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Jake Roberts on His Troubled Childhood & Rise in WWE: PRIME TIME VAULT

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Jake “The Snake” Roberts opens up like never before about his deeply troubled childhood and the painful experiences that shaped him long before he became a WWE icon. In this PRIME TIME VAULT episode, Jake discusses the trauma, struggles, and darkness he endured growing up—and how those moments fueled his rise to superstardom in WWE. From his early life hardships to becoming one of the most psychologically intense performers in wrestling history, this is a raw and emotional look at the man behind the snake. Jake Roberts’ story is not just about wrestling—it’s about survival, demons, and redemption.

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0:00.0

This is a prime time with Sean Mooney production.

0:03.6

Now, before I welcome in my very special guest this week, Hall of Famer, and legend,

0:08.4

of course, Jake, the Snake Roberts, I want to tell you all out there, the back when I was with the WWF,

0:14.5

Jake was one of my absolute favorites because everything about him was unique.

0:20.0

He certainly didn't look like any other

0:22.4

wrestler. He didn't wrestle like any other wrestler, and he definitely didn't sound like any wrestler,

0:28.5

and that has absolutely never changed. Jake, thank you so much for joining us on prime time.

0:34.6

How are you, my friend? I'm doing great man yeah man living in lond

0:39.1

Vegas man are you Vegas of all places you end up i live out of Vegas yeah isn't that crazy

0:45.2

for recovering alcoholics in Vegas sin city yeah i guess there's no more sins left

0:51.8

no i pretty much tagged all the bases man man, and a couple of the fence, too, you know.

0:57.9

But, tell me, I love it out here.

1:00.7

You know, it's great for my allergies and stuff and breathing because you don't have the humidity that you have back in the east.

1:09.7

And the only time I go downtown man if i don't want to

1:13.5

go see a show or something you know i mean yeah you can find you can find a bottle of liquor

1:18.1

anywhere you don't have to have a club for it so uh you know that's not the issue you know for me

1:23.7

it's just uh enjoying my life man and right now it in Vegas, and I'm doing it and digging it.

1:30.3

Yeah, yeah, I know you were in Atlanta with DDP.

1:34.1

How did Vegas come about, though?

1:36.2

I mean, had you spent a lot of time there?

1:37.7

I mean, why Vegas?

1:39.3

No.

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