dave 1981

Jake Roberts is a legend and that there is absolutely no doubt about and the fact he never won a major title only add's to his legend as being arguably the greatest to have never won a major title in his career.

He had some of the most memorable feud's in WWE history like the one with Rick Rude over his then wife Cheryl, the classic feud with Ted DiBiase in the late 80's and early 90's and the feud with Rick Martel in which Martel "blinded" Jake and they had their legendary Blindfold match at WrestleMania 7 but for me Jake Roberts really became a legend when he turned heel in 1991.

His turn on the Ultimate Warrior after playing all those mind games with him during Warrior's mini feud with Undertaker were great to watch and to go from such being big time face he turned into a major heel with ease because of his great adaptibility.

Its a shame Warrior messed everything up as the summer of 91's main feud was meant to Warrior/Jake which could have been very good in the build up even if Jake may not got a great match out of The Warrior, instead Jake went on to feud with Randy Savage which was another great feud and the one that really made Jake the major heel he was back in 1991.

Their match at a little known PPV called "Tuesday in Texas" wasn't as good as it should have been mainly because all the focus that noght was on the Hogan/Taker WWF title rematch so Savage and Jake didn't get too much time but their feud ending match at Saturday Nights Main Event just after Royal Rumble was great.

After the feud with Randy Savage Jake went on to have his final feud at the time in WWF with a freshly face turned Undertaker which could have been better but was quite rushed but the match at WrestleMania 8 was still a very good one.

I wasn't really a fan of Jake in WCW and his feud with Sting or his return to WWE either in early 96 as i felt his was past his best then and his drug and drink problems were well known at that point but based on his first WWE run alone there is no doubt in my mind that Jake Roberts is a true legend of the business and probably the best wrestler never to have won a major title.