Jake Roberts
WWE Hall of Famer Jake Roberts recently spoke with Niagara Frontier Publications‘ Joshua Maloni while promoting this weekend’s Niagara Falls Comic Con event.
During the interview, Roberts talks about his life since he got sober, his career, including who came up with his snake gimmick and more. Roberts also revealed he invented the DDT, but it actually happened by accident during a match:
Yeah, it was an accident. I was in the ring wrestling. I had a front facelock on a guy. He stepped on my feet and we fell backwards. He went on his head. I went on my back. And the fans went “OOOOHH.” I went, “Wait a minute; I’ve got something here.” And I started working on it, and come with it, and named it after the poison that everybody outlawed. I picked up the paper one day, and the front page was “DDT outlawed.” I was like, “Wait a minute. Very cool.” They had … “DDT poison to the brain.” I said, “Way cool.”
WWE Smackdown Fallout
The following is the latest episode of WWE Smackdown Fallout, featuring WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte talking about why she can’t help playing dirty after facing Becky Lynch:
On a related note, “Outside Interference” recently posted a video looking at the Top 5 uses for the old WWE Smackdown fist, in reference to WWE moving Smackdown to a live airing on Tuesdays next month:
