WWE Hall of Famer Jake "The Snake" Roberts recently appeared on "the DDP Snake Pit" podcast, where he talked about how he didn't know that much about AEW before he signed with the promotion and he didn't even think Dustin Rhodes was working for them at the time he first heard about the promotion, but the WWE Hall of Famer did know that Cody Rhodes was there and he did hear a lot of good stories about All Elite Wrestling.
Jake "The Snake" Roberts said:
“It’s kind of way too good to be true.” “You know, at that time, I wasn’t too closely connected to watching anything, so I had no idea. I knew that Cody Rhodes was there. I don’t think Dustin (Rhodes) was even working for them at the time when I first started hearing about it. But, you know, how many times have we heard the story, ‘Oh there’s this promotion, it’s really cool. We’ll make millions of dollars.’ Yeah, yeah, yeah. See ya.”
Jake "The Snake" Roberts also talked about the first time he met AEW President Tony Khan and the main differences between Tony Khan and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
Jake "The Snake" Roberts said:
“I met him at the first TV I went to.” “Just a sweetheart, man. I thought he was just some, some jabroni that carried papers around. I didn’t know who the hell he was because he doesn’t come across as a Vince McMahon, you know, ‘stare you down’ type. He’s very personable, he’s very nice, he’s very nice to be around. Yeah, and I love the energy he has. It’s incredible, the energy. And his appreciation of what the talent is doing out there. It’s incredible. I’ve seen him leave his position and sprint to halfway across the building to tell someone, ‘What a great match’. You know, I’ve never seen Vince do that.”
“I appreciate everything that they do, everything including birthday cakes for guys on their birthdays too, to the way they handle everything, you know? The hotels that they put us in, the flights, to just all of it, man. It’s a class organization, you know? And I see what’s happened. He’s taken what he’s been doing for years with football people and the soccer people in England because he owns a club over there, and he’s given that same type of love, that’s what I call it, to wrestlers. And it’s absolutely wonderful.”
You can check out Jake "The Snake" Roberts' full comments at this link. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
