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Jake the Snake asking fans to donate for shoulder surgery

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That is sad. I'm happy to hear Jake's sober (unlike poor Scott Hall), but having to ask for donations for surgery for an injury that probably originated in his wrestling days is incredibly sad =(


Time has not been kind to the Greats of the 80's.
 
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Dammit, this man is trying to turn his life around and shit like this happens. Why can't Jake catch a break, the man is old but is busting his ass to get sober and healthy. Really hopes he can get the money. I'd donate, but I don't have money to spare atm. I'd love to get a personal promo from The Snake...
 
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It is good he tries, I sincerely hopes he succeed, but it will take really hard work to clean his act up permanetly

Think I'd rather donate my hard earned money to the starving kids in Africa as opposed to old washed up alcoholics who blew away there fortune.
I totaly agree to that, and not jsut wahsed up, he is/was a crack addict of the worst kind.

Still cuts a better promo than %90 of the roster
Wrong... I'd say he cuts a better promo than 99% of the current roster. Only CM Punk are close to him IMO
 
#22 ·
Hope it's a multi-millionaire and not a lad who just happens to have a few grand saved.

I really appreciate this, how Jake is willing to ask for help. I don't suppose he could ever be too proud as he's been at his lowest and probably would have taken anything, but now he is willing to admit to help him carry on turning his life around he needs help.

Does he deserve the chance? Well, there are probably others who deserve it more but Jake is an example of one extreme to another. If Jake can succeed I would believe anyone can, and can hopefully see this legacy that DDP could build by helping these people out help our current generation of wrestlers continue after wrestling.

I will donate, I don't expect anything in return but it's great to see he's offering pictures/cards etc. I think there's a great way for them to make money and that's pay to subscribe to DDP's website, and have all sorts of videos on there from the yoga, to the funny ones, to even reviews that Jake used to do on his Myspace, to all sorts of content. I wouldn't mind dropping a few quid a month for that, knowing it's not just helping Jake but DDP go forward too.

I hope that in 10 years time we're looking at DDP Yoga as an enterprise, somewhere WWE sends it's wresters to rehabilitate and something everyone can do. It genuinely seems interesting and seems to have helped a lot of people.
 
#13 ·
Fucking heart-breaking, but it says a lot about how far he's come that he's even able to make a plea like that. Hopefully some of the people still in wrestling and making plenty of bucks will send some his way.

One thing his time with DDP has done is give him a genuine smile. I don't think I'd seen a real smile on his face since the early 90s before he got with DDP.
 
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I chipped in $15, just under £10 and I get a signed photo, apparently rare so I see it as a fair transaction that comes with the side effect of helping a man make the chances to his life that he desperately wants, needs and is trying to achieve. 70 days sober and made it through New Years Eve, Christmas and Thanksgiving without a drop sounds pretty impressive.
 
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I mean, look at this comparison photo on the page



You could see he was getting better

Also, someone else just donated 1000 dollars. Damn!
 
#23 ·
I'm very glad to hear that DDP has been able to help Jake. The amount of success he's had with the program is astounding.

The way that I look at this situation; It might be a permanent change, or it might not, but I'm happy to give Jake the benefit of the doubt. I know these stories and I sympathize with his struggles. I believe that he truly wants to change right now and that's all you can really ask of a person. Whether he slips up in the future is irrelevant to his journey right now, and he's on a good path. I'm more than willing to give a couple of quid to a guy that worked as hard (and was as good) as Jake 'The Snake' Roberts.
 
#24 ·
i would be very wary myself of giving an ex addict my hard earned cash not to say it isnt going towards surgery but when ur flat broke and you get a huge sum of money GIVEN to you.. i could see him easily going fuck the surgery and going on a giant bender.. i hope im very wrong as he has obv came a long way with DDPs help
 
#25 ·
There's the kicker. If this was just some dude off the street I'd never see again then, as much as I would like to help them, I would have to decline. However all of this Jake and DDP stuff is very public so the chances of something like that, I hope, are limited.

Don't get me wrong, I would be entirely disappointed as a donator if Jake fell off the wagon but from the way he's speaking about it, the way he's working and looking, and especially because of the people that are around him I think this is legitimate. I think Dallas Page has his business head screwed on and knows what something like this could do to his DDP Yoga business (Jake falling off after being helped monetarily as well as physically and mentally,) and if he didn't believe it, he wouldn't endorse it. In doing so, and the fact he has helped many people and some of the people I look up to have in turn endorsed his product, I have almost complete faith.

If Jake has his surgery paid for by his fans and works hard to rehabilitate himself, then I think they all must know that he will never be broke again. This could be a great story and could set them both up for life, as we all know Jake Roberts has a lot to give back to the business that he has never been in a position to give.

Again, hopefully see this is 10 years as a great wrestling success story.
 
#28 ·
Donation by Vince McMahon...of $0

I mean I know they have rehab programs but they should have some sort of surgery budget for their retired stars, the only time they have to have surgeries sometimes is after they leave the ring. It's not like WWE provides insurance, they're treated as independent ocntractors when they shouldn't be but that's opening up a whole new can of worms, with large tax implications.
 
#29 ·
I don't think it's Vince's problem. Sad, but true. If this was the case then every single wrestler would expect it and it would be abused.

Wrestlers are paid handsomely whilst they're in WWE, or WWF as it were, and I feel that those in charge expect them to cover themselves with the money they earn which is fair and agreed upon before they sign the contract. It isn't like they only work for WWE in their careers and sadly in Jake/Hall and multiple others' case, it's their own well-being that has led to them needing help in this way.

I don't think the WWE is to blame and so they shouldn't shell out thousands of pounds to former wrestlers who either went on too long, or did excess stuff to their own bodies.. The fact that they pay for rehab for their former wrestlers is massively commendable, if they paid for surgery as well then they would be taking hit after hit.

It's sad, but I think the only time Vince should help wrestlers are when they work for him, which as you said opens up all sorts.
 
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Do you stand outside shops and harass anyone who comes out with anything other than bread and water? Because the money you spent on that last cake you had, or that chocolate bar, or that fizzy pop drink could all have been given to cancer research or hospital equipment. But no, you stuffed it down your big gob instead.

Also, please log out and turn your computer off, as the cost of the electricity to run it could be better spent on blankets for the homeless.
 
#32 ·
And target completed, as to the guy above me, I can only say I've been watching his videos and he seems genuine, he wants to change his life and has been sober 70 days, you don't believe him that's cool but helping him turn his life around is also a worthy cause.
 
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