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Jake Roberts
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Aurelian Smith Jr., Aurelian Smith
American professional wrestler
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Golfing Lemurs
- Sex Addiction
- Cephalopod Yoga
- Key of Sea
- Oak Island Treasure Maps
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Gainesville, Texas, USA
Aurelian Smith Jr., better known by the ring name Jake "The Snake" Roberts, is an American actor and professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).s a second-generation American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith. He is best known by his ring name of Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and often brought snakes into the ring, including a boa…
Known for
- WWE's Greatest Moments — Jake "The Snake" Roberts2025
- The Realtor — Ref2024
- AEW Revolution 2024 — Jake Roberts2024
- Out of Exile — Remy2023
- All Elite Wrestling: Collision — Jake the Snake Roberts2023
- All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts — Jake "The Snake" Roberts2022
- Hey! (EW) — Jake Roberts2022
- WWE Rivals — Jake "The Snake' Roberts2022
- WWE Rivals — Jake "The Snake" Roberts2022
- AEW Double or Nothing 2021 — Jake Roberts2021
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1955
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 148
- Total plays
- 687
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jake+Roberts">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,538x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,790x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,904x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Aurelian Smith Jr. , ( 1955-05-30 ) May 30, 1955 (age 71) , Gainesville, Texas , U.S.
- Spouse s
- Karen Rauschuber ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1982 ) , Cheryl Hagood ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1997 ) , Judy Lynn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2011 )
- Life partner
- Cheryl Hagood (2023-present)
- Relative s
- Grizzly Smith (father), Sam Houston (half-brother), Rockin' Robin (half-sister)
- Ring name s
- El Diablo, Fred Platt, Jake "The Snake" Roberts , Jake Roberts , Jake Smith Jr. , The Snake, The Texan
- Billed height
- 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
- Billed weight
- 249 lb (113 kg)
- Billed from
- Stone Mountain, Georgia
- Trained by
- Buck Robley , Moose Morowski
- Channel
- The Snake Pit with Jake Roberts
- Years active
- 2021–present
- Genre
- Professional wrestling
- Subscribers
- 33.2 thousand
- Views
- 6 million
via Wikipedia infobox
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Aurelian Smith Jr. (born May 30, 1955) better known by the ring name Jake "the Snake" Roberts, is an American actor, podcaster and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he serves as a special advisor for AEW's community outreach program, AEW Together. He is also signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for his two stints in the World Wrestling Federation (later called WWE); the first between 1986 and 1992, and the second between 1996 and 1997. He wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance in 1983, World Championship Wrestling in 1992, and the Mexico-based Asistencia Asesoría y Administración between 1993 and 1994 and again in 1997. He appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling during the summer of 1997 and made appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2006 through 2008.
Throughout his career, Roberts, often considered one of professional wrestling's most iconic figures, was known for his intense and cerebral promos, dark charisma, extensive use of psychology in his matches, and innovative use of the DDT finishing move (which was later named the "coolest" maneuver of all time by WWE). He often brought snakes into the ring, most famously a python. He was one of the subjects of the 1999 documentary film Beyond the Mat. In 2012, he moved in with fellow wrestler Diamond Dallas Page to seek help in getting his life back on track following years of alcohol and drug addiction, a period covered in the 2015 documentary The Resurrection of Jake the Snake. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, 2014, and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2020.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jake Roberts” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.