5 Most Traumatic WWE Moments Of The Early 90's

#2 "Macho Man" Bit By Lucifer

Macho Man Being & The Maniacal Jake Roberts

Something snapped in Jake Roberts. Perhaps it was Damien's murder (see #3 on this list) or it could have been what savvy wrestling fans knew all along, Jake Roberts was a gifted heel.

His soft-spoken demeanor, once accepted by fans, now suddenly became sinister. He started speaking of darkness, evil, and pain. Then he replaced Damien, not with another boa constrictor, but with a terrifying cobra named Lucifer, as in the Biblical Lucifer, i.e. Satan, the prince of evil.

While the wrestling world celebrated the on-screen marriage of 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and his longtime manager Miss Elizabeth, Roberts simply couldn't bring himself to join in the festivities. Instead, he presented the couple with a present, a box that when opened revealed a hissing, angry Lucifer.

The feud between Savage and Roberts intensified thereafter. After all, Roberts had done his very best to ruin Savage's wedding with a deadly and poisonous snake. He would go on to continually disrespect Savage and Elizabeth in his promos.

Once again, on Saturday morning's WWE Superstars, Roberts coaxed Randy Savage out to the ring and after briefly brawling, was able to tie 'Macho Man' down with the ropes. Savage kicked and squirmed, but to no avail. He was stuck, helpless, like a fly in a spider's web.

Roberts, ever maniacal, reached his hand into his bag and pulled out the menacing Lucifer, who looked hungry and intent to murder.

The cobra hissed and looked directly into the camera at the world's children. "Lucifer is watching," I thought. Lucifer then aggressively struck at Savage. The cobra's jaws protruded and its sharp fangs penetrated Savage's arm.

A panicked Vince McMahon told children everywhere, "That snake better be de-venomized. He better be." Are you telling me, we might be watching the murder of Randy Savage, only minutes after watching our Saturday morning cartoons? If anyone would do it, it would be Roberts.

The snake, as Vince McMahon, described began 'gnawing' on Savage's arm. Blood, which has since been edited out of the footage, was shown pouring out of Savage's bicep. Roberts seemed to be toying with Lucifer, shaking the snake, but later revealed that he had trouble getting the snake to release its bite on Savage. This was real.

Elizabeth ran to the ring. She shrieked and screamed, as Vince McMahon comforted us all in his own way, "I don't think that snake has been de-venomized. This was not supposed to happen."

When Savage was finally able to release himself from the ropes, he appeared dizzy, off balance, and undoubtedly poisoned.

Savage could barely stand and was on the brink of losing consciousness. McMahon confirmed our worst suspicions, "The poison is flowing through his veins."

The segment ended with Roberts looking into Lucifer's eyes and letting out the most wicked laugh ever seen on television.

As Roberts cackled the painful truth set in. The world's children just endured an attempted murder via cobra bite and would have to wait until next week to find out, if Roberts had been successful in killing Savage.