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DDP gives positive update on Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts’ sobriety

Posted on by Joseph Currier

At this point, Diamond Dallas Page no longer even has to worry about Jake “The Snake” Roberts relapsing and returning to his old demons.

Page, speaking on Wrestling Life with Ben Veal, said we’re now coming up on 14 years of Roberts being sober. He spent a few years worrying that Roberts’ sobriety wouldn’t stick, but now it’s not even an issue. You could drink around Roberts and he wouldn’t be tempted to join you.

“There’s certain guys you wonder, ‘Oh God, I hope he doesn’t go back again.’ And I felt like that about Jake for about five years. But now we’re coming up on the 14th year of Jake being sober, and I don’t even think about it anymore,” Page said. “Like, I could have a drink around him or whatever. He don’t care.

“He used to say, ‘I’m a man. I deserve three beers. I could have three beers.’ And at some point I said, when you’re really a man, it’ll be, ‘I don’t need three beers. I don’t want three beers. Because I know what comes after that, and it’s never any good.’ You know? He’s doing so good.”

DDP worked with Roberts on his sobriety journey, showcasing the process in the 2015 documentary “The Resurrection of Jake The Snake.” Roberts was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014 after getting sober.

One of the biggest benefits for Roberts has been getting back together with his wife Cheryl.

“The fact that him and Cheryl are back, and anybody who’s an 80s fan who watched Jake and anything, you know, his wife was involved,” Page said. “His gorgeous wife was involved with the storyline with him and Rick Rude. And so now they’re doing signings together, Jake and Cheryl Roberts.”

DDP has produced a new YouTube series “Change or Die” where he works with people going through different types of struggles. Former WCW wrestler Buff Bagwell — who is now three years sober — is among the cast members. Bagwell is recovering from a leg amputation that he underwent in 2025 due to injuries from a past car accident.

Jake Roberts grateful for sobriety: It took ‘a lot of damn work’

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Jake “The Snake” Roberts is grateful for his sobriety and remains confident that he’ll never go down the road of addiction again.

A new episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet with Roberts as the guest was uploaded on Thursday. During their conversation, Roberts said he has “no fear” that his past struggles with addiction will resurface. The smell of alcohol makes Roberts sick at this point.

“You know, for me, the smell of alcohol turns my stomach,” he said. “I can walk through an airport blindfolded and I could tell you where the bars are at, because I can tell that smell, you know? And it upsets my stomach now. And I’m glad. That’s the last damn thing I need is to go down that road again. And I have no fear at all — maybe that’s not healthy, not having a fear of it — but I just feel so strongly that that’s something I’ll never do again.”

Roberts told Van Vliet that it took “a lot of damn work” to get to this point. It also required patience and the help of some good friends like Diamond Dallas Page. Without DDP helping him, Roberts is certain that he would have been dead long ago.

“A lot of damn work. It took a lot of work, and a lot of patience, and some good friends,” Roberts said. “No doubt in my mind, I’d have been dead several years ago [without DDP]. Several years ago. That’s just where I was going, man. And I was going fast, too.”

Roberts said everything he went through with drug and alcohol addiction has given him a greater appreciation for the life he has now. He’s battling COPD and emphysema but is able to stay busy and enjoy his hobbies like a 1965 Cadillac hot-rod that he owns.

The legendary Roberts remains part of AEW, signing a one-year contract extension with the promotion this March. He will turn 70 years old in 2025.

When Van Vliet asked the three things Roberts is most grateful for, he listed his sobriety, his children, and being able to have a second chance with his wife after they were separated for 24 years.

Jake Roberts reveals positive COVID-19 test

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Jake “The Snake” Roberts is battling COVID-19.

Roberts on Twitter revealed today that he has COVID-19, noting that he is a high risk case and has not been on AEW television recently.

“I’ve waited so long. Actually thought I was bulletproof. Yes I’ve gotten Covid-19!!!!!,” he wrote. “Yes after not going to do my AEW work for nearly 3 months. Tony Kahn knows I’m high risk and has gone above and beyond all expectations trying to keep everyone safe. Pretty sure I got it from family or when I was out shopping.”

Roberts, who has usually accompanied Lance Archer to ringside for matches, has not been on AEW television as of late. Archer has not been on AEW television since October, where he lost in the first round of the AEW World title eliminator tournament to Eddie Kingston. Archer suffered a neck injury that led to the match going right to the finish.

AEW will hold their final episode of Dynamite live at the Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida tonight.

Jake Roberts signs new two-year extension with AEW

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Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts has re-signed with AEW.

In a sit-down discussion with Diamond Dallas Page, Roberts revealed that he had signed a new two-year contract with the promotion.

“When I originally signed with [AEW], it was for a ten week deal,” he told DDP (h/t Post Wrestling). “At eight weeks, [a guy] comes along with some papers, ‘You need to sign these.’ I’m like, ‘What for?’ ‘Well it’s your contract.’ ‘Dude, I’ve only got two weeks left.’ ‘No, you got another year.’ ‘What?’ And then just a few weeks ago, I buzzed Tony, I said, ‘Hey, I’ve got four weeks left. What do you want me to do? I need a notice so I can start setting up my stuff’ and he says, ‘We need to sign another piece of paper’ and I signed again and then after I signed it, I found out that it wasn’t for a year, it was for more than a year. It was for two years.”

“He’s such a wonderful man and he gave me my love for wrestling back,” Roberts added. “It’s great to be a part of it so for me, I’ve taken on that job — not a job, a pleasure, to keep my eyes open and see people that are struggling and go to them and try to help them.”

Roberts made his debut for AEW last year, confronting Cody Rhodes and told him that he had a client coming to AEW. That client eventually turned out to be Lance Archer, who he has managed ever since. 

Archer is set to face Jon Moxley in a Texas Death Match for the IWGP United States title on Dynamite this Wednesday, the second night of Fyter Fest, which will take place in Garland, Texas.

Matches, Anderson/Roberts face-to-face set for AEW Dynamite

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A number of matches and one segment has been announced for next week’s episode of Dynamite.

Orange Cassidy will face Fenix in a singles match. The latter attacked Orange Cassidy tonight with a flying kick during a Best Friends vs. Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy match.  Meanwhile, MJF will face Marko Stunt in a singles match. After defeating Lee Johnson on tonight’s show, MJF said Stunt had an open match contract, and he signed it. Wardlow and MJF also interfered in the Best Friends/Jurassic Express match, with Wardlow laying out Stunt and MJF attacking Jungle Boy.

Matt Hardy will face Sammy Guevara in a battle of The Elite vs. The Inner Circle. Hardy laid out Guevara, who was wearing a neckbrace, with a twist of fate on tonight’s show. 

Jon Moxley will battle The Dark Order’s 10, who in recent weeks has been seen by the side of Mr. Brodie Lee.

Finally, a face-to-face confrontation will take place between Lance Archer’s manager Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Cody’s “head coach” Arn Anderson. The feud between their clients has heated up in recent weeks, with Cody and Archer coming to blows in the opening segment of tonight’s Dynamite.