Jake Roberts didn’t hold back when he was asked what he would do if he was running WWE. His answer was simple: a lot of people would be gone.
While speaking with Bill Apter, Roberts was asked what his first move would be if he had control of WWE’s booking. Jake didn’t give some long answer. He went straight to the point, saying, “Fire about half of them.” Apter asked if he really meant that, and Jake made it clear he wasn’t joking.
“Yes, I would.”
Robert explained who he would actually keep. For him, it comes down to who can really wrestle.
“Just the guys who can actually wrestle. That’s the ones I would keep.”
That is about as blunt as it gets. Jake Roberts basically said WWE has too many people on the roster, and if he was in charge, only the real workers would stay.
The timing is interesting because WWE already had a big round of cuts after WrestleMania 42. It was previously reported that those releases were tied to TKO catching up on cuts, NXT call-ups, and SmackDown losing an hour of TV time.
Roberts wasn’t talking about those specific releases, but his take lines up with the idea that WWE could be carrying too many people. The difference is that Jake would apparently go much harder with it. Jake Roberts made it very clear that he wouldn’t waste time. If WWE handed him the book, half the roster might be out the door fast.
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