your way with the WWE in the future. So its better to keep quiet so you dont burn bridges. I think they all knew enough to know things were pretty messed up.

[@TheFlamingPike]

@@jackrussell3084 It's one thing to be afraid and another to protect future cash grabs. There seems to be pretty solid evidence Vince did this. IMO those who are holding back on their comments will see their reputation tarnished forever. Also I bet a bunch of people knew what Vince was doing ( the texts indicated that ). How many superstars were in the know and let people suffer in return for money? I think we're at the tip of the iceberg and like Dutch Mantell said there are some things we'll never know. I bet we'll know a lot more when Vince dies.

[@ThePlandemicPodcastof]

@@jackrussell3084Its not right though….everyone should come out & expose him. Hell even taker, kurt angle, stone cold, maven, they all talk soo highly of vince.

[@foleynj86]

Thank you Jake for telling like it is. A lot of people are deflecting and sugarcoating everything. Vince is a sick man and it goes back 40 years. Watch Donahue in 1992 and there is a prime example of it. Anyone who is still defending Vince needs their head examined. If a 67 page report and multiple texts are not enough to convince you of Vince's behavior, I don't know what will.🤷

[@1980bwc]

The girl is just as sick as Vince, if not worse!

[@AM-pc8ce]

Vince and that chick are both disgusting and sick in their head. No money is worth being disrespected like that. And vince has been a pos.and a weird old man. If he wasn't rich we will look at a creep that he is. There's a professional personality and theirs the real u outside of work and vince is disgusting man. Despite the girl being at fault too. I hope she wins her case 😂

[@ryukomatoi592]

I can't stand people defending a sick man like vince

[@AM-pc8ce]

Vince day is coming.. he is going down like Harvey weinstein, jeffrey epstein and Prince andrew. All of them are all sick fk.. n deserve what's coming to them. 2024 is gon be the year of exposed!!!!!

[@user-pv6mo6lp1k]

Evil bastard is he

[@nathueil1]

I can remember the day when a DDT was a 123! Still my favorite move of all time. R.I.P to all the bed sets I broke as a kid.

[@francisj9003]

I remember when Noone kicked out of any finishers. Wrestling was so much better 20- 25 years ago

[@420Yako]

A match I had w/ Raven was totally cool an he got the 1 2 3. DDT has been my favorite move since the 🐍

[@bluntforcetrauma2141]

​@@420Yakoyou had a match with Raven. Well...edgar allan poe rapped me in a PetCo janitors closet. Was it his penis, or the end of a wooden mop handle. Idk. It was pitch black

[@eerslink5498]

Jake's DDT was the best in the business in my opinion, followed closely by Double A's. Jake would hit that and man, as a kid, I'd pop! The Snake is the original cool heel from my childhood!

[@bradleycrenshaw6778]

The best finisher ever.

[@byronjasper2873]

Well when you are a man with wealth and power like Vince, you think you are immune to any consequences

[@angier4748]

Jake with his own podcast , that's cool . I'm happy he's still with us and pushing forward

[@Noscams00]

Jake seems like a good dude, honest and direct to the point. 👍

[@danieldonnelly3589]

You know you’ve sunk low when Jake Roberts is looking down at ya.

[@TabletopJason]

You gotta admit though, Jake's turnaround has been inspiring.

[@user-ci6hb3mq1q]

Shut Up Baldy

[@TheFlamingPike]

@@TabletopJason With all he's been through it's nearly a miracle he's still alive. Also had a horrible childhood that probably triggered many bad things later. I like that he can find redemption now. Vince is on the total opposite of that path now.

[@dougfredricks2017]

L😂L

[@truettrusler1485]

So several years back ,he claimed to find GOD&Then a year later....he went back to the world.DID HE REALLYfind GOD?.

[@lestergreene3186]

Justice for Ashley Massaro!

[@davidbroadbent854]

Drunk with power Nailed it

[@knuttsackjones3094]

That Kiss My Ass Club thing was definitely weird. I think a lot of adults that watched during the Mr McMahon character era always thought he was just a little too good at portraying that “character”

[@deepnthought.]

And with children in the audience as well smh

[@demonia2848]

The Mr McMahon character is just Vince's real character dialed down from a 10 to a 2.

[@davidpage3893]

During the time of the Kiss My Ass Club, and Stink Face the entire WWF/WWE roster should have told McMahon “No we’re not doing this sick shit. Fire us and we will go to the media”. They all had to call his bluff and the wrestlers who ratted everyone for speaking out against this sick depraved nonsense that has nothing to do with kayfabe wrestling. Young kids did not have to see MacMahon do this. It was wrong to playout those sick storylines to the fans, especially the young kids. I call this sick shit “Visual Molestation”.

[@Gibson-zq7tb]

I’m just happy Jake looks and feels great. He’s a damn legend and an inspiring hero.

[@Holden308]

Other than HHH (son-in-law, towing the company line), every response to this from those who know Vince McMahon personally has been one of not surprised.

[@PersonalAcc1989]

You mean everyone who doesn’t work for the company has been making comments and people who still work for the company, the company that is also in the lawsuit…haven’t really said much???? What a shocker!!!

[@user-mj6qq1hy3d]

God Bless you Jake, you have overcome and survived. Knowing of your fathers misdeeds and now hearing this about McMahon, you are well qualified to comment.

[@nicholashughes9675]

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Lord Acton

[@kentlowry5435]

Looking great Jake . New here this is great .

[@gerardsloan1593]

Jake is a real comeback story. I was pleased to see him turn his life around and avoid becoming a tragedy like many others in his profession did. He looked great during that episode of raw when he surprised the shield and looked genuinely happy. The only person responsible for your happiness and quality of life is yourself. A good day

[@Aceinfinity-le8zc]

Thanks for the direct response !

[@essj3334]

With Jake growing up in a horrible up bringing you can imagine knowing his former boss doing all this bad stuff would upset him.

[@garykass114]

The "Kiss my Ass" club was definitely shitty when Rikishi ended it!! Lol.

[@gojirajenkins8528]

Jake was disgusted !? Whoa

[@michaelriverajr8891]

Never thought jake being disgusted was even possible

[@jamalwest7658]

If you ever saw the Dark Side Of The Ring episode on his father, you know that Jake is a survivor of abuse so is easy to believe some of these details would be triggering for him

[@michaelriverajr8891]

@jamalwest7658 basically his dad is a pedafile

[@MichaelJones-pl7xh]

Jake being disgusted about this is completely and utterly understandable. He and his sister went through hell on earth from their father doing things Vince is not even capable of doing. This is bad enough.

[@michaelriverajr8891]

@jamalwest7658 that is understandable after the childhood abuse jake and his siblings went through. The dark side episode on jake and his family was both shocking and sad at the same time

[@MrJesseBell]

Amazing to see him alive

[@johnm140]

He's a scientific marvel

[@prezzyx6158]

Please make the longer episodes available I could really enjoy listening during work

[@grant8917]

Thank you Jake for being the voice of reason!

[@whatudontunderstandis-gk9hk]

Jake nails it.

[@roybatty5028]

Kudos to Jake for being one of the very few to speak against Vince on this. Too many are looking for the grift or a job or another payday somehow.

[@jspres86]

It's funny how from all the responses that we've heard throughout the industry about this, the one constant sentiment seems to be "it's not surprising." I honestly believe that the only person who could've convinced Vince to change his ways was his father.

[@alexbaker2615]

Thanks to both of you for explaining this in a reasonable manner.

[@40kEvilEd209]

Love and support you Jake! Glad to hear your input on this incident.

[@thomasallen4340]

Used to live watching Jakes promos back in the day. Man was out right scary lol

[@joeboggio4002]

Glad Jake is upfront about it instead of beating around the bush

[@williamosirian4506]

Finally! A response where somebody is not dilly dallying about it for a half an hour! Straight to the point. Well said Snake!

[@suplexorcist316]

Great take and response from Jake and Marcus.

[@TabletopJason]

Love your shirt Jake!

[@LegendKiller03000]

Wasn’t aware of the present day snake pit!! God bless you, Jake.

[@Mr.Glidehook]

Well done, gentlemen. Thank you.

[@billymadison4903]

Love how everyone is so disgusted with Vince McMahon but totally ignores the US government. Keep up the good work everyone

[@user-xr6ov3cg6u]

He's partially insane. I love hearing Jake say that. And he's being generous.😏

[@KubanKevin]

Jake really turned himself around. I have nothing but respect for him

[@TheJukeboxjim]

Almost every wrestler or ex managers say the same thing. Nobody is surprised , people have seen things , but nobody ever took a stand. We've all been hearing about this type of bs. But amazingly the big names never came forward. They could have stopped this garbage years ago. They all turned their heads. It's wrong all the way around. It's time they jail that jackass.

[@jvac1129]

Solber Jake has turned his life around. He's been to hell & and back, and now he sees everything so clearly now. That wasn't always the case. Happy for him. DDP had a huge part in it. Jake knows what went on behind the curtain or, at least, heard a lot of shit. Vince was drunk with power. His legacy, no matter what becomes of everything going on, is severely tarnished. His father would be very disappointed is an understatement..

[@Billinois78]

Remember when The Million Dollar Man used to offer fans money in exchange for humiliating them? In hindsight, it seems like a microcosm of Vince's mindset.

[@DevoJetBoy8680]

I'm having a truly hard time reconciling that the man who gave us those memories & spoke so eloquently is the Vince we see now. It really hurts.

[@deepnthought.]

I agree wholeheartedly with Jake Roberts. Vince had his selected people who were in on it & now everything is so overly sexulized Vince felt "why not?" "I can camouflage it behind a character & get away with it." And yes, Vince McMahon has been egotistical for years

[@supernaut1029]

Love the shirt Jake

[@FiveKnuckleShufflah]

Much respect for Jake

[@06mrselfdestruct]

I love Jake's shirt "comfortably numb" Pink Floyd

[@tccaldwell6295]

Looking great Jake!!

[@jimminykricket4067]

Since this must obviously touch on some topics that have been a part of Jakes story in one way or another for his whole life I would like to hear Jake speak on this again once he has had more of an opportunity to further arrange his thoughts on the matter. The spiritual recovery process takes one consciously back through dark, ugly parts of life and one's self in order to be free and a survivor in life like Jake knows what it's like to face the devil inside.

[@thegoldentroll]

It's a sad state of affairs when Jabroni Jake has the moral high ground over someone else.

[@mistermusik]

Kevin Von Erich said his dad, Fritz, was a different man towards the end of his life. Vince certainly was drunk with power at an earlier point. Not sure about currently. But partially insane is probably the most accurate assessment of Vince right now. Still, allegations are just allegations until he confesses or it’s proven beyond reasonable doubt.

[@davidbroadbent854]

He’s going to jail

[@christopherbako]

Yup, He's Drunk with power. TY Jake

[@papashort13]

The tuffest sob on the planet. I have nothing but respect for you Jake the Snake 🐍

[@kenterminateddq5311]

If it doesn't surprise me as a fan, I'm not surprised that the Vince accusations doesn't surprised Jake.

[@deadeyedarwin]

Well, Jake's dad was a booker who did horrible things so this is nothing new.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

That's true. Dark Side of the Ring episode on Griz was horrifc. @@deadeyedarwin Get ready for a future episode on Vince.

[@garyspring5981]

Great to see Jake the snake

[@manonmeilleur7209]

great shirt Snake ,

[@franknoble-gz1oj]

Jake one of the best legends ever .

[@papashort13]

Jake you are The Man

[@daviddesantis4040]

It’s so crazy how many people in and outside of the wrestling world aren’t surprised…it’s got to be hard to work for a man like Vince because they want to live their dream. I’d like to say that they could just go wrestle somewhere else but the sad truth is it seems like these occurrences happen everywhere in this business

[@rd6931]

I don't care about Vince, I hope Jake is doing alright health-wise.

[@pearsooo6972]

Jake's right.

[@jeaneanesimmons7176]

God bless you Jake!❤

[@chrisendsley5724]

Yes if you're ever molested as a kid you fight those demons the rest of your life. I know was molested for 4 years 10-14 stopped it at 14 with a threat of violence against the perp. Since it was a family member had to bite my tongue many years then I had kids and I issued another threat and him and his adopted/ sex toy son and they left my State and I'll never have to see him or them again. He is so cowardly he didn't even come to his mother's funeral. I helped carry her (my grandma) to her final resting place. Jake would be a great person to talk to this about because he experienced things related to this as a young man and traveled the drug road as I have to forget. Many blessings to you both.

[@jimreedyk5158]

why was Jake never on the booking committee? He'd have great ideas and insight

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Sadly, probably because of his addictions. Jake always had a great wrestling mind and would have been perfect on creative.

[@cutekanjii]

He was in the mid 90s for a period but his drinking & habits got in the way

[@scottbreon9448]

He was actually. He was on the booking committee during his heel "trust me" run

[@gregpickett8816]

Get'm Jake. Saying what everyone else is too afraid or self interested to say.

[@rickymayberry9998]

I think what's even more crazy is that we all said it doesn't surprise me. Even views felt off about him.

[@murderorgy2995]

It's all about money

[@dennisneo1608]

Cool T Shirt Jake.

[@sydneysheppard4979]

Heah snakeman✌️💪🇺🇸🇬🇧we share the same opinion here..good topic!!!

[@marcusjnewtonz28]

Anyone else notice Jake was able to liberate himself from oxygen?! Go Jake

[@1972dsrai]

You have to admire what a great job the Rock has done to distract attention away from the case and bring it back onto the wrestling. He’s actually done even better than they could have expected with fans thinking the Cody v Roman saga is a thing.

[@Boxedbyyme]

Tell you what all these wwe wrestlers from yesterday need to secretly thank Vince for making all there opinions relievent today…for the record I’m a big fan just I have lost count of how many wrestlers have spoken on this especially Jim Cornet he’s hot like hours of footage about his opinion of this case😊😊😊

[@darkwarriorzx7511]

Even Bruno had his Problems with Vince and even his Father so that saids alot

[@johnraphael2413]

Literally everyone has their own podcast now except me.

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

The Kiss My Ass Club kinda showed how unhinged that man was. 😂 It wasn't a secret.

[@lamarthomas5603]

If you are shocked about all this. You never watched the attitude era Vince.

[@franknoble-gz1oj]

Jake is awesome 👍

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Hey Jake are you still managing The Murderhawk

[@deadheadri5779]

🐍 Jake for the Win 🐍

[@TheDas9582]

Drunk with power. The name of the tv movie.

[@chuckshingledecker2216]

When Jake Roberts is disgusted you know you’re a true monster. Way to go Vince.

[@DouglasFelts]

I said the same thing. Grew up a lot watching Jake the snake. And all those. Even as a kid liked MDM, and Jake the snake and warrior. Cuz to me the hulk hogan character was just too cheesy. But would wanna retain depending on the story, cept when Jake was that close to wrestling for the title. But yeah it’s kind, not being surprised..I said the same thing. After attitude I only watched certain segments but yeah kind of a mirror here. Like I also, if it’s weird Vince will think of it, and if the tv execs will it, it will be on tv. The only thing that would surprise me is if it’s actually leave permanent dents on Vince, he found a way out of steroids, he weaseled out of everything, including bad economy and less views. If it permanently punishes Vince worse, that might surprise me. But Vince, he is loco, like I said before. Not surprised. But also a relative adlib since I gave my two cents on Vince, let this be a hard lesson to you, this is why I always say, never sell your soul to a company, because how many souls are suffering along with Vince because of allegations, if you have to sell your soul your falling for the easy ass bullshiit and u won’t be intellectual enough to handle, work on something and be smart as u work. Cuz to be fair to Vince, something like his story could happen to anybody. Like think about it..if Vince would be more like most of his workers and would actually have found a chill button. Like I said u can learn a lot by watching others wind up the fool. When faced with situations and people, you can be the weak sauce like Vince and be the bigger weak sauce like most employees. Or you can choose the longer way and hold to your morals like i did. And I get paid and have a home for doing nothing. Cuz u can buy people to kiss ur ass, and throw their opinions out the window, u can’t buy actually good people with integrity, u can only corrupt them like so many have been corrupted. Yeah Vince is a good business lesson, this story.

[@Tim82ATW]

This is all about money!! He should have just paid the 2 million dollars owed.

[@namelessjedi2242]

It was all about Vince craving the power to humiliate and control another human being.

[@derricklarsen2919]

It's all about having the money to buy it all. The money is about being able to bribe. 1 million is nothing to him. It is the whole point.

[@Jared40]

He should have never sexually assaulted a employee 😒

[@SaltedKillick]

@@Jared40 Yup. The NDA wasn't signed or proposed till the very end of the abuse - after he broke the law abusing an WWE employee. What he always does - buys his way out of it. I give up with the low IQ Vince crowd. He could have 1000 call girls - he wanted power over a regular person.

[@mr.c4p]

jack the snack #1 legend and medicine man a to z like jim the anvil and greg the hammer

[@ford2010]

Also Jake roberts: I filled a beer bottle w my piss and drank it

[@spacehunternebulanm7003]

ok and jake drinking piss is far better than vince shitting on people's hands or whatever, and also all the sexual abuse, and the way he made brock lesnar intimidate people for him, so if it's a battle of piss drinker vs sexual coercer the piss drinker easily wins in all circumstances

[@ford2010]

@@spacehunternebulanm7003 not really...that gold digger is worse than trumps accusers

[@donjohn2695]

And he did something pretty gross to Rick rude involving a woman it's on KZbin Jake speaks about it

[@macadoo1588]

For Jake, that was a sad moment for a desperate alcoholic trying to put more alcohol back into himself. Disgusting yes, but he did that to himself. That's rock bottom Vince McMahon (allegedly but probably) shitting on a woman's head during a 3-way and passing her around for sex with other men is a sick and insane power trip.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

Jake was into self abuse, that's the opposite of this

[@MissterX]

Most people have read of the allegations but not the entire complaint.

[@bennettbennettsb]

Looks like she's in her early twenties meanwhile the pitcher was probably taken 20 years ago she's liking our mid-40s that sort of changes everything in my mind

[@monkeyb1820]

it's complete hearsay, but I saw one comment where someone said they'd heard that he used to make wrestlers blow him in order to get a big push. I have no idea if it's true. It's plausible though.

[@tomtalker2000]

The devil certainly has a stranglehold on this nation of ours. And this whole Vince fiasco doesn't surprise me either. Vince is truly a sick and twisted soul. Whose time has come to an end and rightfully so. Can you imagine this genius who built this massive wrestling empire and all these characters/gimmicks. To go out like this. What a damn shame. His dad must be doing 20 million revolutions in his grave. I'm not saying it's over for the WWE but anyone associated with the name "McMahon" is going to have a VERY difficult time moving forward after all this is said and done. More women from what i've heard are coming forward or will be soon. And i do see this going into a criminal litigation. This just can't be settled from a payout and it go away and be done with. This man if proven guilty and he most likely will be should face jail time for these charges. Honestly if i were an office worker to a talent i'd be getting out of my contract ASAP and working for another company. I wouldn't want the stain of that business on my resume any further. I see AEW and TNA profiting off of this by signing talents that actually do wind up leaving. Sometimes it's not about the money folks but what's ethically and morally right. And the WWE is just not in the right place to offer that at least for now. Once the feds start building there case and interviewing more office workers from Titan Towers or even talent for that matter. That is when all this shit is really going to hit the proverbial fan for the company.

[@neilj6322]

Jake wearing a Floyd t-shirt. What a geezer 😎

[@notchomomma239]

I'm holding off on coming to any conclusions until the case is resolved. I'm not trying to relive the Duke LeCrosse debacle.

[@dcott7071]

Imagine Tony Atlas talking about this

[@thehappyheretic2136]

jake saying Vinnie mack stuff is disgusting is pot calling the kettle black

[@fuzzluvver69]

Nailz was right all along.