‘I’m leaking blood’ – WWE icon gives terrifying health update after ‘disaster’ in hospital
WWE legend Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts is used to instilling fear into the hearts of his opponents following a Hall of Fame career. A genuine icon of the cartoon wrestling era that was the early 1990s, Jake’s level of notoriety in WWE was such that he remains a household name despite never winning a title with the company. In terms of character creations, few outdo Jake ‘The Snake’ RobertsWWE He racked up a Hall of Fame worthy career thanks to his devious antics and devilish ways as an on-screen villain, with Damien the python rarely far from his side – or the bag thrust over his shoulder – as he terrorised opponents. Now at the age of 69, he’s still involved in wrestling thanks to his role in All Elite Wrestling, where he has continued to guide the careers of younger talent in a managerial capacity as well as aiding the company in its community work. Decades on from his prime, however, the stalwart has fought against a string of health concerns, not least a recent battle with pneumonia that saw him spend a worrying four days in hospital as medics made one concerning discovery after another. Having previously battled cancer and numerous breathing issues, he disclosed via his podcast, The Snake Pit with Jake Roberts he’s now has to ‘go have a couple of procedures done’ to improve his condition. Discussing the horrific details of the health episode with his trademark ease and fairly casual demeanour, he revealed he’d been battling a fever and pain in his ‘gut’ when he was found in his bathroom having urinated blood. “I’m doing a little bit better,” he said of his present condition. “I had a pretty scary moment last week. I got incredibly sick, and I wound up going to the hospital on Friday night. I don’t remember a damn thing. It’s pretty scary. “[I came] to find out I had pneumonia, and that’s not a good thing for me. I already have COPD, and to get pneumonia, and that’s not a good thing for me. I already have COPD, and to get pneumonia is like you’re flirting with disaster there.” On the hospital stay unearthing addition problems, he went on to say: “I was in the hospital for four days, and very grateful to find out that I’ve got a couple of issues, and I did not know. One is I had blood on my urine, didn’t know that. “Another thing is, apparently, I’m leaking blood somewhere in my gut, and that’s causing my iron levels to be low. That’s not a good thing. Roberts was an early victim in The Undertaker’s WrestleMania undefeated streakWWE Jake Roberts was inducted in to WWE’s Hall of Fame in 2014WWE “Then to top it off, I got a problem with my ticker. But by going in, I caught it, and we got to go have a couple of procedures done, and it’ll be all hunky dory then.” The master of the DDT, Jake enjoyed various spells with WWE, perhaps most notably between 1986 and 1992 when memorable feuds included Macho Man Randy Savage, Rick ‘The Model’ Martel and The Undertaker. He returned to WWE in 1996, beaten in the finals of the King of the Ring that year by a certain Stone Cold Steve Austin who used the victory as a launchpad to one of the most successful careers of all time. As characters go, though, few have stood the test of time as well as Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts.
WWE legend Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts is used to instilling fear into the hearts of his opponents following a Hall of Fame career.
A genuine icon of the cartoon wrestling era that was the early 1990s, Jake’s level of notoriety in WWE was such that he remains a household name despite never winning a title with the company.
He racked up a Hall of Fame worthy career thanks to his devious antics and devilish ways as an on-screen villain, with Damien the python rarely far from his side – or the bag thrust over his shoulder – as he terrorised opponents.
Now at the age of 69, he’s still involved in wrestling thanks to his role in All Elite Wrestling, where he has continued to guide the careers of younger talent in a managerial capacity as well as aiding the company in its community work.
Decades on from his prime, however, the stalwart has fought against a string of health concerns, not least a recent battle with pneumonia that saw him spend a worrying four days in hospital as medics made one concerning discovery after another.
Having previously battled cancer and numerous breathing issues, he disclosed via his podcast, The Snake Pit with Jake Roberts he’s now has to ‘go have a couple of procedures done’ to improve his condition.
Discussing the horrific details of the health episode with his trademark ease and fairly casual demeanour, he revealed he’d been battling a fever and pain in his ‘gut’ when he was found in his bathroom having urinated blood.
“I’m doing a little bit better,” he said of his present condition.
“I had a pretty scary moment last week. I got incredibly sick, and I wound up going to the hospital on Friday night. I don’t remember a damn thing. It’s pretty scary.
“[I came] to find out I had pneumonia, and that’s not a good thing for me. I already have COPD, and to get pneumonia, and that’s not a good thing for me. I already have COPD, and to get pneumonia is like you’re flirting with disaster there.”
On the hospital stay unearthing addition problems, he went on to say: “I was in the hospital for four days, and very grateful to find out that I’ve got a couple of issues, and I did not know. One is I had blood on my urine, didn’t know that.
“Another thing is, apparently, I’m leaking blood somewhere in my gut, and that’s causing my iron levels to be low. That’s not a good thing.
“Then to top it off, I got a problem with my ticker. But by going in, I caught it, and we got to go have a couple of procedures done, and it’ll be all hunky dory then.”
The master of the DDT, Jake enjoyed various spells with WWE, perhaps most notably between 1986 and 1992 when memorable feuds included Macho Man Randy Savage, Rick ‘The Model’ Martel and The Undertaker.
He returned to WWE in 1996, beaten in the finals of the King of the Ring that year by a certain Stone Cold Steve Austin who used the victory as a launchpad to one of the most successful careers of all time.
As characters go, though, few have stood the test of time as well as Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts.
