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Top 10 Greatest Jobbers in
Professional Wrestling History
Written by Wade Needham
#10 - Val Venis
Val Venis makes the list at the 10 spot,
because although he is a former Intercontinental Champion, he has
become the #1 jobber for the RAW crew since 2002. You know
you're a jobber when you don't get television time but once a year,
and Jim Duggan gets more wins than you now days.
#9 - Jim Duggan
While his career in the 80s was fairly decent,
the man jumped to WCW and became a jobber, and now in the twilight
of his career he's known to be THE man to "enhance" talent.
Heck, Jim Duggan was pulled out of a tag title match and replaced
with Michael Cole in 2008, if that doesn't scream jobber then I
don't know what does!
#8
- Virgil
Perhaps the greatest part of
his career was being the lackey of Million Dollar Man Ted DiBease.
Once he broke loose, he got the one up on Teddy, but soon jobbed his
way from WWF to WCW where he was even a jobber in the lower tier of
the nWo Black/White. Ever seen the photo of Virgil's booth at a fan
fest for autographs? That's proof enough for Virgil to appear on the
list!
#7
- Dennis Knight
A former WWF Tag Team
Champion who then became the whipping boy of the Ministry of
Darkness. Even teamed with Viscera, they were on the losing end of
things for a long time. My final argument? The man had sexual
relations with a turkey on a Thanksgiving episode of SmackDown...
#6
- Barry Horowitz
This man is so much of a
jobber, that in the Summer of 1995 they decided to run a program
with Horowitz and Chris Candido in the WWF where Horowitz was trying
to shake off the jobber image, and finally gain a win. Despite one
of the worst losing records in WWF history, you have to admire his
will to never give up. Not to mention his Josh Tariff type music
rocked!
#5
- Sho Funaki
SmackDown! #1 Announcer!
WadeNeedham.com #5 Jobber! The only success this man felt in the WWF
was the first month he came in during the Summer of 1998 with the
other boys of Kaientai. Once Taka joined the group, everything went
to hell...INDEED! Squash anybody?
#4
- Duane Gil
How can you have a jobber
list, and not mention Duane Gil? This man was a replica Bill
Goldberg, but with the opposite win/loss record. While Goldberg
asked who's next, Gillberg often asked who's first? When your entire
character is based off jobbing, it's safe to say you're one of the
best.
#3
- Brooklyn Brawler
I might get heat for not
having the Brawler as my #1, but win you capture a victory of Triple
H on a RAW when he holds a title, you're not exactly considered to
be an amazing jobber anymore. You're a jobber with a horse shoe up
your ass. Steve Lombardi has been jobbing since the 1980s, and he's
made a hell of a career out of it, even upgrading to Knuckleball
Shwartz in the 1990s.
#2
- Tom Brandi
"You see a jobber always
loses, and Marc Mero always wins. What we have here is what we call
in our business a Jobber! You're not Salvatore Sincere, the pizza
delivery boy, you're name is Tom Brandi!" - Marc Mero on a LIVE RAW
in December 1997. That alone is my reason behind this choice. I love
it when a jobber is publicly referred to as a jobber on television.
#1
- Al Snow
To continue with the
tradition of jobbers being called jobbers in public, my #1 choice is
Al Snow. This is a man who has referred himself as a jobber on
numerous occasions, and his losses back him up on it. For crying out
loud, the man started a stable called the Job Squad. That's
phenomenal!
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