Professional wrestling is a scripted form of entertainment that uses athleticism and storyline to capture the heart and minds of the fan. Pro Wrestling has become a part of popular culture. With the acceptance of the entertainment side of the business, kayfabe has faded away. Up until the WWE Golden Era, wrestlers would protect kayfabe at all costs.
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In modern wrestling, fans have learned about a lot of the inside sports entertainment terms. One such term is jobber. The jobber is also considered an enhancement talent. A wrestler paid to lose, but to make their opponent look good while losing. Yet, promoters decide who the jobber is and who the star is. Many stars such as Bret Hitman Hart, Mick Foley and Edge started out as jobbers and transitioned in superstars. In WCW, many times the jobbers looked like they could be booked as big stars, and some of the big stars looked like they could be a job guy.
10 Looked Like A Star: The Gambler
Jeff Gamble returned to WCW in 1993 as The Gambler. While his character was hired to be a jobber to the stars, Gamble looked like he belonged in the ring. Gamble even pulled out a set of playing cards from his jacket and showed them to the crowd as a unique piece of his character work. Details such as that were usually only found in stars, yet Gamble continued to develop The Gambler. The Gambler would lose to establish stars such as Sting, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Ricky Steamboat and many others. After the launch of WCW Monday Nitro, The Gambler became a constant member of the WCW B shows (Main Event, Saturday Night, Worldwide, Pro). The Gambler even picked up a win against Blue Blood Dave Taylor on WCW Worldwide in 1999.
9 Looked Like A Jobber: Dean Malenko
Dean Malenko was a fantastic in-ring performer who won plenty of gold throughout his tenure in WCW. He was even a member of The Four Horsemen. However, despite his wrestling ability, he had a very bland look and lacked the charisma fans had come to expect from an entertainer. Although he was successful in the company, he didn't look like a star.
8 Looked Like A Star: Glacier
The Glacier experiment in WCW was fascinating. The hype was real, with Eric Bischoff having spent hundreds of thousands on his entrance alone. While it was certainly impressive to look at with his eccentric gear, fake snow, and a literal lights show, Glacier was nothing special in the ring. All that money was used to push this wrestler as a star, and while he certainly looked the part, he was ultimately an expensive jobber.
7 Looked Like A Jobber: Billy Kidman
Billy Kidman is a former WCW Cruiserweight Champion, World Tag Team Champion and Cruiserweight Tag Champion as well. Kidman was a big star in WCW. He would join the Filthy Animals stable and be featured highly on weekly episodes of Monday Nitro. Kidman's Shooting Star Press would become one of the most eye-catching moves in professional wrestling. Yet, Kidman stood under 6 feet tall and weighed under 200 pounds. Kidman would wear a white tank top to the ring during the height of his popularity. His looks most definitely seemed more jobber and less superstar.
6 Looked Like A Star: Maxx Muscle
Maxx Muscle looked like a professional wrestling superstar. Maxx stood 6'4 and weighed 330 pounds of rippling muscles. Maxx had muscles in places that most wrestlers didn't even have places. Yet, Muscle was much more enhancement talent than sports entertainment star.
RELATED: 13 Most Muscular Physiques In WCW History, RankedMaxx would spend time as Diamond Dallas Page's bodyguard along with joining the Dungeon of Doom. Neither of these moves led to many wins for the brute. Muscle would lose to Randy Savage, Lex Luger, Eddie Guerrero, Jeff Jarrett, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and others. His best wins would take place against cruiserweights Chavo Guerrero Jr and Mr. JL.
5 Looked Like A Jobber: Arn Anderson
In his prime Arn Anderson stood 6'1 and weighed 255 pounds. Anderson, the enforcer of the Four Horseman always looked like a 45-year-old, slightly overweight, balding dad, even in his twenties. Anderson never looked like the stars he was surrounded by. He never had the style and charisma of Ric Flair or even Tully Blanchard. He lacked the muscular physique of Lex Luger or Sting. Yet, Anderson was always at the top of the WCW card. Anderson was a four time NWA/WCW TV Champion, and Tag Team Champion with Paul Roma, Tully Blanchard, Bobby Eaton and Larry Zbyszko (more on him later).
4 Looked Like A Star: Johnny Swinger
Johnny Swinger weighs 250 pounds of solid ripped muscle. The veteran professional wrestler is still active today in Impact Wrestling. Swinger would make his professional debut in 1993. Swinger joined WCW in 1995 as a jobber to the stars. In his first run with WCW, Swinger would lose to Chris Jericho, Johnny B Badd and the Nasty Boys. Swinger would leave WCW to pursue a career in WWE, but that never panned out. Swinger was back to his enhancement talent role in WCW by 1996. Swinger would wrestle and lose on WCW main shows such as Nitro and Thunder. Swinger had the look of a superstar but was booked as a WCW jobber
3 Looked Like A Jobber: Larry Zbyszko
Larry Zbyszko spent most of his WCW tenure as a very popular announcer on Monday Nitro. Yet the self-proclaimed Living Legend was also an active wrestler in the earl 1990s. Zbyszko would stand under 6 feet tall and weigh around 230 pounds. He would wear basic trunks to the ring and rock a thinning dad haircut throughout WCW. Yet, the former Bruno Sammartino protege was much more star than he ever was a jobber. Zbyszko would be WCW World TV and Tag Team Champion and a member of the Dangerous Alliance.
2 Looked Like A Star: High Voltage
High Voltage looked like what a professional wrestler should look like. The two muscleman jumped off the tv screen with their athleticism and sheer strength. Both Rage and Kaos weighed 250 pounds of ripped muscles.
RELATED: 10 Absolutely Jacked WCW Wrestlers That You Forgot AboutThe team wore matching ring attire and looked the look, but never walked the walk of professional wrestling stars. The team would be enhancement talents to many of WCW's top tag teams. In 1997 the two jobbers would win the biggest match of their careers when they upset Wrath and Mortis on WCW Monday Nitro.
1 Looked Like A Jobber: Ricky (Richard) Morton
Ricky Morton is one half of the legendary tag team the Rock and Roll Express. Morton and Gibson made a great undersized, athletic tag team. Yet, when Ricky Morton become a heel singles star (Richard Morton) he looked more jobber than star. As a member of the somewhat forgotten York Foundation, Morton would win the WCW 6 Man Tag Team Titles and have many big time singles matches against opponents that looked more star than Morton did. Morton was managed by Alexandria York (Terri Runnels) during his singles run in WCW.
