All Elite Wrestling has done well to both boost future stars of the industry and help honor stars from the past. The likes of Arn Anderson, Sting, Dean Malenko, Jerry Lynn and more have all been key figures in the company. Another legend who has found a home in AEW is Jake Roberts, and he wishes he was allowed to do more to help struggling talent backstage.
Jake Roberts Wants To Be More Help Younger Talent In AEW
While speaking on his The Snake Pit podcast, Roberts would say there isn’t much interaction with young talent backstage in AEW – and he wishes he could be in a position to help those who are struggling with promos and interviews.
“There’s not much interaction with the younger talent. There are a few guys at AEW that welcome me being there. Everyone is kind, don’t get me wrong, but that’s it. I’d like so much more. I wish AEW would use me in a position where I was helping people with interviews because I do know how to do that and I can certainly help a few people that are struggling, and there are a few that struggle. You can always get better on interviews, you’re never great.
Dory Funk once told me, ‘If you ever think you had the perfect match,’ and this is how I feel about interviews, ‘then you should go backstage, take off your trunks, take off your boots, put them in a pile, spray lighter fluid and burn them. You don’t deserve to be in the ring anymore if you think you’ve had a perfect match. There is no such thing as a perfect match, you can always make it better.’ Same thing with interviews.”
There is no doubt that Roberts has so much to share about promos, being widely considered as one of the greatest speakers in professional wrestling. AEW would be a fool to let a willing man like Roberts not be able to help where he can, and we can only hope this changes in 2023. Having Roberts work hands on with young talent who are getting more and more mic time like Wheeler Yuta could do some wonders.
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