History Awesome / JakeRoberts

** Allegedly, the only people who were in on this were Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, Roberts, Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage, and a few executives. So everyone else's reactions, if this is to be believed, were ''genuine.'' You could consider it an awesome moment for Ambrose as well, if only for barely, ''barely'' managing to keep himself from [[{{Corpsing}} breaking out into a massive shit-eating grin]] as one of the true legends of wrestling [[JustForFun/OneOfUs makes him part of his most iconic gimmick]].

* His simple utterance of the 2 words 'Trust Me'. Ones that Jake brought back on his appearance on the March 25, 2020 AEW Dynamite promo he cut on Cody. The 2 most dangerous words he has in his arsenal. Ones you don't ever want to hear spoken to you. And he made it sound, in a dark way, as awesome as ever.

* Jake's father Grizzly Smith always used to tell him that was a failure and would never amount to anything. Jake became one of the most famous wrestlers of the 80s and has been inducted into both the WWE Hall of Fame and the Cauliflower Alley Club. Grizzly, on the other hand, is almost completely forgottenm to where these days, the only time he ever gets mentioned is when people are talking about Jake, and/or how much of a {{Jerkass}} he was in life.

* Jake's father Grizzly Smith always used to tell him that was a failure and would never amount to anything. Jake became one of the most famous wrestlers of the 80s and has been inducted into both the WWE Hall of Fame and the Cauliflower Alley Club while his father is almost completely forgotten. These days, the only time Grizzly Smith ever gets mentioned is when people are talking about Jake (or how much of a {{Jerkass}} he was in life.)

-->'''Jake:''' A wise man once told me, never ''ever'' turn your back on someone you respect, or someone you're afraid of. ''<[[TakeThat turns his back on Cody]] and leaves the ring, casually [[MicDrop tossing the mic over his shoulder]] for Cody to catch as he does>''

* Jake's father Grizzly Smith always used to tell him that was a failure and would never amount to anything. Jake became one of the most famous wrestlers of the 80s and has been inducted into both the WWE Hall of Fame and the Cauliflower Alley Club while his father is almost completely forgotten. These days, the only time Grizzly Adams ever gets mentioned is when people are talking about Jake (or how much of a {{Jerkass}} he was in life.)

--->'''"Mean" Gene Okerlund''': Longfellow couldn't have said it better.

-->'''"Mean" Gene Okerlund''': Longfellow couldn't have said it better.

** Jake shared this gem during a promo at the beginning of his classic feud with the Undertaker at the start of the latter's heel/face turn: "If the Winter Olympics had an event for clubbing seals, [[CardCarryingVillain I would win the gold medal]]!" The sheer evil awesome of that line prompted even the hardened veteran commentator Gorilla Monsoon to state "My God, what a disgusting person!"
** One time, when Gene Okerlund moved the microphone to Roberts' face, it seemingly cut out, as everyone watching could see Roberts' mouth moving, but there was no sound. After a few seconds, he stopped, then said "I just got everyone in this arena to pay attention to me and I wasn't saying a word."

** That promo was also the first time an AEW rival of The Elite acknowledged their dubious origins from within Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and the Wrestling/BulletClub, outright stating the latter name twice (albeit getting bleeped out both times). That Jake did this while propping up a feud that he started himself by showing up and telling Cody in so many words that he doesn't respect him, makes this all the more fitting.

** That promo was also the first time an AEW rival of The Elite acknowledged their dubious origins from within Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and the Wrestling/BulletClub, outright stating the latter name twice (albeit getting bleeped out both times).

* His simple utterance of the 2 words 'Trust Me'. Ones that Jake brought back on his appearance on the March 25, 2020 AWE Dynamite promo he cut on Cody. The 2 most dangerous words he has in his arsenal. Ones you don't ever want to hear spoken to you. And he made it sound, in a dark way, as awesome as ever.

* His simple utterance of the 2 words 'Trust Me'. Ones that Jake brought back on his appearance on the March 25, 2020 promo on Cody. The 2 most dangerous words he has in his arsenal. And he made it sound, in a dark way, as awesome as ever.

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* His simple utterance of the 2 words 'Trust Me'. Ones that Jake brought back on his appearance on the March 25, 2020 promo on Cody. The 2 most dangerous words he has in his arsenal. And he made it sound, in a dark way, as awesome as ever.

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* In a shocking twist that nobody saw coming, Jake is back in the wrestling business in 2020, showing up on the post-''Revolution'' episode of [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW Dynamite]] and tearing a strip off [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Cody]]. While he's in the company as a manager rather than an active wrestler, his promo skills are as sharp as ever, as he reveals that he's bringing in a new talent to take Cody down, referring to Cody as "Caesar" a week before [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar the Ides of March]], challenging him to bring his "one-trick pony" Wrestling/ArnAnderson to balance out against Jake at ringside in next week's match, and finishing with a ''killer'' burn to Cody.