When older fans look back on watching WWF in the 1980's and are asked to name their favourites or which superstars they most remember, the stock answers are Hulk Hogan or the Ultimate Warrior, but they'll often bring up Jake The Snake Roberts, too. The man who walked to the ring looking like a serial killer, hit arguably the best DDT of all-time, and carried a bag with a python snake named Damien. Sadly, over the last twenty years or so, those who grew up and continued to watch wrestling or somehow caught a glimpse of Jake via TMZ would feel sad at the tragic way his life turned out. Jake's demons had gotten the best of him and he'd become a drug addict, couldn't get a job with a major wrestling company and was known for his inappropriate behaviour at independent wrestling shows. Then in 2012, Diamond Dallas Page went to visit Jake and everything changed. The documentary The Resurrection Of Jake The Snake documents the entire process, from DDP reaching out to Jake all the way through to him getting clean and ultimately reclaiming his life and legacy. If you read this article, it'll spoil parts of the movie in terms of the plot but I would encourage anyone reading that if you haven't seen this documentary, you really ought to - it's a must-see. It's an emotional, brave and raw look at the life of an addict and how he turns his life around. Here are ten observations I made while viewing it...
Kenny is a successful podcast host with Inside The Ropes, promotes exciting Q&A events in the UK with the likes of Sting and DDP, has interviewed the big guns like Foley, Jericho, Bruno and Austin and enjoys cheese a great deal.
