WWE audiences may keep in mind Jake “The Snake” Roberts as a relative loner throughout his peak years with the corporate. On his podcast “The Snake Pit,” Roberts responded to a fan query about whether or not he’d favor to be a member of the 4 Horsemen or the NWO, in a hypothetical state of affairs.
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“4 Horsemen,” Roberts stated. “There’s 4 guys. The NWO, you do not know who the f*** you are speaking to. There’s solely like 200 folks within the NWO. It is fairly watered down, so far as I am involved.”
Roberts added that factions in wrestling do have their place, and older followers might keep in mind that Roberts was certainly an element one. Throughout his time in World Championship Wrestling, Roberts was part of the Legion of Doom, which additionally consisted of King Kong Bundy, The Spoiler and The Street Warriors — the latter pair co-opting the Legion of Doom title for his or her staff after they joined the WWE in 1990.
“Typically they get uncontrolled,” Roberts stated of factions, particularly of the backstage sort. “They attempt to take over and run issues their approach, and so they pout and piss and moan if they do not get their approach… The Kliq involves thoughts. There’s at all times folks in territories making an attempt to take over, making an attempt to get a leg up, or a step up on all people else.”
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When placed on the spot, Roberts reluctantly acknowledged the NWO because the arguably the best faction in historical past, however admitted the act ultimately grew stale.
“They did extra injury than anyone else,” Roberts stated. “[But] you bought 30 members, and Jesus Christ, who you gonna wrestle?… They at all times did the identical factor, they beat the f***ing s*** out of someone, they spray-painted them, no matter. It was good the primary time, it was okay the second time, however after that, it simply acquired to be the identical previous s***.”
