2008 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

I loved "Special Delivery" Jones. Too nice a guy to have been cast as a jobber.

When I was growing up in the Central States region, we had a jobber who NEVER won. Before cruiserweights and light-heavyweights were all the rage, this was the only guy who would be billed as weighing less than 235.

Sometimes he wore a mask. I guess I would, too.

But I'll always remember, "From parts unknown, weighing in at 210 pounds, RINGO!"

I loved Ringo. The little guy tried so hard.

Omar Atlas was a former Central States champ, but was a WWF jobber. He'd get my vote. "Pistol" Pez Whatley was another good one.

How about Gillberg?

 

I think it's safe to say Santino's a jobber. The sad part is that his mic work is some of the best out there. If you could put together his camera skills with the athletic talent of Shelton Benjamin, you'd have a hell of a main event-caliber performer.

 

Santino hasn't done much since dropping the IC strap to Hardy a few months (weeks?) ago. But his mic skills are amazing.

 

I'll go with Al Snow. I loved the J.O.B. Squad back in the day. Al Snow doing the J-O-B on the P-P-V.

 

Hands-down, La Parka. I used to watch WCW Saturday Night religiously with the chance at seeing La Parka do his thing.

Of course, "his thing" usually meant a loss to Hardbody Harrison or Ernest "The Cat" Miller.

Come to think of it, that might have been the best show overall of the late-1990s. No storylines, no angles, nothing but two (or four) guys going at it just to occupy 10 minutes.

Now look what we're stuck with.

 

Just for you Zebra.

 

I miss that show. :'(

 

I enjoyed La Parka's act, too. Other than Misterio, and to a lesser extent, Psychosis and Juventud, La Parka was nearly the only luchador worth watching.

I miss that show from my college yearsin the pre-Nitro days. It was the only WCW show available in my area. Later on, I always thought it was funny that Hacksaw Jim Duggan was the king of Saturday night.

 

Yes! Incredible find.

Can't imagine something like the chairshot on the plancha 42 seconds in would ever be condoned today. That was tough.

And I love the way "The Chairman" moved. First, the La Parka Strut was certainly one of the best in the business at the time. He never took anything seriously - which is probably a good thing - and he even stopped to pick up that one guy and pull off the strut while it looks like Chavo Guerrero was going nuts for him on the apron.

Not to mention how well a guy his size moved in an attempt to fit the Mexican luchador style. He was a 240-pounder who had to compete against guys who barely touched 200 pounds - and he held his own.

EDIT: This is what I mean about taking himself seriously. Check out this entrance from last year down in Mexico: might have been one of the best I've ever seen.

 

That. Was. Awesome.

 

Who are you to doubt El Dandy?

 

AWA jobbers

Tom "Rocky" Stone
Jake "The Milkman" Milliman
Buck "Rock N Roll" Zumhofe (did feud with Heenan and held the lightweight title and also had minor success in World Class area, too)
but the best jobber of all time ... Kenny "Sodbuster" Jay

WWF days ... SD Jones, Iron Mike Sharpe, Jack Foley (before Mick Foley, Cactus Jack, Mankind, Dude Love) and Frankie Williams (was on Piper's Pit) and the prelim tag team of Roma and Jim Powers before they finally got a push.