The Snake Pit with Jake Roberts Ep. 8: Royal Rumble 1996

On this episode of The Snake Pit, Jake and Marcus look back to January 1996 and Jake's return to the WWF at the Royal Rumble after a 4-year absence! Topics include retiring from wrestling in 1995, getting the call to return, changes during the New Generation Era, The Kliq, and much more! Special thanks to this week's sponsors! Athletic Greens- Right now, it's time to reclaim your health and arm your immune system with convenient, daily nutrition! It's just one scoop in a cup of water every day. That's it! No need for a million different pills and supplements to look out for your health. To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1x year supply of immune-support Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/SNAKE to take ownership over your health and pick up the ultimate daily nutritional insurance! Backyard Butchers- Get your hands on some of the best steak, chicken and seafood you’ll ever taste and make your next steak night an event to remember. Visit BackyardButchers.com and use promo code ​SNAKE to get 15% off your order, free shipping and 4 free ribeyes for life! Jimmy's Seafood- JimmysFamousSeafood.com free 2-day nationwide shipping on orders over $125 (excluding steamed crabs and fresh items) use the promo code: SNAKE FOLLOW AND SUBSCRIBE TO ALL THINGS JAKE ROBERTS at https://linktr.ee/thesnakepit Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at SaveWithConrad.com Get early, ad-free access to more than a dozen of your favorite wrestling podcasts, starting at just $9 over on AdFreeShows.com. That's less than 15 cents an episode each month! You can also listen to them directly through Apple Podcasts or your other regular podcast apps! AdFreeShows.com also has thousands of hours worth of bonus content including popular series like Title Chase, Eric Fires Back, Conversations with Conrad, Mike Chioda's Mailbag and many more! Plus, live, interactive virtual chats with your favorite podcasts hosts and wrestling legends. All that and much more! Sign up today at AdFreeShows.com! Get all of your Snake Pit with Jake Roberts merchandise at BoxOfGimmicks.com/collections/snakepit Follow The Snake Pit with Jake Roberts at @snakepitpod on all social media platforms, follow Jake on Twitter at @JakeSnakeDDT, and follow his co-host Marcus DeAngelo on Twitter at @MarcusPDeAngelo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Master of the DDT, the Hall of Famer, and the pop culture icon Jake 'The Snake' Roberts welcomes you into The Snake Pit for a look at his legendary career and inspirational life! Join Jake and co-host Marcus DeAngelo as they navigate some of the stories and memories from his life growing up as a 2nd generation wrestler, to his incredible fame in the 80s and 90s, to some of the more difficult times he had to overcome on the road to recovery. Jake has seen and done it all in wrestling, so TRUST US when we say that this podcast is can't-miss!