Jake Roberts Explains The Effects Of Chops In Pro Wrestling

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WWE Hall of Famer Jake โ€œThe Snakeโ€ Roberts took to an episode of his Snake Pit podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including the effects of chops in pro wrestling.

Roberts said, โ€œWell, I would watch (Roddy) Piper and (Ric) Flair go to the ring. And I watch him, five minutes into the match theyโ€™ve already got blood blisters on him. By the end of the match, those blisters had been busted. So theyโ€™re bleeding from the chest. Their chest with a Raw piece of meat. That was a nightly thing with Wahoo.โ€

On being with Scott Hall at the accountability crib:

โ€œIt was a pretty serious time, man. You know, he was having a hip replacement, trying to get sober. I was trying to get sober, having shoulder surgery. So it was pretty serious moments. There wasnโ€™t a lot of fun and games, we were both fighting itโ€ฆ We could have been closer. We could have been closer. We didnโ€™t get to the brother stage.โ€

On questioning spots being called:

โ€œWell, Iโ€™ve had situations where somebody calls something, and I questioned it. You know, โ€˜What the f**k is that?โ€™ And it was with Hercules Hernandez. We were in Oakland, California. And I got him in an armbar and he just said, โ€˜Bra, Iโ€™m going to shoot you off, and hit you with my flying blah, blah, blah.โ€™ Iโ€™m like, โ€˜What the f**k is that?โ€™ He goes, โ€˜I donโ€™t know yet. I made it up.โ€™ And he shot me off; f**k, man. He did some type of flip type thing. He caught me in the head with his knee. I went down like, โ€˜God damn, Weโ€™ll never do that again.โ€™ The next day, heโ€™s on crutches. Heโ€™d hurt his knee hitting my bone head.โ€

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(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)