The return of the jobber...

[Dobbs 3K]

This is mainly related to WWE, but I felt it was more appropriate in this folder.

 

For quite a few years, mainly during the late '90s and early '00s, the jobber was a rarely seen creature in the world of American pro-wrestling. Once WCW and ECW died off from their first incarnations, the jobber virtually went extinct on US televised wrestling programs. Virtually all matches on WWE TV featured two known "stars". Certainly some wresters jobbed more often than not, but none of them were of true "jobber" stock. They all had gimmicks of some kind, and you actually recognized them when their name was announced by Lillian Garcia, and thieir entrance music played. Sure, once in a while on an epsisode of Sunday Night Heat or Velocity, you might see one, but surely never on RAW or Smackdown.

 

Recently, however, the jobber species has become resurgent. We now see Umaga squashing various locals and journeymen on a regular basis. These pasty skinned, colorful tight wearing, apparitions from the past have seemingly found a new place in WWE.

 

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Where does the jobber go from here?

[Hasbeen1]

It's good. They just need an introduction, always, so the viewer can identify a little better who they are.

[JHawk]

JR: "Umaga is wrestling...um...some guy who you won't see for six months."

 

King: "Wow, he looks impressive JR."

[The Mountie]

As long as Jim Powers returns, I'm a happy man.

 

Or The Gambler, of course.

[Darth Vader]

Come on, Reno Riggins.

[yankovic fan]

Always a fan of Dusty/Dale Wolf/Wolfe myself... even though the idiots in elementary school swore he and Jim Powers were one in the same (same crop of idiots that bought into the Ultimate Warrior/Texas Tornado theories).

[Youth N Asia]

I channel surf durring Mark Henry vs whoeverthefuck. So it doesn't do much for me.

[MillenniumMan831]

One look at my avatar should tell the story.

[cabbageboy]

Nah, Jim Powers had quite the physique back in the day. Dusty Wolfe was your typical scrawny white dude with a mullet circa 1988. A great jobber however.

[Guest Hotbutter Spoontoaster]

Shades of Pokerface, I say.