Wrestling History: 21 of the Most Memorable Jobbers Ever on Television

Not everyone can win. In fact, if you look at the state of the WWE and TNA, there are a lot more championship-caliber matches than there are pushovers.

In earlier times we saw champions go to the ring and literally beat the snot out of jobbers. Rarely did we see "prime-time" wrestling matches around the clock.

I guess that is one good thing about wrestling today.

But even as a "jobber" or someone paid to continually lose matches, it was fun to watch. They looked like every man and some even had cult followings.

And in those terms, they were some of the more memorable wrestlers in history.

These are 20 of the most recognizable or memorable jobbers in the business.

Barry Horowitz

He was truly an enigma within the ranks of the jobbers.

As a jobber in Florida, he lost and lost and lost as "Jack Hart" then won the Florida Heavyweight Title.

As Barry Horowitz, he lost and lost and lost and kept patting himself on the back in doing so.

Bill and Randy Mulkey

They were a white as Ivory Snow.

The Mulkeys were classic jobbers who as brothers, got the hell beaten out of each other every week.

They were so bad, they had a cult following.

Brad and Bart Batten

Bad 80s porn star looks and semi-decent wrestling ability.

The Battens toiled around the mid-south area and in the UWF.

They were never better then mid-card status.

Charlie Cook

Popular jobber and mid-card wrestler in Florida.

He once had a series of matches with Ric Flair.

He was not very talented, but he made the best of his skills.

Dale Veasey

He was one of Gordon Solie's favorite wrestlers.

Solie would always talk about how he was hurt in a car accident and fought his way back to wrestling.

That Veasey was in great shape, but it takes forever to get in that shape and so easy to get out of it.

I remember those lines like they were yesterday.

Drew McIntyre

He has no where to go in the WWE and looks like he will be jobbing for contenders until his contract runs out.

He would do wonders in TNA or ROH.

George South

Georgia Championship Wrestling's greatest jobber.

South was the victim for everyone. He got his ass beat by every champion there was and then some.

He once wrestled Ric Flair where he claimed if he had pulled the tights in a roll-up he would have been the World Heavyweight Champion.

Jim Powers

Good looking, strong and full of energy.

For about three minutes.

Powers was a fresh young kid in the WWF who was one of their better jobbers in the 1980s.

Kenny Jay

For five decades, Kenny Jay worked in as many capacities as he could in the wrestling business. He even helped train Muhammad Ali in his fight with Antonio Inoki.

The "Sodbuster" may be the best jobber of all time.

Louie Spicolli

He was a misguided soul that took a beating every week.

He looked like he would catch a break finally and then died of a drug overdose.

Norman Smiley

One of the oddest wrestlers in WCW. He as fairly well build and thin at the same time.

He was a worm in the ring, Somewhat goofy and great for a champion to continue a winning streak.

Paul Roma

To think he was once a tag team partner of Arn Anderson.

Tisk Tisk.

Roma as a good looking well built dude who got his butt beat. He was an arrogant sort who was supposed to be wrestling with Anderson on one occasion, but would not come to the ring until he was finished playing his card game.

For that, he should have had his ass beat.

Rufus R. Jones

"The Freight Train" was a mainstay in Jim Crockett Promotions in the early 1980s.

He feuded with Paul Jones over the treatment of ladies ringside.

He was never more than a mid card success. But he was well loved by fans.

Salvatore Bellomo

He was one of those guilty pleasures you never spoke of.

Everyone seemed to love watching Bellomo in the ring.

He was a mainstay in the WWF before the rise of Hulkamania. He was a opening act, but fans loved him nonetheless.

S.D. Jones

He lost to King Kong Bundy in 8 seconds at the first Wrestlemania event.

And that may have been his claim to fame.

Jones was an opening act in the WWF's early 80s days.

He had a good look and style but could never get past mid card status.

The Italian Stallion

Gary Sabaugh was one of those guys who was more popular after he stopped wrestling.

He toiled in the WWF, WCW and NWA. But he helped train the likes of Ron Killings (R-Truth) and the Hardys.

Steve Lombardi

The most well-known jobber ever in the WWF.

The Brooklyn Brawler was a cult hero. He helped wrestlers get over and created a cult following of his own.

A true classic.

Van Hammer

Sammy Hagar, he isn't.

David Lee Roth, he isn't.

Hammer was a 80s look-a-like who came to the ring with a guitar, and a style that made us want to forget we every grew up in that era.

Maybe he and Buck Zumhoff should have wrestled as partners.

Yoshi Tatsu

One of the well known jobbers in the WWE today.

Tatsu has some true skill, but there really isn't anywhere for him to go in the company.

If there was ever a cruiserweight division, he would flourish.