Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Hulk Hogan are no strangers to one another. The two men are absolute legends in the professional wrestling world.
Roberts grabbed the attention of the fans through his infamous “snakepit” segments with The Hulkster.
Recently, during an episode of the DDP Snake Pit podcast, Jake “The Snake” Roberts revealed he once got so upset over the size of Hogan’s pythons that he split his skull open by hitting him with a DDT.
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The WWE legend also revealed Vince McMahon’s reaction after he split open The Hulkster. His DDT move became hugely popular among the fans and they started chanting for him instead of Hogan.
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Jake “The Snake” Roberts revealed Vince McMahon wanted the fans to chant for Hulk Hogan
The WWE legend revealed the crowd chanted “DDT, DDT”. Roberts admitted Mr. McMahon was thrilled with him until the fans cheered for him instead of Hogan.
Roberts said, “I walk off the set to the back. Vince grabs me and hugs me, ‘Oh Jake, this is going to be magnificent!’ He says, ‘Stay right here with me’. I go, ‘What for?’ He goes, ‘The people, they’ll start chanting Hulk, Hulk, Hulk.'”
But much to Vince’s surprise, that did not happen. Soon Vince found out that the people were chanting. But it wasn’t for Hogan.
“He looks out, Hogan’s waiting for the people to start chanting. The people did. They started chanting, ‘DDT, DDT’. And Vince went, ‘You’re screwed’. ‘What do you mean, I’m screwed?’ He goes, ‘That’s not what we want,'” Roberts added. (H/T: WrestlingInc)
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Further, Jake “The Snake” Roberts revealed he and Hogan had a few matches that got sold out. But the WWE chairman wasn’t happy with that. Roberts claimed WWE did not care about sell-outs. It is all about marketing for them.
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Hogan was undoubtedly one of the most loved superstars in WWE. But Jake “The Snake” Roberts was no less. He entertained the fans through his various interesting segments and matches in his pro wrestling career.