9. A Bloody Big Snake!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0et4dsH5ruU One of the greatest ring psychologists of all time, Jake The Snake Roberts knew that peoples reaction to seeing live snakes would be, by and large, one of fear and revulsion. In addition, Jake himself was scared of snakes, so, reasoning that it was cheaper than therapy, Roberts got himself a pet snake and then spent decades terrorizing his opponents with it. Jake would carry the snake in a bag and then, at the end of a match, he would empty the reptilian contents onto a fallen foes chest. As if that wasnt enough, hed even choke out his opponents using it! One especially memorable angle occurred when Earthquake, one of the great unsung big men of wrestling, (kayfabe) squashed Roberts snake (Damien) with his signature Earthquake splash. He later served the serpent up to WWF officials as Quakeburgers. Ew.
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