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Aurelian Smith Jr.

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Known For

70 Years Old

Aurelian Smith Jr., better known by the ring name Jake "The Snake" Roberts, is an American actor and professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).s a second-generation American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith. He is best known by his ring name of Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and often brought snakes into the ring, including a boa constrictor named Damien and even a de-venomed cobra, named Lucifer. Roberts is best known for his two stints in the World Wrestling Federation—the first between 1986 and 1992, and the second between 1996 and 1997—though he also wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance in 1983, World Championship Wrestling in 1992, and the Mexico-based Asistencia Asesoría y Administración between 1993 and 1994 and again in 1997. He appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling during the summer of 1997, and has made sporadic appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2006 through 2008. Throughout his career he was known for his intense and cerebral promos, his dark charisma, his extensive use of psychology in his matches, and has been credited as inventor of the DDT maneuver. Roberts was also one of the subjects of the 1999 documentary film Beyond the Mat. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Roberts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Gainesville, Texas, USA on 30th May 1955

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All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
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All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
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AEW Dark: Elevation
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All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
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All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
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AEW Dark
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AEW Dark
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Saturday Night's Main Event
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Dark Side of the Ring
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Boy Meets World
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All Elite Wrestling: Collision
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Hey! (EW)
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WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
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Seven Days
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WWE Rivals
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Biography: WWE Legends
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WWE's Greatest Moments
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WWE: Story Time
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Swerved
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WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
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All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
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WWE 24
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The Peanut Butter Falcon
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Out of Exile
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Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
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The Resurrection of Jake The Snake
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You Cannot Kill David Arquette
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WWE WrestleMania VII
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Trancers 4: Jack of Swords
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Biography: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
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The Sheik
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WWE WrestleMania VIII
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WWE WrestleMania III
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AEW Revolution
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WWE WrestleMania IV
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WWE Royal Rumble 1997
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WWE Royal Rumble 1992
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WrestleMania IV
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Beyond the Mat
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WWE Royal Rumble 1989
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WWE WrestleMania VI
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WrestleMania II
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WWE WrestleMania XII
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WWE Rampage '91
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WWE WrestleMania V
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The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
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WWE Survivor Series 1988
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WWE WrestleFest
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WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
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WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
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WWE Survivor Series 1987
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WrestleMania 2
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AEW Revolution
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Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
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WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
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WWE Survivor Series 1990
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WWE SummerSlam 1988
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The Bet
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Toxic Tutu
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WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
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WrestleMania III
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WWE King of the Ring 1996
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WWE: The Ladder Match
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WWE Royal Rumble 1991
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WWE SummerSlam 1990
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Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
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WWE Royal Rumble
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WWE Survivor Series 1996
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AEW Double or Nothing
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ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk
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WWE Survivor Series 1989
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WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
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WWE Survivor Series 1991
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The Realtor
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WWE Royal Rumble 1990
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WWF SuperTape '92
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TNA Bound for Glory 2006
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WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
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It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
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WWE Royal Rumble 1996
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WCW Halloween Havoc '92
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Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
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AEW Fyter Fest
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Biography: “Macho Man” Randy Savage
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WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
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WWE WrestleFest '90
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Biography: Ultimate Warrior
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The History Of WrestleMania
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WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
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Hulkamania 3
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ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Appearance)
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WWE SummerSlam 1996
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WWE Villains of The Squared Circle
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Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
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NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
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AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show
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AEW Fyter Fest
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Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon
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Heroes of Wrestling
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WWF SuperTape
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Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
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WWE Hall Of Fame 2014
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WWE SuperTape vol. 3
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WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
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WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: September '88
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The Undertaker: 15-0
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Life In The Fast Lane
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MSW WrestleFest
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WWE The Big Event
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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The Best of the WWF: volume 8
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ECW November To Remember 1998
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The Old Boys
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
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Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
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2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
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Battle of the WWE Superstars
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NWA Night of Champions
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WWE Invasion '92
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Heroes of World Class
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Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting Image
Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting
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At What Cost? Anatomy of Professional Wrestling Image
At What Cost? Anatomy of Professional Wrestling
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WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So Image
WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So
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WWE This Tuesday In Texas
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PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
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WWE Crunch Classic
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Biography: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts Image
Biography: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
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WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88
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AEW Double or Nothing Image
AEW Double or Nothing
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AEW Double or Nothing Image
AEW Double or Nothing
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WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89
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Parts Unknown Image
Parts Unknown
The Holiness(voice)
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College Fright Night
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86
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WWF Hottest Matches
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89
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WWE World Tour 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Best of the WWF: volume 18 Image
The Best of the WWF: volume 18
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WWF Summer Flashback! Image
WWF Summer Flashback!
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Alastor
The Stranger
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
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The Best of the WWF: volume 19 Image
The Best of the WWF: volume 19
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WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 Image
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
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Credible Image
Credible
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WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
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WCCW Christmas Star Wars '84
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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Canadian Wrestling's Elite: Featuring Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Himself
WWE: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Pick Your Poison Image
WWE: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Pick Your Poison
Himself
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GCW at The Omni (December '83)
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WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
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WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88
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Psychotic State
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Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985
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AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
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Finding Daddy Image
Finding Daddy
Daddy
Heavy Water Image
Heavy Water
Jed
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El Alambrista: La Venganza
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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Little Creeps
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WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '84
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87
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RFVideo Face Off Vol. 6: See, Hear, Speak No Evil
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Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
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WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '84
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Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Pick Your Poison