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#3 Earthquake Murders Damien
Almost everyone has a favorite pet that they have cared for and cherished as a beloved member of the family. In the early 1990s, the aptly named Jake 'The Snake' Roberts had one such pet: Damien.
Damien wasn't only beloved by Jake, but by the entire WWE Universe, as well. Children, in particular, loved the snake, who became as popular as any wrestler on the roster.
I often imagined having such a pet, one day, when I could find other people that would appreciate the love that could be shared with a 13-foot cold-blooded reptile that swallowed its prey whole. I'm still searching.
Roberts became one of the company's top faces and took advantage of the psychological edge Damien gave him. While children loved snakes, adults seemed terrified of them. This included behemoths like Earthquake.
Earthquake despised Damien and came up with a maniacal plot to take the life of Roberts' best friend.
After attacking Roberts, Earthquake finagled a way to tie Roberts down with the ropes. Roberts was helpless, as Earthquake reached for Damien's bag. Jake screamed out in agony, but no one came to his or Damien's rescue. The only answer Roberts received for his desperate cries, were a couple of stiff blows from Earthquake.
As Roberts' eyes teared up, Earthquake carefully centered the bag that housed Damien and began to jump up and down shaking the entire ring in the process.
He then ran from one rope to another and all 450 pounds of Earthquake came crashing down onto the helpless Damien. For good measure, he did this once more.
Eventually, Roberts was freed from the ropes and went to check on his reptilian friend. As we suspected, it wasn't good.
While WWE spared us from having to look at the obviously dead, squashed, boa constrictor, Roberts' reaction told us all we needed to know. Damien was dead.
WWE had just killed a pet on Saturday morning television, as children the world over sat and watched in stunned silence behind an onslaught of tears.
I went to check on my dog and hugged him tighter than ever before, but not too tight. We didn't want another Damien situation on our hands.
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