Jake Roberts Vs Tatanka (1996 Free for All)

[KittColby]

Even being out of shape, Jake Roberts was one of my top five stars on the WWF roster at this time.

[SincereAgape]

Tatanka looks like he gained a lot of weight since joining the million dollar corp aka turned heel

[SpocksEvilKlone]

Even when I was younger I could never get over just how fat Tatanka was. Jake Roberts for WWE Hall of Fame 2012!

[officialvangcreative]

he would be such a wonderful booker... why, oh why, doesn't tan or wwe give him that fucking job already? hasn't he earned it by now? jesus h christ, vince...

[MattInTheHat]

Tatanka has man tits.

[WWEChampion16]

8:44 LOL! King screams like a girl

[QuentinDude]

its amazing that tatanka had a long undefeated streak in wwf when he first came in that lasted like a year it seemed and then by the end of his run he had become a big time jobber

[filthiestfish]

I believe this may have been Tatanka's last televised match in WWF until his return a decade later

[ionpe1]

great matches

[highwaymantokyo]

looks like tatanka just finished a bulking up cycle and is still carrying a lot of water retention and therefore looks bloated. Jake on the other hand, well obviously they told him to keep the shirt on for obvious reasons.

[bonesaw08]

jake looks like a bloated drunk here.....oh wait

[hubertgreen]

Jake Roberts = Much better as a heel.

Tatanka = Much better as face

Jake looks pretty old here, and its just 5 years from 1991 when he was great.

Tatankas looks a bit fat, look at his cheast when he stands at the side. I liked them both, but here Tatanka looks a bit like toukozunas younger cousin.

Jake Roberts as a heel is one of my favorit wrestlers of all time. But maybe nice for him to end his wwe career as a face....

[johnissoevil]

@hubertgreen Jake didn't play the face too well here, I can agree. But during his face run from 1987 to 1991, he played a great one.

[downtownchicagobarbi]

@hubertgreen so true and freaking too funny

[sakonhagakure]

I think Tatanka watched and disliked this video.

[MsDrdeath2010]

this is real wrestling

i miss these days

[ToonandBBfan]

Jake Roberts sucked as a "face".

He was much better as a "heel" like he was in 1991

[MsDrdeath2010]

i love this man jake roberts

i miss old wwe

is the best for ever

[MickieJamesismyslave]

I never knew these two faced off!!! Two of my favorites!

[toad14444]

jake made this ppv what it was he went the distance and put austin over

[ecrtr3004]

Was this after Stone Cold won King of the Ring?

[MCWAY1]

@ecrtr3004 Nope! This was in February. The King of the Ring was in June.

[Mindslash47]

Whoever did that Indian call around 7:29 through 7:31 did it pretty well! :)

[mooky9669]

wow 10 free hours of AOL!!! Woohoo!!! Aaaah...thw good ol' days of dial up internet!

[cub35guy]

Wow, the snake across Tatanka's barrel chest. and the native american's trunks exposed with the leather flap over his belly. Wow. TOO HOT . more of tatanka getting abused!

[K0MP0NIST]

I can't believe the crowd appreciated DDT so much! It is Jake the Snake, no doubt!

[owaisinus]

jake was known more for the snake he used to bring in the ring rather than his wrestling skills... he didn't have any unique finishing move... I mean ddt is something which is used by everyone... I think his move should have been named the snake charmer or something...

[terryfink]

you are either a troll or you know nothing..

Jake CREATED the DDT...He also told a guy called steve austin to do the stunner..

Jake is an embarresment now but he is still very clever from a wrestling standpoint

[hoghash78]

Don´t say embarresment.

He is the nucleus of himself.

teehee teehee

[sanussi416]

I don't think we should be so hard on Jake. The man led a very difficult life, and he is also upfront. He's never made excuses for all of his problems. As he said, he should be judged by his successes; not by his problems. The fact is that he's still alive. The same cannot be said of so many other of his contemporaries, like Rick Rude, the Boss man and Hercules.

[kadel300]

@owaisinus its something that is used by everyone NOW, but at the time it was HIS! Dino Bravo used the side suplex as his finisher back in the early 80's. That's used by everyone too. Some classic moves just get adopted into everyday wrestling. it happens. pop quiz "genius": what's DDT stand for?

[fukkface03]

the end

[terryfink]

Stands for 'the End' in his words..

it isnt damiens dinner time lol

[stubby42642]

@kadel300 DDT is old school rat poison

[jobber25v]

good days of wwf jake was good

[mongoose100989]

tatanka broke kayfabe.

[hoghash78]

What do you mean he broke kayfabe.

Thanks.

[TurgeonFan77132]

@mongoose100989- During what part of the match?

[Fanik8]

1995-1996 were the 2 worse years in wwe. I call it the Mullett Era.

[driller007]

ddt was bad, i mean he just walks away and walks around back into him. could have been bette.r big pop for jake

[driller007]

thought tatanka was well out of the corporation by 96

[Gaostriker]

how did tatanka turned heel?

[toosweetplay]

ted dibase wanted to bring lex luger into the million dollar team and tatanka said he sol out to dibase but turn out tatanka did in a match.

[showstopper316]

joined the million dollar corporation at summerslam 94. the storyline was that ted dibiase convinvced lex luger to join the million $ corporation and tatanka believed that luger really did join.

[xDurandalx]

Ted's cat like reflexes saved him.

[Captain7Nemo]

i miss jack robers :(

[Fanik8]

you mean Jack Robertson

[WesternWorf]

@Captain7Nemo you could at least spell his name right dumbass.

[SeanOBriain]

@Captain7Nemo Who the fuck is Jack Robers?

[Bikage21]

@Captain7Nemo I'd JAKE Roberts

[cornbreadthedog]

i'm so glad to see jake back in the wwf at this poin in time. but, why would vince hire jake back when jake's so overweight and hiding his body with a baggy green t-shirt? why not let jake get back in shape and then give him tv time?..oh, wait! i forgot..it's vince mcmahon..never mind..

[originaldeadman1190]

whatever happened to the in your house PPV's? Remember they gave away a house at the 1st one?

[Blackjesus3]

they stopped the iny ppvs in like 98 idk why n it wudnt be the same noe with wwes boring roster

[keepthebeat929]

DiBiase's character translated so well from wrestling to managing.

I miss Jake the Snake.

[astrotex]

why doesn't vince ever mention the history of wrestling when commentating back in the mid 90s? didn't mention that snake faced dibease at wm6, and at 2:20 when jake crossed his heart, vince just chuckles a little when he says 'trust me'.

[domirules28]

just like jake used to following his interviews...though i woudl disagree with vince about roberts being a long time favourite...the cobra attack on randy savage was the pure evil that every heel character should try to emulate...

[pricean]

They did Criss Crossing on the ropes!

Havent seen that other than Warrior vs Hogan

[russelltrigger]

This is sad seeing this i mean the decline of Jake the way he put on the weight and slowed him down,

Sad

[BobbyHill27]

You could also tell that Tatanka was being extra careful not to hurt him

[brand88]

lol @ 1:30 jerry's little scream

[KyleEdwardFait]

I remember watching this match, I was more excited for this match then the PPV.

[hank7216]

Couldnt wait to see the DDT

[natureboy84]

when the hell was Tatanka ever with the Million Dollar Man? lol I don't remember any of this.

[masscommlarry]

He tricked Lex Luger and the fans in the events leading to Summerslam 95 (Undertaker vs. Undertaker) There was a long storyline saying that Lex sold out his fans and sided with Dibiase. Long story short, at summerslam tatanka and luger fought, and tatanka revealed that he was the one who sided with the million dollar man. He became heel that night.

[Dan97LHS]

I thought that was at SummerSlam 1994.

[paulwall1981]

Yeah it hapend in the mid 1990's. After he lost he unbeating straek, he then turnned heel and joinned the Million Dollar man's group of fighters. I hope this sort of answers your question.

[JMaxwell85]

Seems hard not to remember, considering he had his run with DiBiase for like a year and a half.

[LFirstbasema]

Jerry is screaming like a girl really being horrified!

8:46

[Eceoes]

Hmmm the greatest wrestler of all time against the worst wrestler of all time.

I remember when I was a kid how much I liked Jake the Snake.

[OwenStillLives]

no, this is jake roberts vs tatanka not bret hart vs shawn michaels you idiot.

[domirules28]

wow i never knew jake the snake roberts wrestled again after the undertaker buried him at wrestlemania viii...

[Progfan1978]

Was Jake told to wear that shirt, to hide his upper body? He wasn´t in a very good shape at time, right?

[EireFreak09]

Jake was way past his prime here. Never should have attempted a comeback at the time. Same goes for the Ultimate Warrior's mid-90s run...very lackluster.

[Eceoes]

Well in 1996, both of them actually made the WWF interesting. This reminds me of how much the 90s sucked and how the 80s rocked.

[justinge999]

If Jake hadn't come back here i doubt Stone Cold would be as big as he is today.

[OwenStillLives]

it was bret who made austin, not jake.

[justinge999]

We wouldn't have the rebel Austin Austin 3:16 and a lot of things that made him famous came because Jake.

[OwenStillLives]

no we wouldnt have austin 3:16, but yes austin would be very similar with or without jake i would think.

[DrVegasIII]

You must be Canadian, so here it is... The Hart family is huge to your people, in America they're all just another wrestler. Im mean come on, you have Gretzky and Bret, and thats all. We have thousands of sports heros. Jake put Austin over and Bret just finished what Jake started - thats how it went! When Jake was in his prime he was much more of a draw than Bret. AND when Bret was the champ NO ONE WATCHED WWE THEN!!!!! In Canada he's the man, in the US Brets just another wrestler!!!

[OwenStillLives]

i'm not canadian, and you have no clue

[dakliq420]

are u kidding?

[OwenStillLives]

jake was barely 40 here lol

[shang72]

that t shirt looks like crap, should have worn something else

[JeffTheFutureJaros]

Damn? I thought Tatanka was gone by 96? LOL, I guess not.

[realfnshow]

the good ol days

[silverslide1988]

if you dont trust..you need a ddt!!!! jake rules

[slwalsh]

IIRC, this was one of Tatanka's last matches in the WWF. He had returned at the Rumble in Jan, and was gone by WM12 a month or so after this.

[filthiestfish]

Tatanka had gained a bit of weight. Anyway, this was one of his final appearances in the WWF, and his final pay per view appearance.

[armacats]

Nope.

He came to a royal rumble a couple of years ago.

[filthiestfish]

I'm talking about his final ppv appearance during this tenure...nothing to do with 2006 return.

[purelyphysical]

lol he looks like a chubby fat boy here :P

[filthiestfish]

they both do

[EireFreak09]

You think Tatanka looks fat here, remember his recent return to WWE? Looked like he ate half of the whole Lakota tribe!

[Heatster33]

Dibiase should join his son and Rhodes in the WWE. That would be a bad ass trio.

[edkimguy]

why the fuck was there a snake?

[frements]

erm that was his gimmikhe would alwayd bring a snake to the ring

[slezy108]

Jake "The Snake" Roberts it only made since if he had a snake

[xcapitanhookx]

Wow 10 free hours of AOL...

haha how times have changed