Jake The Snake Roberts moves in with DDP to train for one last run

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Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page has worked with several pro wrestlers on their aches and pains via his DDP Yoga system.
But Monday he begins perhaps his biggest challenge when Jake “The Snakeâ€￾ Roberts moves in with Page in a home Page recently bought in Atlanta. Roberts, whose wrestling career was derailed multiple times by substance abuse issues, will train with Page while cameras roll for a planned documentary. The idea is to get Roberts, 57, back in good enough shape for one more run in the wrestling business.
Page, 56, told newsday.com Sunday that he called Roberts -- whose weight had ballooned up to 302 pounds -- in Roberts’ hometown of Gainesville, Texas three months ago.

“And I told him, ‘If you can really do this -- and you have to prove it to me [by doing the program] for six or eight weeks,â€￾ Page said. “‘I’ll freakin’ get a place in Atlanta. I’ll bring you up, and we’ll continue this journey.’â€￾
Roberts was filmed in Texas when he started the yoga program, which Page developed to deal with the injuries he suffered while in the squared circle. Page said that Roberts lost 20 pounds in the first 3 ½ weeks of training and is now down approximately 35 pounds.
“Jake does not want to be seen the way he was seen at the end,â€￾ Page said.
Roberts’ demons have been chronicled in the 1999 Barry Blaustein documentary “Beyond the Matâ€￾ -- which included Roberts interviewed in a hotel room after apparently smoking crack -- and the 2005 WWE-produced DVD “Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts: Pick Your Poison.â€￾ Roberts’ attempts to clean up includes a 1996 return to a WWE after a three-plus year hiatus in which his real-life born-again Christian convictions were incorporated into his storylines.
Along with the physical training, Page and filmmaker Steve Yu wil work on things like getting the computer-deficient Roberts up to date on using Facebook and Twitter. Page says the idea is to keep Roberts busy with positive activities so he won’t backslide into past habits.
“That house, I reached out to a couple of my friends, and asked, ‘What are we going to call my new crib?’ And we came up with ‘Accountability Crib,’ you’re accountable for everything.â€￾
To that end, Page and Yu said that Roberts will be drug-tested while he’s in the home.
“If he does that [stuff] one time while he’s with me, he’s gone,â€￾ Page said.
But Page is encouraged by what Roberts has already accomplished, losing as much weight as he has after having being so out of shape in his first workout he couldn’t do more than a couple of exercises without needing rest.
“Bottom line is, everybody wants the comeback story,â€￾ Page said. “Everybody wants to see Jake look good, and feel good, and not be a mess anymore. That would be great. I think there are a lot of really positive things that can come out of this if Jake really does it.â€￾

that would be one hell of a story...and I for one am rooting for him all the way
 

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At 57? Well if he can do it, all the power to him
 

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You can do it Jake!
 

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Would definitely watch this, would love it to at least get a couple more matches outta Jake.
 

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Saw this today.
 

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that's fantastic, a definite improvement
 

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On this subject just read where Scott Hall is joining them to help get cleaned up and back into shape.
 

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Scott looks terrible while Jake looks the best I've seen him in years. I hope for Scott's sake this works.
 

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If DDP can do that to then I would change my life long stance on him
 

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Poor Scott, I hope he gets better. Maybe he'll ooze machismo again someday.

On a sidenote, how the hell did DDP come up with this program? It's helped a million people, I'd like to try it out :lol:
 

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[video=youtube;7MIjTXHkEYg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIjTXHkEYg[/video]

How can you not respect a man like DDP?
 

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[video=youtube;Jhzk5hA6fA0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhzk5hA6fA0[/video]
 

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I am in complete agreement with that statement unless my name was Mark Madden since he calls him DDMe and takes potshots at him all the time.
 

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If y'all are looking to donate to the cause, there's a link on the second video. You can donate as little as 15 bucks and get a signed 8x10 and more and it's going towards hip replacement surgery and other medical expenses of Scott's! I'll be donating, no doubt.