For those unaware of the full lexicon of wrestling linguistics, a jobber is a wrestler who is booked to lose and make their opponent look strong. The idea is that these wrestlers are not there to get over themselves but to solely make their opponents look good, distinguishing them from other types of wrestling matches where the ideal aim would be for both sides to look strong.
Both WCW and WWE have utilized many memorable wrestlers as jobbers including the likes of Barry Horowitz and SD Jones, the latter of whom has been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. All of the wrestlers on this list lost more than 50% of their WCW matches and were used to enhance other talents in the company.
10 Cactus Jack (Vs. Big Van Vader)
Later in his career, Cactus Jack would sign for WWE and become a World Champion for the promotion, triggering the infamous line that reportedly made a million people change the channel from Nitro to Raw during the Monday Night Wars.
One of the wrestlers that Cactus Jack feuded with was WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader. In April 1993, on an episode of WCW Saturday Night, Cactus Jack faced off against Vader in a match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Jack would win the match, albeit by count-out, meaning that he didn't walk away with the title. It was that match that finally launched Cactus up the WCW card.
9 Scotty Flamingo (Vs. Larry Zbyszko)
Scotty Flamingo wrestled in WCW from April 1992 until March 1993, ending his tenure in the company with a run of losses to Johnny B. Badd and Van Hammer. Scotty would eventually return to WCW in 1997 as Raven. As Raven, he would hold the United States and Tag Team Titles in WCW.
In 1992, Scotty Flamingo faced off against former AWA World Champion Larry Lbyszko on an episode of WCW's Main Event. Flamingo would defeat Zbyszko by roll-up after injuring his arm during the match.
8 Disco Inferno (Vs. Perry Saturn)
It may be harsh to label Disco Inferno a jobber in WCW, but he was essentially used as enhancement talent for midcard wrestlers. The disco-gimmicked wrestler would occasionally defeat lower-level enhancement talent before putting over bigger stars. These days, Disco Inferno has become known for his controversial commentary on modern wrestling.
The biggest win of Disco Inferno's time in WCW came on an episode of Monday Night Nitro. Disco Inferno not only defeated Perry Saturn on the show but won Saturn's Television Title. Disco's title reign would last three weeks before he lost the title to Booker T.
7 Chad Fortune (Vs. Bill Goldberg)
After wrestling in WWE as one half of Teckno Team 2000, Chad Fortune crossed over to WCW from 1997 to 1999. Fortune wrestled only 16 matches in WCW, with the large majority of the matches resulting in losses. Fortune put over Lord Steven Regal, Jeff Jarrett, and Saturn during his short stint with the company.
Fortune's biggest upset came on a dark match wrestling against Bill Goldberg. Fortune faced Goldberg in the latter's third match and defeated him. After the loss, Goldberg would go on a long winning streak that saw him win the United States and World Heavyweight Championships.
6 Horace Hogan (Vs. Hulk Hogan And Billy Kidman)
Horace Hogan is one of the many professional wrestlers who used his connection to Hulk Hogan to get a job in professional wrestling. Horace is Hulk Hogan's legitimate nephew, During the 1990s, Horace wrestled for WWE, ECW, and WCW. Unlike his uncle, Horace was used as enhancement talent almost everywhere he wrestled.
On an episode of Nitro, Horace was booked into a triple-threat match against Hulk Hogan and fellow New Blood member Billy Kidman. Horace largely remained away from the action, briefly teaming with Hogan against the interfering New Blood before hitting Hogan with a chair and pinning him for the win. The entire match was a mess, but Horace Hogan still walked away with the win.
5 La Parka (Vs. Juventud Guerrera)
In the 1990s, many Mexican wrestlers began appearing on WCW television as a result of the promotion's relationship with Mexican promotion AAA. As a result, many talented wrestlers, including Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Psicosis, Juventud Guerrera, and Konnan all wrestled for WCW. Many wrestlers that were signed by WCW were also used as enhancement talent, including La Parka.
While in WCW, La Parka would adopt the nickname of the Chairman of WCW, and would frequently bring a steel chair to the ring for his matches. Despite the advantage, La Parka still lost 60% of his matches. On his WCW Nitro debut, La Parka scored an upset victory over Juventud Guerrera, though.
4 Tex Slazenger (Vs. Brad Armstrong And Marcus Bagwell)
Tex Slazenger would wrestle for WCW from 1992 to 1995 before going to wrestle for WWE. While many wrestling fans are unlikely to remember his time as Tex Slazenger, many wrestling fans will remember him as Phineas I. Godwinn, Mideon or Naked Mideon in WWE. In WCW, Slazenger stood in the ring with Sting, Randy Savage, and others.
Early on in his time in WCW, Slazenger would team up with another wrestler named Shanghai Pierce, who would later wrestle as Henry O. Godwinn in WWE. Together, Slazenger and Pierce would defeat Brad Armstrong, of the Armstrong wrestling family, and Marcus Alexander Bagwell on an episode of WCW Worldwide.
3 Bruce DeWayne (Vs. Buff Bagwell)
Bruce DeWayne was a longtime WCW wrestler who was known as one of the main trainers for the promotion's infamous wrestling training school called WCW Power Plant. As a result, DeWane was mainly used to put over new wrestlers as they moved from the Power Plant and into WCW. DeWayne is also the person that reportedly told Batista that he would never make it in professional wrestling.
One of DeWayne's last feuds on WCW television came when he teamed with Goldberg against the team of Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell. On an episode of Thunder, DeWayne defeated Bagwell via disqualification after interference from Luger, as the two double-teamed DeWayne with a steel chair.
2 The Gambler (Vs. Dave Taylor)
Like WWE, WCW was not opposed to giving jobbers terrible gimmicks during the promotion's run. While WWE frequently gave jobbers occupational gimmicks, like a racecar driver, garbageman, hockey player, and sports mascot, WCW had enhancement talent like the Gambler, a professional gambler, one of many terrible gimmicks used by the promotion.
Jeff Gambol lost over 90% of his matches in WCW, putting over the likes of Dustin Rhodes, Sting, Lex Luger, Eddie Guerrero, and Chris Jericho. One of the Gambler's rare victories came over Dave Taylor on an episode of WCW Worldwide in April 1999.
1 Barry Horowitz (Vs. Barry Darsow)
Barry Horowitz was a jobber of note for both WCW and WWE. The quintessential enhancement talent, Horowitz squared off against several high-profile wrestlers, all of whom he put over during his career. The most memorable win in Horowitz's career came in WWE, after pulling off a shock-upset victory over BodyDonna Skip at SummerSlam 1995, no less!
Despite two separate stints in WCW, Horowitz only won four matches for the company, but one of those came against Barry Darsow. Like Horowitz, Darsow had been in WWE before his stint in WCW and was a former Tag Team Champion as a part of Demolition. Darsow was Smash, and also wrestled as Repo Man in WWE.
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