Jake Roberts

Jake Roberts
Jake Roberts in 2008.
Ring name(s)	Jake Roberts Jake Smith, Jr. El Diablo The Texan
Billed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Billed weight	249 lb (113 kg)
Born	May 30, 1955(1955-05-30) United States Gainesville, Texas
Resides	Oak Ridge, Texas
Billed from	Stone Mountain, Georgia
Debut	May 13, 1975
Retired	January 29, 2011

Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. (born May 30, 1955 in Gainesville, Texas) is a retired American professional wrestler who is best known for wrestling with WWF, WCW and ECW under the ring name, Jake "The Snake" Roberts. He is a second generation wrestler because his father is Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith. He was known for bringing out snakes during his matches, one of his snakes being a Boa constrictor named Damien.

Championships

Roberts held many championships during his professional wrestling career:

• All-Star Wrestling Network (Georgia)
  • AWN World Heavyweight Champion (one time)
• Americas Wrestling Federation
  • AWF Puerto Rican Heavyweight Championship (one time)

• Georgia Championship Wrestling
  • NWA National Television Championship (one time)
  • NWA World Television Championship (Georgia version) (two times)

• Mid-South Wrestling Association
  • Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship (one time)
  • Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (two times)
  • Mid-South Television Championship (one time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year in 1996
  • PWI ranked him #100 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003

• Smoky Mountain Wrestling
  • SMW Heavyweight Championship (one time)

• Stampede Wrestling
  • Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (one time)

• World Class Championship Wrestling
  • NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (one time) with Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez
  • WCCW Television Championship (one time)

Other websites

• Jake Roberts' WWE Alumni profile