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** One of the theories says it stands for "Damien's Dinner Time", perhaps because anybody on the receiving end of it would be in no condition to stop Jake's pet python Damien from eating him. Another story says it stands for "Drop Dead Twice." When Roberts was asked for its meaning, he simply (and famously) replied: "The end."
* [[Five Moves of Doom]]: jab, jab, [[Rule of Three|jab]], haymaker/clothesline, short-arm clothesline, DDT.
* [[Grandfather Clause]]: Though the DDT is now a common move, Roberts (who invented it) and a few others ([[ECW/Characters|Tommy Dreamer]], [[Wrestler/Raven (wrestling)|Raven]]) still use it as a finisher, since they were doing it ''before it was cool''.
* [[Immune to Drugs]]: He's not exactly in a good place in terms of health, finances or professional standing, the fact that he should, by rights, be ''dead'' by now might count.
* [[Instrument of Murder]]: Honky Tonk Man once hit Jake with a real guitar instead of a breakaway prop, legitimately injuring him and leading to a serious painkiller addiction.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Jake's attempt to take a steel chair to Ms. Elizabeth, [[Randy Savage|The Macho Man's]] valet. Luckily, [[The Undertaker| somebody stopped]] Jake.
* [[Morality Pet]]: The [[Kayfabe]] death of his favorite snake, Damian, prefigured a very serious [[Face Heel Turn]], and though it wasn't stated outright as the reason for the change, it makes for a logical [[Start of Darkness]].
* [[Never Work with Children or Animals]]: WCW booked a match between [[Wrestler/Sting (wrestling)|Sting]] and Jake where the finish was for Jake to sic a (real, but devenomed) cobra on Sting, only to have it turn on him. But Jake couldn't get the snake to bite him, so he ended up holding it to his face while it flailed stupidly.
* [[Off the Wagon]]
* [[Psycho for Hire]]