Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts on WWE Origins & The Birth of The Snake: Prime Time Vault

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

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4.8 • 761 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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We unlock Mooney’s Vault for another classic edition of Prime Time with Sean Mooney, featuring WWE Hall of Famer Jake "The Snake" Roberts! Jake opens up about his tough childhood, breaking into the business in Mid-South and Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, his early days in WWE, and the origins of the iconic Snake persona. All this and plenty more with Jake Roberts!

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0:00.0	Now before I welcome in my very special guest this week, Hall of Famer, and legend, of course, Jake, the Snake Roberts, I want to tell you all out there, the back when I was with the WWF, Jake was one of my absolute favorites because everything about him was unique.
0:16.4	He certainly didn't look like any other wrestler.
0:19.5	He didn't wrestle like any other wrestler, and he definitely didn't look like any other wrestler he didn't wrestle like any other wrestler and he
0:21.9	definitely didn't sound like any wrestler and that has absolutely never changed jake
0:28.5	thank you so much for joining us on primetime how are you my friend i'm doing great man yeah man
0:34.7	living in london v man. Are you? Vegas,
0:37.7	of all places
0:38.4	you end up.
0:39.0	Yeah.
0:39.9	I live out of Vegas.
0:40.2	Yeah.
0:40.7	Isn't that crazy
0:41.6	for recovering alcoholics?
0:43.3	You live in Vegas?
0:44.7	Sin City.
0:45.6	Yeah.
0:46.3	I guess there's no more sins left.
0:49.4	No,
0:49.8	I pretty much tagged all the bases,
0:52.0	man.
0:52.3	And a couple of the fence, too, you know.
0:54.3	But tell me, I love it out here.
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