14 In-Ring Wrestling Secrets Jake Roberts Revealed On Stone Cold's Podcast

5. 'Let The Fans Create'

One of Roberts' most relevant tips is his insistence that bookers and wrestlers should 'let the fans create', rather than spelling out everything for them in a forced, pre-determined manner. He tells a story of the best angle he ever saw, which involved one wrestler being beaten down in a hotel lobby and refusing to name his intruder. In a matter of days, every fan in the territory had an idea of who the culprit was - and many even claimed they'd seen the attack itself! Of course, such angles wouldn't work as well today in a post-kayfabe environment, but the virtue of leaving a storyline partly in the hands of the fans can be seen in the WWE's most successful recent angles. The rise of both CM Punk and Daniel Bryan came about due to fan demand, while Roman Reigns' stalled momentum can be seen as a direct consequence of the promotion's overeagerness to push him down the fans' throats.