Health Issues Reportedly Worsen for WWE Hall of Famer

WWE Hall of Famer Jake Roberts’ health has become worse.

According to recent reports, Roberts has been dealing with health issues, and what he’s dealing with COPD. Roberts has been on a wheelchair, and has oxygen with him all the time.

COPD is a lung related disease which makes it impossible for him to speak for twenty seconds without additional oxygen support.

“What I got is worse than COVID. It’s something that was passed down to me through the bloodline. It’s not your happy camper stuff, It’s issues with COPD,” said Jake Roberts.

The disease has made his future unstable and made it impossible for him to appear on shows with Lance Archer.

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Jake Roberts had a magnificent WWE career

The WWE Hall of Famer made his debut in March 1986. His name Jake “The Snake” Roberts stems from him carrying a snake in his bag, and using it to his advantage to defeat George Wells at WrestleMania II.

Not only that, but actions were the reasons why there was a specialist Snake-Pit match. This happened after his attack on Ricky Steamboat made Steamboat unconscious in front of his wife.

Keeping aside his extravagant character, Roberts was quite the skilled craftsman with the mic. Since he was good, they gave Roberts his own talk show segment called “The Snake Pit”. Villainous Jake Roberts became a hit with the fans from the very first segment.

However, he did turn face. In 1987, Roberts faced The Honky Tonk Man. They faced each other in WrestleMania III, but prior to that he suffered a neck injury from a guitar.

One of his most spoken about feuds is the one he had with The Ultimate Warrior in 1991. Warrior wanted to help Roberts take down The Phenom. At this point, Roberts informed Warrior he had to perform three tasks for the knowledge of the dark side, and the third was to walk through a room full of live snakes.

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At the end, he would find a chest which had the answer, but actually had a King Cobra. As Warrior fell weaker from the bite, Roberts revealed working with Taker and Paul Bearer throughout.

This is when he turned heel, with the message that never trust a snake.

Jake Roberts left the company in 1992, and WWE inducted him to the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014.

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