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Jake Roberts

Jake Roberts appears in four storylines documented on WrestlingFeuds, as a principal in every one, spanning 1988–1992 in WWF.

Feuds and rivalries

Golden Era·WWF·1988

Jake The Snake Roberts vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (Mar 1988 – Nov 1988)

Rick Rude picked a woman from the crowd for his post-match kiss who turned out to be Jake Roberts' real wife, then had her face airbrushed onto his tights. Roberts says he warned Rude not to wear them, and when Rude did anyway, tore them off for real. The two worked the angle across the summer of 1988 on TV and house shows before Roberts ended it with a DDT at Survivor Series.

Jake Roberts · Rick Rude · Cheryl Roberts · Bobby Heenan

Golden Era·WWF·1989–1990

Jake The Snake Roberts vs. The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase (Mar 1989 – Apr 1990)

Ted DiBiase, unable to buy or win the WWF Championship, unveiled his own self-made Million Dollar Championship and spent a year feuding with Jake Roberts, a program built around a kayfabe neck injury that kept Roberts off television during a real criminal case, a belt zipped into a bag with a live python, and Big Boss Man's face turn on refusing to be bought, before DiBiase won the belt back on a count-out at WrestleMania VI.

Jake Roberts · Ted DiBiase

Golden Era·WWF·1990–1991

Rick The Model Martel vs. Jake The Snake Roberts (Oct 1990 – Mar 1991)

Rick Martel blinded Jake Roberts with his Arrogance cologne on live television, setting up a six-month feud that culminated in one of the most polarizing gimmick matches in WrestleMania history: the Blindfold Match at WrestleMania VII.

Jake Roberts · Rick Martel

Golden Era·WWF·1991–1992

Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Jake The Snake Roberts (Aug 1991 – Feb 1992)

Jake Roberts crashed Randy Savage's wedding reception with a cobra in a gift box, had the real thing bite him on live TV, and slapped Miss Elizabeth. The feud drew death threats, upset Elizabeth's real family, and ended before its WrestleMania payoff.

Randy Savage · Jake Roberts · Miss Elizabeth · The Undertaker

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