03.11.2003, 00:36
-- The reason Jake left the WWF was because of the whole situation with Pat Patterson. Pat resigned from the WWF and Jake felt that it was time for him to get the booking job he was promised. Vince walked up to Jake and said "Out of respect to Pat, we're not going to do that." Jake said "What?" - just because a doctor resigns before open heart surgery, they don't send a gynecologist instead. So, because he was lied to, he quit.
-- He immediately went to WCW and negotiated a massive contract with a man named Kip Fry. The deal would give him 50 percent of all merchandise sold as opposed to the eight cents you got per shirt sold in the WWF. He says his half sister worked for the WWF as a vender and would tell Jake that his shirts sold out every night. They brought 100 shirts with them every night. But, when Jake was given the merchandise sheet, it said 6 sold in this town, 8 in the other, 7 in the other. It became a joke. Because of that, it became policy that the wrestlers not talk to the venders and the guy his half sister was dating lost his job over it.
-- He didn't enjoy working with Sting at all. Sting was probably in the worst ten percent of the guys that Jake worked with. He feels the best thing they did to him was giving him the crow character but feels they then messed it up by allowing him to speak again. "Sting is very overrated."
-- Bill Watts came into power at WCW. Jake showed up at a television taping and they said that the snake was banned. Basically, they were trying to kill his character. He feels Bill Watts figured that if you killed the star, you'd get more out of him. Jake said it's like a race horse. You should put your colors on him and ride it until it drops. "Yeah, he's with WCW now." But, they didn't and he left. Also, Watts cut his 4 million dollar contract down to a half million. Quite a difference, don't you think?
-- Smokey Mountain was okay. He had fun but it was short lived. There isn't a lot to say about it except it was fun.
-- He worked with AAA for a long time. It was a fun place to work even though he feels once the name "promoter" is put on someone, they become hard to deal with. He went there because "I'm a prostitute". He says, "Pay me and I'll do anything".
-- Jake had absolutely no reservations about his hair VS hair match with Konnan. He got paid $75,000 for that. He says at the end of the day, the hair grows back. The only thing that cannot be taken from you, and it isn't sanity, body parts, or anything like that, is your word. He never sold his word.
-- Jake tells a story about wrestling a show where it was nothing but impostors There was a fake Undertaker that stood 6'2. There was a Stone Cold that weighed 125 pounds, and then there was the real Jake. After the show, everyone said that Jake was a fake and Jake had to say that he was the only "real" guy there.
-- Jake's school isn't like Shawn Michaels' or others because you don't get a Royal Rumble appearance at the end of his and act like that's a big deal. What you do get is trained how to actually wrestle and in the end, it will pay off. Jake also adds that his is the cheapest because he isn't doing it for money, but for this reason. When he turns 80, he wants to be able to pinch a young nurse on the ass and be sent to his room. While in the room, he wants to be able to watch some wrestling he likes. So, he is trying to teach the kids today to learn how to work.
His Portsmouth (Gosport) school opens this coming Friday (the 31st October), and is taking bookings. You can either drop along, or phone up. It is £50 to join (including one session) and £25 per session thereafter.
-- For more information about any of Jake’s wrestling schools (there is more than one), feel free to contact me at daniel@theinteractiveinterview.com, as a contact phone number is available upon request. Serious enquires only, and this is simply a contact number for enquiries about his wrestling school - it is not his private number and you wont speak to Jake himself.
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-- He immediately went to WCW and negotiated a massive contract with a man named Kip Fry. The deal would give him 50 percent of all merchandise sold as opposed to the eight cents you got per shirt sold in the WWF. He says his half sister worked for the WWF as a vender and would tell Jake that his shirts sold out every night. They brought 100 shirts with them every night. But, when Jake was given the merchandise sheet, it said 6 sold in this town, 8 in the other, 7 in the other. It became a joke. Because of that, it became policy that the wrestlers not talk to the venders and the guy his half sister was dating lost his job over it.
-- He didn't enjoy working with Sting at all. Sting was probably in the worst ten percent of the guys that Jake worked with. He feels the best thing they did to him was giving him the crow character but feels they then messed it up by allowing him to speak again. "Sting is very overrated."
-- Bill Watts came into power at WCW. Jake showed up at a television taping and they said that the snake was banned. Basically, they were trying to kill his character. He feels Bill Watts figured that if you killed the star, you'd get more out of him. Jake said it's like a race horse. You should put your colors on him and ride it until it drops. "Yeah, he's with WCW now." But, they didn't and he left. Also, Watts cut his 4 million dollar contract down to a half million. Quite a difference, don't you think?
-- Smokey Mountain was okay. He had fun but it was short lived. There isn't a lot to say about it except it was fun.
-- He worked with AAA for a long time. It was a fun place to work even though he feels once the name "promoter" is put on someone, they become hard to deal with. He went there because "I'm a prostitute". He says, "Pay me and I'll do anything".
-- Jake had absolutely no reservations about his hair VS hair match with Konnan. He got paid $75,000 for that. He says at the end of the day, the hair grows back. The only thing that cannot be taken from you, and it isn't sanity, body parts, or anything like that, is your word. He never sold his word.
-- Jake tells a story about wrestling a show where it was nothing but impostors There was a fake Undertaker that stood 6'2. There was a Stone Cold that weighed 125 pounds, and then there was the real Jake. After the show, everyone said that Jake was a fake and Jake had to say that he was the only "real" guy there.
-- Jake's school isn't like Shawn Michaels' or others because you don't get a Royal Rumble appearance at the end of his and act like that's a big deal. What you do get is trained how to actually wrestle and in the end, it will pay off. Jake also adds that his is the cheapest because he isn't doing it for money, but for this reason. When he turns 80, he wants to be able to pinch a young nurse on the ass and be sent to his room. While in the room, he wants to be able to watch some wrestling he likes. So, he is trying to teach the kids today to learn how to work.
His Portsmouth (Gosport) school opens this coming Friday (the 31st October), and is taking bookings. You can either drop along, or phone up. It is £50 to join (including one session) and £25 per session thereafter.
-- For more information about any of Jake’s wrestling schools (there is more than one), feel free to contact me at daniel@theinteractiveinterview.com, as a contact phone number is available upon request. Serious enquires only, and this is simply a contact number for enquiries about his wrestling school - it is not his private number and you wont speak to Jake himself.
Credit: TheInteractiveInterview.com