Jake Roberts Shares Why The Undertaker Wanted To Travel With Him

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The Undertaker wanted to travel with Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, but it wasn't to learn more about the wrestling industry.

On the latest episode of DDP Snake Pit (via AdFreeShows), Jake Roberts spoke about the career of The Undertaker. During the discussion with Jon Alba, Roberts shared that The Undertaker approached him about riding together when he first entered the WWE (1990) and how it was because he wanted to learn where all of the best strip clubs were.

"You know, he first came to me when he first got there and he says, 'Jake, I'll be riding with you.' I'm like, 'Well that's kind of bold. You going to go setting up rides for me now?' He goes, 'No, I want to travel with you.' I'm like, 'Okay, so you want to get underneath the learning tree. I appreciate you being bold enough to come and ask me straight out. Hey man, I'll be glad to share anything I know.' He says, 'That's great too, but I heard you know where all the good strip joints are.' I said, 'Worldwide.' He said, 'Well, I'm going to hang with you.' I said, 'Dude, let's be honest, you played basketball, didn't you?' He said, 'Yeah.' I said, 'You'd probably be better off going and dribbling somewhere in a corner than trying to hang with me because I'll bury your dumb ass. You can't hang with me.' He says, 'It's a challenge! I'll meet you one-for-one.' I said, 'Okay, let's go.' So we did that for about two months but it was taking a heavy toll on him. I remember going to TV one night and Vince says, 'Hey, Deadman, you don't need to put the paint on tonight, you're looking dead enough already. You need to get the hell away from Jake.' A week or two later somebody told me he got alcohol poisoning. That's when I ended the contest and said, 'Look man, I cheat. There's no way in hell I'm going to lose to you. Because I know there is vitamins that you can take that will keep you going no matter how much you drink.' I shared the information with him, which wasn't a good thing to do because it was something that was highly addictive. That was my bad. But no, Mark traveled with me, man, some of my favorite times," Roberts said.

Elsewhere during the episode, Jake Roberts offered up one of his favorite Paul Bearer stories.