Fans remember the famous segment where Jake Roberts latched his snake onto Randy Savage’s arm. But according to Jake Roberts on the Joe Rogan Experience, it wouldn’t have happened unless Roberts gave in to Randy’s demand.
“I’m in the laundry room behaving myself not minding a soul. In fact, I believe I was cleaning the blackboards off and making it nice for everybody. Macho [Man] walks in and says, ‘Alright, brother we’re gonna do it tonight I guess, huh? There’s a story f*cking going around, we’re gonna get down and do it.’ I said, ‘Okay, sounds great.’ — ‘We gotta take care of a little business first.’”
Jake had asked Savage the nature of the business that needed to be taken care of. He definitely did not expect Savage’s reply.
“‘About the snake’ [Macho Man replied] — Yeah? ‘Has he been fixed or not?’ Fixed, you mean poisonous? He goes, ‘Yeah that might be a f*ckkin’ problem’ I go, ‘Randy, of course, he’s been fixed.’ — ‘Maybe he has and maybe he hasn’t, stranger things have happened in the WWE somebody wants the Macho Man’s WWE Intercontinental Title and you put a f*cking poisonous snake on him and the rest is history. Macho’s dead, Snake’s the champ’ [Macho Man said]. I’m like, ‘Dude, are you f*cking’”
“‘Jake, I’m just telling you this he has to bite you now.’ I’m like what? He goes, ‘If not we’ve got to go at it right now me and you!’ He’s up in my f*cking face with his fist and I’m like, f*ck man, what the f*ck is wrong with you? ‘Don’t play no f*cking games, Jake get the f*cking snake out!’ So I got the f*cking snake out and I’m like you psychotic motherf*cker I’m like any special place you want it to bite me like my d*ck?”
“He’s like, ‘Anywhere’s good. How about the leg?’”
Jake would then get his cobra out and got his leg bitten for 3-4 seconds. Unconvinced by this, Randy Savage warned Jake not to move or take any antidotes for the venom that he was sure was in the bite.
He watched Roberts sit still and have the venom move through his body before finally getting convinced, to which Roberts sai:d “Sorry I didn’t make you happy,”.
