Jake Roberts has been in pro wrestling for more than 30
years. The son of Grizzly Smith, Roberts is a master of ring psychology
and a down right scary guy.
Roberts time in Stampede was in the 70s, where he
picked up the Heavyweight Belt. After that, he rose to fame and stardom
as a performer in Vince McMahon's WWF. While he never won a title in the
WWF, he was always somewhere in the middle, doing his job and making the
sport look good. Roberts even had a brief run in WCW as an opponent for
Sting.
Roberts has fallen on some bad times as of late.
He is struggling with alcoholism. While aging quickly, Roberts is still
wrestling when he is able.
Vital Statistics:
Real Name: Aurelian Smith Jr.
Height:
Weight:
Hometown: Stone Mountain, Georgia
AKA:
Titles Won:
Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion
2 Time Mid South North American Heavyweight Champion
PWI Rankings:
Best PWI Ranking: 23 (1991)
All-Time PWI Ranking:
Chronology:
1979:
April: Roberts beats Big Daddy Ritter for the Stampede
North American Heavyweight Title.
August: Roberts loses the Stampede Title to Ritter.
1981:
June: Roberts beats The Grappler for the Mid-South
North American Heavyweight Title.
July: Roberts loses the Mid-South title to Paul
Orndorff
1986:
February: Roberts beats Dick Slater for his second
Mid-South Heavyweight Title. He loses the belt back to Slater a week later.
April: Roberts beats George Welles at Wrestlemania
2.
1987:
March: Roberts loses to the Honkytonk Man at Wrestlemania
3.
November: Roberts competes at the Survivor Series.
1988:
March: Roberts wrestles Rick Rude to a 15-minute
draw in the World Title Tournament at Wrestlemania 4.
August: Roberts beats Hercules at Summerslam
November: Roberts competes at the Survivor Series.
1989:
April: Roberts beats Andre the Giant by DQ at Wrestlemania
5.
1990:
April: Roberts loses to Ted DiBiase at Wrestlemania
6.
August: Roberts beats Bad New Brown at Summerslam
November: Roberts competes in Survivor Series.
1991:
March: Roberts beats Rick Martel in a blindfold
match at Wrestlemania 7.
December: Roberts loses to Randy Savage at Tuesday
in Texas.
1992:
April: Roberts loses to the Undertaker at Wrestlemania
8.
September: Roberts teams with Rick Rude, The Super
Invader and Big Van Vader to beat Sting, Nikita Koloff and the Steiner
Brothers at Clash of the Champions XX.
October: Roberts and Sting face each other at Hallowe'en
Havoc in a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal match. Sting then beats Roberts
in a coal-miner's glove match.
1996:
February: Roberts beats Tatanka at In Your House
6.
March: Roberts, Ahmed Johnson and Yokozuna lose
to Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith and Vader at Wrestlemania 12.
April: Roberts and Johnson lose to Owen Hart and
Davey Boy Smith at In Your House 7.
May: Roberts beats Justin Bradshaw at In Your House
8.
June: Roberts advances to the finals at King of
the King, but loses to Steve Austin.
August: Roberts loses to Jerry Lawler at Summerslam.
September: Roberts beats Triple H at In Your House
10.
November: Roberts competes at The Survivor Series.
1997:
January: Roberts competes in the Royal Rumble.
August: Roberts interferes in a match between Tommy
Dreamer and Jerry Lawler at ECW's Hardcore Heaven.
September: Roberts teams with the Headhunters to
lose to Hayabusa, Hakushi and Masato Tanaka at the Wrestlefest supercard.
1998:
November: Roberts and Tommy Dreamer beat Justin
Credible and Jacko Victory at November to Remember.
1999:
October: Roberts and Yokozuna lose to Jim Neidhart
and King Kong Bundy.
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