Jake The Snake Roberts Remembers Lanny Poffo

[@kenterminateddq5311]

I remember "Leaping" Lanny Poffo being the first opponent of Jake's WWF career. Lanny did things that were ahead of its time like the springboard moves. RIP to the aerial genius, Lanny Poffo.

[@Docthal_Chinaman]

Glad to see your doing well Jake!!!

[@ryanjones9498]

All these guys who were making money in the 80’s and not one of them invested in computer stocks.

[@shaynewest8757]

As if he reads the comments

[@Docthal_Chinaman]

@@ryanjones9498 so true 😂😂😂

[@energyasylum997]

YES!!! Props to Jake Roberts, a true master of ring psychology!!! Long live Jake the Snake!!

[@giovanniboianelli1260]

Sunday, March 16, 1986, I was at the Garden that day and remember Lanny trying that move and landing on Jake. I didn't realize he hurt Jake that bad. Lanny did make me laugh with his poem for Jake before that match.

[@energyasylum997]

Right on!!

[@mikerock621]

Xpac was there

[@calienteelfriende5842]

Well "technically", XPac was there

[@davidlangley1844]

What a way to earn a living day after day physical agony thank you guys so much for your commitment

[@TheMugenmunster]

6000 sit ups?... this dude had some crazy core strength.

[@jojst1]

6,033 in just a little over 4 hours. Was in 1945.

[@chrismorgan7494]

I thought it was pushups.

[@frankbonini7085]

RIP Angelo Poffo, Randy Savage & Lanny Poffo

[@dnakatomiuk]

I remember his rhymes from his clipboard back in the Day

[@jeffgallant649]

After all the drugs the booze and all the shit that Jake the snake has been through he's the type of guy that will outlive all his wrestling buddies

[@shonagreenbenge3330]

Proud of Jake! He’s really found some peace from his family demons! 💜

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Lanny did the first moonsault I ever saw in Midsouth .

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Back then it was very rare to see a moonsault

[@NightWarriorAlive]

I remember that match Jake is speaking of. I think it's on Jake's DVD.

[@frankbonini7085]

6,033 in 4 Hours & 10 Minutes was the Sit-Up Record that Angelo Had Set

[@energyasylum997]

OOUCH!!! I had to take a break from that kidney story!!

[@E_l_l_i_e]

Please, if anyone saw this match somewhere online, can you post the link?

[@judahofjudea4601]

Just search Jake Roberts vs Lanny Poffo and its the first one that comes up. The part from this video comes up at about 6:50 in the match.

[@adamlane6453]

It's literally the first result if you just put their names together in the search bar.

[@bobc2043]

“I remember pissing myself too” Hahahhaaha

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Yeah lanny got the strange part honestly 😁 I think he was good guy I was shocked to hear it I thought he was haelthy as they come from not doing all the bad habits like everybody else did

[@hectorlopez1069]

Macho man brother who wrestled as the genius.

[@Mark-el9sy]

Lanny focused on his health. Boasted about outliving younger people than he was. Now, here we are. Jake The Snake Roberts with all his past baggage. His hearts still beating. Life is ironic, and tricky.

[@SuperN1ntendoChalmers]

The heart is the one part of your body that will get you sooner or later if you are unlucky, no matter how healthy you are. Lany, like you said, is one prime example. Jake Roberts, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair still being alive is pretty damn amazing considering the abuse they put their bodies through. Personally, I think the Poffo family has a heart issue.

[@donjohn2695]

Jake is a survivor

[@reg5381]

@@SuperN1ntendoChalmers Yes.

[@tedium37]

The Iron Sheik liked to say he (and lots of other people) was "half & half" Lanny called him out on it and Sheik had to admit "he is not half & half" Anyone who could make the Sheik back down from his crazy level of mouthing off, had to be pretty stout. RIP to the Paffo father and sons.

[@besticudcumupwith202]

...I used to see Leaping Lanny & Macho Man back in the 70's-80's when they were in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. Them and Leo Burke, Big Steven Pettipa, Cuban Assassin, The CarpetBagger, Killer Karl Krupp. Had Randy's autographed 8×10 once but ripped it up one day cause I was mad at how he just attacked Leaping Lanny at last night's show 😂 Kinda regret that now.

[@65if2007]

Hmmm. He seems to remember Lanny pretty fondly for the most part. But is JTS aware of the KZbin video that shows Lanny and Honky Tonk Man together in which Lanny follows up on one of HTM's scalding remarks about JTS with the observation, "In my opinion, there were only two gimmicks that were real: Andre was a Giant and Jake was a Snake"?

[@garethcullen9604]

Lanny wasnt the strangest of the 3 in that car

[@GaryRPeters]

Jesus, I got punched in the kidney once in 8th grade by a kid who wasn't all that strong, but that was enough to drop me. I can believe the agony Jake was in!

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Their was something different in the Poffo genes .

[@TDL-xg5nn]

This is the match Jake is referring to. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYDSaZtoeJitaLc&ab_channel=HappyNow%3F

[@LOSKOSKI]

Anybody know why the tighty whitey's are hanging on the shelf?

[@kpax45]

Think they are Sensational Sherri's

[@tomwalker389]

Jake secretly wishes he had Angelo Poffo for a Dad.

[@mikerock621]

Xpac was there

[@MortonT1958]

He was not 😠

[@donjohn2695]

So was nash

[@donjulio4025]

3 thousand not 6

[@QuentinDude]

Genius-was-a-great-gimmick-and-he-was-a-good-worker...He-had-that-big-count-out-upset-over-Hogan-on-SNME-and-then-they-never-really-did-anything-with-him-after-that...WCW-signed-him-but-never-used-him-at-all-which-made-no-sense

[@lastatmullen1185]

what makes these stories sad and him saying this, is Lanny in an interview with honky tonk man, said and I quote " the only two gimmick that were real in wrestling was Andre was a giant, and Jake was a snake". To me its sad that Jake has nothing but nice things to say about him, aside from his reasonable outburst. but Lanny said that about him.

[@adamlane6453]

Jake is very open about who he was in the past. I imagine he'd agree with Lanny on that one. I don't think it's at all the betrayal you are portraying it to be.

[@mikeg2491]

@@adamlane6453drugs will make you steal from your own mother, even if it’s not who you are deep down inside

[@chrisbeauvais7499]

Unfortunately Lenny is a jab victim

[@michaelmachos8969]

Aren't you a Christian, Jake?! How are you cursing like that? Come on, man!

[@michaelhauser6440]

There's no rule that you can't cuss

[@michaelmachos8969]

@michaelhauser6440 There isn't but, it's not cool.

[@johnnyx9892]

If there is anything I can't stand, it's to hear a foker cussin" '

[@kpax45]

​@@johnnyx9892😂