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Jake Roberts Explains What Made Michael Hayes So Special

December 16, 2024 | Posted by Andrew Ravens
Michael Hayes World Championship Wrestling 4-22-1989

On the latest episode of The Snake Pit with Jake Roberts, the WWE Hall of Famer talked about what made Michael Hayes so special and more. You can check out some highlights below:

On what made Michael Hayes so special: “Oh Michael could talk, and he was good-looking. He had that long blonde hair man, and people just hated him. They just f**king hated him.”

On Terry Gory: “He could roll. He was phenomenal in the ring, he really was. He was very young too, he started when he was 14. Sure as hell did.”

On whether he saw Gory fight: “Oh yeah. Oh yeah, I see him tear up a couple of bars. It got so bad in Shreveport, because we used to Shreveport every week. He got so bad there we couldn’t get into bars. They banned us.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit The Snake Pit with an h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.