WWE Hall of Famer Jake Roberts recently spoke to Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard blog and he gave his thoughts on Roman Reigns, Bray Wyatt and more. You can check out the full interview here along with some highlights below.
Over the past few years Jake Roberts has said a lot of nice things about Bray Wyatt and he continued to praise him in the interview. He shared a story about how he sat down with Bray Wyatt one to give him a little bit of advice.
“We don’t get characters now, we only get them now and again. You have Bray Wyatt, hopefully they won’t screw that up, but it kind of looks like they are. I love the guy. I’ve talked to him quite a bit, and I wish I could spend some time with him. I saw him at one Raw taping, and he was having a hard time coming up with an interview. I said to him, ‘Are you serious, man? With everything you have to work with?’ We sat down and, within five minutes, he had about six months of interviews lined up.”
Bray Wyatt obviously doesn’t have the body of a typical WWE Superstar and neither does Kevin Owens. But Roberts took the time to point out how their looks set them apart from the rest of the pack.
“The Owens kid has something special. Bray and Owens aren’t the cookie-cutters. They’re not the hard bodies, the fit-looking soul looking prim and proper with the abs and all that stuff. Even with prime rib, you don’t want to eat it seven days a week. They’re throwbacks, and they’re getting over because they’re different. Give me a ‘Crybaby’ George Cannon every now and again, and then when a hard body gets in there, you’ll be excited to see him. But when everybody looks that way, it’s just the same old stuff.”
