Just seems like its part of the gimmick. HBK was more then capable of defending himself too but he had bodyguards cause it was part of the gimmick....Jericho as well...though his bodyguards were jokes since they were Howard Finkle & Ralphus.
And like I mentioned, Ted DiBiase with Virgil.
Though...was Virgil ever considered a serious threat when he was teaming with DiBiase or no?