Forrest Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Back in the days when WCW had more TV shows than ITV, they also had 4 gazillion guys under contract. This led to the creation of a whole new breed of jobber. One for whom being squashed on Saturday Night was regarded as a career highlight. We had The Gambler, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker and Road Block as well as... Â Frank Anderson: He was Swedish. He was an Olympian. He was fucking magic. Great technical wrestler, if only he'd got a fued with Chip Minton. It'd have been a license to print money. Â Discuss your favourite WCW nobodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Ah, The Gambler! He was a wrestler, and he was a gambler! And he did card tricks. He'd be at least Smackdown champ these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Wrestling really should be full of silly gimmicks or just silly 'funny' names. Fuck this noise about having serious real names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Brooker Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I'll probably remember the name Sonny Trout long after I'be forgotten the names of my immediate family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted May 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted May 3, 2012 I have had a fascination with Disorderly Conduct, "Mean" Mike and "Tough" Tom, for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznor Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I'll probably remember the name Sonny Trout long after I'be forgotten the names of my immediate family. Haha, who could forget Sonny Trout. Â Class name. Remember the Southern posse? He was one hairy fucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve rayson Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 This guy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 3, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 3, 2012 Frank Anderson: He was Swedish. He was an Olympian. He was fucking magic. Great technical wrestler, if only he'd got a fued with Chip Minton. It'd have been a license to print money. Â Andersson was nothing like a jobber! He was like a Swedish Goldberg, running over all in his path on the European Worldwide. I don't think he ever lost a match on TV. I didn't see it anyway. Â Rock Hard Rick/Rick Rockhard was the best anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarTheSlouch Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Reefer Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Can I get some love for The State Patrol?  http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x68off_ri...te-patrol_sport  http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkbwnd_th...te-patrol_sport   Edit: Rip Rogers was no jobber. He beat The Yellow Dog and revealed him to be... Pork Chop Cash.  Edit edit: No... Pork Chop revealed Rip Rogers to be the Yellow Pillman Dog.  Ignore me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Ayass Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Snake Watson. Yes. Â There were also people who were featured as champions in regional promotions covered by PWI who would then be jobbers in WCW, which confused a young me no end. People like George South, Pat Rose and The Italian Stallion (who often got a bit of offence in, as I later discovered that he was the King of the Jobbers, in that he arranged the local workers for the job spots for tapings). In hindsight, the experienced guys like these worked with the younger talents, while the younger jobbers just got the living shit drilled out of them by The Steiners and Doom. It was magical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Ayass Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I'll probably remember the name Sonny Trout long after I'be forgotten the names of my immediate family. Next time I see you, I am giving you a big hug, saying just the words "Sonny Trout". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELLIS Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Snake Watson. Yes. There were also people who were featured as champions in regional promotions covered by PWI who would then be jobbers in WCW, which confused a young me no end. People like George South, Pat Rose and The Italian Stallion (who often got a bit of offence in, as I later discovered that he was the King of the Jobbers, in that he arranged the local workers for the job spots for tapings). In hindsight, the experienced guys like these worked with the younger talents, while the younger jobbers just got the living shit drilled out of them by The Steiners and Doom. It was magical.   Exactly!!! Would be watching worldwide etc, notice a 'champ' make his way to the ring with zero fan fare, then watch and be very confused as they proceeded to get their ass kicked inside a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John. Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I remember when Rip Rogers was unmasked as the Yellow Dog, they had been building it up for weeks and then a very obvious different man came out.. haha  I saw him wrestle a couple of times in Croydon, I guess he got his 15 mins of fame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Is it wrong that I spent about an hour watching Frank Anderson matches with Swedish commentary a few months back?! Â There's a clip somewhere of him signing with WCW, with Bischoff in it, which is quite interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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