Madusa recalled how she climbed the walls to stay away from the snake, and that Jake Roberts later came to remove it from the dressing room.

“Here I am, there’s no bumps in these walls. They’re flat walls,” Madusa explained. “I climb the wall to get rid of that snake, and I got up there and I was hanging by the pipes. And I’m like, ‘Jake, you son of b****! Damn it.’ All of a sudden I look, this snake is crawling up the frickin’ wall. How does a round snake slither up a wall? And here he comes [slithering up], and I just start screaming. That was it. [Jake] came in and he got the [snake down, and I said] ‘Hi, nice to meet you, Jake.’ Then that’s when I started to really know Jake and all his shenanigans.”

Roberts has previously narrated various incredible anecdotes about working with snakes, but now wants to work with mechanical snakes rather than real ones. Following Roberts’ prank, Madusa revealed the two grew closer. She holds Roberts’ professional work in high regard, calling him a master of his craft inside the squared circle, especially his in-ring psychology.

If you use any quotes from this article, please credit “The Snake Pit” with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.