Jake Roberts Discusses How Vince McMahon Said Steve Austin Was “Midcard at Best”

– FOX Sports recently interviewed WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Below are some highlights.

Roberts on supporting Steve Austin early in WWE: “I’d been helping Steve [Austin] for a while, and he would call me and tell me what was going on. I was a big supporter of Steve before anybody else was. In fact, Vince (McMahon) had told me that this guy is midcard at best. I disagreed with him; I said, this guy is gonna be your next ‘blow it out of the water’ guy. I hate when I’m right, but boy, I was right!”

Roberts on why he didn’t enjoy working with Sting in WCW: “He was very lackadaisical, didn’t want to ramp it up. I didn’t enjoy it. Bottom line. I didn’t enjoy it. It’s one thing to go out there and tip your hat and go at it and try to have a great night. But when you go out there and you know the guy across from you just doesn’t have his heart in it, [get out]! It’s a shame.”