During an interview with WrestlingNewsCo, WWE Hall of Famer and All Elite Wrestling’s Jake “The Snake” Roberts was requested if the worst harm of his profession was when he was hit over the top with a guitar by The Honky Tonk Man in 1987.
“Yes, that was my worst harm,” Roberts mentioned. “Definitely. Damn close to killed me … [He hit me] with a strong one … It almost killed me, man. My physique went into shock instantly, and I simply form of floated round in a daze. I used to be nonetheless in a position to rise up, transfer, however I used to be in a daze the entire time as a result of my physique went into shock once I bought hit.”
Roberts went on to say that the guitar was a half-inch thick with fiberglass on high. He talked about that he was pulling items of fiberglass out of his physique weeks after he was struck. Roberts mentioned that Honky Tonk Man by no means apologized to him for the incident that took place throughout one in every of his “Snake Pit” segments. The former NWA National Television Champion added that the harm took quite a bit away from him.
Earlier this yr, Roberts mentioned that Honky Tonk Man hit him within the head with the aspect of the guitar throughout the “Snake Pit” section. He described it as a “hen s**t shot.” Roberts talked about that his C6 and C7 vertebrae had been broken due to the guitar shot. Roberts mentioned he struggled with important ache after the incident. In 2018, Honky Tonk Man denied that he injured Roberts together with his guitar shot.
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