Jake Roberts Believes Tell-All Documentary 'WWE Unreal' Will Damage The Product (WWE News)
Jake the Snake is not a fan of the upcoming WWE: Unreal series.
With WWE: Unreal set to premiere on Netflix later this month, one legend not impressed by WWE pulling the curtain back even further is AEW's Jake Roberts.
Speaking on the latest episode of The Snake Pit (via WrestlingNews.co), Jake believes this latest WWE reality series could have a detrimental effect on the wider WWE product and beyond.
As the WWE Hall of Famer put it:
“I think it’s foolish. I don’t think that product will ever warrant enough money being made for the damage that it’ll do. So, that’s just my own thoughts.”
On the money topic, Roberts also sarcastically quipped how WWE had monetised "everything else", so "they might as well" try and make some money off showing the inner workings of the creative process.
For Jake, even if WWE can make a few dollars from WWE: Unreal, he doesn't believe that gain is worth what could potentially be lost in terms of revealing too much of what goes on behind closed doors.
Since it was announced earlier this year, opinion has certainly been split on WWE: Unreal. To some fans, the curtain has long been dropped, companies haven't been shy about showing how the sausage is made, per se, and fans are smart to the business but happy to enjoy wrestling as pure entertainment rather than needing to believe it's 'real'. On the other hand, even some of those smart fans think that a show like Unreal is a step too far, that showcasing creative meetings and the creative process is unnecessary, and, ultimately, like Jake Roberts has suggested, this new series could have a negative impact on WWE. And if not an outright negative impact, it's more a case of WWE having so little to gain from Unreal.
What To Expect From WWE: Unreal
Whichever side of that particular fence you sit on, it won't be long until WWE: Unreal lands on Netflix, with the five-episode series currently set for a 29 July premiere.
In terms of what we know about those five episodes, the first episode will focus on Raw's Netflix premiere and will spotlight CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, and Rhea Ripley; episode two centres on the men's Royal Rumble, the Rhodes and Kevin Owens rivalry, and the rise of Jey Uso; the third offering is based around WWE's women's roster, including the women's Rumble, Chelsea Green's United States Title win, and a portion dedicated to Bianca Belair; the fourth episode revolves around the heel turns of John Cena and the New Day, with this being the only episode to feature comments from Nick Khan; and the finale brings WrestleMania 41 to the fore, complete with Paul Levesque having to plot the Raw after 'Mania.