I remember WCW had a jobber type title tournament back in the early 90s. One my favorite was a guy called the Gambler and he always carried playing cards.
Good call on Slater. He had some nice accomplishments, multiple time tag team champion, but ultimately he was a jobber. He was more entertaining than 90% of the WWE roster is today though.
In 1980's WWF: Barry Horowitz, Iron Mike Sharpe, Brooklyn Brawler and anyone of the following: Terry Gibbs, Van Van Horne, Mike Starr, Dale/Dusty Wolfe, the Shadows, Jake Milliman...
Kind of sorta feels like the biggest star on that list would be George South, who not only was able to buy 5 houses working as a jobber, he was able to get heat by doing less bumps. He’s also become one of the premier wrestling trainers, working with Tessa and Colby both second/third generation workers…I am sure he did more but those two came to mind first.
Mario Mancini and Dusty Wolfe in the 1980s. I still remember the match Wolfe had against George Steele where he was howling in pain. In the early 1980's there was Michael Saxson who dressed like Michael Jackson. In early 1990's WCW there was Randy Hogan who disappeared as soon as Hulk joined :)
George south, Brooklyn brawler, iron Mike Sharpe and tiger Chung Lee's later days. I was md wwf when I was a kid so Duane gill and Barry hardy were the big local job guys before he went on to be gillberg.
Barrera was great. He'd take his shirt off and I'd start laughing at the absurdity of it all. Your reminding me of him got me to ask UA-cam for some of his matches. I had to click on the one against the Road Warriors that it pulled up. What a funny 2 1/2 minutes!
Some other notable jobbers of the WWF/WCW in the 80's and 90's.. -"Leaping or Genius" Lanny Poffo, -Salvatore Sincere, -"the Portuguese Man-O-War" Aldo Montoya, -Duane Gill AKA Gillberg, -The Blue Meanie, - Barry O, - Jim Powers, - "Big Bully" Busick, -"Dangerous" Danny Davis, - Funaki, - Tim "White lightning" Horner (Cornette Nemesis), - Flash Funk/Sorpio, - Buck Zumhofe, -Los Conquistadors, -Pez Whatley, -Duke "the dumpster" Droze, -Virgil, -Koko B. Ware, -TL Hopper, - The Goon, -"Playboy" Buddy Rose
@@jasonh5547 A jobber only in his late 80s WW(F) run. He was actually my favorite pro wrestler of all time. As a main eventer, he knew all the right buttons to push, and as he started packing the weight on, that just added to the heat on him as he snuck away with victories against opponents who seemed much more deserving. He showed the same professionalism as a jobber. His schtick was to show the same bravado as when he was a main eventer, but now clearly way out of shape and hardly a "playboy". He topped it off by perfecting a move where he'd tumble backwards through the ropes and land flat on his back on the floor. The perfect way to sell the image of a guy who still has a big ego but has become utterly inept at what he's doing.
In the AWA there was also the very capable sodbuster Kenny Jay, scrap iron George gadaski, crybaby Cannon and Eddie Sharkey who was a very good worker but a little too undersized to ever get much of a push- an outstanding trainer also.
For the record, I'll memorialize some great jobbers who worked the San Francisco/Sacramento area in the late 70s: Hector Lamas, Guy Lambert, Jerry Monte, and Chris Colt.
The Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi), Barry Horowitz, Iron Mike Sharpe, and Duane Gill. P.S. A special "honorable mention" goes to the Gambler from WCW.
George South, Rocky King, Barry Horowitz, Terry Gibbs. Honorable Mention: Barry O, Johnny Rods, Doug Vines, Sam Houston,Rene Goulet, Mulkeys, Gene Liggons,Sal G, Mario Mancini, Ron Shaw. All hall of fame jobbers.
I remember watching Memphis Wrestling in 84 when 2 jobbers won the tag team title. They lost the belts 2 days later at the Mid-South Collisium. I forgot their names but I do remember that they trained at Jerry Lawler's School of Wrestling.
Can't remember if it was Savannah Georgia or Canton Ohio I went to either the Georgia championship wrestling or the yes that had to be it and the man from out of town wrestled at least 7 times snake brown from out of town
There was an early SMW episode that featured Hector Guerrero against a jobber babyface. Hector managed to make an excellent match from a solid face-face from excellent sportsmanship, and of course his incredible ability. Ever since that match, I wanted to see that guy in the card or tagging with Hector.
Memphis - David Haskins who tried his best to look like Jerry Lawler by always keeping a similar hairstyle. He later went to Continental where he became the long lost cousin of Tommy and Johnny Rich named Davey Rich.
Most heels back in the day were jobbers if you look at it from the standpoint of how most of them didn't get to hold titles. Flair did but WWF guys were pretty much always faces. For that reason, I'd say Ted Dibiase was a great jobber. He could work great and get guys over and ultimately his real job was to lose to the face and make the face look like a million bucks but he also had a great skill of getting heat for himself. Pretty much anybody that fought Hogan was gonna be jobbing during Hulkamania as well. I know they weren't maybe true "jobbers" per se but they were basically paid to lose to the face while making the face look great.
Jerry Allen is my favorite jobber of all time, hell he maybe be the best WWF jobber of 1987. Had various wins over Mike Sharpe, Terry Gibbs, Dusty Wolfe, Jose Estrada Sr. Hell even beat Rick Rude in the WWF at a house show. Even beat Randy Savage back in Memphis CWA for the promotion's heavyweight title back in May, 1985. But sadly Jerry passed away back in December, 1995 after slipping on ice, accidently banged his head on a car and suffering a heart-attack afterwards. RIP
Yeah, he added a tumble backwards out the ropes and onto the floor that really sold the gimmick that he thought he was still a headliner but had become completely inept.
The Italian Stallion , SD Jones, Brooklyn Brawler, Jose Louis Rivera.
The Mulkie Brothers were awesome! 👍👍👍
I'd say the Mulkey brothers, George South and Barry Horowitz.
Jake the Milkman Milliman.The guy had the Daniel Bryan beard and no neck.
George South, SD Jones, Barry Horowitz, Rocky King, Lanny Poffo.
"Iron" Mike Sharp
He had some good pushes.
Mike Sharpe was actually a semi main event guy for a short period of time in Midsouth
He would bellow this "RARRGH" sound on every move, like he had his own soundtrack.
Iron Mike Sharpe was not a jobber
...''Canada's greatest athlete!!!''
Rusty Brooks and The Mulkeys were always my favorites.
Brooklyn Brawler
Jake "the Milkman" Milliman, boy I haven't heard that name in a long time.
The Mulkeys were the ultimate jobbers, artists in their field.
Barry Horowitz or it's all bull shite.
"Snake" Brown, from outta' town.
I remember WCW had a jobber type title tournament back in the early 90s. One my favorite was a guy called the Gambler and he always carried playing cards.
Anyone remember Randy Hogan? 😂
Terry Gibbs, Barry O.,
& George South.
Mine was Johnny Rodz. Never won matches in WWWF but won some in LA back when Roddy Piper was there.
Johnny Rodz and Jose Estrada.
WWWF jobber legends.
"The Sodbuster," Kenny Jay and George "Scrap Iron" Gadasky from the AWA. And let's not forget those Mulkey Brothers and Bill Tab.
The Mulkey's definitely belong on there
The Duke of dorchester
SD Jones, Johnny Rodz and Jose Estrada in early/mid 1980s WWF.
I think I've got it:
Iron Mike Sharpe
Barry Horowitz
S.D. Jones
The Mulkey Brothers (counting them as one)
Brooklyn Brawler,Barry Horowitz,Heath Slater and Jake The Milkman.
SD Jones?
Good call on Slater. He had some nice accomplishments, multiple time tag team champion, but ultimately he was a jobber. He was more entertaining than 90% of the WWE roster is today though.
In 1980's WWF: Barry Horowitz, Iron Mike Sharpe, Brooklyn Brawler and anyone of the following: Terry Gibbs, Van Van Horne, Mike Starr, Dale/Dusty Wolfe, the Shadows, Jake Milliman...
Maître Renard good job guy list
No Mario Mancini on this list? Come on, bro
can't forget Charlie Fulton
Kind of sorta feels like the biggest star on that list would be George South, who not only was able to buy 5 houses working as a jobber, he was able to get heat by doing less bumps.
He’s also become one of the premier wrestling trainers, working with Tessa and Colby both second/third generation workers…I am sure he did more but those two came to mind first.
Mario Mancini
All four heads would be the Brooklyn Brawler
Mario Mancini and Dusty Wolfe in the 1980s. I still remember the match Wolfe had against George Steele where he was howling in pain. In the early 1980's there was Michael Saxson who dressed like Michael Jackson. In early 1990's WCW there was Randy Hogan who disappeared as soon as Hulk joined :)
For the longest time I thought Disco Inferno was a jobber also.
That's easy ; George Gadaski, Kenny "Sod Buster" Jay, and of course The Mulkey Bros.
My Mt. Rushmore: Jake Milligan (Milkman), Frankie Wiliams, George South, and Louie Spicoli
George south, Brooklyn brawler, iron Mike Sharpe and tiger Chung Lee's later days. I was md wwf when I was a kid so Duane gill and Barry hardy were the big local job guys before he went on to be gillberg.
Barry Horowitz, George South, Lanny Poffo, Brady Boone, Sam Houston
"Sodbuster" Kenny Jay, "Sailor" Art Thomas, and Nacho Barrera in the AWA.
Don't forget George "scrap iron" Gadaski
Barrera was great. He'd take his shirt off and I'd start laughing at the absurdity of it all.
Your reminding me of him got me to ask UA-cam for some of his matches. I had to click on the one against the Road Warriors that it pulled up. What a funny 2 1/2 minutes!
Rocky King, Steve Lombardi, Mike Sharp, and The Italian Stallion.
Earthquake Ferris, Paul Roma(WWF), Brian Adidas, Jimmy Doo, Nacho Barrera, Bruce Dean, Kelly Kiniski, Johnny Mantell, & Gary Young
I Like Brooklyn Bra, Horowitz, Jim Powers, Italian Stallion
Some other notable jobbers of the WWF/WCW in the 80's and 90's..
-"Leaping or Genius" Lanny Poffo,
-Salvatore Sincere,
-"the Portuguese Man-O-War" Aldo Montoya,
-Duane Gill AKA Gillberg,
-The Blue Meanie,
- Barry O,
- Jim Powers,
- "Big Bully" Busick,
-"Dangerous" Danny Davis,
- Funaki,
- Tim "White lightning" Horner (Cornette Nemesis),
- Flash Funk/Sorpio,
- Buck Zumhofe,
-Los Conquistadors,
-Pez Whatley,
-Duke "the dumpster" Droze,
-Virgil,
-Koko B. Ware,
-TL Hopper,
- The Goon,
-"Playboy" Buddy Rose
Koko B. Ware wasn't a jobber. Nor was Pistol Pez Whatley.
@@jbush3481 Neither was Buddy Rose.
@@jasonh5547 A jobber only in his late 80s WW(F) run.
He was actually my favorite pro wrestler of all time. As a main eventer, he knew all the right buttons to push, and as he started packing the weight on, that just added to the heat on him as he snuck away with victories against opponents who seemed much more deserving.
He showed the same professionalism as a jobber. His schtick was to show the same bravado as when he was a main eventer, but now clearly way out of shape and hardly a "playboy". He topped it off by perfecting a move where he'd tumble backwards through the ropes and land flat on his back on the floor. The perfect way to sell the image of a guy who still has a big ego but has become utterly inept at what he's doing.
Rene Goulet was a jobber later on in his career. I thought he was great!
Rocky King? My favorite was Ron Rossi lol
Dennis stamp wasn't physically imposing, but the man had alot of heart and loved the business. Brooklyn brawler was also an "over" jobber .
Italian Stallion, Chick Donavon, Rocky King, pistol Pez Whatley
no love for Rocky King? Shameful.. he was right up there with George South
Yes Rocky King should be up there!
Mulkey-mania is running wild! George South was fantastic as well.
How about Randy Barber?!
Reno Riggins, Frankie DeFalco, and Bob Boyer
In the AWA there was also the very capable sodbuster Kenny Jay, scrap iron George gadaski, crybaby Cannon and Eddie Sharkey who was a very good worker but a little too undersized to ever get much of a push- an outstanding trainer also.
Throw Sodbuster Kenny Jay in there.
The Mulkeys, Frank 0:48 Williams, George South, SD Jones
So many great jobbers over the years. Frankie Anderson, Al Perez, Mike Sharpe, Young Hardy Boys, Air Paris among others
The Mulkeys should get a joint place.
How about Smelly guy? lol
Cody Olive Don't forget Wee Willie Wilkins!
No love for Rocky King? Smh
I gotta put a word in for Lee Scott also. All in all- the epitome of a jobber. One of the best sellers I ever saw.
Snake Brown
Along with Randy Barber he doesn't get enough flowers
For the record, I'll memorialize some great jobbers who worked the San Francisco/Sacramento area in the late 70s: Hector Lamas, Guy Lambert, Jerry Monte, and Chris Colt.
WWF related: Steve Lombardi, Dwayne Gil, Barry Horowitz and Iron Mike Sharpe
I'd also have to add Iron Mike Sharp and Steve Lombardi.
Mike 'Action' Jackson!
I would add Jim Nelson from mid 70's through early to mid 80's.
My fav was from SMW...Mike Sampson. Now know as the Iron Cross
Brooklyn Brawler, Mulkey Bros, Gillberg, Mike Sharpe, Barry Horowitz, Spike Dudley....
Terry Latham in the old Midsouth Wrestling. He was undersized but had good matches but by definition was a job guy when he was in Midsouth
Was he in the Marines?
Blue Meanie, Al Snow, Hornswoggle.
Ronnie Saunders, Tom R, the Marcus Brothers, Johnny Carr.
Mike Jackson
The Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi), Barry Horowitz, Iron Mike Sharpe, and Duane Gill.
P.S. A special "honorable mention" goes to the Gambler from WCW.
About time somebody mentioned the Gambler. Love a job guy who had a gimmick.
Terry Gibbs for HOF
carpenters...they couldn't draw you a house but they'd help build one"
perfect
MULKEY BROTHER MANIA!!!
Jimmy Jack Funk, anyone?
George South, Rocky King, Barry Horowitz, Terry Gibbs. Honorable Mention: Barry O, Johnny Rods, Doug Vines, Sam Houston,Rene Goulet, Mulkeys, Gene Liggons,Sal G, Mario Mancini, Ron Shaw. All hall of fame jobbers.
George South. Hands down. Molkeys as well. Barry Horowitz and Brooklyn Brawler and Iron Mike Sharp
I remember watching Memphis Wrestling in 84 when 2 jobbers won the tag team title. They lost the belts 2 days later at the Mid-South Collisium. I forgot their names but I do remember that they trained at Jerry Lawler's School of Wrestling.
george south lanny poffo barry horowitz
MULKEYMANIA!
Can't remember if it was Savannah Georgia or Canton Ohio I went to either the Georgia championship wrestling or the yes that had to be it and the man from out of town wrestled at least 7 times snake brown from out of town
Oh, c'mon, you GOTTA include Snake Brown atop of that mount...
"Jim Cornette is the Best ;-)"
Gillberg! Gillberg!
Big Bill Tabb had a great look. I think he should have been at least a mid card carpenter.
There was an early SMW episode that featured Hector Guerrero against a jobber babyface. Hector managed to make an excellent match from a solid face-face from excellent sportsmanship, and of course his incredible ability.
Ever since that match, I wanted to see that guy in the card or tagging with Hector.
No Brooklyn Brawler? Suspect.
Repo Man
How about the Ding Dongs?
I'ma froma Columbus Ohio.
Mike Boyette
"Iron" Mike Sharpe, Steve "Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi, Barry "Horriblewitz" Horowitz, Jake "The Milkman" Milliman.
Brooklyn Brawler and Barry Horowitz
Steve Lombardi, Jim Powers, Barry O.
Now add John Cena as the kingpin jobber to the stars.
Ravens whole flock norman smiley pez whatley
SD Jones
Dennis Stamp.
The Mulkey Bros.
Memphis - David Haskins who tried his best to look like Jerry Lawler by always keeping a similar hairstyle. He later went to Continental where he became the long lost cousin of Tommy and Johnny Rich named Davey Rich.
"Duke of Dorchester" Pete Dorehty
Frankie Lancaster in WCW.
Most heels back in the day were jobbers if you look at it from the standpoint of how most of them didn't get to hold titles. Flair did but WWF guys were pretty much always faces. For that reason, I'd say Ted Dibiase was a great jobber. He could work great and get guys over and ultimately his real job was to lose to the face and make the face look like a million bucks but he also had a great skill of getting heat for himself. Pretty much anybody that fought Hogan was gonna be jobbing during Hulkamania as well. I know they weren't maybe true "jobbers" per se but they were basically paid to lose to the face while making the face look great.
DuckTalesWooHoo1987
Sans Warrior and Taker?
Jerry Allen is my favorite jobber of all time, hell he maybe be the best WWF jobber of 1987. Had various wins over Mike Sharpe, Terry Gibbs, Dusty Wolfe, Jose Estrada Sr. Hell even beat Rick Rude in the WWF at a house show. Even beat Randy Savage back in Memphis CWA for the promotion's heavyweight title back in May, 1985. But sadly Jerry passed away back in December, 1995 after slipping on ice, accidently banged his head on a car and suffering a heart-attack afterwards. RIP
Mike Davis
Buddy Rose finished his career as a job guy. He made a nice little gimmick as a job guy at the end to extend his career.
Yeah, he added a tumble backwards out the ropes and onto the floor that really sold the gimmick that he thought he was still a headliner but had become completely inept.
George south is the best worker that never got a spot he deserved