Jake B次元官网网址楾he SnakeB次元官网网址� Roberts says heB次元官网网址檚 looking forward to meeting fans at VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Capital City Comic Con but please donB次元官网网址檛 ask him where the snake is. Roberts is most famously known for using a snake in the ring to throw off opponents and inevitably win matches during his WWE days.
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While the snake wonB次元官网网址檛 be making an appearance at Comic Con, Roberts did his fair share of travelling with them and says he never worried about a Snakes on a Plane situation happening, even going so far as to stash a king cobra above his seat without anyone knowing.
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Roberts spent a year in 1976 wrestling in British Columbia and says he has particularly fond memories of Sooke but sadly wonB次元官网网址檛 be able to make it out there during this trip.
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RobertB次元官网网址檚 girlfriend Anne will be staying home to care for some expecting mothers.
B次元官网网址淪heB次元官网网址檚 expecting some goat births B次元官网网址� she raises goats and elk B次元官网网址� and sheB次元官网网址檚 expecting like nine goats to come through this week,B次元官网网址� says Roberts.
Leaving his second stint in the WWE in 1997, Roberts says new fans are born everyday thanks to the internet.
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Having dealt with and overcome drug and alcohol addiction, Roberts uses events like these to connect to old and new fans to help encourage them to never give up.
B次元官网网址淪hame is a big monster, it really hurts a lot of people,B次元官网网址� he says. B次元官网网址淲hat you have to realize is shame is something you put on yourself B次元官网网址� to let your mind do that to you [and to overcome it] it takes a lot of work, but the biggest message is never give up.B次元官网网址�
Roberts is heading home to gear up and take off again for Wrestlemania in New York after Comic Con, but says heB次元官网网址檚 really looking forward to reminiscing with fans about the old wrestling days.
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Roberts will be live on stage on Friday, March 22 starting at 4 p.m. at the Victoria Conference Centre. He will be signing autographs priced $30 for one, $50 for two or $70 for three, and $20 for table photos.
Other celebrity appearances include Dan Fogler, who played Jacob Kowalski in J.K RowlingB次元官网网址檚 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Malcolm McDowell, who played Alex in A Clockwork Orange, and Skeet Ulrich, who plays F.P. Jones, leader of the Southside Serpents in Riverdale.
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