Aurelian Smith Jr.

Aurelian Smith Jr.

  • Birthday: 1955-05-30
  • Place of birth: Gainesville, Texas, USA
  • Also know as: Jake Roberts

Biography

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.

Filmography

WWE: The Ladder Match

2007

As Himself

Heroes of Wrestling

1999

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Hall Of Fame 2014

2014

As Himself

WCW Halloween Havoc

1992

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE WrestleFest '90

1990

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE SuperTape vol. 3

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Villains of The Squared Circle

1986

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

The History Of WrestleMania

1994

As Jake Roberts

The Best of the WWF: volume 18

1989

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE WrestleMania VI

1990

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

The Old Boys

2015

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Undertaker: The Streak 21-1

2014

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Credible

0000

As Self

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Beyond the Mat

1999

As Himself / Jake "The Snake" Roberts

The Bet

2016

As Mr. Lucas

WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So

2004

As Jake Roberts

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '84

1984

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE This Tuesday In Texas

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Battle of the WWE Superstars

1990

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Invasion '92

1992

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Alastor

0000

As The Stranger

AEW Double or Nothing

2020

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary

1992

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Heavy Water

2014

As Jed

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II

2008

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE WrestleMania V

1989

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Little Creeps

2012

As Richard Hertz

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '84

1984

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk

1997

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

The Realtor

0000

As Ref

WWE WrestleMania III

1987

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE WrestleMania VII

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Survivor Series 1996

1996

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE March to WrestleMania VIII

1992

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE WrestleMania VIII

1992

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show

2020

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWF SuperTape

1990

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Out of Exile

2023

As Remy

Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting

1993

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

1990

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

College Fright Night

2014

As Richard Hertz

WWE WrestleMania IV

1988

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE SummerSlam 1988

1988

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

GCW at The Omni (December '83)

1983

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE SummerSlam 1996

1996

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE SummerSlam Fever

1990

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

1989

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE King of the Ring 1996

1996

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWF Hottest Matches

1990

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Rampage '91

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '84

1984

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

1983

As Jake Roberts

ECW November To Remember 1998

1998

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE World Tour 1991

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE The Big Event

1986

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

The Best of the WWF: volume 19

1989

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE SummerSlam 1990

1990

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Psychotic State

2014

As Himself

WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies

1996

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Toxic Tutu

2017

As Himself

MSW WrestleFest

1985

As Jake Roberts

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

2009

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Royal Rumble

1988

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

1985

As Jake Roberts

WWE WrestleMania XII

1996

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Survivor Series 1988

1988

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE SuperTape '92

1992

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Hulkamania 3

1988

As Jake 'The Snake' Roberts

The Sheik

2014

As

WWE Survivor Series 1989

1989

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

AEW Fyter Fest

2021

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

1985

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Royal Rumble 1997

1997

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

NWA Night of Champions

1984

As Jake Roberts

WWE WrestleFest

1988

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Biography: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin

2021

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts (archive footage)

WrestleMania II

1986

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

1996

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Crunch Classic

1992

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Survivor Series 1990

1990

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

AEW Fyter Fest

2020

As Jake Roberts

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997

1997

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Appearance)

The Best of the WWF: volume 8

1986

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

AEW Revolution

2024

As Jake Roberts

Catch of the Day

2014

As Self

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

2013

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

WWE Survivor Series 1991

1991

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Interview)

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

1992

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

AEW Double or Nothing

2021

As Jake Roberts

WWE Survivor Series 1987

1987

As Jake Roberts

Heroes of World Class

2006

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

TNA Bound for Glory 2006

2006

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Special Guest Referee)

Parts Unknown

2018

As The Holiness(voice)

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

2012

As Jake 'The Snake' Roberts (archive footage)

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time

2010

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

AEW Double or Nothing

2021

As Jake "The Snake" Roberts

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

2020

As Self (archive footage)

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