Jake Roberts interview on IGN

[Guest Leary]

http://sports.ign.com/articles/446/446743p....html?fromint=1

 

Amusing.

[yankovic fan 0]

Can someone post the transcript? I read the first page and after that the thing wouldn't load.

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IGN Sports: How are you doing these days?

 

Jake Roberts: Miserable. Miserable is a good thing, though. If you start the day miserable, nobody else can screw up your day. How are you doing?

 

IGN Sports: I guess a lot better than you. [laughs] Actually, the first wrestling match I ever went to was at the Cow Palace, you wrestled Ricky Steamboat for about 45 minutes in the main event.

 

Jake Roberts: Had a great time doing it. That was the beauty and the joy. So, is your bed wetting thing over with since that match, did you need therapy or what?

 

IGN Sports: I can safely say that I'm a man with dry pants. I didn't even need therapy.

 

Jake Roberts: I guess you saw when I dropped him on his head on Saturday Night's Main Event. You know that almost killed him? It's impossible to do the DDT on the concrete floor, and I told everybody that for two hours. The guy writing the storylines at the time was the same guy who had given Steamboat his big break in the Carolinas, so Steamboat wanted to do it for him. I told him, if I do it, it's going to kill you. He kept telling me that he'd get his hands down in time, but I knew he had no chance. We did it and it took him about two weeks for his eyes to turn black. The swelling was so bad it was like four inches out. It was so cool. [laughs]

IGN Sports: How does it feel that the DDT was your finishing maneuver, but now everyone just does it as a regular move?

 

Jake Roberts: It just goes to show you what idiots they are. I look at it like this: Every time they do it, it strikes a memory in someone's mind that Jake invented the move, and every time they do it and they don't do it as a finisher, it just shows them that Jake is so much better. When I did the move, they didn't get their asses up. What's really sad is that 99.9% don't even do the move close to right, don't care to do it right, and don't want to learn to do it right. The two people who do the move the best are Chyna and Jazz. That's two women, so that just shows you what the rest of them are. Oh, did I say that? I think it's great, it's funnier than hell.

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IGN Sports: How did you come up with the move in the first place?

 

 

Jake Roberts: It's really kind of embarrassing, actually. I used to use a knee lift as my finisher years and years ago. There is this great, great wrestler who never really got an opportunity to be a star named Len Denton, he was a masked guy called The Grappler. He was one of my favorite guys to ever wrestle, and it was just a tremendous plessure to step in the ring with him. Anyway, we would fight and struggle for 45 minutes because Bill Watts and Junkyard Dog would wrestle the Freebirds in the main event and that would only last about two minutes, so we had to put the time in on the card. We didn't make the money, but we made the time. When we wrestled, we would fight into the corner, then I would hit him back into the middle of the ring, then he would hit me harder and harder back into the corner. Finally, about the third time I would grab him, give him the knee lift and cover him. Well, one night he went to push me back in the corner while I had him in a front face lock, but he stepped on my foot and I fell backwards. You know what, when you screw up in the ring, it's so embarrassing. But the fans don't know you screwed up unless you act like you just made a mistake. I stood up on my feet and looked down and The Grappler was knocked out cold. The people just gasped. Sometimes you think that when people are screaming, that's when they are the most excited, but that's not true. When people are silent, that's when you achieved the ultimate. That's how the DDT got started. I appreciate The Grappler very much. He's one of the greatest talents to never get discovered.

 

IGN Sports: How does the wrestling politics work where one guy is picked to make it, while other guys never get their shot?

 

Jake Roberts: It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best. Jake The Snake had a horrible time playing politics. I never had a belt, didn't need one. They tried to put me against Hogan twice, but when the people chanted for me, when they chanted for the DDT, that was the end of that. They couldn't ruin their marketing. We shot the angle in Phoenix where I DDT'd Hogan, but they only showed it in two markets. Unfortunately it's because the man who is in power points the finger and says "You're it." With television, he has the opportunity to turn chicken sh!t into chicken soup. It isn't talent that matters, it's TV time. If I had three minutes TV time for 60 days, I could make a million bucks selling dog sh!t. This is some good stuff, best stuff you've ever had, the best sh!t from the best dogs around. Order this before midnight tonight. They sold Pet Rocks didn't they? If you could make The Ultimate Warrior as great as they did, there's your proof.

 

IGN Sports: Actually, The Ultimate Warrior is on the cover of the new Legends of Wrestling: Showdown game that you're going to be in.

 

Jake Roberts: Oh well, there are bad choice made every day. That doesn't make him great, that doesn't make him the best. I can prove that any time. That will be the greatest thing, the biggest thrill in my life if some kid gets so good at the game that they can actually beat me with The Ultimate Warrior in that game. That would be the most impossible thing, other than having me walk without pain. Those are the two things my character can do that I can't. But if some kid is so good, he'll have to be a brain surgeon or get a cheat sheet or something. Jake Roberts didn't go out there and play games, I played mind games. I didn't need to dive off ladders through tables. It doesn't take a great wrestler to jump off of a cage and crash through three tables, it takes a damn idiot. Today it's kind of funny how the fans applaud people for doing all of these sick, foolish things. In the street, they'd lock you in a padded room and call you a suicidal maniac. That's not a great wrestler. To me that's like using a Lex Luger move where you kill something…whether that's a clothesline or a lady. Sorry, didn't mean that, but I did too. At least I'm an honest prick. Jon, you don't know me, do you? Well, merry syphilis, happy gonorrhea. Get Bobby Heenan to talk about me, he knows me. I once watched Bobby Heenan get bitch slapped by Randy Savage for taking a piss outside the car, man, I've been there with all of them.

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IGN Sports: How much crazy stuff like that happens on the road?

 

 

Jake Roberts: Every moment is an experience. You don't put 20-30 men in a building, in dressing rooms, where it doesn't matter how great you are, what matters is who has their nose the furthest up Vince's ass. That's what made me so sick about that kiss my ass thing they did. It was the damn truth. The biggest thing that has happened, besides this video game, of course, is when the World Wildlife Fund made Vince change the name to WWE. Worst Wrestling Ever. At least now they're telling the truth. Forget that, though, let's talk about this game. It blows me away that Dory Funk Jr. is in the game. He used to be my tag team partner. How many people know that? I try to forget it. Ricky Steamboat to me was probably the greatest man I ever met in this business, besides Andre The Giant, but Steamboat was much more of a gentleman than Andre. Andre was very callous, very brutal at times. There's nobody at this game that can beat me.

 

IGN Sports: The game has a tutorial by Bret Hart so that I can create a character and learn to beat you.

 

Jake Roberts: Ooh, a tutorial by Bret Hart. That's lovely. I used to be his roommate. What a sick world.

 

IGN Sports: Say I'm playing as Bret, what maneuver can he teach me that would help me beat you?

 

Jake Roberts: Well, what he would really tell you, if he was honest, if it wasn't for all of these buttons and the one-button finisher they got in here and all of the gimmick matches, they have tables, ladders, cage matches, but you know what, Bret would just turn off the video game system and lie. That's what he would tell you. Lie. We were roommates for a while. I tore my knee up and my knee was packed in ice when we were living together in Calgary. At the time I was using a finisher called the sleeper, and Bret and I were studying wrestling tapes together when Stu Hart comes in and tells me he knows nine different ways to place someone in a sleeper. I told him to shut up with that bullsh!t. I told him that if my leg wasn't messed up, I'd stand up and show him something. I told him there was only one way to do the sleeper, and that was the way I did it. That just turned him psycho and he reached over and grabbed Bret and put him out. Then he proceeded to show me four more sleepers until the blood was pouring out of Bret's nose, ears, and corners of his eyes. I finally had to sucker Stu away from him before he killed the poor kid. So ask Bret what would happen if we got in the ring. He knows.

 

IGN Sports: Is it true that you never actually trained to be a wrestler?

 

Jake Roberts: It's true. I did it the stupid way, through trial and error. I never even wanted to be a wrestler, to tell you the truth. My father was a very large man, seven feet tall, four hundred pounds, and he wrestled. I was always scared to death I was going to lose my father, I was never around him anyway. I saw him twice a year for fifteen minutes, but it didn't matter, every child still wants that father. A child's hope is that your father comes riding in on that white stallion and saves them. You can't make somebody love you the way you want them to love you, it's not a Leave it to Beaver type world. This isn't television. Life's a lot more cruel than that. I went to visit my father to tell him that I was going to go to college and become an architect…that was my dream. I was like, yeah I graduated from school, but it's not like you showed up for that. But all he was worried about is whether or not I wanted money from him.

 

A few nights later, between the alcohol, the ignorance, and the youth, I was at a wrestling show watching him wrestle and decided in my idiot of a brain, mixed with a little beer, that if I was to ever get my father to love me, I would have to go in there and challenge one of those wrestlers. If I was able to beat one of them up, my father would have to love me. Well, it didn't happen quite that way. I was pretty much humiliated, went back to the locker room and proceeded to piss myself, puke, and everything else. The wrestler I challenged knew who I was, but he didn't cripple me, so I'm lucky for that. He damn sure did humiliate me for fifteen minutes, stretched me every which way. I was an 18 year-old stupid kid thinking how great and beautiful I was, and he really put a number on me. I walked back to the locker room and my dad said: "You're gutless, I'm ashamed of you, and you'll never amount to anything." That's when I gave up my dream of being an architect and chased my father's dream. I'm still chasing it because I'll never hear him say the words I want to hear. But I love going out there and giving people a ride. It's the only time my body doesn't hurt. I just hope my body doesn't hurt when I'm playing this game. If it does, I'm going to sue Acclaim. I'm really looking forward to this game because it will give kids a chance to emulate a guy they really shouldn't try to copy. Jake Roberts has a hard enough time being Jake Roberts. The truth is a brutal thing, I just hope that the kids take the time to learn about each of the wrestlers in the game, and if the kids can learn from our mistakes, that would make me a happy man.

[yankovic fan 0]

As I'm reading this, the Denver Broncos highlights are on and I kept hearing "Jake 'The Snake' Plummer."

 

 

As far as the interview, page one was a good read, and it went down hill from there.

 

I feel bad for Jake.

 

I knew all the stuff about his paternal issues and it still disturbs me.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Jake is a dick. He gets everything that he deserves. What a bitter jackass.

[Guest Douche]

Jake is a dick. He gets everything that he deserves. What a bitter jackass.

Yet you mark for Dynamite Kid....

 

Isn't it ironic?

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Jake is a dick.  He gets everything that he deserves.  What a bitter jackass.

Yet you mark for Dynamite Kid....

 

Isn't it ironic?

and?

[Guest Douche]

Obviously you're not getting it so I'll leave you be.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

nice explanation.......

[OldSchoolWrestling 0]

Someone should hire him to be a commentator.

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nice explanation.......

Dynamite is the head of the "Bitter Jackasses" club.

[Guest Douche]

nice explanation.......

Dynamite is the head of the "Bitter Jackasses" club.

Thanks.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

nice explanation.......

Dynamite is the head of the "Bitter Jackasses" club.

I can't believe Dynamite1980 needed that spelled out for him. Jake isn't bitter necessarily, he's just really angry because of all fo the dope he has been doing. He has the mentality of a junkie. Dynamite was just down on EVERYONE who succeeded more than he. Why did he need to piss on Bret Hart? It didn't make sense. Plus the calous bastard didn't even give a shit when DBS died....which was kinda sad and showed what kind of person he is.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

I can't believe Dynamite1980 needed that spelled out for him.  Jake isn't bitter necessarily, he's just really angry because of all fo the dope he has been doing.  He has the mentality of a junkie.  Dynamite was just down on EVERYONE who succeeded more than he.  Why did he need to piss on Bret Hart? It didn't make sense.  Plus the calous bastard didn't even give a shit when DBS died....which was kinda sad and showed what kind of person he is.

See I think the thing that people don't understand is that I mark for Dynamite in the ring and in the ring only. I never go around starting threads or telling anyone that will listen that Dynamite Kid is some fucking great humanitarian. Hell I never knew the guy to make a judgement like that. Jake ALWAYS comes off as bitter and I was NEVER a fan of his in ring work. His psych was always great but that's it as far as I'm concerned. People around here just kind of assume that I love DK personally, which isn't the case. I agree that his pissing on Bret was totally unnecessary, and I honestly don't know what he thought of DBS passing. So that I cannot comment on.

[Guest Douche]

You're saying however that Jake deserves everything he gets for being a bitter jackass. That must mean that you love DK being a cripple and a half.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

You're saying however that Jake deserves everything he gets for being a bitter jackass. That must mean that you love DK being a cripple and a half.

No, because DK isn't crippled from drugs. He's crippled from having some of the greatest matches in the history of this sport. That's more than Jake can say.......

[Guest Jimbo]

where'd he piss on Bret, specifically? His book? I'd like to read all that...

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

where'd he piss on Bret, specifically? His book? I'd like to read all that...

Yea. He pretty much insinuatesthat Bret is a no talent that got his break by being associated with Dynamite. And Stu forced New Japan to take Bret if they wanted to Dynamite.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

where'd he piss on Bret, specifically? His book? I'd like to read all that...

Yea. He pretty much insinuatesthat Bret is a no talent that got his break by being associated with Dynamite. And Stu forced New Japan to take Bret if they wanted to Dynamite.

I honestly wonder how much of this IS really true though.

[Guest Douche]

Billington doesn't sugar-coat anything, openly talking about his abuse of steroids and drugs. As a small, diminutive man in a big man's business, Billington injected himself almost on a daily basis with steroids to gain much needed bulk. Living in the fast lane, he talks about spending money faster than he made it on drugs, alcohol and other distractions necessary to cope with the rigors of travelling on the road.

Credit: Slam Wrestling

 

No, because DK isn't crippled from drugs. He's crippled from having some of the greatest matches in the history of this sport. That's more than Jake can say.......

Jake can atleast say he still has his mobility. Even if you ignore the above which I posted, how does Dynamite get that wrecked ONLY from high flying offense? Randy Savage used to land on his knees in all of his matches and his knees are mush and he can still walk around. Hogan used to fall on his ass for so many years and you don't see him paralyzed. Kenta Kobashi has landed on his knees and been dropped on his head numerous, uncountable times and the guy is STILL wrestling.

 

Yeah DK's in a wheelchair because of how great of a worker he was. I guess you could say the same about Superstar Graham.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Billington doesn't sugar-coat anything, openly talking about his abuse of steroids and drugs. As a small, diminutive man in a big man's business, Billington injected himself almost on a daily basis with steroids to gain much needed bulk. Living in the fast lane, he talks about spending money faster than he made it on drugs, alcohol and other distractions necessary to cope with the rigors of travelling on the road.

Credit: Slam Wrestling

 

No, because DK isn't crippled from drugs. He's crippled from having some of the greatest matches in the history of this sport. That's more than Jake can say.......

Jake can atleast say he still has his mobility. Even if you ignore the above which I posted, how does Dynamite get that wrecked ONLY from high flying offense? Randy Savage used to land on his knees in all of his matches and his knees are mush and he can still walk around. Hogan used to fall on his ass for so many years and you don't see him paralyzed. Kenta Kobashi has landed on his knees and been dropped on his head numerous, uncountable times and the guy is STILL wrestling.

 

Yeah DK's in a wheelchair because of how great of a worker he was. I guess you could say the same about Superstar Graham.

First off, if you wanna have a decent discussion then fine. But if your gonna try and be a know it all smartass, then fuck it. Comparing Hogan to DK is laughable at best, but the fact is your serious. I don't have to ignor what you wrote, I have Billington's book and I already knew that. I didn't have to go to Slam wrestling to find a quote. Everybody is different as well. Not everybody that wrestles a high risk offense is gonna be crippled. Also for most of Randy Savage's career he fought in 8 to 10 minute WWF matches which don't even compare to the hard hitting longer style matches that DK worked in Japan. I will give credit where it's due, Kobashi is one of the toughest people ever in this sport. Plus, let's see how Kobashi is years after he retires. I really have to question most of your credibility on this subject because of the workers you are comparing him too, as NONE of them even worked the same style. So next time think a little bit harder.......

 

Yeah DK's in a wheelchair because of how great of a worker he was. I guess you could say the same about Superstar Graham.

 

Oh, and Graham isn't in a wheelchair, but according to you he should be because of all his drug use? Correct?

[Guest Douche]

First off, if you wanna have a decent discussion then fine.  But if your gonna try and be a know it all smartass, then fuck it.

So decent discussions involve you insulting another wrestler who has the same habit as your favorite? Decent discussions can't involve people presenting actual facts instead of opinions? Why is it then that in college papers, teachers encourage you to quote those whose works or life you're talking about? I'm not being a smartass I'm just presenting some facts.

 

Comparing Hogan to DK is laughable at best, but the fact is your serious.

Yeah because Hogan has way more money and the ability to walk still.

 

I don't have to ignor what you wrote, I have Billington's book and I already knew that

Then why is that you say Jake should be damned for doing drug use yet DK shouldn't and then you say DK is fucked not because of drug use?

 

Everybody is different as well.  Not everybody that wrestles a high risk offense is gonna be crippled.

That's true but why would Dynamite Kid's body be in disrepair ONLY from that? I don't know of many wrestlers that are as messed up as DK ONLY from that kind of style. I know Red got injured but he isn't messed up for life.

 

Also for most of Randy Savage's career he fought in 8 to 10 minute WWF matches which don't even compare to the hard hitting longer style matches that DK worked in Japan.

Savage didn't work during the time of crash TV. By the time he did his knees were messed up and guess what? He STILL kept going.

 

I really have to question most of your credibility on this subject because of the workers you are comparing him too, as NONE of them even worked the same style.

YET you say that you give credit where it's due and say Kobashi HAS worked the same style.

 

Good job on being a smartass like you said you hated since that supposedly was what I was dating by using that stupid emoticon.

 

Oh, and Graham isn't in a wheelchair, but according to you he should be because of all his drug use?  Correct?

I know he isn't in a wheelchair nor did I imply he should be. I said that you might be able to make a case out of Graham being a mess because of his career and no "extracurricular" activities.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

So decent discussions involve you insulting another wrestler who has the same habit as your favorite? Decent discussions can't involve people presenting actual facts instead of opinions? Why is it then that in college papers, teachers encourage you to quote those whose works or life you're talking about? I'm not being a smartass I'm just presenting some facts.

 

First off copying and pasting something written on SLAM wrestling isn't fact. Also what you copied and pasted was just a description of what Dynamite talks about in the book. How are these facts? There are no specific incidents, or dates, it's just an introduction.

 

Yeah because Hogan has way more money and the ability to walk still.

 

That wasn't the point I was making. I was talking about workrate. I also got news for you, lets see Hogan in a few years and how well he walks.

 

Then why is that you say Jake should be damned for doing drug use yet DK shouldn't and then you say DK is fucked not because of drug use?

 

I never said that Jake is damned for doing drugs. I was referring to the fact that if Jake continues to use drugs and doesn't care, that he deserves what is coming to him. Also let me make it clear that DK is definately clean nowadays and that is no longer a problem from what I understand. Also if DK was still a drug user, he also would deserve everything that would bring to him.

 

That's true but why would Dynamite Kid's body be in disrepair ONLY from that? I don't know of many wrestlers that are as messed up as DK ONLY from that kind of style. I know Red got injured but he isn't messed up for life.

 

I never said it was ONLY because of his working style, but it is the main difference. How many hardcore steriod users worked DK's style? NONE, if any, and that is the point I am trying to make. Plus don't compare DK to Red as red is just a total clusterfuck in the ring comapred to DK, and let's see Red wrestle for as long as DK did and continue to wrestle his style. I assure you he will be crippled without steroids.

 

 

Savage didn't work during the time of crash TV. By the time he did his knees were messed up and guess what? He STILL kept going

 

I know Savage didn't, as I was referring to his 80's WWF work. The matches hardly reached the 10 minute mark, hell him an Steamboat from WM III was only 13 minutes. Also, after his knees were bad, his career declined and also he toned it down in the ring.

 

YET you say that you give credit where it's due and say Kobashi HAS worked the same style.

 

Good job on being a smartass like you said you hated since that supposedly was what I was dating by using that stupid emoticon.

 

I NEVER said that they worked the same style. Kobashi has always been a Heavyweight and DK is a junior, there is a HUGE difference. Also, I don't even know what to make of that second sentence as it just made no sense to me(not trying to be a smartass).

 

know he isn't in a wheelchair nor did I imply he should be. I said that you might be able to make a case out of Graham being a mess because of his career and no "extracurricular" activities

 

I didn't get that, as I was under the understanding that you were saying how great of a worker Graham was. He was the drizzling shits, if you didn't know.

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You're saying however that Jake deserves everything he gets for being a bitter jackass. That must mean that you love DK being a cripple and a half.

No, because DK isn't crippled from drugs. He's crippled from having some of the greatest matches in the history of this sport. That's more than Jake can say.......

Did you even read his book? He's crippled from doping up with painkillers so constantly he had no idea he was doing permanent damage to his back, and from roiding up so constantly he damaged the nerves throughout his body, including the legs he can no longer use. Foley did the same nutty shit, and he isn't crippled.

 

Maybe you should know what you are talking about before you make statements that make you look like a dumbass.

 

And Jake isn't crippled, and if you're insults about his drug use are referrig to him smoking crack in "Beyond The Mat", I once again refer you to Dynamite's book where he talks about smoking crack with JYD and Bret Hart.

 

People in glass houses, etc. etc.

[Guest The Midnight Rocking Warrior]

There is no debating that Dynamite was the better worker ( The fact that he's in the Won hall of fame and Jake isn't is because of Jake's demons, though) Yet Jake is without a doubt the better man when it comes to interviews. I think that the kid is just as much if not more of a bitter prick as Jake. But maybe I'm biased because Jake is one of my main inspirations.

 

( Jake Roberts 1992 Rspw best heel)

 

( Dynamite kid 1985 Won tag team of the year award winner)

[Guest wildpegasus]

A lot to comment on here:

 

WP -- DK's drug taking did help put him into a wheelchair. I don't think there's any denying that.

 

 

WP - I read DK's book and he really doesn't diss Bret's work at all. In fact, he puts him over as one of his most prefered wrestlers ever to work him. He compliments his work with the original Hart Foundation and even mentioned Bret was doing moves the Stampede crowd had never seen before. The only "diss" that Dyno gave him for his wrestling was that he was green when he started.

 

 

 

Quotes NeverendingStory :

 

Jake can atleast say he still has his mobility. Even if you ignore the above which I posted, how does Dynamite get that wrecked ONLY from high flying offense? Randy Savage used to land on his knees in all of his matches and his knees are mush and he can still walk around. Hogan used to fall on his ass for so many years and you don't see him paralyzed. Kenta Kobashi has landed on his knees and been dropped on his head numerous, uncountable times and the guy is STILL wrestling.

 

Yeah DK's in a wheelchair because of how great of a worker he was. I guess you could say the same about Superstar Graham.

 

Quote Dynamite 1980 :

 

First off, if you wanna have a decent discussion then fine. But if your gonna try and be a know it all smartass, then fuck it. Comparing Hogan to DK is laughable at best, but the fact is your serious. I don't have to ignor what you wrote, I have Billington's book and I already knew that. I didn't have to go to Slam wrestling to find a quote. Everybody is different as well. Not everybody that wrestles a high risk offense is gonna be crippled. Also for most of Randy Savage's career he fought in 8 to 10 minute WWF matches which don't even compare to the hard hitting longer style matches that DK worked in Japan. I will give credit where it's due, Kobashi is one of the toughest people ever in this sport. Plus, let's see how Kobashi is years after he retires. I really have to question most of your credibility on this subject because of the workers you are comparing him too, as NONE of them even worked the same style. So next time think a little bit harder.......

 

 

WP -- Just some comments here -- Kobashi may be the toughest and luckiest wrestler of all time but if he was wrestling in the 1980s and did the same exact thing he wouldn't have lasted as long as he has. No way. Surgeries have improved in this day and age. Kobashi is also trained more to take punishment than most other wrestlers. There's not too many people that wouldn't be in a wheelchair if they were in Kobashi's shoes. And in case anyone doesn't know, Kobashi is literally held together by duct tape. Check out Kobashi's complete injury list after the 2000 match against Akyima. Completely sureal.

 

WP -- You will be crippled eventually if you do work a hard enough style. DK was destined to be in a wheelchair even if he didn't take any drugs. He was threading through uncharted territories in the late 70s and early 80s with his high risk style. The guy was absolutely insane in his bump taking. People talk about how hard the WWE schedule is right now but look at what DK went through in the Stampede terratory. Many, many 60 minute draws and wrestling every day of the week in an organization that was well known for its stiffness. If you've seen any of his work in Stampede, you know he was an incredible bump taker. He'd take hits on his head, fly into the turnbuckles or ropes, come off the top of a steel cage or even miss headbutts from the top rope to the outside of the ring on concrete! Quite frankly, I don't know how he survived as long as he did. Remember, initially he was actually in a wheelchair at the age of 27? The guy's even 2 years younger than Bret if memory serves me right!

Edited December 24, 2003 by wildpegasus

[Guest bort]

I think DK is crippled because of his drug use and his in ring style. Back in the day in the WWF they worked crazy tours, DK wrestled that crazy style faster and harder than anybody.....he also had to do the most roids and pain killers. Over time this takes a huge toll and the body and is what lead to DK's current state

 

In Dk's book he comes off bitter about some things, like brets skill and how tough he was. I wouldnt be surprised if bret got into new japan because of DK and if stu was getting paid because he was losing his biggest draw. I dont think DK get critizied like Jake does for his drug use becuase by all accounts DK stop living that lifestyle while today jake is still doin it..

 

 

I think DK has a right to be bitter, I mean he ended up in a wheelchair while so many others have made it out of the bussiness much easyer

[Guest Douche]

I think DK has a right to be bitter, I mean he ended up in a wheelchair while so many others have made it out of the bussiness much easyer

But why does that give him a right to be bitter? He was the one who worked that style because he wanted to. Others got by on doing a simple leg drop or a sleeper hold. He was the one who fucked up his own body by doing all that and doing drugs.

 

The only person who I feel has a right to be bitter is Bret for being screwed by the guy he gave his career too, having his brother die because of a stunt that same guy wanted him to do, getting a severe concussion and still being asked to work which has now affected his life, having his brother-in-law die, having his parents die, etc.

 

Boohoo for DK. He fucked up his own body and now he doesn't have money like the other guys.