Has anybody in the wrestling business battled more demons than Jake The Snake Roberts? There have been wrestlers who have suffered personal hardships and had their issues with the booze and the drugs, but Roberts exceeds them all. Roberts' issues are well-documented. You only need to see Beyond The Mat or the ill-fated Heroes Of Wrestling PPV for a demonstration of how bad things were at one point. Roberts battled his demons until fairly recently, when friend Diamond Dallas Page invited him into his home to help him with his recover. Some had thought Jake had turned a corner back in the mid-90s when it became known that he had found God. Robert returned to the WWF at the 1996 Royal Rumble as a Bible-preaching babyface. Art was imitating life as Roberts had recently become a born-again Christian and was preaching around the country. He famously cut a religious-based promo on Steve Austin at the 96 King Of The Ring, which was the catalyst for the famous 'Austin 3:16' promo that Austin cut after being crowned winner. But Roberts was not a totally reformed character and he wouldn't fully embrace his Christianity until much later. Speaking to newsday.com in 2012, Roberts stated that:
My relationship with God has gotten better and stronger for the simple fact that I understand it a lot better [...] You know, to me Gods my best friend. Im not really into religion, OK [...] He didnt let me come off the edge, but boy I got real close. And I know that Gods got something out there for me to do.
Roberts is, by all accounts, committed to his sobriety and his faith plays a big part in helping him win that fight.
