5 Best rivals of Macho Man Randy Savage

#3. Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

You knew that the feud between Randy Savage and Jake "The Snake" Roberts was getting intense when actual venomous snakes got involved.

Over the course of Randy Savage's rivalry with Jake Roberts, a live cobra bit the Macho Man’s arm on television. Does anything more need to be said?

Roberts was a great sinister heel for Savage to play off of. Roberts was the storyline catalyst for Macho Man being “reinstated” out of retirement and back to full-time competition in the WWF. Savage had previously been forced out of action after losing to Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VII in a Retirement Match.

Randy Savage's feud with Jake Roberts got personal

In addition to the snake bite incident, this bitter feud also included Jake Roberts slapping Miss Elizabeth. It was something you just did not see at the time in WWE. In fact, Elizabeth’s family was enraged about the situation because Savage hadn’t smartened them up that it was all just part of a wrestling angle.

Because of the heat that the storyline had generated, it is surprising that Randy Savage and Jake Roberts never got a true blowoff match on a major pay-per-view.

Savage and Roberts first met one-on-one on the experimental 'This Tuesday In Texas' PPV in late November 1991. The feud came to an end after Savage defeated Roberts on an episode of Saturday Night's Main Event in February of 1992.