Jobber Hall of Fame
marv bloom
> What about "Iron" Mike Sharpe? There are three reasons
> why he should be nominated, IMHO:
>
> 1) He hails from Hamilton, Ontario (ie. Canadian content!!)
> 2) Colour-coordinated wrestling outfit (ie. all black)
> 3) He is forced to wear a black neoprene sleeve on his arm, due to
> that injury that's been *sloooow* to heal :-) - if it wasn't for
> that nagging injury, who knows how far he might have gone? ;-)
Hey, Bennett and I Believe that Iron Mike derserves a Title Shot!
PS also add the strongest pair of Lungs, he can out "huss" the
Berserker anytime!
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>> From: 191069...@sscl.uwo.ca
>
>> What about "Iron" Mike Sharpe? There are three reasons
>> why he should be nominated, IMHO:
>>
>> 1) He hails from Hamilton, Ontario (ie. Canadian content!!)
>> 2) Colour-coordinated wrestling outfit (ie. all black)
>> 3) He is forced to wear a black neoprene sleeve on his arm, due to
>> that injury that's been *sloooow* to heal :-) - if it wasn't for
>> that nagging injury, who knows how far he might have gone? ;-)
>
> Hey, Bennett and I Believe that Iron Mike derserves a Title Shot!
>
> PS also add the strongest pair of Lungs, he can out "huss" the
> Berserker anytime!
painful move on Iron Mike? He would scream "NOOO No no no no", then
the crowd would scream back "YESSS yes yes yes!" Hilarious! I vote
for Iron Mike too!
Hass
Hitoshi Sano
seen it before.
Jobber Hall of Fame nominee- 'Pistol' Pete Sanchez. he lost to many of the
greats including Big John Studd, Don Muraco, ... every week he'd be on.
Honorable mention goes to Charlie Brown who once lost in under 30 seconds
to Magnificent Muraco but the official time was much longer since he spent
a few minutes answering the crowd's chant of "BEACH BUM".
Another mention to some guy I can't remember who got piledriven twice after
facing Paul Orndorff while wearing a t shirt that said "PAULA". Vince was
outraged at the double piledriver.
Robert Josep Schwabe
the Jobber Hall of Fame.
Tommy "Why did they give him the NWA title" Rich
Zan Panzer
The Super Ninja - A debut by Mr. Fuji who went up against the Warrior on
SNME and got squashed in two seconds
The Conquistadors- Remember the WWF was so pressed for people that these two
bums were in the Survivor Series with never having won a match.
The Brooklyn Brawler- Steve Lombardi
B Brian Blair
Jim Brunzel -They weren't even a good tag team.
There!
Woody Muller
Abram's UWF on a tape I saw: Davey "The Observer" Meltzer.
Roger Deschner
And this morning, BACK TO BACK, Jumpin' Joey Maggs did the job for Max
Payne in the last match on TBS's WCW program, and then I changed channels
to USA and he was Designated Victim for Bam Bam Bigelow in the first
match on WWF Mania. (He was even wearing the same tights.) Talk about
super-jobber! This guy gets around, and does his job well in any
federation.
Another one of my favorites: SGT. BUDDY LEE PARKER. Good tough-guy cop
persona; sells it very well; makes it work as either heel or face as
needed. Also good in a tag team with almost anyone.
Not to reignite the periodic flame war about "is boxing real", a question
whose lack-of-answer frankly does not bother me, but all this talk of
jobbers reminds me, of course, of Boxing's most famous jobber - Bruce
"The Mouse" Strauss. (What? You didn't think boxing had jobbers?) Strauss
became so famous as a boxing jobber that he even appeared on David
Letterman to talk about it. He described how he'd "give some guy four or
five good rounds and then look for a nice soft place in the ring to lie
down." I am NOT making this up!
I find the role fascinating, though. Look at Joey Maggs, Bruce "The
Mouse" Strauss, and the current holder of the r.s.p-w Jobber World
Championship Belt "The Winner" Barry Horowitz, and you see a bunch of
people who toil in very important, somewhat dangerous, jobs, often
without recognition, and typically without long-term contracts. Only
through some accident have Horowitz and Strauss earned their cult
followings. One view of it is that this is how new, inexperienced talent
breaks in. Don't try to tell "The Winner" that - he's forever
stigmatized. How else can you explain the earth-shaking reaction when he
was actually allowed to WIN A MATCH? It was like when the Mets won the
World Series in 1969, and it might have been GWF's most sublime moment.
But the point is that Horowitz can probably never be taken seriously as a
contender, even though his popularity seems to continue increasing. For
some others, though, it is a first foot in the door.
And who's a heel and who's a face? Among the ranks of Designated Victims
it's hard to tell, and they're constantly switching sides without the
usual "turn". Rare is the jobber who has established enough of a persona
to be known as one or the other. Horowitz is one - more often a heel.
It's usually dependent, of course, on whomever they're fighting, such as
with the versatile, switch-hitting, Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker.
Another perspective on the role is that it is highly local. I suspect
there are a lot of guys who work in this capacity for any house show that
comes along. In the Chicago area, I've seen house shows with the same
cast of jobbers back in the AWA, in WCW/NWA, and in WWF, and some of
these same guys also appear on Windy City telecasts. They probably have
regular day jobs as gas station mechanics and postmen, and do this to
pick up spending money on a periodic basis. Most of them certainly LOOK
like ordinary folks, with beer guts and receding hair.
So it will probably continue to be just us nuts, who pick out and cheer
for the best of this lot of underappreciated small-time heroes. Go ahead
- at the next house show you're at, clap for the jobbers when they're
introduced. It'll probably make their day.
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Michael Jenkinson
>But the point is that Horowitz can probably never be taken seriously as a
>contender, even though his popularity seems to continue increasing. For
>some others, though, it is a first foot in the door.
Is this the case? I thought that as Jack Hart, Barry won the Florida
State title beating Mike Graham in a tournament final. Of course, Hart
was the area's championship loser to that point, going 0-for-100 or
so. (PWI kept a running tally.) He was the ultimate underdog who
finally scored it big.
>DREAM MATCH OF THE MONTH: Yokozuna vs. Abdullah The Butcher
The winner gets to eat Dusty Rhodes.
I'd pay to see that.
Michael
Dave Scherer
RJS>I can't believe that no one has mentioned the following wrestlers to enter
>the Jobber Hall of Fame.
RJS>Tommy "Why did they give him the NWA title" Rich
You don't want to know. Trust me.
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John W. Jermanis
ARP>I've long suspected that Tommy Rich won the title by accident. Race didn't
>kick out fast enough, the ref kept going, and they decided to go with it.
>Then, a few days later, they corrected the mistake. What do the rest of
>you think?
> He was scheduled to win the belt. It was done as a favor. That is all
> I will say. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Dave, your .sig attacher has a subtle sense of irony.
Later,
John Jermanis