Great WWF Jobbers
1. Steve Lombardi: (159-1253-15) and 76 other matches = 11% win [1503 matches] 2. Jose Estrada Sr: (148-692-78) and 91 other matches = 18% win [1009 matches] 3. Barry Horowitz: (87-685-7) and 33 other matches = 11% win [812 matches] 4. Jose Luis Rivera: (119-571-28) and 51 other matches = 17% win [769 matches] 5. Frank Williams: (49-456-30) and 58 other matches = 10% win [593 matches] 6. Steve King: (60-420-62) and 56 other matches = 13% win [598 matches] 7. Charlie Fulton: (90-379-29) and 39 other matches = 19% win [537 matches] 8. Danny Davis: (82-366-4) and 49 other matches = 18% win [501 matches] 9. Bob Bradley: (33-352-10) and 16 other matches = 9% win [411 matches] 10. Terry Gibbs: (13-309-11) and 25 other matches = 4% win [358 matches] 11. Pete Doherty: (75-307-35) and 77 other matches = 20% win [494 matches] 12. Barry O: (22-254-10) and 23 other matches = 8% win [309 matches] 13. Fred Marzino: (7-207-17) and 8 other matches = 3% win [239 matches] 14. Ron Shaw: (35-203-6) and 22 other matches = 15% win [266 matches] 15. Angelo Gomez: (15-170-16) and 24 other matches = 8% win [225 matches] 16. Sylvano Sousa: (30-162-13) and 39 other matches = 16% win [244 matches] 17. Louie Spicolli: (19-161-0) and 1 other match = 11% win [181 matches] 18. Mac Rivera: (15-147-3) and 7 other matches = 9% win [172 matches] 19. Duane Gill: (10-140-2) and 1 other match = 7% win [153 matches] 20. Tony Russo: (28-137-9) and 13 other matches = 17% win [187 matches] 21. Reno Riggins: (2-132-0) and 1 other match = 1% win [135 matches] 22. Mario Mancini: (3-131-2) and 1 other match = 2% win [137 matches] 23. Black Bart: (26-128-0) and 8 other matches = 17% win [162 matches] 24. Barry Hardy: (2-126-0) and 1 other match = 2% win [129 matches] 25. Moose Monroe: (22-125-5) and 13 other matches = 15% win [165 matches] 26. Charlie Brown: (3-118-1) = 2% win [122 matches] 27. Mike Conrad: (28-116-15) and 43 other matches = 19% win [202 matches] 28. Tom Stone: (2-115-0) and 1 other match = 2% win [118 matches] 29. Israel Matia: (2-111-6) and 5 other matches = 2% win [124 matches] 30. Tony Colon: (3-110-3) and 3 other matches = 3% win [119 matches] 31. Les Thornton: (25-107-20) and 18 other matches = 19% win [170 matches] 32. Timothy Well: (16-107-0) and 1 other match = 13% win [124 matches] 33. Bobby Heenan: (25-105-0) and 13 other matches = 19% win [143 matches] 34. Miguel Feliciano: (21-105-13) and 21 other matches = 17% win [160 matches] 35. Dale Wolfe: (0-104-0) = 0% win [104 matches] 36. Jimmy Jack Funk: (16-102-1) and 13 other matches = 14% win [132 matches] 37. Mike Masters: (11-102-1) and 6 other matches = 10% win [120 matches] 38. Rocky Tomayo: (24-101-31) and 74 other matches = 19% win [230 matches] 39. Steven Dunn: (17-100-0) and 1 other match = 15% win [118 matches] 40. Brian Costello: (1-98-1) = 1% win [100 matches] 41. Juan Caruso: (15-93-12) and 33 other matches = 14% win [153 matches] 42. Tomas Marin: (18-92-14) and 28 other matches = 16% win [152 matches] 43. Joe Mirto: (1-92-0) and 2 other matches = 1% win [95 matches] 44. Pez Whatley: (11-91-0) and 6 other matches = 11% win [108 matches] 45. Little Tokyo: (12-88-0) and 17 other matches = 12% win [117 matches] 46. Jeff Craney: (3-87-2) and 2 other matches = 3% win [94 matches] 47. Don Serrano: (17-82-32) and 17 other matches = 17% win [148 matches] 48. Rick Hunter: (0-81-1) = 0% win [82 matches] 49. Billy Berger: (5-80-2) and 2 other matches = 6% win [89 matches] 50. Mike Bell: (1-79-0) = 1% win [80 matches] I shared this list with others and one comment I received was “I am not at all surprised that Steve Lombardi is the all-time leader in losses. I am surprised that he seems to have twice as many as anyone else. He's like the Wayne Gretzky of failure.” – Vincent Verhei
It's the longevity, right? His worst year was 119 losses (1987) but he averaged over a hundred/year for an entire decade (1984-1993).
There are guys who have achieved more losses in a single year though including:
· SD Jones had 141 losses in 1984 and 142 losses in 1985. Good ol’ Conrad. · Taz's trainer Johnny Rodz 122 losses in 1982, 131 losses in 1983, 136 losses in 1984 · Owen Hart had 140 losses in 1994 (It's good to feud with your brother, but someone's got to do the job!) · Tag champs lost a ton in 1982 as Mr Fuji had 157 losses in 1982 and Masa Saito had 149 losses in 1982 · From World Champion to World Champion Jobber, The Iron Sheik 121 losses in 1984, 143 losses in 1985, 103 losses in 1986 · Rene Goulet 110 losses in 1980; 144 losses in 1984; 156 losses in 1985 · Somehow he "headlined" WM?! The Miz 134 losses in 2011 · Poor Larry - Moondog Spot 149 losses in 1985, 124 losses in 1986 · Flair never met a job he could say no to. Ric Flair 149 losses in 1992 (WWF). · Perhaps Kato's masked was cursed! Paul Diamond had 128 losses in 1990, 135 losses in 1991, 116 losses in 1992 · The name was a bit deceiving at this point. Mr Perfect had 130 losses in 1990 · Masked Demons were not known for their win streaks. Charlie Fulton 130 losses in ‘82 · Some Ortons get the short end of the stick. Barry O 138 losses in 1985 · (Trivia: His last appearance was 1987 losing to Blackjack Mulligan & Dan Spivey.) · Salvatore Bellomo 138 losses in 1984 · That's the way the Cliquey crumbles... Triple H had 129 losses in 1996 · Greg Valentine had 126 losses in 1985 · Los Conquistadors in different years: Jose Luis Rivera had 114 losses in 1984 and 121 losses in 1988; Jose Estrada Sr had 123 losses in 1982 and 129 losses in 1980 · Potato Chips & Vodka comforted him through this patch. Nikolai Volkoff had 126 losses in ‘85 · Dustin was a lot more successful when he teamed with his dad. Goldust had 123 losses in 1996 · Randy Savage had 121 losses in 1990 · Big Boss Man had 123 losses in 1989 and came back a decade later with 115 losses in 1999 · Charles Wright's least successful year! Papa Shango had 125 losses in 1992 · About as successful as Pain Stewart... Barry Darsow/Repo Man had 121 losses in ‘92 · Foley's old teacher.. Dominic DeNucci had 109 losses in 1979, 129 losses in 1980 · And then he died. Rick McGraw had 122 losses in 1985 · Blow Away Diet = not a lot of wins. Buddy Rose had 127 losses in his return year 1990 · Steve Keirn had 125 losses in 1992 (Damien Sandow told me that Skinner is a latin anagram for "does not win a lot".) · At least they let Dutch come back...Black Bart had 124 losses in 1990 My original criteria was at less than 20% winning percentage, but that really cuts out some great guys so I need to expand it a little higher: Iron Mike Sharpe 187-611-40 and 66 other matches = 23% win [904 matches] Paul Diamond 108-380-1 and 27 other matches = 22% win [516 matches] Tiger Chung Lee 120-369-31 and 28 other matches = 25% win [548 matches] Tony Altimore 82-260-19 and 65 other matches = 24% win [426 matches] Joe Turco 64-239-19 and 64 other matches = 21% win [386 matches] Mike Knox 50-186-1 = 21% win [237 matches] Capt Lou Albano 48-185-4 and 44 other matches = 21% win [281 matches] Jillian Hall 45-160-1 = 22% win [206 matches] Heath Slater 50-157-0 = 24% win [207 matches] Curt Hawkins 43-136-3 = 24% win [182 matches] Tony Nero 38-123-19 and 44 other matches = 24% win [224 matches] Dawn Marie 33-121-2 and 1 other match = 21% win [157 matches] Frenchy Martin 27-105-3 and 7 other matches = 20% win [142 matches] Lee Wong 26-99-8 and 37 other matches = 21% win [170 matches] Katie Lea 18-65-0 = 22% win [83 matches] Dave Taylor 17-57-1 = 23% win [75 matches] Jesus Castillo 18-56-1 = 24% win [75 matches] Mike Pappas 15-55-13 and 20 other matches = 21% win [103 matches] Don Kernodle 16-50-7 and 7 other matches = 24% win [80 matches] Gypsy Rodriguez 16-49-9 and 7 other matches = 25% win [81 matches]
Not to mention Sakoda, Paula Kaye, Jan Nelson, Blue Meanie, Steve "In Developmental Forever" Bradley, Eric the Red, Caylen "I was with Trent on Smackdown!" Croft, JW Storm, Chad "Not a Dick" Toland, Ryan O'Reilly, El Torito, Joey Matthews and Colin "I teamed with Batista once" Delaney.
If you want your kid to be a winning superstar in WWF, I suggest you avoid these boy's names: Frank, Dave, Sylvano, Lee, Louie, Les, Frenchy, Black, Eric, Mac, Moose, Duane, Tomas, Hans, Reno, Gary, Timothy, Israel, Steven, Dale, Pez, Jason and Ben.
(Then again, if you planning on naming your kid either Moose or Pez, something else is already going on with you.)
Frank seems to be the winner though with Frank Williams, Frank Savage, Frank Rodriguez, Frank Monroe, Frank Marconi, Frank Valois, Frank Durso, Frank Holtz and Frank Monte and their collective 15% winning record (136-747-64 and 153 other matches).
(Meanwhile, names that have been associated with highly winning records? Hulk, Pedro, Road, Andre, Bruno, Invader, Ahmed, Yoshikai and Mil. Hmm.. could never guess who had those!) |
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