The best professional wrestling jobbers of all time
In the performing art of wrestling, there are many professional wrestling workers who constantly lose. Because wrestling is fixed, obviously some of the wrestlers will need to lose. Those wrestlers who exist for the sole purpose of losing to others to make them look good are called jobbers and they are one of the backbones of professional wrestling. This article is dedicated to listing the top 10 professional wrestling runners of all time.
10. Vincent / Virgil
This guy never fought much, but he always seemed to be close. When he was in the WWF, they called him “Virgil”, poking fun at WCW’s head of reservations at the time, Dusty Rhodes (real name Virgil). When he arrived at WCW, they decided to return the favor, changing his name to Vincent in honor of WWF (now WWE) owner Vince McMahon.
9. Lodi
Lodi didn’t fight much either, yet she was always present on WCW TV in the heat of the attitude age. He was a member of Raven’s herd, and he never seemed to do anything other than raise signs and cheer on Raven. Every once in a while, every once in a while, he would get involved in a match, take a hit, and that was it. Perpetual worker.
8. The Mean Street Posse
Another relic of the attitude era, the Mean Street Posse were supposedly a group of Shane McMahon’s childhood friends. In reality, they never won any games and, for the most part, existed to outperform the others. They generally only got very entertaining when they were beaten mercilessly, or by the presence of Shane McMahon and his goofy, goofy dance.
7. Kaitai
This group was made up of Taka Mikinochu, Funaki, and various other members of Japanese descent. They were involved in a number of ridiculous angles, including cutting out a certain part of Val Venis’ anatomy. Funaki is perhaps best known for his back angle as “Smackdown’s # 1 Announcer”.
6. Shark boy
Shark Boy is a relatively recent phenomenon, known only as TNA’s stature has grown since roughly 2004. Kids seem to love him, and yet he almost always loses, helping him outperform the younger audience. Lately, he’s developed a personality where he pokes fun at Stone Cold Steve Austin, adding to his sheer obsession.
5. Gangrel
Gangrel was a member of The Brood during the Attitude era, along with Edge and Christian. While Edge and Christian have since become World Champions, Gangrel continued to gain weight and now fights on the indie scene as “The Vampire Warrior.” He has a sweet entrance that saw him walk up the stage surrounded by a ring of fire, but ultimately such a cool entrance was wasted on this jobber.
4. Colin Delaney
Colin Delaney is another newcomer to the jobber world, but he’s done very well. After a successful career as a face assistant at ECW, he was later traded to a stub to work on the faces on the list. He has been putting out great performances along the way. Hopefully after your ECW run, you will be moving to Smackdown or RAW to work on those respective charts.
3. Brooklyn Brawler
The Brooklyn Brawler is one of the best known middlemen, having worked with the WWF / WWE for decades. He seems to show up from time to time to cash a paycheck, and he’s always amused by his losses.
2. The Shockmaster
The Shockmaster was present for only a very short time, but he will be remembered. He used a voice distortion effect when speaking and wore what can only be termed a purple glitter painted stormtrooper helmet. He fell through a wall when he made his debut, and was rarely seen afterward.
1. Al Snow
What do they all want? Al Snow managed to put the crowd into a frenzy with just those few words. He became well known when he founded the JOB Squad, a stable made up entirely of middlemen. It made watching the workers really entertaining. He wasn’t such a bad fighter, either. All in all, Al Snow is unequivocally the best worker of all time.