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News and Notes (01/13/2014)

courtesy Wrestling-Online 

JAKE “THE SNAKE” ROBERTS EXPLAINS HOW HIS RETURN CAME ABOUT
- Speaking to WWE.COM about his surprise return on RAW, Jake “The Snake”
Roberts explained how only a handful of people knew about it and it was
kept secret until he hit the Gorilla position. Jake said that he flew into
a different airport and he was smuggled in the backstage area and was put
in one of the busses away from everyone. He spent five hours there waiting
until someone told him what was going to happen. Jake said that he was
taken care of and they brought him food and a number to call in case he
needed something while sitting there waiting. He added that only Mark
Carrano, Vince McMahon, Triple H, Diamond Dallas Page, and the person who
did his travel knew about his return and met Vince just minutes before he
came out to the ring. “Honestly, I didn’t think it would ever happen,”
Roberts told WWE.COM. 
You can read the interesting interview in full at
http://www.wwe.com/inside/jake-the-snake-roberts-exclusive-interview-261754
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THE TOP 10 WEALTHIEST WRESTLERS LIST
- TheRichest.com website has an article listing the top 10 wealthiest pro
wrestlers of all time and only one of them is in TNA. Coming in 10th place
is Mick Foley with net worth of $15 million. The Undertaker is in 9th with
$16 million, followed by Shawn Michaels in 8th place with $17 million, and
Chris Jericho in 7th with $18 million. Kurt Angle is in 6th place with a
net worth of $20 million, The Big Show is in 5th with $20 million as well,
and Triple H in 4th with $25 million. The top three are John Cena with $35
million, followed by another Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin in
second with $45 million, and to no surprise, The Rock tops the list with
an estimated net worth of $70 million. If you are wondering where is Hulk
Hogan in the list, Hogan got cleaned by his wife in a messy divorce and
other lawsuits certainly didn’t help him either.
PIPER PUSHING FOR MATCH AGAINST HOGAN AT WM XXX
- WWE Hall of Famer Rowdy Roddy Piper is pushing for a match against
fellow Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania XXX on Twitter. “Dare you
to put Hogan vs Piper! Separate the men from the Boys,” he wrote on
Twitter. He followed a few minutes later with another tweet, writing, “If
I did WMXXX with Hogan, I’d train my ass off!, and from bell to bell I’d
fight with everything I got! I’d WIN’” There have been rumors of actually
putting Piper and Hogan in a tag match, not together, but against each
other with current WWE Superstars as their tag team partners. WWE is
trying to lock down Hulk Hogan to a deal for WrestleMania XXX and God
knows Hogan needs that money at the moment. Putting him in a tag match -
and adding Piper to the mix - would certainly make it easier to limit
their in-ring time and have them only come in in certain parts of the
match. Both Hogan and Piper were in the main event of WrestleMania I in
Madison Square Garden in a tag team match along with Mr T, Paul Orndorff,
Jimmy Snuka, and Cowboy Bob Orton.
JR CLOSE TO NEW DEAL WITH FOX SPORTS
- WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is close to signing a deal with Fox Sports
according to his latest blog and while he already wrote an article for
FoxSports.com, the deal is not signed yet. “I have not yet signed with Fox
but we are obviously close and are hopeful that we can finalize the
contract next week,” Ross wrote. “Fox provides an amazing platform for
creative work and for the many projects that I am working on during the
most unretired time of my life.” Fox, as everyone knows, has the
broadcasting rights for UFC so it will be interesting to see if JR gets in
the mix as well for the network doing some MMA jobs. In related news, Ross
will be bringing his ‘Ringside’ event to New Orleans during WrestleMania
week. The event will be held at the House of Blues but no dates have been
announced yet or even ticket prices.

King of The Ring 1996

King of The Ring

June 23rd 1996

Mecca Arena

Milwaukee  WI

 In a King of the Ring tournament semifinal match, Steve Austin pinned Marc Mero (with Sable) after the Stone Cold Stunner. During the match, a kick from Mero busted open Austin's lip. After the match, Austin went to a local hospital and received 16 stitches to close the wound.
- In the other King of the Ring tournament semifinal, Jake Roberts defeated Vader (with Jim Cornette) by disqualification, when Vader grabbed the referee and pulled him into Roberts as Roberts hit the DDT. Vader attacked Roberts after the match, hitting him with several Vader Bombs.
- WWF Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart (with Sunny)) defeated The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas (with Hillbilly Jim)), when Billy pinned Phineas after Bart hit Phineas with one of his boots, to retain the title.
- The Ultimate Warrior pinned Jerry Lawler after a flying tackle, after no-selling Lawler's piledriver.
- Mankind defeated The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) by referee stoppage with the Mandible Claw, after Bearer accidentally hit Taker with the urn.
- Ahmed Johnson pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion Goldust (with Marlena) with the Pearl River Plunge to win the title, ending Goldust's second reign.
- Steve Austin pinned Jake Roberts after the Stone Cold Stunner to win the King of the Ring tournament. As Roberts was helped backstage, Austin was interviewed by Dok Hendrix, where Austin coined his most famous slogan: "Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass."
- WWF Champion Shawn Michaels (with José Lothario) pinned The British Bulldog (with Jim Cornette and Diana Smith) after Sweet Chin Music to retain the title. Mr. Perfect was the referee outside the ring.

Undertaker - The Streak 2-0 (Wrestlemania VIII)

The streak moves into its second year as the "Dead Man" meets Jake "the snake" Roberts.

Wrestlemania VIII

Indianapolis,  IN

The Hoosier Dome

April 5th 1992

Happy Birthday Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Wednesday May 30th will the 57th birthday of Jake 'The Snake' Roberts.

He is the subject of our Match of the Day.  From Wrestlemania 4 at Trump Plaza and a first round match in the tournament for the WWF Heavyweight Title, Jake vs Ravishing Rick Rude.

They fought to a time limit draw.

Tuesday in Texas

Today while listening to a great podcast, The Place To Be, the host were talking about the WWF PPV
 Tuesday in Texas from December of 1991 I thought I needed to post this clip.

After a so so match between Macho Man Randy Savage and Jake The Snake Roberts, the after match doings were probably the best I have seen ever.   Jake too his heel persona to the moon by hitting Miss Elizabeth and then cut the promo of his career.   Announcers Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan were tremendous and actually seemed incensed and flabbergasted by the events in the ring.   Then Mean Gene Okerlund did a great job in being offended by Jake's little speech.   It was the perfect storm for all involved and the crowd reaction of complete disbelief is something you just dont see anymore.

Happy Birthday Stone Cold Steve Austin

Today is the 46th birthday of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

Here is the final King of the Ring match in 1996 that set Stone Cold on his way to superstardom. The clip begins with the tremendous Brian Pillman making his debut in the WWF.

ECW November To Remember 1998

Today I am looking back at ECW November to Remember from 1998 and it was a wild affair.

November 1, 1998 from the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.

• The bWo (The Blue Meanie and Super Nova) defeated Danny Doring and Amish Roadkill (10:54)
  • Meanie pinned Doring following a Blue Light Special.
• Tommy Rogers (w/Chris Chetti) defeated Tracy Smothers (w/Tommy Rich, Little Guido, and Ulf Herman) (7:51)
  • Rogers pinned Smothers following a Tomakaze.
  • After the match, the Full Blooded Italians, assisted by Mabel, continued to beat down Rogers and Chetti until Spike Dudley made the save.
• Lance Storm (w/Tammy Lynn Bytch) defeated Jerry Lynn (w/Tammy Lynn Sytch and Mikey Whipwreck as Special Guest Referees) (16:48)
  • Storm pinned Lynn with an Inside Cradle after Whipwreck rolled him on top.
• Masato Tanaka and Balls Mahoney (w/Axl Rotten) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) (w/Joel Gertner, Big Dick Dudley, and Sign Guy Dudley) to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship (15:01)
  • Balls pinned D-Von and Tanaka pinned Buh Buh following a Five Star Frog Splash/Flying Legdrop combination from an interfering Rob Van Dam & Sabu through tables.

• Jake Roberts and Tommy Dreamer defeated Justin Credible and Jack Victory (w/Nicole Bass, Jason, Chastity & Lance Wright) (12:26)
  • Dreamer and Roberts simultaneously pinned Credible after both men DDT'ed him on a ladder.
  • After the match, Terry Funk came ringside and beat up Dreamer for not choosing him to be his partner.

• Sabu, Rob Van Dam and Taz (w/Bill Alfonso) defeated The Triple Threat (Shane Douglas, Bam Bam Bigelow and Chris Candido) (w/Francine) (12:57)
  • Sabu pinned Douglas after an Arabian facebuster.

Today in Wrestling History September 13th

1986 - WWF tapes the seventh edition of Saturday Night's Main Event at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio. The show would air on NBC on October 4th, earning a 9.4 rating.

Here are the results of the show:

Aired on SNME:
- World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Orndorff via DQ when Adrian Adonis attacked Hogan. Roddy Piper, who had an injured leg, made the save, attacking Adonis with his crutch, then leaving the ring after a stare down with Hogan.
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Jake Roberts with a cradle. After the match, Jake Roberts went for his snake, but Steamboat pulled out a kimono dragon and scared off Roberts.


- Roddy Piper defeated The Iron Sheik with a small package in under a minute. Pedro Morales was going to substitute for the injured Piper, but Piper threatened to hit Morales with his crutch if he didn't leave the ring.
- World Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs defeated Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine in a three falls match.
- Kamala defeated Lanny Poffo with a splash.
Matches not aired on television:
- Hercules Hernandez defeated Cousin Luke.
- Koko B. Ware defeated Mr. X.
- The Killer Bees defeated Jimmy Jack Funk & Jose Luis Rivera.
- Dick Slater defeated Steve Lombardi.

Saturday Night's Main Event

Here is the opening from WWF Saturday Night's Main Event October 29th 1988...A true classic opening.



Here is your Match of the Day, from that SNME, Jake The Snake Roberts vs Ravishing Rick Rude.