Current AEW star and WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts has had loads of expertise in his decades-long profession, from his present position in AEW to 2 stints within the WWE, in addition to time with WCW and even NWA. Roberts additionally competed for ECW, debuting in the summertime of 1997 and staying with the corporate by 1998.
On a recent episode of his “The Snake Pit” podcast, Roberts answered questions from followers, together with one fan who was inquisitive about how his ECW debut took place. He stated he was out fishing that day and stored getting paged and had no thought who it was. Roberts stated he completed up together with his fishing journey round 3 p.m. and discovered simply what was happening, solely to listen to from Paul E. Dangerously, now often called Paul Heyman.
“He goes, ‘Get on a aircraft and are available to the blah, blah, blah, and you will be working with blah, blah, blah, blah. And I used to be like, ‘F*** yeah, the place is the aircraft going be?'” Roberts stated. “[He said] ‘Where’s the closest airport?’ I stated, ‘Well Dallas is 70 miles away,’ and he goes, ‘Isn’t there a small airport someplace close to you?’ And I stated, ‘Well yeah, man, however it’s like for small f****** planes.’ That’s what I received. A small f****** aircraft. And they flew me someplace in Florida and I received there about 45 minutes earlier than the present began and I achieved my bit and I used to be gone.”
That night time, Roberts debuted on the finish of a important occasion match between Jerry Lawler and Tommy Dreamer, delivering a clothesline to each males. On his podcast, Roberts joked that he received a great payout as a result of charting the flight for one person for such a easy spot was costly.
