The Resurrection of Jake The Snake (2015)

1. - I think that's what happens

2. to most people in this world.

3. They work their whole lives and

4. then they retire.

5. All the retirees don't last long.

6. They have no purpose in life anymore.

7. They have no...

8. "I'm needed" feeling.

9. Man, I was gettin' tired.

10. I was tired of people comin' to me goin',

11. "Didn't you used to be Jake the Snake when I was...

12. "What the fuck happened to you?"

13. Stop. Stop.

14. Cut it off.

15. - From Stone Mountain, Georgia!

16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts!

17. - Real genius.

18. This guy is one of the greatest.

19. Everything that I've always heard, I now understand.

20. - He had everything that you needed to be

21. a great professional wrestler,

22. and one of the great minds in the history of the business.

23. - In professional wrestling, the two athletes in the ring,

24. they're working together.

25. And I loved working with Jake, because it was so easy.

26. - Jake, to me, is one of the greatest talents

27. I've ever seen.

28. In the ring, he sure as hell could tell

29. probably the best story.

30. - I'd say the DDT and his promo work,

31. and his ring psychology

32. would be the three things that will always stand out

33. when people talk about Jake Roberts.

34. - He grew up on wrestling, he understands wrestling

35. and understands the psychology

36. in wrestling in front of a crowd.

37. - You know, if you're really good at what you do,

38. then the more believable you could make that character,

39. and the more you could draw them in

40. to where they're, you know,

41. sittin' on the edge of their seat.

42. And Jake had that ability.

43. - Jake Roberts is the guy who made me wanna watch

44. professional wrestling because you didn't know with Jake.

45. You didn't know what was real and what was fake.

46. You just didn't know.

47. - You know, when the cobra bit Macho's arm.

48. - And the snake has glommed on the arm!

49. And Randy Savage is helpless!

50. - The Snake was so unusual and so feared

51. that it became part of his persona.

52. - Jake's the kinda guy

53. who has that creative mind

54. that came through very naturally.

55. - A long time ago I learned one thing:

56. that if a man has enough power,

57. he can speak softly and everyone will listen.

58. - He'd whisper and man, there was somethin' different

59. about a guy who didn't yell at you

60. like everybody else did.

61. - People get drawn into it

62. and they're paying attention more than they would

63. than if you're yelling and screaming,

64. yelling and screaming.

65. - Even a fool knows that a man only has five senses.

66. A Snake, he has six.

67. - And he was one of the first people whose promos I saw

68. and he scared me.

69. You know, he creeped me out.

70. - You're a sick man, Roberts.

71. - Oh, that's true, I am.

72. At least you know that.

73. - He casts a spell on you.

74. It's almost like you get caught in his web.

75. - There are very few guys

76. that actually made me fear.

77. - I will hook that DDT.

78. And I'll crack your skull.

79. - Jake developed that move, came up with it,

80. gave it the name.

81. - If you saw him hook that front face lock,

82. it was like, OK, it's o—

83. Nobody kicks out of it.

84. - And that's the grace of any great finishing maneuver.

85. You can strike suddenly and quickly

86. and you just don't even bother.

87. - When the time comes, I will hook the head

88. and I will drive him through the mat.

89. I will put the final nail in your own coffin!

90. - Especially the deal with Steamboat.

91. I just remember that DDT on the floor

92. and hearing the smack.

93. And just thinking, like,

94. "Oh, Steamboat might be dead."

95. - Oh, my goodness!

96. I like it.

97. Steamboat, knocked unconscious!

98. He has to be totally out of it!

99. - So there was always an era of mystery with Jake.

100. - Well let me tell you something.

101. It's more shameful to deny fear

102. than it is to run from danger.

103. - When it comes time for me to

104. name a few of my favorite Pro Wrestlers,

105. Jake is always on my list.

106. - If you're a student of wrestling,

107. and you don't watch Jake Roberts' matches

108. and his interviews,

109. then you're missin' out on one of the best ever.

110. - I think he was an influence on this entire generation.

111. You gotta be able to speak.

112. He's got it.

113. You gotta be able to work, he's got it.

114. - He had intensity.

115. He had everything that you needed

116. to be one of the great minds in the history of the business,

117. and was a huge influence on my work.

118. - I don't care how much bigger their opponent is,

119. whoever their opponent is,

120. is in danger.

121. And that's such an amazing talent to have.

122. As a performer, have that audience

123. doubting.

124. - And welcome

125. to Wrestlemania Three!

126. - As we have established, all of us,

127. a brand new, indoor attendance record

128. of 93,173!

129. Give yourself a big hand.

130. - I remember laying on our floor

131. in Gainesville, in Texas

132. and watching wrestling on Sunday morning with our uncle.

133. And that's kinda how we learned about who our father is.

134. That was really the only time we had.

135. - My brothers are five years younger than me

136. and they're twins.

137. And nobody asked me to,

138. but I felt like it was my job as an older sister,

139. so I protected them.

140. - Jake, kind of had two careers.

141. One was this great piece of talent,

142. who could communicate.

143. And then he had that other career

144. that most people don't want to talk to,

145. but he went through hell.

146. - In the last three or four years,

147. I didn't think I was gonna have a dad around.

148. - It's scary to think, you know,

149. what Jake coulda done

150. had he been totally straight his whole career.

151. - He's one of the best, but he's got a lotta issues

152. that stop him from doing more.

153. - When the entire world knows you as one character

154. for such a long time,

155. I think it's easy to become that character.

156. - The crowd doesn't know who you really are

157. and then you leave that arena

158. and you have to go back to a hotel

159. and it's like you're all wired up

160. and now we gotta shut it off.

161. - You just wrestled in front of 50,000 people, so, phew!

162. - Us as addicts, we can...

163. Our minds tend to

164. wander a little bit looking for something to do,

165. which cannot, you know, it's not a good thing.

166. - Back in the day, when they really traveled like they did,

167. nonstop, and the way that Jake was livin',

168. obviously hard and fast,

169. combined with that wrestling career.

170. You know, I know that guy feels like...

171. garbage.

172. - Your wife's not there, your kids aren't there,

173. and so how do you fill this void?

174. And...

175. - The thumbs start to twiddle and—

176. - All's you see is the negative

177. and the dark, deep, places of death.

178. - Every time I tried to talk to him about it,

179. you know, he'd just kinda, "Ah, I know what I'm doin'.

180. "I know what I'm doin'."

181. And I'd say, "Jake, you don't know what you're doin'.

182. "It's got you."

183. - Suddenly, the reputation, the desire of this great pro

184. is diminished down to nothing.

185. - And you see these people droppin' like flies

186. just dyin' and dyin' and you're like,

187. "God, please don't take Jake from this earth," you know?

188. "Not another one."

189. - Hell, I wanna see Jake live to be an old man.

190. In our business, sometimes that doesn't always happen.

191. You get a lot of guys meeting their demise

192. and leaving this world way too soon.

193. - We told the promoter, "Listen, dude.

194. "Do not put him out there.

195. "He is in no shape to perform tonight."

196. - Excuse me.

197. Shut the hell up.

198. - There were 22 of those airplane vodka bottles.

199. 22 of 'em around where he was sitting,

200. on top of everything else.

201. - (grunts) You're not...

202. givin' me the same respect, man.

203. Shut the F up.

204. - You know, J.T. takes Jake over to the corner.

205. And he hits him and Jake doesn't register it.

206. Two seconds later he falls flat on his face.

207. - Do you think they booked Jake "The Snake" Roberts

208. to lose in 30 seconds?

209. Like, I mean, no.

210. Promoter's looking through the curtain

211. and, "What the hell just happened?"

212. And he goes,

213. "Go, go do something. Somebody do something."

214. And I'm like, "What do you want me to do?"

215. And he's like, "Go take a DDT and get him out of there."

216. So, I'm nailing him, and if you look at the tape,

217. the stuff looks fake,

218. because I'm talking to him,

219. "Jake, come on. Just give me a DDT.

220. "That's it, and this whole thing is fixed."

221. And he is not working.

222. If he would have given me the DDT,

223. I'm telling you TMZ would have never had nothin'.

224. The people would have left before it got stupid.

225. But the whole reason that I got to the level that I got,

226. he's standing in the ring,

227. exposin' himself.

228. So while part of you does what everybody does.

229. They go, "Well, I feel sorry and I hope that

230. "he gets the help that he needs."

231. But then the other part of you,

232. especially if you're a part of it,

233. you go, "Eh, the hell with that."

234. - When there's an accident on the road,

235. I don't stop.

236. I don't like watching stuff like that

237. and I think it bothered me,

238. the fact that people would rather film it

239. than try and help.

240. - I went out there to make these people happy,

241. 'cause you couldn't perform a lick.

242. - Good luck with Jake.

243. - How do you rebound from it?

244. Do you rebound from it?

245. If you don't rebound from it,

246. then, yeah, your lasting legacy is that.

247. - Yo, Jake.

248. It's Dallas.

249. Haven't heard from you in a while.

250. Give me a call.

251. - We're on our way to see Aurelian Smith.

252. That's the real name of Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

253. Recently, been talking to Jake quite a bit.

254. Known him for quite a number of years.

255. He was one of my two mentors.

256. Dusty Rhodes and Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

257. I was very fortunate to have those two

258. mentor me.

259. Jake believed in me when

260. really very, very, very few people believed in me.

261. Jake was the one who gave me the knowledge

262. and I was nobody at the time.

263. - Dallas, came into the wrestling business very late.

264. - At age 35, become a wrestler for the first time?

265. - You wanna talk work ethic, DDP has it.

266. If he can do somethin',

267. he's gonna do it to the utmost of his ability.

268. There's no room for second best.

269. - Diamond Dallas Page got his start

270. in professional wrestling.

271. Now he's created a fitness system

272. that some people are calling life changing.

273. - I knew how close Page was with Jake,

274. or how much he respected him.

275. He was always talking about Jake Roberts.

276. Two, I knew how down and out Jake was.

277. He had nowhere left to go.

278. - Us as addicts and alcoholics,

279. we like to do things our way.

280. And that doesn't work sometimes.

281. You got to, I had to give the reins to somebody else

282. and let them drive, and that's OK.

283. - There's obviously some skepticism.

284. You know, I think there has to be.

285. Only because addiction's an ugly beast.

286. - It's not a drug rehabilitation center.

287. - But I truly thought if there's someone's positivity

288. that can ram through that,

289. is gonna be Dallas.

290. - Jake has hit on some really hard times.

291. His body's really beat up.

292. He's got a new hip.

293. His neck's messed up.

294. Havin' problems with concussions,

295. all sorts of shit.

296. Bottom line is,

297. before anyone can actually help you,

298. like, you gotta be ready to help yourself.

299. Me and my buddy Steve are here

300. and we're coming down here to film this.

301. - He wanted to help Jake

302. and he wanted to actually get Jake to do his program.

303. I thought it was really a perfect opportunity

304. to possibly document the whole process of doing that.

305. - And he has a lot to give if he could just

306. finally kick out, get himself straight.

307. - There you are.

308. You're on that side of the road, though.

309. - I guess when we were going to Jake's house,

310. I expected this really nice house,

311. because, you know, Jake was this huge wrestling superstar.

312. - You guys want something to drink?

313. A coffee or, not coffee, but

314. water, Gatorade, urine?

315. Yeah, a little over a year ago, I retired officially.

316. The only passion I had was wrestling.

317. Had to give it up.

318. I had a life, but I poisoned it.

319. Self-destructive son of a bitch.

320. My father wrestled.

321. I was never around him.

322. Well, he didn't show up for my graduation,

323. and he never went to a ballgame I did, or nothing.

324. Went to see him and,

325. "Hey Dad, I graduated high school.

326. "I want to go to college."

327. My dad looked down at me, he said,

328. "You're gutless.

329. "I'm ashamed of you, and you'll never amount to anything."

330. And I got angry, man.

331. I got so fucking mad.

332. I was insane mad.

333. I always swore up and down that, you know,

334. when I grow up I'll never do that shit.

335. - Then why did you do it?

336. - I wanted to shove it up his ass.

337. Came up with this idea,

338. if you want your father to be proud of you,

339. you do what he's doing and show him up.

340. Just to get him, man.

341. And I've never...

342. truly forgiven him

343. for what he'd done to me as a child.

344. - You mean your abuse?

345. - (whispers) Yeah.

346. - By your dad?

347. - My stepmother.

348. My dad would go on the road and terrify me.

349. Being afraid to go to sleep.

350. 'Cause you know somebody used to come down

351. that fuckin' hall to wake your ass up,

352. and take you in their room,

353. and make you perform.

354. And then afterwards you're gonna get a hairbrush,

355. couple of clothes hangers, beat your ass.

356. And tell you that if your father finds out he'll kill you.

357. Or he'll hate you.

358. And you don't say a word.

359. All these things that happened to me as a kid...

360. they make you who you are.

361. Screwed the fans,

362. screwed myself of my memories.

363. I was giving up a life.

364. - I always wanted to repay him.

365. I wanted him to believe in himself again.

366. Now come up on your knees.

367. I wanna show you something.

368. (grunts) Ah, ah.

369. Toes, huh?

370. - Yeah. - Yeah.

371. - And I know all of my pain is because I'm inactive.

372. I'm not doing anything, I'm 300 fuckin' pounds, man.

373. - Right.

374. - Hell, carrying 300 pounds oughta make

375. your fuckin' legs sore, anyway.

376. - Absolutely.

377. - Bring it through.

378. Your toes have not—

379. You have not used your toes, like, days.

380. You're like a year or two away from

381. not being able to walk.

382. - Christ, I can't get my hands down hardly past my knees.

383. - You'll never freakin' rehab this hip dude.

384. - And that's what really opened the door

385. for me to wanna try.

386. - What do you think?

387. - A lotta work.

388. Lotta work.

389. Like, never believed he was in that bad of shape.

390. - Ooh, ooh, ooh. - Stinger.

391. Ow, ow.

392. Fuck me.

393. - (laughing) Again. You're not doin' anything, dude.

394. - When was the last time you did

395. any kind of drugs, drugs, tripped to shit, and do it now?

396. - Alcohol.

397. - No, I'm talkin' 'bout drugs drugs, crack.

398. - A month.

399. - A month? - Yeah.

400. - A month ago you did crack? - Yeah.

401. - How often do you feel like you fight it,

402. fight the addiction?

403. - 24/7.

404. - It was our assumption that Jake was clean.

405. He wasn't using drugs and he wasn't drinking alcohol.

406. So, it was our primary focus to help Jake get into shape.

407. What'd you start at?

408. - 299.

409. 299, actually it's 299.7.

410. And now it's...

411. Can you see it, just from here?

412. - 288.

413. - 288. Hey! 12 pounds.

414. - I really wanted to help Jake,

415. but I wasn't gonna do it

416. until I was absolutely certain

417. that I knew he was actually gonna put the work in.

418. - I knew this is my last fucking shot in life.

419. - We knew that environment plays a huge factor

420. in someone changing their life.

421. - I'm thinking to myself,

422. same shit he said to me years and years ago.

423. You keep doin' what you're doin',

424. well, this could really turn into somethin'.

425. - What was the last time we weighed you at?

426. It was 288, right?

427. - 288, yeah.

428. Aha, I like that.

429. (whispers) 278.

430. - Wow.

431. So the idea was really to propose to Jake

432. that we bring him to Atlanta.

433. Dallas had some hesitation because

434. he knew that Jake could be a handful.

435. - First of all, I hadn't lived with another guy,

436. you know, for 20 years.

437. Positive side was,

438. there was somethin' inside him

439. that really made him want to change.

440. - Are you ready for this?

441. - Yeah, I'm ready as I'm gonna be. (laughs)

442. - They're fucking—

443. - That's 10-5 right there.

444. - Right here?

445. - Comin' up.

446. - There he is, smokin' a cigarette.

447. Nope, there he is.

448. Look at him.

449. - He looks a bit clean shaven.

450. - He's got the cigarette,

451. he's got the finger. (laughs)

452. - I quit fuckin' dreaming, - Okay.

453. - I've had nightmares.

454. But there were no dreams, there was no happy.

455. Because there is no happy, man,

456. when you become addicted, you're overweight,

457. your life is lost, you feel like death.

458. And what I have to live by is:

459. my history is not fucking gonna be my destiny.

460. - OK, so here's us, we're comin' up here.

461. That house right there.

462. But come inside first and look around, and then we'll—

463. - I don't know man.

464. Maybe I should leave my bags in the car.

465. - Everybody's kind of rallying around him

466. to make sure he succeeds.

467. So, you know, how could you not be excited about that?

468. - So now that you guys are all here, you know,

469. it's just best if everybody

470. just tries to help with everything.

471. The next thing is drugs and booze.

472. - Good, I'll be in charge of that.

473. - I guess, it's probably not a secret that, you know,

474. we're trying to make sure that Jake stays good

475. on his past problems.

476. So, that's, the thing is with everybody,

477. is we're all gonna not necessarily just

478. follow Jake around and watch what he does,

479. but we're just gonna try to

480. make sure that he stays on track.

481. - And I'd like to throw out there, too.

482. If this guy's gone,

483. and you guys see me actin' a little goofy.

484. Tell him when he's back.

485. - Lower yourself down to the ground.

486. - Sweet Jesus.

487. - Can you take that, but put back farther?

488. You know, I'm right here.

489. Okay?

490. Now try bending this knee to get down to that.

491. I'm right here. I'm right here.

492. I'm right here. I'm right—

493. - (shouts in pain)

494. - Get it out, get it out, get it out, get it out.

495. - Oh. (exhales)

496. It's like sealing that.

497. It's not like (mumbles).

498. - We really believe that

499. keeping it structured and having it very consistent,

500. meaning, exercising and eating right,

501. Jake's gonna change so quickly that

502. we'll be able to keep the positive momentum.

503. - Trick or treat!

504. - Ooh, that a spider?

505. - Yes.

506. - All right. There's one for your bag.

507. Open your bag up.

508. Open it up.

509. - (whispers) Okay.

510. - There you go. Awesome.

511. All right, you guys.

512. - Have a safe trick or treat!

513. - Look at that, look at that! All right!

514. - Can you say, "Cell five five?"

515. - What's your name?

516. - Colby. It's, man.

517. - Hey, Colby. My buddy Jake.

518. - Pleasure.

519. - Oh, my God, man. (laughs)

520. Nice to meet you, sir.

521. - Okay, who's Raj?

522. - We're going back to this story right here.

523. Sit down for a sec, sit down.

524. Sit down.

525. - I just want to show you a different side

526. of that entire story.

527. I had two beers, okay?

528. I had 2 beers in the locker room,

529. but not out in front of no damn people,

530. and I damn sure wasn't drunk, brother.

531. Jake "The Snake" is supposed to be this bad motherfucker

532. that don't give a shit about nothin'.

533. Well, I do. It fuckin' hurts, man.

534. Because that shit'll go on the fuckin' internet, man,

535. and now my kids are gonna read that fuckin' shit.

536. And they're gonna be, "Ah, my fuckin' dad, man.

537. "He'll just never change."

538. - Feel like I'm suffocating.

539. It makes me wanna drink.

540. I don't want to use,

541. but goddamn it, right now,

542. I'm out here pacing

543. because I don't wanna do it.

544. - Okay, so tell me—

545. So someone, just 'cause someone said

546. somethin' bad about you?

547. You got thicker skin than that.

548. - No, I don't.

549. That's always been my goddamn problem.

550. I always worry about what everybody else's talkin' about me,

551. and not what I feel about me.

552. 'Cause I was never good enough, man.

553. Not for my dad, not for my fuckin' family,

554. not for anybody.

555. I'm not good enough for my own goddamn kids.

556. Why do they, I turned my fuckin' back on 'em.

557. 'Cause I didn't feel worthy.

558. It, I told you, in this nightmare.

559. I'm like a fucking little baby bird, man.

560. - Okay, so what do you really want?

561. - I wanna be free.

562. - Okay, well, it takes work.

563. - I'm a good person, man.

564. - And you are! - I'm not a mean person.

565. - There's no one who doesn't want to see you do this!

566. Nobody!

567. Everyone does!

568. So take that.

569. Take that.

570. I see how hard you work in the living room when we're workin'.

571. Fuck, you couldn't do that shit!

572. You couldn't even walk before!

573. Today you were runnin' to go get some shit

574. at fuckin' Home Depot!

575. - But that looked good, didn't it?

576. - (laughs)

577. You were doin' good. (laughs)

578. You're all right, bro. You're all right. You're all right.

579. - I'm comin' along, man.

580. - You gotta be cool. You gotta be real.

581. It's a fuckin' new beginnin'!

582. - I really just believe that the only people

583. that were really gonna be able to help him

584. were the people who'd been through something similar to him,

585. and the people who had decided to go from injury and pain,

586. and a lifestyle that was wildly unhealthy if you let it be,

587. and changed that into something positive.

588. And, I did believe that my dad had that in his heart.

589. But he was never going to be able to sustain it without

590. a lot of support and encouragement.

591. And Dallas may kick your rear end, you know,

592. and expect a lot,

593. but you also know that he cares.

594. - Jake, what's goin' on?

595. - You're gonna have to go soon.

596. We had problems with Jake.

597. - You what?

598. - We had problems with Jake.

599. - Oh God, we got problems with Jake.

600. Great, okay. I gotta go.

601. Thanks. Okay.

602. You're filmin' me 'cause we have problems with Jake.

603. Is it like big problems?

604. - Well, Shannon called me and said

605. he's been drinkin', she can't control him.

606. He's out at the airport, Atlanta airport.

607. - Motherfucker!

608. You're at the Atlanta airport.

609. We're in Atlanta. What's the problem?

610. - I'm at the airport. - Right.

611. - I will go outside.

612. I will stand there, wherever you would like.

613. - I'm gonna come pick you up.

614. It's like accountability,

615. which this fuckin' house is all about.

616. This motherfucker can't be here a week?

617. And not like come home and go (claps),

618. "Guys, great week. Ready to go."

619. Like, one week?

620. Really?

621. - Four fuckin' beers today, brother.

622. I had fuckin' oysters (laughs).

623. - Please, please.

624. Sell that to someone else, would you? - Really? Really?

625. You got on a fuckin' plane without your shoes on.

626. - Without your fuckin' shoes on, you got on a plane?

627. - Brother, I ain't got no goddamn shoes,

628. 'cause my foot's fucked up, man.

629. - Hey. You carry your fuckin' shoes then.

630. - Really? Really? - Really.

631. - I don't. - Really. I don't.

632. - What do you do? Because the bottom line is—

633. - I'm gonna get the fuck outta here.

634. - Hey douchebag. Don't fuckin'--

635. - Hey douchebag. Douchebag. - Don't fuckin' pull this shit.

636. - Punch me. Punch me in the face.

637. - I'm not gonna hit you, get in the car.

638. - Let me do what I fuckin' want. - Get in the car.

639. - I did not get fucked up. - Get in, get in the car.

640. Stop lying to yourself and me. - Fuck you, I didn't get—

641. - Fuck you!

642. You could smell it through the whole fucking car!

643. Just fuckin' stop—

644. - I didn't (mumbles)

645. - Bro, bro.

646. Get your foot in the car.

647. - No man. - Get your foot in the car.

648. - No man.

649. I'm not a liar, and you're askin' me to lie to you.

650. So you go ahead and punch me in the fuckin' face,

651. do what you wanna do.

652. - You're tellin' me you're sober.

653. - You're goddamn right I am, man.

654. I had two fuckin' beers.

655. Wait.

656. I had, uh...

657. - Put your foot in the car.

658. - I spent—

659. - Put your foot in the car, shut the door.

660. - I spent, casinos with fuckin' Shannon,

661. we went to the next restaurant, I had two more beers—

662. - Shut, shut the door.

663. - Jake, get in the car. - Let's go, get the fuck out.

664. - Tell me what you think happened last night.

665. - I do not remember that, to put it lightly.

666. - Do you remember us comin' to get you

667. and all that, though?

668. - I remember that.

669. I guess that old addiction wormed it's way up there and said,

670. "You know what man?

671. "You got it goin' your way, man. You're okay."

672. You know?

673. (whispers) "You can have a beer."

674. (whispers) Fuck.

675. It's not a choice, man.

676. When the cravings hit you it's not a choice of

677. I shouldn't or I should.

678. If you have that first fuckin' drink, it's on.

679. - And you feel too good, you feel, "I, I got this."

680. There's not a addict out there who doesn't think they got it.

681. - Right, right.

682. - Alcohol has not worked for me

683. in the last 50 fuckin' years.

684. So why is it gonna change tomorrow?

685. - We have to stop completely.

686. No booze, no beer.

687. I know it's gonna be tough.

688. Today.

689. And then we'll get to tomorrow, and we'll say it again.

690. - I'm just thankful that the support was here.

691. Don't leave Jake, stick in there, because

692. that's the first thing that goddamn old Jake wants to do,

693. you know?

694. Here, you done pissed on the fuckin' floor here,

695. and you better get the fuck outta here.

696. So, I suggested that I take another drug. (laughs)

697. But a good drug

698. called Antabuse,

699. that will make you violently ill if you drink.

700. But I need that crutch right now, you know.

701. People say, "Well then, oh, you have no willpower."

702. You're fuckin' right, I don't.

703. I just returned from my first AA meeting.

704. - In how long?

705. - Too long.

706. - Good answer. - Way too long.

707. You wrestle for 37 years, and you think you're fairly tough

708. and that you're fairly, fairly driven.

709. Yeah, I am.

710. But I've also got a disease.

711. - When we first got together, it was,

712. "I could drink three beers, that's all I need."

713. - I don't wanna drink anymore at all, period.

714. - Seriously.

715. - Seriously, never.

716. A million drinks lined up is not enough.

717. But, one drink is too fuckin' many.

718. Now, I'm just tryin' to stay focused and

719. keep my eye on the prize, which is sobriety, health,

720. and relationships.

721. First you get on the airplane,

722. sweatin' a little bit.

723. Not overly concerned, but just cautious.

724. So, I gotta go out there and do autographs for two days,

725. and I'll come back Sunday night.

726. I'll call you and let you know that I made it just damn fine.

727. Be damn sure when I get back from this trip,

728. that Monday morning bright and early,

729. you'll have another test.

730. You know?

731. Because just knowin',

732. maybe just knowin' that I'm gonna be tested again Monday,

733. you know three days from now,

734. maybe that'll be the little extra oomph I need

735. to get over this hill right now.

736. I am scared.

737. But I'll make it.

738. - I do not wanna lose this opportunity.

739. I want a life back, man.

740. I wanna, I wanna be able to be proud again.

741. The big test was the fact that

742. I went and spent four days in lovely Las Vegas.

743. You know, I took my Antabuse before I left,

744. and did the right thing before I left.

745. So I still want to have a good trip.

746. And this is a good thing, man.

747. Not to feel nervous comin' in here.

748. Whew!

749. Aha.

750. Tell you somethin'.

751. If you can go to Las Vegas

752. and spend three days, three nights,

753. and still come back and get one of these,

754. you've done all right.

755. You know all those years, man,

756. I hungered,

757. and was driven.

758. And what made me more sorry,

759. is that I was wantin' my father to be proud of me.

760. And I busted my ass, and for years and years and years,

761. he would just never say it.

762. You know, just wouldn't tell me.

763. He'd tell other people, but he wouldn't tell me,

764. and it really hurt.

765. Well...

766. I just had both my boys tell me they were proud of me.

767. - One of my brothers sent a text and said,

768. "My friends, our dad is changing."

769. And he said,

770. "I've talked to dad about every other day."

771. I said, "I've talked to him about every three days."

772. And my other brother said,

773. "I'm talkin' to him every couple of days, too."

774. And that's the first time in our lives

775. that we've talked to him frequently,

776. and he was focused.

777. - I'm thankful.

778. I'm thankful.

779. Today I feel free.

780. Today I've not had one fucking craving, man.

781. Not one.

782. You know, and that's a great feeling, man.

783. Livin' the dream, bitch! Livin' the dream.

784. - Hey, you got the massage thing goin', dude?

785. - No!

786. - Hey baby, will you do me a favor?

787. Hey darlin'.

788. Cutie pie.

789. Sweetheart.

790. Honey. - Bill!

791. Charlie.

792. - Can you get her?

793. Hit the, right here where it says, "Full".

794. - (moans in pleasure)

795. - Damn right, there you go. There you go.

796. - Oh baby.

797. - Jake's actually been gettin' better.

798. The workout's really helping him,

799. because it's takin' a lot of the stress off.

800. Any kind of exercise is gonna help you exude stress.

801. For the first time in a long time,

802. Jake seems really happy.

803. He's been collaborating with us on videos,

804. and you can see he's startin' to have some real fun.

805. - Can two former professional wrestlers

806. share a home without driving each other...

807. crazy?

808. - Okay guys, DDP back here—

809. What're we gonna call this segment anyway?

810. What do we call it?

811. Shakes n' Bakes, Shakes n' Takes?

812. Shakes n' Takes, what?

813. - DDP's Recipes?

814. I dunno.

815. - That's lame.

816. - Ah. I forgot the bananas!

817. - Wow.

818. I'm gonna have you try this.

819. It'll be really sweet, and thick, I'm gonna (mumbles).

820. But this is your new addiction now.

821. - Okay. - Okay?

822. - I'm all about addictions. (laughter)

823. - Right. Now we're gonna cut back on all your other ones.

824. - Yes sir.

825. - Until you get down in weight.

826. Right, let's weigh you right now, let's take this—

827. - Oh, shit. That's not fair.

828. I don't wanna get on the (muffled) - Lalalalalalala!

829. - Lalala! Come on, let's see where he's at right now.

830. - Oh, shit.

831. - Wow, dude. Wow.

832. - 256.

833. - You wish.

834. - Oh hell no, uh uh.

835. - Oh, y'uh huh huh. - No no no no no.

836. 261.

837. - See that, just (muffled)

838. - Okay, right. Over there.

839. 261.8

840. - Well, that's a real bargain for you.

841. - Whoo! That's a real good score. (laughter)

842. - Let's go over here.

843. - Take those shorts off, that's it.

844. It's the shorts.

845. - 262.

846. - Oh shit!

847. - Now do the plank through.

848. There you go.

849. - Look at that shit.

850. Now try up.

851. Who the fuck was that?

852. He's on a roll!

853. I'd never seen Jake work that hard, ever,

854. over these next couple of months.

855. And he was really droppin' the weight,

856. and he was...

857. His body was feelin' better, he was gettin' stronger,

858. and then bing!

859. The shoulder went.

860. This became excruciatingly painful,

861. and he'd still work out.

862. And I could tell it was pullin' him down though,

863. 'cause he's not drinking, he's eatin' the right way,

864. and now this happens.

865. - So damn fuckin' goddamn frustrating.

866. It hurt, it hurts, man.

867. I want a, I want a beer so fuckin' bad.

868. I'm not gettin' better fast enough, anyways.

869. It's just fuckin' frustratin', man.

870. I'm fuckin' pissed off.

871. God damn.

872. Stupid motherfucker, I brought it on myself, God.

873. - How long have you had the shoulder pain?

874. - It just flares up.

875. - Starting when? I mean, for a year, two years—

876. - Oh, years, years. - Years.

877. - Yeah.

878. - Any significant injury, in the past, that sent you...

879. to the emergency room?

880. - 37 years of wrestling.

881. - Okay.

882. - Show him when you lift your arm,

883. where the problem is.

884. Show him the scars.

885. - (groans in pain)

886. - Coming down is painful. Okay.

887. Put your right thumb up there.

888. Move the left one down.

889. Kay.

890. Keep it up there.

891. - Augh!

892. - Don't do that, huh?

893. You certainly have signs of impingement syndrome,

894. where you raise your arm up and your rotator cuff gets

895. irritated underneath this, this bony roof.

896. Do you know anything about shoulders?

897. - Yeah, I got one here and one there.

898. - Jake has no insurance.

899. He didn't have any money to pay for the surgery,

900. so we had to come up with some kind of solution.

901. - I just got the numbers from the doc.

902. Actually, they're pretty good.

903. Bottom line is, it'll be around eight grand.

904. - So we decided to try crowdfunding.

905. So we put up a page on Indiegogo

906. to try to raise the money for his surgery.

907. - And the fans got to get a piece of Jake.

908. Whether it was a photograph, autograph, you know,

909. Skype call, a T-shirt, whatever it was.

910. That night, we put it up,

911. and we'd never done anything like this before.

912. We haven't checked it out or anything, so we wanna

913. check to see where we're at,

914. and then we'll talk about where we're gonna go from there.

915. - Cool. Well, I'm excited.

916. - So we had Jake's daughter, Brandy.

917. She's visiting him, which was huge for him at that time.

918. - Un fuckin' real.

919. - Where we at?

920. - Holy cow.

921. - $7,000.

922. - In one night?

923. - $7,000 out of $9,200.

924. - But the really cool thing that came out of that

925. was Jake got to see how much the fans really cared.

926. And that really sorta took him back,

927. and gave another level of the foundation.

928. Building that structure underneath him

929. that's, right now, has been pivotal.

930. - All those years, I guess they did mean somethin'.

931. (whispers) You guys knocked me to my knees.

932. I'm humbled.

933. I'm so grateful.

934. I never thought I was good enough.

935. Had a lot of issues I've dealt with over the years,

936. and some that I still have to deal with daily.

937. It was always about doubt.

938. Doubting myself, doubting my ability,

939. doubting my talent,

940. doubting love.

941. There's one thing that I cannot doubt anymore,

942. and that's the love

943. that you have given me.

944. You busted me.

945. (whispers) Thank you.

946. Thank you very much.

947. It's great to be alive, it's great to be clean and sober.

948. - Yeah.

949. - My life has changed so much, man.

950. I've lost 65 pounds.

951. But I'm gonna give you a little,

952. a little secret that I'm gonna lay out right now,

953. just for you, Bill.

954. - Now, they're all gonna hear it.

955. - My plan. - Yes.

956. - My plan, whether they like it or not,

957. is to be at the Royal Rumble next year.

958. - The Royal Rumble starts with two guys in a ring.

959. Every minute or so, one more guy comes to the ring.

960. And that happens, they come to the ring randomly.

961. Don't know who's comin' out next.

962. - They like to have some of the old timers come in there.

963. And, you don't expect to hear your music.

964. And then outta nowhere...

965. - Holy shit! You gotta be kiddin' me!

966. Big Daddy Cool Diesel!

967. - What?

968. - You're eliminated by being thrown over the top rope

969. to the floor.

970. It was a goal

971. to get him a target.

972. To get him a destination.

973. - When Jake moved in, so many other people started

974. comin' into our lives.

975. I mean, I'd just bought this place.

976. I call it, "The Accountability Crib",

977. and it was really wrapped around Jake in the beginning.

978. - Louder!

979. - Okay, now I'm back to this.

980. - I got a DM text from Sean Waltman,

981. and he wrote, "Scott's sounding not good at all.

982. "He's talkin' about gettin' a gun."

983. Be really tough bringin' him in now anyway,

984. but I don't think he'd want to come right now,

985. but you never know, get that first invitation.

986. When we started to see the amazing progress

987. that Jake was gettin',

988. we started to get, you know,

989. get it out there on the internet.

990. People honed right in.

991. "Oh man, you're doin' so good with Jake.

992. "Would you please help Scott?"

993. Scott Hall started as Diamond Studd,

994. and it helped create that whole,

995. what would become Razor Ramon persona.

996. - Take a look at this!

997. Weighing 287 pounds,

998. Razor Ramon!

999. - Gold looks good on Razor Ramon!

1000. - When Scott and Kev came in to WCW,

1001. they were put in that spot where they were written as

1002. the top two dogs comin' into the company.

1003. And they were killin' everybody.

1004. Except me.

1005. The people who write the storylines at WCW didn't really

1006. believe I had the ability to be a main event player.

1007. Scott and Kevin Nash fought (laughs) to make that happen,

1008. and it took 10 weeks to happen!

1009. - Jam packed at the Superdome! (crowd cheering)

1010. - Tell you what,

1011. this makes the Superbowl look weak.

1012. - This is beautiful.

1013. - Look at that.

1014. - Yes!

1015. - Aw, yes. That looks great!

1016. - Yes!

1017. - It's offic—

1018. Hey!

1019. Man, I can't believe what I'm seein'!

1020. - That was really the beginning of my whole career goin' pff!

1021. Kevin and Scott did not ever have to do that.

1022. But they did.

1023. And, I don't forget that shit.

1024. Got a lotta demons, man.

1025. The way he looks, like he's done, he's no—

1026. He's not hurting anyone but himself,

1027. but that's not really true.

1028. Because he has kids.

1029. You know?

1030. So, it ain't just him.

1031. Can we step into this call, dude?

1032. So we'll just see what happens here,

1033. if he answers the phone.

1034. - What up?

1035. - Scotty.

1036. - What?

1037. - It's Dallie. - It's Jake.

1038. - Jake and Dallie.

1039. - Who's this?

1040. - Dallas. Dallas Page.

1041. - Oh, Dallie, my gosh.

1042. - And Jake.

1043. - I'm dying, Jake. I'm dying.

1044. I've been drinkin' vodka for breakfast.

1045. - You don't need to.

1046. - I mean, (muffled), it's been like...

1047. - I know the feelin', man. I was too, bro.

1048. I was wantin' to go.

1049. And that ain't cool man,

1050. 'cause there's too many people that love us, man.

1051. - Jake, you know how much me and Dallie

1052. have always looked up to you.

1053. Somebody told me that Dallie had turned you around.

1054. - Yeah, man.

1055. - And I'll never forget the time in New Orleans,

1056. Dallie, if you're there.

1057. - (laughs) I'm here, bro.

1058. - Well when we, when me and Kev

1059. went out of our way to put you over—

1060. - You know I don't forget that shit.

1061. All the shit me and you been through?

1062. So I would love for you to come here.

1063. - How long you been straight, Jake?

1064. - Over 60 days.

1065. - So you got zero, 60 days?

1066. - Yeah man.

1067. We can help each other, Scott.

1068. You and I can help each other, man.

1069. That's what I need you for. I need you.

1070. - You listenin', bro?

1071. - I need you.

1072. Help me out.

1073. - I feel like—

1074. I really feel a spiritual awakening right now.

1075. I really feel like God's callin' to me right now.

1076. Just say it one more time, and I'll do it.

1077. - (laughs) Get your ass up here, monkey.

1078. - I'm in. I'm in. I'm in.

1079. - Wow. All right, brother.

1080. You got a place!

1081. - Okay, make room.

1082. I'll sleep on the floor, make room for me.

1083. - No no, dude. I'll get you a bed ready. - We got bedrooms ready!

1084. - All right, well—

1085. - We been wait—

1086. Hey dude! We been waitin' for you.

1087. - I heard some of this, and it's like,

1088. I was sittin' here with my fingers like, dug into this table.

1089. Because it was just like,

1090. (whispers) "Please say yes. Please say yes."

1091. And it's not even so much because I'm a fan.

1092. It's because, you know, he's somebody who needs help.

1093. There are two great, you know, wrestling tragedies

1094. that everybody is just like, you know,

1095. like train wrecks that people are so upset to see.

1096. And Jake was one of 'em,

1097. and Scott Hall's the other one, you know.

1098. - At some point he called me back,

1099. and I didn't even hear his voice message here, until now.

1100. I wanna play this for you.

1101. This shows you where his head's at, comin' in here.

1102. - I'm serious about this brother, I just...

1103. It's the best I've felt in years, man. - Hm.

1104. - It's the best I've felt in years, man. You know? - Hope.

1105. - Hope. - Hope.

1106. - Mhmm. No kidding.

1107. - Something to want, I guess.

1108. It's gonna be like the old days, man.

1109. When we used to look at each other from across the ring,

1110. and just, just, you know, smile.

1111. And it's givin' me a great feeling, you and Jake again.

1112. I get a positive vibe, and I'm so excited,

1113. and I can't thank you enough for, you know,

1114. welcoming me, and all you just do, buddy.

1115. Love you. Bye.

1116. - Scott wants it.

1117. I believe that when he says it's different this time,

1118. I think, I really believe it.

1119. Maybe it's 'cause I just want to believe it.

1120. (laughs) No, but...

1121. Hmm.

1122. I think he's ready.

1123. - Everything's in place, man.

1124. Just a couple more hours.

1125. Got all the faith in the world he'll be here, man.

1126. Once he's here, look out world.

1127. It's time for us to kick somebody's ass, besides your own.

1128. - Now, when he got here, I'm thinkin'

1129. this beat up, overweight stud's gonna get here.

1130. I didn't know he was broken.

1131. And I don't even think he knew he was broken

1132. as bad as he was.

1133. When you're medicated on so many pills and so much booze

1134. that you can't feel it, you know,

1135. I watched him limp.

1136. He was limping comin' in, and a real slow walk,

1137. and limping with his leg turned out, and...

1138. You know I'm not gonna sell it,

1139. 'cause I don't wanna say anything,

1140. he's trying to hide it.

1141. One of the things he blamed his addiction,

1142. his alcoholism, his pills, all of that,

1143. was on his pain.

1144. - I'm over 30 somethin' days now clean,

1145. and this is the longest I've ever had in my life,

1146. you know, in the real world.

1147. You know, I've had longer periods of time,

1148. but it's always been in some kind of facility.

1149. 'Cause it's gettin' real.

1150. Like, change is really scary for me.

1151. Even though I know it's gonna be somethin' positive.

1152. - His heart.

1153. I mean his inside heart, his drive,

1154. his motivation, his inspiration,

1155. I can see that.

1156. - No matter how horrible my life was in the past,

1157. I always had my body to fall back on.

1158. I always had my body, always had my physique,

1159. and you know, I had this heart procedure in 2010,

1160. where they implanted a pacemaker and a defibrillator,

1161. and I was really, really sick.

1162. You know, I can't lift anymore,

1163. and whenever things would be stressful and all this stuff

1164. was comin' down on me, I could always go to the gym.

1165. I always had my body as a place to retreat.

1166. When I look in the mirror, you know, I'm goin',

1167. "Oh, okay."

1168. But boy, when I see it on film,

1169. I'm reminded that I got a long way to go.

1170. I've had a few brief workouts, but I got a few hiccups,

1171. you know, a few dings.

1172. Old injuries are rearin' their heads,

1173. and try to have, figure out how to deal with them.

1174. - Now reach out and grab that pull,

1175. (knocking, creaking sound) - Oh?

1176. - You don't hear that cuckoo.

1177. But you hear it over there, didn't you?

1178. - Sweep up!

1179. Okay.

1180. (laughs) Fuck!

1181. Step up.

1182. - Is that really your hip?

1183. - That's his hip!

1184. - Yeah, brother.

1185. - That's loud, dude.

1186. - But then arm.

1187. - Well, I mean the arm's gonna be dead.

1188. - It's really hard for me to ask for help, 'cause that—

1189. I grew up without admittin' you were weak.

1190. And...

1191. So I'm just strugglin' with that.

1192. - You've gotta go ahead and get that taken care of.

1193. This would certainly be more than enough,

1194. more than enough justification for surgery.

1195. - We're talkin' about this surgery and,

1196. you know, I put it off for so long,

1197. and I can't put it off anymore.

1198. It's to the point now where I can't walk.

1199. I can't even, it hurts to sit, it hurts to lay down.

1200. Had I not been in this setting, I woulda just blew it off

1201. like I did so many other things.

1202. I'm really excited about this road to physical rehab,

1203. you know, to be able to get back into shape again, and—

1204. Because this, between the heart and the hip, I've been...

1205. you know, I had a tough hill to climb last few years.

1206. So this, I feel like I, everything is fallin' in place

1207. for the right reason.

1208. I just feel so thankful to everybody who helped me.

1209. Thank you so much.

1210. I look forward to this new chapter in my life.

1211. See what's around the next corner.

1212. - Wow!

1213. - And I got a little plaid skirt.

1214. - Those are some nice... (laughs) nice socks.

1215. - I got a little plaid skirt to wear with my

1216. Catholic school girl outfit.

1217. - So how was it gettin' upstairs, okay?

1218. - Yeah, I—

1219. They had me do it there.

1220. It was the same way I been doin' it.

1221. - Right. - They had me do it,

1222. you know, first a few, then we did a couple

1223. flights of stairs, up and down.

1224. - You look fuckin' awesome, man.

1225. - I feel good, Jake. Now I can walk!

1226. - Like to see you, man.

1227. You're just, it's like a new fuckin' person.

1228. - Yeah, I didn't get to sleep, but I just...

1229. Lately I've been so happy.

1230. Just to know that—

1231. 'Cause I didn't know how this thing was all gonna be.

1232. - Yeah.

1233. - I thought maybe I'd messed it up so bad

1234. that I'd never be...

1235. - I know.

1236. - Now I'm thinkin', "Wow".

1237. It's so unbelievable.

1238. - It's a little dark.

1239. - Yeah, I mean...

1240. Yeah, for guys like you a Dal, and to make it happen,

1241. and all the support around this place,

1242. and to think that there's people all over the world

1243. that care about us, Jake.

1244. - Everything is moving really good,

1245. in a really positive direction.

1246. - Hello?

1247. - Mr. Roberts.

1248. - Yes.

1249. - You were (muffled) the Cauliflower Alley Club—

1250. - Wow.

1251. - You know.

1252. - That's, that was Cauliflower Alley Club.

1253. - The CAC's been around for 48 years,

1254. and they wanted to induct him into the club.

1255. - It was (mumbles).

1256. (mumbles) said that my contribution to wrestling was

1257. second to none.

1258. That makes sense of me.

1259. - The Cauliflower Alley is,

1260. it's wrestlers goin' all the way back.

1261. It's the industry giving you recognition as one of the best,

1262. and I don't think there's a bigger honour.

1263. - Right now today, I'm doin' more with my life

1264. than I've ever done.

1265. I mean, number one, I got these two handsome guys

1266. right here to, man, these are my boys, man.

1267. You know, six months ago, eight months ago,

1268. they wouldn't have been hangin' out with me.

1269. - That true, guys?

1270. - Absolutely.

1271. - They didn't want to be brought down by it.

1272. You don't have to give up, and I want every addict

1273. out there, man, that's listenin' to this, dude.

1274. It don't have to go down like that.

1275. - Man, it's so much, so much more real.

1276. So much more from the heart, and you know,

1277. we could feel that.

1278. It's more about, you know, here's where I am in my family,

1279. and they're here to experience this with me.

1280. That's cool.

1281. (indiscernible) Jake.

1282. - And then Jake asked me to induct him.

1283. Jake has inspired me in so many ways.

1284. In his work, in his promos, and I believe

1285. my mentor has proven that now.

1286. So please, get with me as we welcome into the CAC,

1287. the one, the only,

1288. Jake "The Snake" Roberts!

1289. - I didn't think I'd ever wear a suit until it was time

1290. to stick me in the ground.

1291. That's where I was heading my life.

1292. As I grew into a young man, I made a lot of mistakes.

1293. A lotta mistakes.

1294. I'm ashamed to stand here today and tell you

1295. I tried to die.

1296. And the only reason I didn't commit suicide is

1297. because of those three kids over there,

1298. three of my eight.

1299. I didn't want to hurt them anymore.

1300. - The one thing that stood out in his speech for me

1301. was when he stood up there and bent over, and said—

1302. - And all of my friends out there who tried to encourage me,

1303. but I wasn't ready yet.

1304. (whispers) I'm ready now.

1305. - That, to me, told me that he's willin' to do

1306. whatever it takes to make changes in his life

1307. to reconnect with his kids, and his grandkids, and...

1308. You know, he tapped me on the chest, he said,

1309. "Son, I want more time.

1310. "I want...

1311. "I want more time with you, I want more...

1312. "I want more time with my, my grandkids."

1313. - That was nicely done, brother.

1314. - It was just, it was really great, bein' with my kids,

1315. spendin' quality time with them,

1316. and we had such a fantastic time.

1317. - If he's going to turn, turn the corner,

1318. if he's going to make changes, it will be now.

1319. I think things'll be different.

1320. I really do.

1321. - Now, if he can just take that momentum... (laughs)

1322. Well.

1323. He could really change some lives.

1324. - Hey dude.

1325. - Hey man, what's the plan?

1326. - Plan is, I'm goin' to Costa Rica!

1327. I need to get outta here for a couple weeks, you know?

1328. - What about Jake and Scott?

1329. Are you just gonna leave 'em here by themselves, or what?

1330. - No, I'm takin' 'em with me.

1331. No, they're doin' good now, man.

1332. I think if, now's the time to go, and you know,

1333. I think they'll be fine.

1334. - Find a haircut.

1335. What haircut app you have for us?

1336. - She ain't got the hair, bitch.

1337. I know, my hair fuckin' sucks.

1338. It's all that bullshit.

1339. - Aw, Jake. How much would it—

1340. - 60 bucks.

1341. - That's not bad.

1342. - For— - That's half. (laughs)

1343. - Fuck off!

1344. - We know that Jake can be pretty sensitive

1345. to different things, but that one day,

1346. he seemed to be very, very sensitive.

1347. And, you know, in particular, it was about his hair.

1348. - You're just gonna lock up in a minute.

1349. - (muffled) You can probably see from behind.

1350. - Yeah.

1351. Yup.

1352. - Tired of them, man.

1353. You know, I know I have no hair.

1354. And that doesn't bother me.

1355. But Scott...

1356. I'm tired of being your punching dummy, man.

1357. You're fuckin' hurtin' me, man!

1358. - Oh, my question to you earlier was,

1359. whether you'd had anything to drink.

1360. It's hard when you feel like they might have

1361. done something wrong and you're trying to

1362. hold them accountable for it.

1363. - Bro. I told you earlier.

1364. I had coffee with cinnamon—

1365. - No, but what I'm saying is...

1366. what I'm saying is, were you willing to take an Anabuse now?

1367. - Absolutely. Let's do it.

1368. - Okay.

1369. - Fuck yeah. Let's do it then. - Let's go, bro.

1370. - Anabuse would make you violently ill.

1371. Like, I really didn't know.

1372. In hindsight, it was probably pretty dangerous

1373. to have him take the Antabuse if he had been drinking.

1374. - Watch. Watch watch watch watch.

1375. - Everybody was just kinda sitting there,

1376. waiting for something to happen.

1377. It was kind of just like we were waiting for a bomb to go off.

1378. - Okay.

1379. - Ahhh!

1380. - Good.

1381. - We found out later that Jake had actually

1382. spit out the Antabuse

1383. while he was drinking the water in the sink.

1384. You know, he admitted to that.

1385. - Hey Steve, how's it goin'?

1386. We went out with Jake tonight.

1387. Was an episode.

1388. I don't know, I feel like somethin's up.

1389. I'm not sure what's goin' on.

1390. I dunno.

1391. He may have been drinkin'.

1392. Gimme a call back.

1393. - It seemed like no matter how good

1394. things were going,

1395. it seemed like he would relapse every once in a while.

1396. - Jake!

1397. - I'm just worried man, that I'm not,

1398. my mind's not in sync with me completely (mumbles).

1399. I just fuckin' hate it, man.

1400. Just makes me feel like such shit.

1401. - To me, I'm like, "Where the fuck are we gonna go?

1402. "What are we gonna do?"

1403. - Like, my goal is to get healthy.

1404. - One.

1405. - Yeah. And...

1406. - What's the other big goal?

1407. - Get my kids back.

1408. - Well, so okay.

1409. I don't even hear that, 'cause you get looped into this.

1410. - Yeah, I do.

1411. I don't know why I can't just say,

1412. "I'll never drink again, and that's that."

1413. Fuck!

1414. I've said it a million times, and I fucking can't do it!

1415. - I am so grateful to God

1416. that I have not used cocaine.

1417. But still, drinking, even though it's not illegal

1418. or any of that crap,

1419. it might as well be for me,

1420. because when I have alcohol in my system,

1421. it changes me.

1422. And I change into a very ugly person, very quickly.

1423. - I knew, you know, there was gonna be times

1424. he was gonna fall.

1425. And I just knew it.

1426. - All right.

1427. One of the things that I wanna talk about—

1428. First of all, I know you've seen a lot of these.

1429. - Yeah.

1430. - But I wanted just to make sure.

1431. You see this article, right?

1432. And it's another fucking amazing story.

1433. And just so we're on the same page,

1434. I'm not mad that you fell.

1435. - No, see, that's not you. - At all.

1436. - It's me.

1437. - No no, but I can say for me.

1438. Because I was mad as fuck at you.

1439. You never phoned me.

1440. I am your fucking brother. - I know that.

1441. When that urge to drink comes,

1442. you become the most selfish, self-centered son of a bitch

1443. on the planet.

1444. - I believe, right now, that your alcoholism

1445. is getting the worst of you again.

1446. - I know. - It's what I believe.

1447. And it just starts creepin' up in you.

1448. You turn into that guy.

1449. That guy sucks to live with.

1450. - I'm angry at myself, because I know that I've,

1451. I've really hurt my friendship with Dallas.

1452. - You need to know you're killin' me here.

1453. - I heard it.

1454. - Okay? I love— - I'm sorry.

1455. - Did you hear that I love you? - I hate that I do this to you.

1456. - Did you hear that? - I hear you.

1457. - Did you hear that I love you?

1458. - Yes I did.

1459. - You know what you've done in the last nine months, right?

1460. - That's right, and I love you too, man.

1461. - I don't want to hurt him or me, anymore.

1462. Or anybody else who cares about me.

1463. - The big thing that was really bothering me is like,

1464. how did all my other buddies who

1465. have addiction problems,

1466. how did they get over 'em, but how come Jake can't do it?

1467. I put the work in, I started callin' my buddies.

1468. "How did you do it? How did you do it?"

1469. And it all came back the same thing.

1470. They did 90 meetings in 90 days.

1471. - The thought behind that is

1472. getting around those people in those meetings

1473. every day,

1474. so you're never that far removed from it.

1475. - One more time to start over again, brother.

1476. Start over one more time.

1477. - Progress, not perfection.

1478. Instilling that into his brain before,

1479. he wouldn't think that way, man.

1480. He just didn't.

1481. - This is a...

1482. A rest of my life project, folks.

1483. And it's not easy, but it's somethin' I really want.

1484. You know?

1485. Something I've gotta have if I'm gonna live.

1486. And I want a future, whether it be

1487. goin' to the Rumble next year or the year after, or...

1488. Hell, maybe I'll be the first

1489. 100-year-old to ever hit a Rumble, who knows?

1490. But by God, I'm not givin' up.

1491. - Deep breath! - 10!

1492. Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

1493. - On your knees.

1494. - Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

1495. Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

1496. - I don't know that Jake Roberts.

1497. Whole new resurrection for Jake "The Snake"

1498. comin' here, brother.

1499. - That was awesome.

1500. - A whole new resurrection.

1501. When that mental shit kicks in like, "tschoo"

1502. and there's a connection,

1503. you know, then I really wanna,

1504. I want them to see it through,

1505. because that...

1506. That is what inspires me.

1507. That's the kind of shit that makes me go, "Wow!"

1508. - We have one more guest here that'd like to join us.

1509. Aaaah!

1510. Aw, Jake!

1511. - (laughs) Jake bein' here.

1512. His public image completely changed, you know,

1513. because people knew he was gonna show up

1514. at appearances.

1515. - When are they gonna induct Jake "The Snake"?

1516. (cheering and applause) - Ah...

1517. - Well, they gotta wait 'til I win the Rumble this year.

1518. - Sounds great.

1519. - A feed.

1520. - A feed.

1521. - Homewrecker. (clapperboard slaps)

1522. You know that, one thing I've learned about acting, man,

1523. it's pretty hard shit, because you gotta remember lines,

1524. and I'm not real good at that.

1525. It'd be great to walk away from this picture

1526. with two victories.

1527. One being a great product,

1528. and the other one being

1529. a sober product.

1530. That'd be a first for me in my life.

1531. That's it. Now leave. Go!

1532. - And there's no fucking way in hell

1533. that I ain't taking your needle!

1534. - Go. (pants)

1535. - Cut!

1536. - Finally reached a point in my life that I don't wanna be

1537. a prisoner to anyone, or anything.

1538. And, I'm really quite proud of myself, man.

1539. Yeah. I really am.

1540. - They're both atrophied from years of inactivity,

1541. 'cause I was in such pain.

1542. - Sure.

1543. - So this is a whole experiment, movin' forward.

1544. - That's why we're gonna start here, and work—

1545. And just startin' to go back.

1546. Eventually, we'll be doin' it without it,

1547. but in the beginning I'd rather—

1548. - When I got here, I weighed 310,

1549. now I weigh 258.

1550. Stayed here with Jake and Dallie for months,

1551. and now I live two blocks away,

1552. down the street with my son Cody.

1553. And we're gettin' super tight, and our goal was to get

1554. his wrestling career on track,

1555. get to hang out together,

1556. so we're gettin' all those things accomplished.

1557. We train, we're livin' like a couple of pro wrestlers.

1558. I wanna be right where I am.

1559. I feel like I'm right exactly where I'm supposed to be.

1560. But I wanna stay connected to the crib here.

1561. A lot of good things happened here for me

1562. in my life, recently,

1563. and I don't want to stray too far from that support.

1564. I spent too much time looking in the rearview mirror,

1565. and I need, I found that I need to be

1566. focusing on the windshield.

1567. That's why the, you know, rearview's so much smaller.

1568. - Jake was like, "You know,

1569. "it's time for me to move on down the line, too."

1570. And I was like, "I'm not kickin' you out, bro."

1571. (laughs) He's like, "No, I'm not takin' it like that."

1572. He was like, "I think it's time."

1573. And he said, "I'm gonna move in with Kyle,

1574. "and we're still just down the road."

1575. - I met Jake at the gym.

1576. I look over, and there's Jake "The Snake" Roberts".

1577. I told him I was proud of his recovery, and I was a big fan,

1578. and the next thing you know, we became friends.

1579. And he invited me over to Dallas' house,

1580. and I've been around for a while now,

1581. and I've been treated like and feel like I'm part of the team,

1582. I'm part of the family.

1583. Jake was plannin' on movin' out.

1584. The place he was looking to move was like an hour away.

1585. I said, "Jake, why don't you live with me instead?

1586. "You'll be close to the house, we work together almost

1587. on a daily basis anyway, it'd be more convenient.

1588. "And I think it'd be a better situation for you."

1589. And he agreed.

1590. - The first part of the ponytail!

1591. - What're you so upset about, Dylan?

1592. - It's his ponytail!

1593. - You can save it!

1594. - I know!

1595. - Put it in a shadowbox!

1596. - It's what made his career!

1597. - Oh, the hair is what made his career.

1598. - No. The face and the moustache!

1599. - Oh, it was the moustache.

1600. - The face and the moustache.

1601. - Just finishin' up the 90 meetings in the 90 days.

1602. The workouts, I mean, you just killed the last

1603. couple workouts that we've had, and I couldn't,

1604. I couldn't feel any better about you, you know,

1605. makin' that choice to do your thing,

1606. because I think you're there, bro.

1607. - I mean, when you go from doin' drugs and alcohol every day

1608. to zero.

1609. I struggled with it, you know, afraid that...

1610. I could wind up in the same health

1611. as I was before I came.

1612. And I never, ever wanna go back to that.

1613. - Jake and I have talked about what we can do to,

1614. now that he's clean and sober,

1615. and we have a bunch of ideas in the making.

1616. Well, the first thing, if not the main thing,

1617. is to start a live radio show podcast.

1618. - There is somethin' pretty cool goin' on.

1619. Did you know, - What?

1620. - That Jake "The Snake" Roberts is in the new

1621. WWE video game?

1622. - I'm just surprised when I'm not in one.

1623. - I thought he was holdin' out on me,

1624. I was pissed.

1625. - No. - I called Kyle.

1626. I was like, "Jake didn't tell me he was in the video game.

1627. "I am so mad."

1628. - I don't think anyone did anything wrong.

1629. That's what I'm saying, I just wanna be sure.

1630. I'm just tellin' you guys what happened.

1631. Like, we left, we did Snake Radio on Thursday,

1632. 'cause all the weather and all that.

1633. I think we all gotta keep in mind here,

1634. this is the addiction, not Jake.

1635. - Well, I know, but it's—

1636. - It's gonna manifest itself through Jake,

1637. and that's what my therapist tells me.

1638. Hate the addiction, don't hate the person.

1639. 'Cause we all know Jake when he's not an addict.

1640. He's a pretty loving, good guy.

1641. But fuck. This fuckin' sucks.

1642. - The problem is that he's gonna make us feel bad

1643. for questioning him.

1644. And then we just have to be like,

1645. Jake. You know we sh—

1646. Don't make us feel guilty for wanting— - For looking out for you. Right.

1647. - We want to believe you, but we need to be sure,

1648. and we don't trust the addiction.

1649. See, that's gotta be the thing, just like,

1650. If you're not doing anything, then we're happy.

1651. That makes us happy! - Right.

1652. - But we're concerned because you disappear

1653. and you don't respond to us.

1654. - Your kids are worried. Think they want this drama?

1655. This is, this is, this is work.

1656. This is the worst thing that could happen.

1657. - Right.

1658. - 'Cause they're lyin', they're sayin' that she's

1659. a bad influence.

1660. I'm like, "Jake."

1661. - If he disappears and doesn't respond to us,

1662. that's a bad influence.

1663. - Right.

1664. - If she can't see that we're only looking out for him,

1665. that's a bad influence.

1666. - Jake, come on.

1667. - Playin' with my head.

1668. - I understand. - (muffled)

1669. - But I wanna make sure that you're not just trying to

1670. play games and get around— - Games?

1671. - Yes!

1672. Absolutely.

1673. Let's go do the drug test like you said you would.

1674. You said, wasn't it your idea?

1675. - This is my head. I'm having issues. I suspect—

1676. - It's okay.

1677. - No it's not.

1678. It's not you, Steve. It's me.

1679. I told you it's in my head. - I understand.

1680. - I'm not tellin' you to— - I—

1681. No, I'm saying—

1682. - Jake, I'm gonna have to— - Okay, goodbye guys.

1683. - No. You're gonna go? Jake! - Goodbye!

1684. Jake, don't run! Jake!

1685. - Do you understand that it's only because

1686. we care about what you're doing?

1687. Do you understand?

1688. - I'm fuckin' cryin'. I'm goin' crazy.

1689. I don't understand it—

1690. - Jake, remember what we talked about.

1691. This isn't about punishment. I, you...

1692. Jake.

1693. - It is. Now please (muffled).

1694. - No it's not! - (muffled)

1695. - It's not! Listen, listen—

1696. - Don't touch me! - Come on, Jake.

1697. - Don't touch me.

1698. - Jake.

1699. - Like, he was turning everything around on me

1700. like I'm tryin' to do what they did to Beyond the Mat,

1701. in Beyond the Mat, to him. - Mhmm.

1702. - And we were like, "What are you talkin' about?"

1703. Like, we've gotten you all to this point, you know?

1704. - I get it.

1705. - But that's why I want—

1706. I mean, I think we need proof.

1707. - All right.

1708. - An addict picks and chooses.

1709. - It seemed like every time I'd go away,

1710. Jake would fall down.

1711. And it really became a reminder, not just to me,

1712. but to Jake,

1713. that this, having the addiction,

1714. is gonna be a lifelong battle.

1715. - Okay, I wanna start this one

1716. completely differently than we've ever

1717. done anything, talkin' to Jake.

1718. This is probably more serious, but to me,

1719. I want it to be the most laid-back ever, dude.

1720. - This whole group of people that surrounded him

1721. was not about punishing him.

1722. That wasn't our goal.

1723. Our goal was to try to figure out what we could do

1724. to prevent him from relapsing again.

1725. Once I think Jake started to understand that,

1726. he made a lotta progress.

1727. - And maybe it's from not goin' to the meetings and shit,

1728. but I'll be startin' to feel funny, you know.

1729. Been over a year.

1730. - You did reach out to me.

1731. You did reach out.

1732. And I got the text, you said,

1733. "Dude. I'm goin' to see my shrink again."

1734. And I said, "Do you need me?"

1735. I remember that day, when I said,

1736. "Dude, where you at?"

1737. And then I never heard from you again.

1738. - (whispers) I know, I know.

1739. - So I did feel you reach out to me.

1740. - I was so fuckin' miserable.

1741. I was fuckin' goin' crazy inside my head.

1742. I didn't know which way was up, which way was down,

1743. who my friends were, who they weren't,

1744. and I knew better.

1745. - I know we're never gonna take you down that path.

1746. - I know.

1747. - You know what I mean?

1748. So, if you put yourself in that, in that environment,

1749. it's a slippery world.

1750. - I did. I put myself right into it.

1751. I fell right into what she wanted me to fall for.

1752. - Dude, I want, I want to see this all the way through.

1753. I've never quit on anything in my life.

1754. And I don't want to quit on you.

1755. You quit on you, that's a whole different end.

1756. You know, you've done the right direction.

1757. No matter what, you can't take that away,

1758. what you've done, what you've accomplished,

1759. what's happened over this last fuckin' year,

1760. and you can't take that away.

1761. - I always promised myself that

1762. man, when I grow up, and,

1763. I'm gonna love my kids, I'm gonna take care of my wife,

1764. I'm gonna, I'm gonna treat 'em good, man.

1765. And I'll always be there for 'em.

1766. I'll go to every football game. (slaps fist)

1767. I'll go to every baseball game. (slaps fist)

1768. I'll always be there for my daughters.

1769. I'll see 'em get, be queen of homecoming, whatever.

1770. I'm gonna be there for 'em.

1771. And I fucked up.

1772. (whispers) I fucked up.

1773. I wasn't there for anything.

1774. Just like my father.

1775. (exhales) That's ugly.

1776. That's really fuckin' ugly, man.

1777. And I got eight kids, man,

1778. and I never seen shit.

1779. And I hate what I did, but I can't change what I did.

1780. All I can do is change what I'm gonna do tomorrow.

1781. And today.

1782. And what I'm doing today is respecting my family,

1783. myself, and others.

1784. And I'm trying to man up.

1785. - Good. History.

1786. - You know, he didn't say it was gonna be perfect,

1787. and that there weren't gonna be any falls,

1788. and that he wasn't gonna have battles.

1789. He still has a lot of battles, he still has a lot of demons.

1790. But it's the fact that, you know, he's in a stage right now

1791. where he can deal with those.

1792. Before, he didn't know how.

1793. He didn't know who he could call, man.

1794. I mean, a lotta times, he had no one to call.

1795. Because he had done his own thing for so long,

1796. and so many people didn't believe him.

1797. And now with all the accountability people he has in Atlanta,

1798. there's no doubt it all been ordained by God, man,

1799. and honestly to grow the kingdom of it.

1800. I keep tellin' my dad, I mean,

1801. you have a chance to really grow the kingdom.

1802. - To me it's all about puttin' the work in.

1803. And it's not going to happen right away,

1804. so you have to stay focused on what the goal is!

1805. - I need everybody's help, man.

1806. Because I won't reach that goal unless I do it.

1807. And friends, sometimes, allow me to run them over,

1808. or believe them, or bullshit 'em or whatever.

1809. You're not doin' me a favor by lettin' me do it.

1810. - I knew if Jake kept puttin' the work in,

1811. he would start seeing things happen.

1812. Because it's not about how many times you fall down.

1813. It's about how many times you get back up again.

1814. - So this is gonna be a workout with Dustin.

1815. Derek's been over many times to work out,

1816. but Dustin's feeling his oats today,

1817. and for some reason thinks he can hang with the old master.

1818. - Bye bye, Papa Jake.

1819. - Bye bye, Papa Jake. - Bye bye, Papa Jake.

1820. - Daddy, I wanna do a— - Love you.

1821. - Love you.

1822. - You're gonna bust my ass, man.

1823. I love that stuff, man.

1824. I sit and I watch it time and time again.

1825. - They come up with it.

1826. - I know, man.

1827. I must've got somethin' in my eyes, they're watering up.

1828. - Both of them?

1829. - Both my eyes, yeah.

1830. Realizing how much better I feel about myself,

1831. how much better I look,

1832. my attitude,

1833. my zest for life, man.

1834. That's so, I mean...

1835. Before, I didn't give a shit about nothin'.

1836. - And before you know it, things start to happen

1837. and the next thing you know,

1838. Jake, at 58 years young,

1839. is back in the ring.

1840. So he can walk away from the business

1841. on his own terms.

1842. And then, I got the call from Triple H.

1843. The Game.

1844. You know, one of the biggest names in our business

1845. who's also the active Executive Vice President

1846. of WWE Talent.

1847. And he asked me if I wanted to be a part of Old School Raw.

1848. - Old School Raw is when they bring back a bunch of

1849. wrestling legends.

1850. Guys like "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka,

1851. Sergeant Slaughter.

1852. And this year, they invited back Dallas.

1853. It's pretty awesome.

1854. You know, the whole crew came together,

1855. and we all watched it here at the house.

1856. - Booker T! (laughs) What's up, bro?

1857. - (laughs) DDP, what's up baby?

1858. How you been, long time no see!

1859. - Just doin' a little DDP yoga.

1860. - Oh, that's good.

1861. - That's core strength, - That's pretty good.

1862. - and flexibility and (mumbles).

1863. - I bet I could do that, anybody could do that.

1864. Oh! Hoo.

1865. Wait a minute.

1866. - (shouts) Damn!

1867. - It really means a lot to the boys

1868. to feel that they are still a part of the family.

1869. - You know, I was there most of the day

1870. and didn't see Page, and all of a sudden there he is.

1871. A lot of us were wantin' to get out, to get back to the hotel,

1872. and he looks at me, and he says,

1873. "You need to wait to the end."

1874. He said, "It'll be worth it."

1875. And I just didn't get it. (snaps fingers)

1876. - We're all hangin' out and laughin',

1877. then it's the last segment on Raw

1878. where it's The Shield in the ring with CM Punk.

1879. They're in the ring and The Shield's about to do something,

1880. then all of a sudden like, music hits.

1881. And they turn around.

1882. And then in my head, I'm like,

1883. that sounds like Jake's music.

1884. But maybe it's, maybe it's just me thinking that.

1885. - You gotta, you gotta be kiddin' me!

1886. You gotta, look, you're kidding me!

1887. - It's, it's...

1888. Jake "The Snake" Roberts!

1889. - And I was like, "Oh. Jake isn't showing up.

1890. "He's not coming to the house, 'cause he's on Raw."

1891. And I couldn't handle what I was looking at.

1892. I was just so excited, I just get covered in chills.

1893. - What a lot of people don't understand is,

1894. Jake had really been excommunicated,

1895. or sorta like banned

1896. from, you know, everything with the WWE.

1897. So for him to get the call back,

1898. it meant so much to him.

1899. - They came and got me and took me to gorilla position.

1900. That's the first thing, that's for the first time,

1901. in so many years.

1902. And he extended his hand,

1903. and it was an awesome moment.

1904. I'm just shakin' his hand and lookin' him in the eyes.

1905. To hear them say, "It's good to have you home.

1906. "Good to have you back."

1907. As he drew them open.

1908. I went through that curtain, man, hearing that music.

1909. I quit breathing. (huffs)

1910. I shoulda had the pads there to bring me back.

1911. 'Cause my chest just seemed to fill with air,

1912. I thought I was gonna burst.

1913. But the moment that got me the most

1914. is when I put my hands on the ring.

1915. Oh.

1916. It is like (exhales deeply).

1917. - (laughs) Oh no!

1918. - To have CM Punk and the other guys

1919. get out of the way,

1920. and then CM Punk, you know, squatting down into the ropes

1921. to allow me that panoramic, full view,

1922. "It's you Jake" moment.

1923. - When I realized that I had missed it,

1924. I was like just, "Aw!"

1925. I was so mad at myself, 'cause if I'd have known,

1926. if he'd have told me, I would have stayed.

1927. I woulda watched it, you know,

1928. and I'd have been jumpin' up and down

1929. for Jake when he came back in the crew.

1930. - It was so emotional because

1931. felt like I was walkin' down that aisle with him,

1932. which was, was just a crazy feelin' to have.

1933. - The fact that he was on Raw meant so much for that goal.

1934. Especially him wanting to be in the Royal Rumble.

1935. Really phenomenal moment.

1936. A true triumph of the human spirit,

1937. it was just a really cool thing to be a part of.

1938. - (laughs)

1939. You're holdin' me up. (laughs)

1940. - Hello!

1941. Oh!

1942. Congratulations! That was so cool. - How are you?

1943. - There he is!

1944. - Awesome last night, that was so cool.

1945. - Did you talk to Vince much, or no?

1946. - No. Just briefly and it felt really good.

1947. Was very positive.

1948. I mean, this is all I have right now, (laughter in another room)

1949. It was awesome, you know?

1950. How can he not want more?

1951. - That's right! I don't know!

1952. - Shoulder surgery, getting sober,

1953. the ups and downs of getting cleaner.

1954. No.

1955. I never thought it was ever going to happen.

1956. To be here today, honestly, I'm gonna be straight up with ya.

1957. I'm scared to death I'm gonna screw this up. (laughs)

1958. Because I always have.

1959. - If anybody can do it, you can.

1960. Because you're Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

1961. The whole world knows you.

1962. You're a legend.

1963. And I would love to see you walk through that curtain

1964. at Royal Rumble

1965. with your snake around your neck,

1966. kickin' ass, droppin' DDTs like a sunbitch.

1967. We're all pullin' for you. World's pullin' for you.

1968. - (exhales loudly)

1969. - You look horrible.

1970. - I feel horrible, man.

1971. I got a phone call last night.

1972. Number one man, why the fuck'd they call me

1973. and tell me that shit?

1974. When—

1975. - Tell you what?

1976. - We need to...

1977. You know, when I started with you Dallas,

1978. you were pretty confident that if I did the right thing...

1979. that I'd get what I want out of life.

1980. - Mhmm.

1981. - Hunter called me to tell me that

1982. I was not going to be in the Rumble.

1983. - Hmm.

1984. I think it's better of them that they called you now,

1985. than you waitin', waitin', waitin', and waitin'.

1986. Would you— - I mean, that, that was cool.

1987. I thanked them for the Raw thing, man.

1988. I said, "Man, it was so important. Blah blah blah blah blah,"

1989. You know, and—

1990. - Yeah that was huge.

1991. - You know?

1992. But it's like, you know, it's back to that

1993. dangle the fuckin' carrot in your face shit, man.

1994. - Yeah.

1995. - What the fuck, man?

1996. Okay, so last night I went out and ate

1997. fuckin' 19 cakes.

1998. No I didn't.

1999. But, oh, yeah.

2000. Another thing he said was,

2001. "But we will see you at the Hall of Fame.

2002. "You're goin' in."

2003. - Are you serious?

2004. Man, you were fuckin' with me!

2005. Oh, so no shit?

2006. - Yeah man.

2007. - You did, you are a good actor.

2008. - Thank you, thank you very much.

2009. - It just show you, never say never.

2010. If you put the work in, if you keep lookin' towards the goal,

2011. you keep seein' that light no matter how dark it gets,

2012. you keep seein' that little light, and shh!

2013. You strive into the light.

2014. - Oh, this is just, you know, a lotta hard work.

2015. I mean everything I've ever done, you know. (laughs)

2016. Everything I've ever done has all been about...

2017. No one believes that it's gonna happen.

2018. For my wrestling career, DDP Yoga,

2019. to Jake "The Snake" Roberts gonna turn his life around.

2020. And look at Scott.

2021. Fuckin' both of 'em goin' in...

2022. - I see the impact Dallie has on people,

2023. and it's so cool.

2024. A lot of people don't know that me and Dally

2025. are really close friends because

2026. we never really had much of a relationship on TV,

2027. wrestling-wise.

2028. We've always been successful when we put our heads together.

2029. We always have.

2030. You know, and I want to thank you, Dallie,

2031. for reintroducing me to myself,

2032. and restoring hope.

2033. Just go? - Yup.

2034. Hey, yo. Bad guy here.

2035. And if you haven't heard—

2036. Now, am I in the Hall of Fame yet?

2037. - Voiceover] We're not puttin' this on until you—

2038. Until they announce it, so yeah.

2039. - Okay. - They're gonna announce it.

2040. - Okay.

2041. Hey, yo. Say hello to the bad guy.

2042. Joinin' Jake "The Snake" in the Hall of Fame this year,

2043. at Wrestlemania 30 in New Orleans.

2044. - Now, I've always been a huge mark for Jake Roberts.

2045. - And he's one of those legends that unfortunately

2046. didn't get all the titles he probably deserved.

2047. - I like when he does the DDTs, no one can ever kick out!

2048. - Oh, we're in WWE for life. - Yeah.

2049. - When he walked out, in WCW, first time.

2050. - Lighter match with Sean Michaels at Wrestlemania 10.

2051. - Whenever you see these guys down and out,

2052. it's very sad as a fan.

2053. Because we feel like we know them.

2054. Feel like they're part of our lives, and—

2055. - Great to see 'em bounce back and,

2056. I think they have Diamond Dallas Page to thank for that, so.

2057. - That's the way it should be.

2058. It's brotherhood, man.

2059. They live and die in the ring together,

2060. so I mean it's the way it should be.

2061. - (exhales) I think this is it, man.

2062. It's...

2063. been a good day.

2064. Best part about it is my kids, man.

2065. Havin' a few shits n' giggles,

2066. and aggravatin' each other.

2067. And...

2068. just bein' family, man.

2069. It feels really fuckin' good.

2070. - Never underestimate

2071. the power you give someone

2072. by believing in them.

2073. Never underestimate the power you give yourself

2074. by believing in you.

2075. - Phew!

2076. Hard work pays off.

2077. Dreams come true.

2078. Bad times don't last,

2079. but bad guys do.

2080. - Doors have reopened.

2081. They are back in the graces of the company.

2082. But more important,

2083. their lives, their respective lives, are on track.

2084. - Wow. Hall of Fame?

2085. You know, the WWE's not like it used to be.

2086. They're not gonna touch you

2087. unless you have proven that you're straight

2088. and not gonna embarrass them.

2089. - Dreams can come true

2090. as long as you're willing to put the work in.

2091. And trust me when I tell you,

2092. Jake Roberts

2093. has put the work in.

2094. - The fact that he had gotten sober and cleaned himself up,

2095. it was just a matter of time.

2096. Because Jake "The Snake" Roberts is the Hall of Fame.

2097. - 18 months ago, our big pie in the sky fantasy dream

2098. was to somehow, some way,

2099. be on this stage on this very night.

2100. Our next inductee to the Class of 2014.

2101. Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present my mentor,

2102. my friend, my brother, the prodigal son.

2103. The one, the only,

2104. Jake "The Snake" Roberts!

2105. - The one thing that I have found that always wins,

2106. that conquers everything,

2107. is love.

2108. If you just keep loving people through those hard times,

2109. I think that eventually, they get it.

2110. - Starts off as a 300 pound drug addict,

2111. and finishes up 18 months later

2112. as a 245 pound WWE Hall of Famer.

2113. Pretty good story.

2114. - I've always loved

2115. professional wrestling.

2116. I shoulda shared the time more wisely

2117. because I don't regret loving wrestling.

2118. Because there's nothing on this planet like it.

2119. I was given an innate amount of talent by God a long time ago.

2120. You guys got a little of it.

2121. I'm ashamed that I wasted a lot of it.

2122. - Sure makes me feel good that there is people in the world

2123. that know how to get people out of the low slump areas

2124. of their lives, and back up on top.

2125. - But for some reason, one person sticks a hand out.

2126. And that person, for me, was Diamond Dallas Page.

2127. It woke me up.

2128. It woke me up, it told me somebody does care.

2129. I'm so happy

2130. because I've got some special people here

2131. called family.

2132. They gave me a second chance.

2133. And God bless the WWE because they gave me one, too.

2134. Thank you very much.

2135. - It's gettin' that time for,

2136. he's leavin' for Japan pretty soon, eh?

2137. - Yeah, couple days. Long days.

2138. And the dojo.

2139. - Oh my God. That's not the ultimate, you know.

2140. - No, that's not.

2141. - (grunts)

2142. - (laughs) That's good. That's quite something. - Ah.

2143. - Get him, Scott!

2144. - Ah! (laughs)

2145. - Hook him, Jake. Hook him!

2146. - (muffled)

2147. - I just feel a little bit safer in a ring.

2148. You know what I mean?

2149. I never had any problems in here.

2150. But it was when I stepped outside these ropes.

2151. I just got over the whole pride thing,

2152. it's one of the seven deadlies.

2153. I've just started, you know, I'm not afraid to ask for help

2154. or ask somebody—

2155. Like, I don't need people to watch my back,

2156. I need them to watch my front, - Yeah.

2157. - my sides, you know? (laughter)

2158. - Alcoholism has no friends.

2159. It wants to kill you, wants to kill him,

2160. wants to kill anybody it's involved with.

2161. That's what it's all about.

2162. - So the bottom line is, you ain't cured.

2163. - Never be cured.

2164. - But you can fight it.

2165. - But you know what, man?

2166. It's makin' that conscious decision

2167. to keep your eye on the prize, for me.

2168. - Again, it always comes back to the story

2169. we tell ourselves, man.

2170. - It ain't over. - Right.

2171. - You know, it's like, for all of us, you know?

2172. It's a journey we're all on.

2173. - It's what you tell yourself, exactly.

2174. - And it's all, we're all interconnected.

2175. (laughs) And we're gonna be like three grumpy old men.

2176. - Yeah. (laughter)

2177. - Which we're not too far from. (laughs)

2178. - Yeah. - Right.

2179. - So what do you think you learned the most, bro?

2180. - (laughs)

2181. Time's up.

2182. My history will not be my destiny, man.

2183. I feel pretty damn good about that.

2184. - You got that crazy shit outta your head about

2185. doin' the Rumble.

2186. - That's not necessarily crazy.

2187. - (laughs) He just said you're done in the Rumble, dude.

2188. - Oh, you sayin' I'm too old?

2189. - In the ring, he told you you're done!

2190. - Are you tryin' to like, are you callin' me out?

2191. - Come on, bring me somethin', come on!